But this week, I won’t hold it against anyone for asking. The weekend, the full moon, and my due date (Jan. 27) have officially come and gone. All the baby development tracking calendars I’ve been following say something along the lines of, “Congratulations, you have reached your due date! You may have an induction if you don’t deliver in the next two weeks.” So helpful!
But this is what I’ve been preparing for. I had a feeling for quite some time that the baby would choose a later birthday. And that’s okay. I can’t complain when there are so many helpless parents of preemies in NICU out there. Also, I still don’t feel the misery that other anxious pregnant mothers feel so that’s another thing that has me in good spirits at the moment. What few inconveniences there are, I’ve gotten pretty used to and I’m just relishing in the fact that I’m not experiencing any swelling or unbearable discomfort. Also, as an added benefit, I now have more time to go out and do things that I won’t be able to do postpartum.
This weekend was pretty great. On Friday night, Chris and I celebrated eight years of being together with a fancy dinner at Trace. We then went to Lauren’s game night to hang out with some friends that we hadn’t seen in a while. On Saturday, I took a prenatal yoga class at Get Babied and also got a massage. That evening, we met up with our friends Sam and Sean for pizza and karaoke. After that, we found ourselves at Richard and Ruby’s house. Now that they have a Wii U, we’ve been spending countless hours playing Super Mario at their place. And that game still brings me as much joy as it did when I was in elementary school! On Sunday morning, Chris and I went for our weekly walk/run with his parents. His mom and I intended to go 2 miles, but we accidentally did 3 after I distractedly led us in the wrong direction. It felt great though and surely the extra exercise didn’t hurt. A woman even stopped me on the trail to ask how far along I was and when I told her it was my due date, she exclaimed “And you can still walk?!” Well, no one told me I shouldn’t be able to. That evening, Chris and I got some more baby stuff taken care of. He figured out how to install the car seat while I packed a hospital bag since we want to be ready in case a transfer becomes necessary.
So now the wait is on. I’ve been getting a lot of sweet messages from friends letting me know I’m in their thoughts and prayers and I really appreciate it. This baby is going to be born into a lot of love!
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