The Over-baked Baby - 5 Days Overdue

I have come to accept disappointment in the past few days. I was hoping that my baby-birthing hips would have assisted in my bodies ability to “let the kid go” by this point. It has been very frustrating that things are happening, but at the same time nothing is happening. Also, my goal that she would be born sometime in July (in order to have a Ruby in my mothers ring whenever I get it) has been demolished. All of these disappointments are superficial, I know. However, rationality and a pregnant woman don’t mix. Mostly I have come to accept the fact that in the morning, unless by some miracle I go into labor soon, we will be inducing the birth. Induction apparently has become a more common occurrence as studies have found that the longer the baby is in past the due date the more complications for the mother and the baby there can be. Or that is how I understand it anyways.

In my mind though induction seems a bit much, but I am anxious to have her out here with her family . . . hence the reason we chose August 2. I didn’t want August 3 because I wanted Veronica to have her special birthday all to herself and vice verse. I am not, however, delusional enough to think that this might not take all day tomorrow eventually ending in the baby being born on the 3rd after-all, but at least I have tried.

As tomorrow nears I am getting a little less bitchy and moody but in their wake I am getting a little more nervous about the pain that I know is imminent. Kind of like I will be walking to the gallows, but not really that dramatic.

I would like to say I thought of really interesting ways to spend my last few days as a non-mom. Alas mostly I have spent what is left of my pre-motherhood time working on a cross-stitch, watching television, browsing the internet, spending time with Jason, and reflecting on what is to come. So far I am halfway through the cross-stitch and won't have finished it before the baby arrives.

Thank you everyone who has respected my wishes to not be bothered with questions about how I and the baby are doing. And not trying to help. Hopefully if all goes well tomorrow, Jason and I will be official parents. Love to you all and look for an update sometime this weekend???? We will be sending out snail-mail announcements, emails, and phone calls once the baby arrives. So stay tuned!