No Baby Yet...

Though I'm still not due for a few more days so I really shouldn't complain. According to my first ultrasound I'm due on the 15th - This coming Tuesday, according to my dates, I'm due on the 17th - or this coming Thursday. So lets just go with Wednesday! By the day I'm getting more and more uncomfy...tired of not being able to sleep (not that I will get to sleep after baby shows up) but at least I'll be able to be comfy for a few hours.

I keep trying to think back to when Ben was born, it's been 4.5 years and I know there is so much I'm forgetting. I'm sure there are a lot of things that will just come right back to me, that maternal instinct effect. But I'm a little worried about what I'll forget.

And Breastfeeding. I remember with Ben it was 5 weeks. It took a good 5 weeks for me to be completely confident in my ability to breastfeed, and for all the pain to go away. Hey, If I can be preggo for 40 weeks, I'm sure I can put up with 5 weeks of nipple pain. And if I'm lucky, maybe it'll be a little less since I already have experience...

I should be nervous....shouldn't I????

I know that I will be giving birth to a new little person sometime in the next week and I am not nervous at all....not of the birth anyway. I feel like I should be. Last time around I was in labor for 42 hours (or somewhere around there) and though I'm fairly sure it wont take that long this time (It better not) I'm not even scared. I think that they ruined me when Ben was born. I had the ever loved epidural and it was turned up nice and high. I couldn't feel anything from the waist down...not a contraction, no urge to push, people had to hold my legs for me cause they were just like rubber. But it worked for me, cause he pretty much crawled out. The OBGYN came in and checked me, and he was crowning on his own. The nurses rushed to pull the table appart, I pushed for maybe 20 min and out he flew...well kinda, they had to stop long enough to take the cord from around his neck. (Note to all OB interns....when you are helping with the delivery of a baby, do NOT gasp loudly when baby comes...it kinda freaks the momma out)

The thing that's stressing me out is not my impending labor, but Christmas...I have pretty much everything bought and wrapped for Ben, but I still have NO CLUE what to get for the rest of my family. I think DH and I are going to buy our gift to us tomorrow morning. (Canadian Tire has a sale on Kitchen Aid! Stainless Steel pots and pans for only $98!!!! But shhhh...don't tell anyone, I want there to be some left when I get there!)

I still have my inlaws, my parents, bro, sis, bro inlaw and niece and nephew... really kinda lost on what to do for everyone other than a few pics when the baby finally shows his face.

Well, I'm hoping this is the LAST Belly pic I share with all of you - unless you really want to see the post baby belly...

Not the most flattering of pic, but at 9 months pregnant I'm really not that worried about.

I had a DR.s appt. on Tuesday Past... and was 2cm dilated, and 60% effaced. So there is a little going on, he did a bit of a stretch but nothing much has happened since. This weekend would be a great time to have a baby...hint hint. If not, I have another appointment on the 16th. Oh, and I hit that scary # on Tuesday, I was exactly 200lbs...hoping to loose 30lbs on the table. I wonder what my chances are...