{"id":1184,"date":"2008-01-30T08:01:20","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T13:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2008\/01\/30\/the-one-where-the-baby-is-still-mere-hours-days-weeks-or-maybe-months-from-being-born\/"},"modified":"2008-01-30T08:27:09","modified_gmt":"2008-01-30T13:27:09","slug":"the-one-where-the-baby-is-still-mere-hours-days-weeks-or-maybe-months-from-being-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2008\/01\/30\/the-one-where-the-baby-is-still-mere-hours-days-weeks-or-maybe-months-from-being-born\/","title":{"rendered":"The one where the baby is *still* mere hours, days, weeks or maybe months from being born"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m trying to be patient, I really am! But it seems like every time I settle in and convince myself that there is nothing to do but wait it out and enjoy these last few days, my body throws something new at me that gets me all excited again — for nothing!!!<\/p>\n

While my labours with Tristan and Simon were quite different in a lot of ways (with Tristan I went into labour spontaneously two days past my due date, and with Simon I was induced 10 days past my due date) in the end they were both fairly linear in their progression. Once labour started, it moved, albeit at differing speeds and stages, pretty much unerringly toward birth.<\/p>\n

Not so much this time around. Believe it or not, I’m fairly content with the waiting. At the most, this baby will be here sometime in the next 10 days or so, and that seems perfectly reasonable to me. It’s the “Ohhh, I think this is it, here we go!!” excitement, followed by the letdown of “Oh, never mind, we’re back to waiting again” that’s really starting to fray my nerves. First there was the 12 hours of progressive contractions last Thursday, after which it took me about three days to get my head back into a place where I was content to wait it out another week or more. Then yesterday with the lost mucous plug, I really thought we were good to go, until my midwife confirmed that in the absence of other symptoms, it really doesn’t mean much more than “Baby could come any time in the next couple of days or weeks.” Whimper. <\/p>\n

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You might remember my sweet bloggy friends in Toronto and environs got together and chipped in for an absolutely gorgeous hand-made baby blanket and pillow for the Player to be Named Later. Yesterday, just as I was trying to wrangle my excitement over the non-progress of the lost mucous plug back into perspective, the doorbell rang. It was the postlady, with a package from Marla<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In the package were the blanket and pillow and an equally adorable little taggie blanket for baby to play with, and there was also an extra little care package from Marla and Josie. <\/p>\n

\"Baby<\/a><\/p>\n

Look at these and tell me they are not the most adorable things you’ve ever seen!!<\/p>\n

\"Baby<\/a><\/p>\n

Marla has predicted that Baby was simply waiting for his care package to arrive, and would make his grand entrance within 24 hours of me receiving it. So Canada-Post-As-Oracle dictates that he has until shortly after noon today to arrive. Hmmmm, unless this is a *really* sudden and fast labour….. but I’m secretly hoping she’s right!!<\/p>\n

Thank you again to Ann <\/a>and Andrea <\/a>and Jen <\/a>and Nicole <\/a>and Kate <\/a>and Nadine<\/a>, and especially to Marla and Josie. I love all of you!<\/p>\n

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Or, maybe the Player to be Named Later is just waiting to see the outcome of the Canadian Blog Awards<\/a>. Today is the final day for voting, so if you haven’t done so already, this is your last chance to vote for us<\/a>! Don’t do it for me, do it for Baby! (Shameless, aren’t I?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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