Nope. Still pregnant.
But I feel sure it wasn’t all for naught. The nature and intensity of the contractions I was having last night felt too real. I think I’m just having a nice long break.
Maybe this means I’ll have a bit of a headstart once labor starts again.
The question is when it will start again: today? Thursday? Sunday, my sister’s birthday? Next Wednesday, my mom’s birthday? The day my sister has her baby? There are so many possibilities!
I have to say that in a silly way I’m a little relieved to have another shot at hitting someone else’s birthday. I jokingly told hubby last night, “But I can’t have the baby tonight. That would break tradition, to have a plain single birthday!”
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Kim,
You could aim for June 24, my anniversary
Love you,
Sister Melissa
Watching eagerly….
Just think of it this way: if the baby has a “unique” birthday, it’ll only be a matter of time before someone in your family has a baby on his/her birthday, therefore keeping the tradition going. Just from the other end…
Melissa,
Thanks - that helps. And somebody reminded me that June 21 is a holiday: the first day of summer. I think June 23 is Dad’s cousin’s birthday. So it’s beginning to look like I can’t miss hitting *something.*
Stephanie,
That can be the consolation prize if I miss, but we’re already waiting for that to happen for one daughter - just one! Her little cousin missed it by one day, so she’s still alone after 11 years.
Of course, in a family our size, cousins will be arriving with more and more frequency. Less than half of my sibs are grown and married. Maybe our little loner will get a “birthday buddy” soon!
I’m glad you’re well, Kim! I had that head start with number two and it made the rest of the labor so much easier. Praying for an easy and quick and healthy one
I generally only allow myself to check blogs every other day, because they can be a huge time-waster for me. However, I think I’m going to be checking yours every day for the next few days!
~Lois
Blessings, blessings!
Will be praying for you, way over there, getting ready for your new little one. My Abbie is 2 months old today (man, it goes SO fast!), and I still remember the waiting and the labor, but most sweetly, the delivery!
I can’t wait to see and hear about the new little one that God has designed for your family this time around!
Sending you courage and patience and strength “until then”.
Karen
I have a theory! (Well, my daughter Kei gave it to me, but I think she’s spot-on!)
I think that this baby will have a birthday of it’s own, because it’ll be a BOY, and it’s your GIRLS that share their birthdays with special days…Your first BOY will be your trend-breaker!
And that would be okay, wouldn’t it?
~Karen
Don’t you just love those dress rehearsals? I’ll bet things are soooo prepared that, once you go, watch out! I once hung out for 2 weeks at 4cm and 50% efaced–I have membranes that just don’t break easily! Once the midwife broke them, it only took about 45 minutes until we saw the baby (that was baby number 9). The last baby was born “in the vail”, after only 3-5 painful contractions (the rest were ones I could actually laugh through!), and the membranes broke as she shot out into my daughter’s hands. Fortunately, I was over a bathtub at the time!
Some folks say that women who have lots of kids have “tired” uteruses, and so we go through all of these episodes. I tend to disagree. I actually believe that our wombs are more efficient, and that God graces us so that, when we are actually in labor, it happens quickly and powerfully, and we aren’t as exhausted when it comes time to take care of the other people in our lives.
I vote for tomorrow, my birthday, the first day of summer!
Hugs
Mary
Well….how are things going?
Bless you Kim! It is such a time of anticipation, a new baby in the home, I’m sure it’s just like a holiday in your home waiting for Christmas or a “birthday” to arrive! What’s the present going to be, I love that aspect of labor but I’m always so anxious to open my gift that it’s hard for me to enjoy it sometimes. Bless you as you wait!
Well, think of it this way: your baby will be born on someone’s birthday for sure. Hope it comes soon! Thanks for the updates. I will be praying.