did you ever feel...

[CrystalBrooke]

did you ever feel like you were never going to go into labor? I know im still roughly 5 weeks away..but i already feel as if each day is really a week. im so anxious to see my little one and hold her in my arms for the first time, but i feel like my time is never going to get here! i feel so close, yet so far away..what do you do while you wait to make the time seem to go by faster?

 

[chrislife]

I feel exactly the same! I'm not quite as far along as you (you're two weeks, four days farther along) but I'm going bonkers. It doesn't help that by this point, the hormones have loosened the ligaments to the point where walking is a challenge. Are you having braxton hicks contractions?

What I'm doing to while away the time, besides chasing a toddler, is dreaming up ways to start labor when I get to term (or two weeks before the due date). I'm planning a loooong downhill/uphill walk the day I hit 38 weeks.

---Christina

 

[CrystalBrooke]

ive had braxton hicks contractions, but not in a while...i walk a pretty good lot at work because i hate standing still, and on my lunch breaks and 15 minute breaks i usually walk around the mall...but im hoping to start maternity leave very shortly...im so exhausted i can't hardly go....but im going crazy just sitting around and waiting on my little blessing to arrive!

 

[Krystina661]

did you ever feel like you were never going to go into labor? I know im still roughly 5 weeks away..but i already feel as if each day is really a week. im so anxious to see my little one and hold her in my arms for the first time, but i feel like my time is never going to get here! i feel so close, yet so far away..what do you do while you wait to make the time seem to go by faster?

I felt the exact same way when I was pregnant with my first. I was also 17 at the time!! The only thing you can do is wait.. and try to get things ready for the baby. Try focusing more on how to cope during labor and delivery and what to expect.



Just don't do what I did. My sons due date was June 15th 2000.. and I rushed him earlier (which I shouldn't of done) and he was born May 27th by c-section. I actually induced my own labor cause I couldn't wait any longer and my doctor told me the baby already felt as though he was 8 pounds already so I thought.. "why not?" He was very healthy and I was very blessed.. but just remember how you felt when you were in the first trimester and how anxious you probably were!! Now you only have 5 little weeks to go until you bring a life into this world..

 

[Athene]

The last few weeks drag unfortunately, but they'll pass.


You're not on maternity leave yet????

 

[CrystalBrooke]

no im not on maternity leave yet, i keep mentioning it because i am so tired and i dont have the time or energy to do anything but my mom insists that i work and go to school right up until i have the baby then take a maternity leave...her logic is that she did it(only she wasnt going to school too)and other women do it...however i wont be living with her come this weekend so im gonna ask my dr about it because i need all the rest i can get now...i know im not gonna get any after the baby gets here

 

[~Mrs. A2J~]

The last month drags the longest but it will end! I remember thinking that my daughter would never get here but she did and she was worth the wait!

 

[Leanna]

It is hard to wait at the end.... But really you should be enjoying your last days of "freedom." Go to movies and out with your friends a lot, and extra dates with your fiance. None of these things are impossible later, but you have to have a babysitter, you're more tired and less inspired.... so have some fun.....

 

[giddybiscuit]

did you ever feel like you were never going to go into labor? I know im still roughly 5 weeks away..but i already feel as if each day is really a week. im so anxious to see my little one and hold her in my arms for the first time, but i feel like my time is never going to get here! i feel so close, yet so far away..what do you do while you wait to make the time seem to go by faster?

My daughter is 5 months old and I remember the feeling you're describing quite well. My advice would be to enjoy the weeks you have left! Being a mother is the most wonderful thing you'll ever do, and there's a lot to love and enjoy about it--but with it also comes some changes. So right now, relish your freedom to sleep in, take a long bath, go out and have fun! Your precious one will be here before you know it. And congratulations...motherhood is awesome!

 

[Savedthroughfaith]

You are not alone! I remember that last month with my daughter being the LONGEST month of my life. I was so happy she was 10 days early!!!

 

[ShannonMcCatholic]

ive had braxton hicks contractions, but not in a while...i walk a pretty good lot at work because i hate standing still, and on my lunch breaks and 15 minute breaks i usually walk around the mall...but im hoping to start maternity leave very shortly...im so exhausted i can't hardly go....but im going crazy just sitting around and waiting on my little blessing to arrive!

The week before my oldest was born I read chidlrens novels- all of the Chronicles of Narnia- The Borrowers, a bunch of books by the lady who wrote Anne of Green Gables. It was good enough to keep my mind occupied- but not so difficult as to wear out my tired prego brain.

Try to focus on the blessing that this time is-- the time where you and your daughter share one body, where she resides within you is drawing to an end. Try to cherish every moment, even the tired achey ones-- it is such a blessed, blessed time...I know that's easier said than done, but that is what my pregnancies have taught me.

If I were you, I would be good to myself- go get your toenails done, get a haircut...go out on lots of dates with Ben. It will be a while before you will do those things after the baby-- and they will never be as easy to do ever again...it will always at least entail finding someone to watch the baby!!

Just remember- your labor will come-- it is a certainty!