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I waited (and waited and waited) to write this post…all in the hopes that I wouldn’t have to. Alas, here I am on the official due date of my son, not in labor. He’s in no hurry.  Maybe I’ve made it too comfortable in there.    Every time I feel a slight twinge of anything uncomfortable I hope it gets worse.  It’s a weird thing to hope for pain, especially after going 10 months (or your whole adult life, if you’ve always planned on having kids) dreading the act of labor.  I’ve been dreading labor… Read more >

I finally got my iPhone’s playlists ready – I don’t know how it took me this long, but I just synched my favorite mellow music to my device.  Lots of enya, classical stuff, and other soothing songs (ie Buddha Lounge Ensemble).  I have different tunes too, but I feel most serene when I’m listening to tranquil types of music.  Hopefully that’ll help during contractions.    And since I’m on the subject of my iPhone, check out all the baby related apps that now dominate the screen.  Geez!  I used to barely have two pages of… Read more >

I know what you’re probably thinking.  Didn’t I just post about week 37?  I was kinda behind with that one.  This post, however, is on time. What’s there to say really? I’m uncomfortable.  Real clothes sucks.  All I want to do is wear PJs all day long.  And do anything but sit.  Sitting is not at all comfortable.  Standing or lying down is fine.  Although it takes me half an hour to get from one position to the other.  Now I know what women feel like during the last few weeks when they just want… Read more >

I decided I should probably do pregnancy posts more frequently now that I’m getting down to the home stretch. We’re gonna be parents!!!!!!! It’s hard to believe I’ve been pregnant for all this time and it’s only just starting to hit me that we are going to be mom + dad for the next however many years.  That’s way different than just Kyle + Elise. Hard to believe we were once just dumb college kids!  Now we have to pretend to act like adults so our kid doesn’t figure out that we’re really winging it. … Read more >