Anyone else NOT in a rush for LO to be born?

LeeLee930 · May 2011

I am beyond excited to meet this little guy and am so looking forward to becoming a mom, but I am also hoping he comes around his due date. I am not interesetd in "bringing on" labor (though everyone in my family is, especially my in-laws) nor am I "done" with being pregnant, though I am very uncomfortable at times, miss sleeping on my stomach, and HATE my Miss Piggy feet and waking myself up snoring to find my husband staring and laughing at me.

I don't want him to be overdue, just not early. I still have some nesting to do and would like to rest up a bit. For once in my life, I am being patient.

supermom83 · May 2011

I would say I teeter everyday. Some days the thought of having two kids makes me hyperventilate and I want him to stay in as long as possible!! Other days I get so worried about my GD and BP issues especially that I think it might just be safer to have him come a little early instead of all this pre-e danger hanging over us. As long as he's full term I'm good to go! Plus I would love to VBAC and i feel like if I go to my due date and beyond it's less likely to happen and for my doctor to wait for natural labor.

Wymasa · May 2011

Me! I want her to be in there as long as she needs to be. I am uncomfortable at times too but definitely not done with pregnancy, I'm actually quite enjoying it. Plus we still have to finish the nursery and buy some pretty vital things we didn't get at the shower.

Work, though? Sooo done.

BRUGGS10 · May 2011

i agree, right on time is fine with me. i also have a monetary reason though since my short term disability doesn't kick in until june 1st so if i have the baby before that i won't be able to afford to be home very long.

vtwildlifer04 · May 2011

I'm with you! I'm on bed rest for 2 weeks to get to full-term but I hope he doesn't come too soon after that. We have things to accomplish in the nursery still, I am enjoying the last bit of one-on-one time with my hubby, and I do actually enjoy being pregnant overall. As a first time mom, I know what to expect from this stage. So, moving onto the unexpected causes a little bit of anxiety (and of course excitement as well)! I can't wait to meet him, but I'm not rushing him either!

DreamChaser246 · May 2011

I'm so in this boat! Pregnancy didn't last long enough for me, sure I still have a month to go, but I've really enjoyed it and absoutly terrified for when LO arrives, can I actualy do this!

sammyb1017 · May 2011

I am not in a rush at all either. I, like previous posters, am enjoying the pregnancy and feel like "I can do this (regarding pregnancy". Birth/labor and caring for a newborn scares the sh*t out of me. So, I need some time for mental preparation, spending time with my husband that doesn't involve house/nursery preparations and lots of naps. I am extremely content waiting 5 more weeks until this baby is born and wishing that time slows down a bit! I will NOT be practicing in any methods to bring on labor!

Hbowers16 · May 2011

--Raises hand--

I Know exactly how you feel! I have seriously thought something was wrong with me because I'm not super excited like some of my friends who are having babies and can't wait for them to get here and their pregnancy is just dragging by. I am tired of work, tired of being large and mostly tired of the way you feel during pregnancy. I almost got rid of all of my prepreg clothes in a nesting spell! Ok enough about that, You should see ppl's faces when they ask if I'm excited or say things like, I bet you can't wait. And I answer them very seriously, actually i am enjoying my last few weeks of calm. ---> 8-O Don't get me wrong I love my little girl already and am so excited to see her. But I'm not ready physically. I feel like my house isn't together, like we don't have everything we need. And most importantly I'm enjoying just me and MH for the last few weeks, because for the next 18+ yrs its not going to be about us anymore. I know once she gets here I will never look at her and think this way. But like you I know that there is going to be a huge transformation in our lives and am content with having it easy. Even if I am miserable. I hope soon enough I will get the I can't wait till she gets here feeling.

