So, I feel like I am being drawn and quartered. I have outgrown my maternity clothes. I seriously waddle. I have trouble getting in and out of my car. But ironically, those seem to be the only real troubles I am having, much to the surprise of the doctor who delivered DB. I have had 2 babies before this one, yet I have never been THIS pregnant before. And we just keep on going.....could it even be possible? Am I really going to have to go the full 15 months of pregnancy? I never realized that pregnancies lasted this long. I always thought it was only like nine months or something! Okay, so I may be exaggerating just a bit about how long I have been preggo, but even Ben has forgotten what life was like to have a "normal" Amanda around. But at least he has AN Amanda around....if things turned out like DB, I would definitely be MIA and at the hospital. Don't get me wrong--it is "a bizillion" (to use DB's favorite number these days) times better for ME to be uncomfortable instead of watching a tiny baby uncomfortable in the hospital. Look at me go, now I will have understanding for the whole spectrum of moms--ones with early babies and no stretch marks, and those with big babies and stretch marks that could rival a topographical map!!!
I have never been known to be patient, but this last 18 days just might kill me! I just don't know how we are going to handle having a baby that doesn't have an IV in their head, tubes coming out of their nose/mouth and all sorts of blood tests and Xrays. Seriously? How do they know these full term babies are okay without all those tests? Do they at least measure their oxygen? How do I know she will be breathing without a machine to tell me so? This is going to be wierd!! What a blessing and what a miracle. I know that all babies are miracles, but when your doctor can't exactly explain why this one is going so much better than the first two, you know you are looking in the face of a miracle.....at least I will look her in the face in 18 days.
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Amanda, I have been stalking your blog for an update :)
Secretly I'm thinking *Heavenly Father wants you to go all the way because He wants you to have sympathy for us whiners!!!*
Isn't it amazing that they let us take these babies home and say...here, have this!
I am SO happy for you, but I have MUCH MUCH sympathy for the uncomfortable waddling, hot flashes, heartburn, having to pee every 5.2 seconds and needing a fork lift to get out of a car! I was just there! Hang in there!
We are cheering for you!!!!!
feel for you! Now you know how I felt with Brady and I went a week over my due date!!!!! I don't think any of the sisters or sister in laws have gone to their due date except Dianne with Hayes. I went a week over and I wanted to put my head through a wall, in the middle of JULY! So, yes, I feel your pain......... I hope you do go full term, just so you won't have to do the tubes, oxygen thing! And so you can feel my pain... tee hee.
Emily, I think you're right. I almost got there with Mason. I was due August 15th and he was born the 12th. I didn't remember that you went a week over. That's torture girlfriend!
You go girl. You can make it! We believe in you!
I believe in miracles!!! Yes, this little girl of your's is a miracle!!! Way to be a strong woman and to continue to be healthier with each pregnancy! It's a miracle you aren't digressing, but progressing! Isn't it usually the opposite with each child!? Well, that can just go right along with the strangeness of our family!
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