Friday, January 14, 2011

39.5 weeks

I am really convinced that I'm going to go late with this baby. And apparently I've done a good job convincing others of that as well, because so far I've more or less avoided the scourge of being asked every 10 seconds if I'm in labor yet.

(Though I did take an Internet break this past weekend to avoid having NFL scores spoiled for me, since we TiVoed the playoff games, and came back to several messages wondering if my silence was due to being, you know, at the hospital in labor. But I can't complain, because I wonder the same thing about other pregnant women who are near their due dates when they disappear.)

Anyway, for the record: I'm still here. Still pregnant, still working. Still not uncomfortable. Still not noticing any major progress that would imply that labor is just around the corner. Still totally, completely, utterly fine with that.

(Though as pseudostoops and I discussed yesterday, if he came on or before his due date, his birth date would be a palindrome, and that would be pretty cool. But he's already missed the chance to have his birthday be 1-11-11, so I'm guessing a cool birth date isn't very high on his list of priorities right now.)

Anyway, yes. The kid is still inside me, I am still totally fine with that, and I am so so so incredibly grateful to be fine with it. I know that most women who are just days from their due date are miserable and desperate for the baby to just come out already. I do not feel that way. I am really not even uncomfortable at all. And feel so incredibly lucky to be able to say that.

But yes, I fully expect to be able to take a belly photo on my due date, with the baby still inside me. So if I disappear from Twitter again this weekend, don't worry: it's just because of football. We like to watch the games on a delay so we can fast forward through the commercials.

But to tide you over, here we are at 39 weeks, the baby and me. Lesson from all this: in any subsequent pregnancies, use a longer shirt for the belly photo series.

20 comments:

  1. SO CUTE and SO EXCITED for you !!!! I can't wait for him to get here. I think you're going to be a GREAT mom. As great of a mom as my dad is a dad to me!

    Does that make sense?! LOL

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  2. I said the same thing with Sam. I even made fancy dinner reservations ON her due date so I wouldn't be disappointed when it came and went. I was SURE I was going to be late.

    She showed up one day before her due date. I missed my dinner reservations. You never know!

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  3. Jess, you look GREAT! And I am excited for you too!

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  4. You are so cute and you don't even look uncomfortable as most very pregnant women do. So excited for you! Even if you are late, it will be any day now!

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  5. You are so cute and you don't even look uncomfortable as most very pregnant women do. So excited for you! Even if you are late, it will be any day now!

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  6. How are you not uncomfortable?! I am already uncomfortable, and I am only 32 weeks! Ok, I am just being jealous.

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  7. Oh! Look at that BELLY! Gorgeous!

    And I was that way at the end of my first pregnancy. Loving it and not uncomfortable at all.

    The next two pregnancies...this didn't happen. Ug.

    Oh, luck to you and Torsten and Piglet, whenever he decides to make his appearance!

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  8. You look so cute and happy! I hope I look the same way if and when I'm ever 39.5 weeks pregnant!

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  9. You look and sound great, Jess! I'm so excited for YOU to meet Piglet ... what a special day that will be!

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  10. 1. I love that it was a normal shirt that now looks like a crop top: I think that REALLY emphasizes the changes of pregnancy!

    2. I love picturing you in this stage: the stage where you can wake up every morning thinking "It could seriously be TODAY!!" but without thinking "Please for the love that all that is holy let it be today."

    3. And I love being in this stage MYSELF, thinking every day about you "It could seriously be TODAY!" This is really fun.

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  11. I am just so incredibly excited for you!!!

    xox

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  12. I remember getting a shirt early in pregnancy that I thought was huge and would never fit. HA! It's amazing isn't it? You look wonderful!

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  13. I am so glad you're not uncomfortable! I only reached 40 weeks with one of my pregnancies and I was MISERABLE at about 3 days overdue. I'm glad you are not! still, it could be any day!!! Wooohoo!

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  14. On my last scheduled prenatal appt., I was told to schedule two more weeks worth because I was going to be late. My son was born a few days later, two days early. :)

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  15. Gosh you look great! Wishing you a complication free l&d, and a happy healthy baby! (who is ohmygosh, almost here.) :)

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  16. That's the cutest picture ever! And I think the stretched-to-breaking shirt just emphasizes the cuteness.

    Glad to hear you're feeling well and I will continue to check your blog every few hours thinking baby? baby? baby?

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  17. Hmm...pretty unusual for you not to post since Friday, isn't it? Is Torsten going to update us?

    Just kidding. Honestly, the last thing on my mind would be blogging. Hope everything is going well!

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  18. It's so great how relaxed you are about him taking his time. I was nearly 3 weeks late with Jackson and I was close to just reaching up there and yanking him out! I hope your piglet doesn't wait that long, though!
    You look GORGEOUS! Pregnancy looks good on you. :)

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  19. We're thinking of you...so glad you feel good still...that is a wonderful thing to be able to say so close to your due date!

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