Megs129 · May 2011

I feel the exact same way! I go back in forth from being very excited and anxiously awaiting to very nervous and a bit terrified. One of my close friends just had her first baby and she said told me not to worry, that I will be mentally prepared when the baby decides to come! I hope so :-)

Turtle143 · May 2011

LeeLee930:
I am beyond excited to meet this little guy and am so looking forward to becoming a mom, but I am also hoping he comes around his due date. I am not interesetd in "bringing on" labor (though everyone in my family is, especially my in-laws) nor am I "done" with being pregnant, though I am very uncomfortable at times, miss sleeping on my stomach, and HATE my Miss Piggy feet and waking myself up snoring to find my husband staring and laughing at me.

I don't want him to be overdue, just not early. I still have some nesting to do and would like to rest up a bit. For once in my life, I am being patient.

OMG! This is me! DH says I never snore long enough for him to record me (nice, I know) because I always wake myself up as soon as I start. It's funny. And I NEVER snore before pregnancy!

I'm not miserably impatient but I am physically over having this very pregnant body. It scares me sometimes that I might be a bad mom after all because while I'm done being pregnant, I'm not rushing to be a mom. But I can't have one or the other. The two goes hand in hand! That is if I want to be done being pregnant, then that means I will also have he baby already! Sometimes I wonder about myself and these conflicting emotions. Sad

markyslove · May 2011

I'm training my assistant's replacement at work... we're a 2 person department and this is only her second week. I'm not ready just for this!

That said, I would be totally okay if LO came at 37 weeks. I think in 2 weeks I'll be where I need to be at home (hopefully)

lynn97 · May 2011

I'm with you. I still have several projects I'd like to wrap up. Of course, I'm a few weeks behind you, too. I may be singing a different tune in another 3-4 weeks :-p

pbj10 · May 2011

I agree. Plus I am enjoying the last few weeks with just me and DH. It really annoys me when DH family says that they hope the baby comes soon because I don't want to have an early baby.

bookkitten · May 2011

Me, me, me!

Every single day I tell the Baby to keep cooking. I have had a pretty easy pregnancy and have enjoyed this time. Add to that that the Baby's room is *so* not ready and I am fine with him staying put even a week or two past the estimated due date! I am really excited to meet him and have him here, but I figure that time will get here soon enough.

Luckywe1 · May 2011

I am feeling this also. I am soooo excited to meet our little boy, but when it is time. If that happens to be early, awesome! But I'm not gonna try to get him to come out before he is ready.

kriskros · May 2011

Now that its getting closer, yes. Around 30 weeks i couldnt imagine being pregnant for 10 more but now that i have 4 weeks til duedate, im in no rush.. Either way he/she wil be here soon :] And im enjoying spending my last few weeks "alone" with my husband.

LaRue86 · May 2011

I wish it would stop flying by. I had a small nervous breakdown last night because my BIL comes home for two weeks from Afghanistan on the 5th. Everyone in his family is constantly posting about wanting June to hurry up and get here. I am sooo not ready for that....

thomas2013 · May 2011

I thought it was just me.

Everyone has been asking "are you excited yet?" Yes, but i'm in NO rush for her to get here. I am enjoying my last weeks with DS and letting him have time with SO and I before he goes to school soon. I am over the moon about having DD and can't wait to see how DS and DD will bond.

It feels like everyone is going crazy on the baby train and i'm still at the station LOL

Telly21182 · May 2011

I feel the same way! Obviously I am so anxious to meet him, but I want him to fully cook in there so I have enough time to get everything ready that I need to do!

And, I wouldn't mind if he were a little late, only because I think it'd be cool if he's born on July 4th. If he's exactly 1 week late he will be! I know there is no way to predict that/try to make it happen, but I just think it'd be cool.

gymnst1013 · May 2011

I'm definitely not looking to rush having him born. I'm perfectly content to wait until he is good and ready. Even overdue is fine with me.

kattyleigh · May 2011

For sure! There's a difference between complaining about being uncomfortable (normal) and wanting to rush baby out. I want him to cook as long as he needs too, but I'll still whine to DH here and there about feeling exhausted and crampy. I work at a Children's Hospital so I know how important every week in the womb is.

maddiemoon43 · May 2011

Morning: feel great, love the belly when I get dressed each day (soooo much better than a muffin top belly!), and am in no particular rush for this to be done.

