38 1/2 weeks and nesting…AKA decluttering

I’m officially over 38 weeks and the “nesting” syndrome part of pregnancy has officially set in. Even my email inbox is getting decluttered. I’ve cleaned out about 6 or more Walmart bags of clothes and stuff out my daughters room this week and some lucky person who has a a little girl is going to be royally blessed, or I’m at least going to keep Goodwill in business a little longer.

I went to the doctor Wednesday for my weekly checkup and found out I’m walking around dilated now to about 4 cm (FYI 10 cm is the most you can dilate to and that is when the baby comes for those few who didn’t know that.)I’ve had a few people actually ask so that’s why I’m clarifying.:) If baby girl doesn’t come on her on this weekend then I’ll be induced next Wednesday July 14th bright and early around 5 am. I’m praying that I’ll be holding her in my arms by then and updating this blog on how life with 3 children is, but we shall see.

I still feel pretty good despite the lack of sleep I seem to be getting. I’m managing to see just about every hour or at least every other hour on the bright digital clock in my bedroom. Each time I look I’m praying my eyes are doing tricks on me, but then realize nope, it’s really 3 a.m. and I just looked at the clock last at 2 a.m. Then the pattern keeps going till the sun comes up and I finally roll out of bed and grunt my way to the bathroom for the umpteenth time and just decide it’s easier to stay up than lay back down. I once heard from a mom of twins that when she only gets an hour or two of sleep at night she just asks God to multiply her sleep and make those 2 hrs feel at least like 4. If He only sees fit to give her 2 hrs a night of sleep then He’ll just have to give her the stamina to make it through the day on so little sleep. So, praying for God to multiply my sleep time has most certainly been a regular prayer I’m praying.

Emotionally, by the grace of God, I’ve been doing okay and not losing it too much. I rarely watch TV anymore, but I did manage to catch an episode of Extreme Makeover Home Edition and of course that show stirred up all kinds of emotions and I shed a few tears of joy for the family featured that week. I haven’t seen any Hallmark movies or any other sappy thing to trigger any more floods of tears, so I should have a good reservoir of tears stored up for when baby girl makes her arrival.

The kids always ask if we will cry when she is born and we tell them of course, we cried when you where born don’t you remember? To which they both say, “oh yeah, that’s right you did cry when I was born cause it hurt didn’t it.” If they only knew.

Other than that all else is status quo. If you think of it, I have a few other pregnant friends, one  of whom is delivering her baby today, Amanda is her name, please pray for her and her family and pray for me that I have this little girl soon and that all is healthy safe and well. I can’t wait to meet her and introduce her to you.

Thanks for checking in and I’m off to go “nest” some more.

Sincerely,
Paige