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My Life Thus Far
2008-05-19 07:05:55 (UTC)

My Puffy Feet

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Today dragged on terribly. No matter what I tried to do to
keep myself entertained, it just wasn't working. I spent a
good portion of the day wandering around in circles,
cleaning things that have already been cleaned. I did
laundry, I organized and cleaned out the girls' playroom,
I messed around in the backyard (watering my newly planted
grass seed, swept the patio, picked up toys). There just
isn't much left to be done around the house. I'm restless
and need something to do to keep myself occupied. Resting
isn't very restful for me right now. I'm not comfortable
laying in one place for very long and I get antsy (like I
should be using my time for other things). It sucks.

Tomorrow I'm going out for a little while to get some
things I need to work on the nursery. All that really
needs to be done in there is the closet. I don't even need
to do that now, because the baby won't be in there for
months, but what else am I going to do? I'll have to go
out early and be home early just in case UPS comes. I
can't take the chance of missing that delivery. I need to
get everything put together and placed. It's the last
thing I need to do before I can deliver.

I've only had a few contractions today. At least ones that
I noticed. While I was picking up toys in the playroom I
had quite a few, but it was because I was moving around.
With each contraction, I feel like needles are poking into
my cervix. This is dilation. Over the course of the next
few days (possibly weeks), that'll keep happening until I
get to 4 cm, then active labor will start. I know my body
and this is how it's happened twice before. My doctor was
very skeptical when I told him how quickly I've delivered
in the past, but so was my doctor with Kiki. He even made
it a point to say "wow, you weren't kidding" when he came
to check on me after she was born. What can I say, I'm
lucky like that :)

I've got a few sippy cups to put in the dishwasher and one
little basket of laundry to put away. Then, I want a nice
hot shower and bed. I don't know if I'll go to sleep, but
I'll at least get off my puffy feet. Ciao.




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