Mid-day: sooooooo ready to be done work and start my year "off"!

Evening: so stiff, so puffy, so tired, so full of heartburn, soooo ready to have this LO already.

Night: in my quiet, comfy bed, reading and relaxing, looking forward to a sleep only disturbed by the occassional pee, and I am NOT ready for this to end anytime soon! *Note: this is also when I often look at DH and panic, "OMG, do you realize that in 40 days...39 days...38 days.."

Sunidaze · May 2011

I have so checked out at work and so very uncomfortable but I am just not ready for this baby to be here yet!

Pearly609 · May 2011

Being that I know what comes with his arrival, I am enjoying the moments now.

helenejr · May 2011

I want my LO to be healthy, and as much as i wouldn't mind meeting him or her sooner rather than later i won't be upset if bub stays put till my Due Date - i just really don't want to go OVER.....

It's taken me till about 30 weeks to actually enjoy being pregnant - so far i've been lucky and have had a pretty great 3rd Tri - i'm only 3 weeks away from due date so it's not going to seem like forever away till i hold our baby - however as i said if bub decided to come early as a surprise i won't be dissapointed

lil_shocker · May 2011

I am the same. I hope that the baby comes within a day or so of the due date so I have a few days to enjoy it just being my husband and myself before that changes forever. Granted, I am SUPER excited to see this baby, but I would rather wait and have everything develop without rushing things. Plus, if I am anxious about bringing on labor, there will be no way to rid that anxiousness once labor starts.

tswetro · May 2011

Me! ME!

We are moving when I am 39 weeks, so I would love if the little guy would wait until my due date.

Birdies08 · May 2011

maddiemoon43:
Morning: feel great, love the belly when I get dressed each day (soooo much better than a muffin top belly!), and am in no particular rush for this to be done.
Mid-day: sooooooo ready to be done work and start my year "off"!
Evening: so stiff, so puffy, so tired, so full of heartburn, soooo ready to have this LO already.
Night: in my quiet, comfy bed, reading and relaxing, looking forward to a sleep only disturbed by the occassional pee, and I am NOT ready for this to end anytime soon! *Note: this is also when I often look at DH and panic, "OMG, do you realize that in 40 days...39 days...38 days.."

That sounds like how my day goes! Except I only dream about having a year off...

CantWait2Be · May 2011

the only thing I'm in a hurry for is the GD to be over. I am content and hoping baby stays in as long as he needs to, although I too am uncomfortable at times. I'm still stressing about changing our daycare arangements, how we're going to afford everything, how it's going to be with a newborn and 4yr old, hate my job and am looking for something different and stressing about how that will financially affect us... lots of things I"m stressing over.

justme04 · May 2011

I'm not in any rush for my baby to come. I know I'm full term now but my DS was a premie and I certainly didn't want to go through that experience again! I dont even care how uncomfortable I am (which I'm pretty uncomfortable now every morning it feels like my legs have disconected from my hips) I just want this baby to come on his own time.

Pretzel80 · May 2011

I am kind of 50:50 on this...I want him to bake as long as he needs and I'm actually still really enjoying being pregnant (2 nights in a row of "good" sleep will do that to you!). BUT...his head circumference (90th percentile) is frightening me as is the fact that my OB is on vacation for 10 days right at my due date and I really want her to be there (we've talked a lot about delivery options for my big baby and when would be appropriate to call a c-section).

Ultimately I know his arrival is 100% up to him and when he's ready...I won't rush him out, but I also am not going to stop walking everyday or eating pineapple (I'm loving pineapple right now!!) just because they could help to induce labor.

I just keep telling him "please don't hurt Mommy with your big head!"

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