Monday, February 4, 2008

Going Crazy

OK!
I am ready to go. Today I started to wonder why I decided that I would be early going in to labor. I thought, if I can make it to 37 weeks, what's a few more weeks until my due date? Wow, was I underestimating what it is like to wait.
I had my last day at work (my winter job at the Clay Coyote Gallery), which I am glad for. Despite the fact that I feel stir-crazy, I really do not feel well enough to be at work. I take one or two naps a day and my braxton-hicks contractions last longer and hurt more. I'm really in no shape for customer service. What am I doing? Well, I am trying to make labor happen. This is how:
1. I am taking a "Gentle Birth" tincture to speed things along and make for an easier labor when it does come. It's an herbal tincture with raspberry leaf and all sorts of things in it.
2. I am going to Snap Fitness every day. Today I tried the stairmaster since a cashier at IKEA told me recently that steps help. It was hard. I only lasted 3 minutes, but I stayed on the eliptical for 30 minutes.
3. I am napping and taking relaxing baths.
4. I'm eating spicy foods, greasy foods, lots of fruit, drinking milk...all things that have been recommended to me.
5. Drinking lots and lots of water. My midwife told me that dehydration slows things up.
6. I am going into public with hopes that I will break my water and be in a predicament (labor bait).
7. I am doing yoga, which gets more limited each day.
8. I am continuing to listen to pregnancy podcasts and reviewing my labor notes.
9. I am nesting, I recovered a chair and ottoman today.
I don't know what I am going to do tomorrow. It's humorous how crazy this is.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Katy -
I am amazed you recovered a chair and ottoman in ONE DAY! It sounds like you are doing all good things for yourself and the baby.
My midwives reminded me often that the last days of being pregnant are really sacred. This is the last time you have the baby ALL TO YOURSELF. Being pregnant is so special and will be a mere memory before you know it. A giant chapter of life is closing, and you are putting beautiful finishing touches on it! The next chapter will be here soon. Just keep doing what you're doing. Naps! Drinks! Projects! Humor! Love!