Anyone else feeling SUPER READY to just have this baby?

[ravenly]

I know I am still early yet-35 weeks Sunday-but I am just flat out READY to meet this little guy. By next Sunday (36 weeks) I'm sure I'll be going absolutely NUTS with yet a whole nother MONTH. I feel depressed because I just KNOW I am going to be one of those moms who wind up going wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy past their due dates.

Baby is still nice and high, not even the smallest drop of the mucous plug and absolutely ZERO pelvic pressure and a very quiet uterus. I definately have over a month to go!!!!!

I KNOW I should count my blessings, and believe me I DO, but I am just READY READY READY READY!!!!!!!

[Athena]

Nooo! We have so much to do before this baby can arrive.

1) DH needs to refinish the wood floor in the formal living room so that I can get the extra furniture out of my dining room! he hasn't done a darn thing in 3 weeks on it and I'm starting to panic.

2) I need to finish my remaining orders for custom sewing. I have 2 dresses, 1 shortalls and a personalized pillow to finish.

3) I need to sort through my big kids clothes.

4) I need to catch up on 5-6 loads of laundry. {{sigh}}

5) I need to clean out all the junk that has accumulated in my master bedroom & my closet.

6) Need to pre-register with the hospital AND pack my bag.

7) Need to line up more reliable sitters for my 4 kiddos. The one we are supposed to be using just told me she is moving at the end of this month. {{bawl}} Meaning - if I go into labor 5-6 days early (or earlier), she's going to be knee deep in her own chaos trying to get out of one apartment and into another.

These are just the things I can think of right now. I have been making progress in the house but it's hard with my limited energy level these days.

So, this baby better stay put for 4 more weeks!!! My OB thinks it would be unlikely that I'd go early based on my previous pregnancies. Phew - I hope she's right!

[NJBB]

I'm really mixed - part of me needs about 2 more months to wrap everything up. Like Keri, we just had wood floors done about 3 weeks ago, and furniture needs to go back (esp, out of the baby's room). I also need to organize baby clothes, spring clothes for the boys, etc. On the other hand, I am very anxious to meet this little one and find out if it is a boy or a girl. Also, I've been sick for over a month and I'm hopeful to get my energy and immune sys back post delivery.

[Pam in VA]

I am VERY ready!!!!!!! On Wed we spent 6 hours at L&D with contractions every 3 minutes but not changing my cervix. This was trip # 4 to L&D for us and I am getting sick of it. I wanted to cherish this last pregnancy (I am having my tubes tied after delivery-repeat c-section) but with all the contractions & weeks of bed rest I am ready to be done!! I am now doing everything I can think of to get things moving because if there is ANY change in my cervix they will go ahead and do my c-section. Either way I will see our baby girl by April 27th (that is our scheduled c-section date).
Pam in VA
35 weeks 1 day today
EDD May 12, 2005
It's a girl!
DD 11 years old
DS 4 years old

[momto3angels]

hmmmmmm.....I go back and forth. On the one hand, I am so anxious and ready to meet my mini-man. I am so ready to hold him and hear him cry and feed him (and get him off my bladder and sleep on my back )

but....I have been on bedrest sooooooo long now (3months and 1w) and I have 9 days to go before I can get up and walk around. We have done nothing to prep for this baby bcs we've been too scared (our triplets died of prematurity shortly after their births) so we have a LOT (um, everything) to do/buy.

It would be nice to get through bedrest, "rehab" my muscles for 2-3 weeks and get our nursery finished.

But, it would also be nice to hold my little one safely in my arms (and get him off my bladder and sleep on my back )

[ravenly]

I definately think part of it is the deep fear that something can still go wrong. I like the idea that now he is at a great weight and his lungs are mature that he wouldn't be in any danger for him to be delivered in case of something awful happening that wasn' t caught in time. I know I am overly paranoid, but every morning when I wake up before I even get out of bed I need to wait and feel him move and kick. Its so scary when he is quiet. I know I'll worry when he is OUT Of the womb as well, but at least I can DO something (Cpr, call doc) for him right away.

[angelaaa]

I'M READY TOO!

I vowed to enjoy every last moment of this pg and I am! This will also be my last baby. After 3.5yrs of fighting IF....I am having my tubes tied during this third c-section also! The whole concept of having my tubes tied seems weird after all that we have been through! LOL

I just finished washing everything for baby Annika and all I have left is to pack my bag for the hospital! Since I always go early around 38wks, I really only have around 2wks left (at the least) and 4 wks if I go all the way to the end (Not happening)! Baby Annika has already dropped and she has been putting a ton of pressure on my cervix. It happened over night. One day I was moving around like I wasn't even pg then the next day I can't make it up the stairs, put on my underwear and now I need help putting on my shoes!

I do have to finish up a Access Project that I am doing for my old job (freelancing)! I then have to go there to install in and make sure that it is working without a hitch so I won't have to go back after Annika is born! But besides that...I would love to see little Annika!

[peony:flower:]

hi guys-i have to admit i am sooo ready-after everything we went thru i know we wont be able to conceive again and my doc already made the comment that "two" is a good number. i am enjoying the last part more now that i am about 36w but i also feel my whole preg has been somewhat of a nightmare from the beginning. i actually am going to BEG my doc tomorrow for a sched induction or sect. i am a fast and furious laborer from what he says and want it very controlled this time! i am no longer bedrest and momto3 i am soooo proud of you-i barely got thru 3w. it feels great but very sore too) to move and have some freedom----good luck to all of us

[Nic_Oz]

At the risk of sounding ungrateful (which I'm certainly not!), I am over this whole pg thing! I want to meet my little one, and have been giving her instructions to feel free to come into the world around 37w

Comfort is a distant memory, and I don't know how much longer I can keep working. My belly dropped something severe this week, and I can only hope that I will be holding my little miracle in a few weeks!

Not long now, girls... It's like a mantra... not long now...

Nic
35w3d

[Jenny924]

As long as he waits until after Saturday when I do my bellycast. He can come any time after that..lol!