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Wednesday 19 November 2014

Another one bites the dust.

A lady in our antenatal classes had her baby last week! She was 34 weeks. The day before she went into labour we had our class. We had similar due dates and were discussing how uncomfortable we were. She did mention that sitting was super uncomfortable for her and you could see she was pretty uncomfortable throughout the class. But wow, bam the next day she had her baby!  Another lady in my pilates class had hers at 31 weeks, but that is a little bit more serious as the baby is still pretty small at that stage. He was fine in the end but he needed quite a bit of TLC in the beginning.

Too soon, too soon. 34 weeks. I am so not ready for that. I want my baby to bake as long as possible. I am sure in a week or so when I start to get ridiculously uncomfortable I will be singing a different tune but I want to avoid the issues that prematurity can bring. Of course at 34 weeks the baby should be fine and probably only needs a little bit of time and assistance in NICU, but still. Prematurity has been linked to some physical and developmental issues in some cases.

And anyway. Soooo not ready to actually have this baby. Will I ever be ready? No name, no hospital bag packed, total denial. There is not actually going to be an actual baby at the end of this, right? That was totally just a  rumour.

Squirmy has been pressing down on my pelvis and the pressure (and pain) down there is increasing and I am just a lumbering sphere at this point. I feel like I could pop at any moment. But would appreciate the extra 5 weeks to do some preparation, thanks.

2 comments:

Damaria Senne said...

I hope Squirmy decides it's more fun to torture Mummy's pelvis for a few more weeks than come out to meet her yet:)

The last weeks must be hard..whether you're moving or sitting or lying down. I'm in awe of women who have big families.. you know like 6 or 8 or higher? Because really.. you know how it's going to be, and yet you do it again.

po said...

LOL yes Damaria, to be honest I don't want to do this again. And I have had a very easy pregnancy. I do not enjoy this utter lack of control over my body and the lack of mobility and exercise. We will see, but if I ever do it again, it would be once more and not more than that!