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May 2016 Moms
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Manic Monday 5-2
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Alright, let's hear what you on freaking out about this manic Monday. I have my first cervical check and I'm praying to it doesn't hurt as much as my last pregnancy. 
Re: Manic Monday 5-2
DS: Born 5-17-16
Oh, and 9,000 other things.
We decided to cancel the birthday BBQ I was planning for this Saturday - I just felt like it was too much this far along. I'm done trying to be super woman. I told my husband since my mom will be here Friday night that he should get all his guys together and go out to dinner and have some drinks in honor of his birthday. I feel bad I can't plan something big for him like I normally do, but he's so easy to please and seems pretty excited about that idea. I just told him he can't get wasted because that will pretty much guarantee I go into labor. Haha!
The only thing really to worry about is our master bathroom and second upstairs bathroom reno. The master bathroom should be done by the end of this week outside of installing glass incasing for the shower. Then they'll demo the other upstairs bathroom and that should be done by the end of next week - 4 days before my due date. The other bathroom is just getting a new floor and vanity, so it shouldn't take as long as our master bathroom. I'm keeping the faith that baby will stay in until until May 13th (due 5/17), and that if there are any touch-ups that need to be done, they'll be minor enough that if I have a newborn at home, it won't be too disturbing.
So, I'm feeling slightly less crazy this manic Monday because the house is at least cleaner than it was before. My to do list just keeps getting longer though! I'm feeling the push of late third tri and am ansty so wash the padding on our infant car seat, get the pack n play cleaned up and set up in our room, stuff like that. AH.
Today hopefully shouldn't be too 'manic'. Most of my big work assignments are done and I don't see myself getting anything that important before my leave so should be smooth sailing. Have to renew my tag on my car today (which was supposed to be done last week... oops). Really the only thing is worrying about my appointment tomorrow where I know my BP is going to be up again - really you can't expect to take a pregnant persons BP week after week after sending them to the hospital for a possible pre-e scare and not have it continue to be high bc of anxiety. At this point they know it's more a case of white coat than anything substantial bc it goes down to normal with consecutive checks - they've even said so, but they keep treating it like it's not...
My DD spent the night at my parents this Saturday and did so well. It really helped ease my mind a little bit about this weekend, though I'm sure it's going to be very hard for her (and us) to come see me and DH at the hospital but have to leave without us.
I'm actually a little more at ease this week even though the countdown is on to the RCS on Friday. My bag is packed, DD's is packed, I have 2 days of work left (from home), our house is being deep cleaned as I speak, and I'm so ready to get this baby on the outside and move forward as a family of 4!!
js8812 Arg me too.. it's hard to stay motivated this close to the end. This should be my last week in and I have so much to prep for others still.
itsbrookejones that's so not cool! You should tell him that he can cook and clean for his dinner parties.
But what really has me going is, "What if I don't make it to my due date/later and actually deliver early?" I have 3 kids to consider... should I have their bags packed and ready to go? And then where the F are they going to go?? My brother was originally going to watch them but he started a new job recently and he's OOT every other week and the weeks that he is home he works through the night so I can't rely on him. If I could go into labor on a friday night I would be so happy with that. I wouldn't have to worry about the kids going to school and could just drop them with a neighbor until after I give birth... then DH would just whisk on in and handle the kids like last time. Of course, labor totally starts when it's convenient.
@thismakes4, I feel like convenience is such an issue when you have other kids. I mean you have three, and I only have one, but I totally feel you.
Add on the end of the school year stuff, plus graduations, weddings, etc and I am just ready to hide.
And yeah the end of the school year stuff should really be fun to figure out. I hate missing out on things that are a big deal to my older kids. I don't want them to think that I prefer the new baby over them. I already can't do my friend's wedding and my other friend's graduation.... I think I will go and hide with you.
Also manic about BIL and SIL not getting their whooping cough vaccine yet! Uhh baby is due in 3 days people!
The biggest reason I'm nervous though is because my husband is still going to work. He works nights as a mining engineer and the mine is only giving him 3 days off to spend with me and baby. So he is going to drop me off at the hospital, go to work, and then I have to call the office above ground if the baby makes fast progress. It will take 2 hours for him to get to the hospital because the office will have to radio down to him while he's underground and it takes 40 minutes to drive above ground and then he has to drive from the mine to the hospital! Both of our families live in different states, so I will be alone.
Fortunately, if I call him out of work, it won't count against his 3 days off. If he doesn't go to work at all, that's when his time off starts. So hopefully I will get ahold of him in time, he will have been underground long enough to get some work done so that it won't count against him when he leaves early, and then his 3 days off will be extended by the weekend, giving him 5 days with LO before going back to work.
Sorry if that sounded incredibly complicated, but that's why I'm a big ball of stress right now. I'm just going to spend the rest of the evening relaxing and showering before I go to the hospital. At least my bags are packed and we're both giddy with excitement to meet Samantha Sue (:
I've had FOUR people "commiserate" with me today that they went 2 weeks past their EDD. After more than a week of false labor this makes me want to cry. In related news, this morning I cried for an hour. I seriously could not even tell my husband why I was crying bc I didn't know. I managed to squeak out "because I'm so frustrated" because that's all I could come up with.
OH YEAH. We went to Lowe's and the cashier asked me when I was due. I said "yesterday" and then cried again.
of us before we add another to the family.
I think I'm just so frustrated because the false labor started over a week ago and I was like "ok, this is it!" Nothing but pain and discomfort since. And 18 times a day someone says "anything?!?!"
Don't they need to get the TDaP shot 2 weeks before it would actually work?
Mama to Three Girls:
Twins born March 2014 at 26 weeks due to preterm labor
and our 37weeker born May 9th, 2016!