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Waaaaah

April 21, 2008 /
I am so uncomfortable today.  The ten pound turkey in my belly is killing me.  I have pains in my ribs, pains in my hips, pains in my stomach – I think these are poky baby limbs asserting themselves into areas where they don’t belong, but they could also be muscle spasms of some kind.  Since yesterday I have felt like somebody stuck a hose down my throat and blew me up with air.  I can’t sit, I can’t lie down, I can’t stand in a way that is comfortable.  Drinking water brings me pain.  Attempts to sleep last night were something of a joke – I saw every hour from 11pm until my 6:30 alarm.  Also, every single person as I walked down the hall at work today shouted "Are you STILL HERE??  Yukkity yuk yuk."  And yes, it’s hilarious, and harmless, and a display of camaraderie and goodwill, and I can’t hear it one more time or I’ll scream.
 
I just had to release that whine to the wider world.
 
Only a few more days or weeks to go.  I THINK I can I THINK I can I THINK I can.
 
Or, as the birth coach instructed us to say, I can have my baby.  I can have my baby.  I can have my baby.  (This mantra is supposed to be chanted during labor, but I’m feelin’ the need for some affirmation today.)
 
Oh, if only I could knock back a whiskey and ginger ale for my pains.  I can’t wait to bust into some of that Gentleman Jack & Woodford Reserve that the band guys got me.  mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. . .
 
**The good thing about this state of being is that it tends to be temporary.  It’s based on baby position, or digestive issues, or something like that, and I know that chances are in a few hours something will have shifted and I will be back to semi-normal.  But until then, oh dear heavens, I just wish somebody would shoot me.
 
 

6 Comments

  • super jane

    April 21, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    i know the feeling.  i can sympathize with you.  it does pass.  you will get through this.  and surprisingly enough, you will one day want to do it all over again.  **big, hugemongous hug to you!!**

  • Aimee

    April 22, 2008 at 8:12 am

    lol…you are just about there…i know you can do it!!♥~♥ :oD the shortest distance between two people is a smile… :oD ♥~♥ 

  • Kelly

    April 22, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    Oh! You\’re with child! I didn\’t know but I suppose I would if I bothered to drag my ass around the \’nets like I used to do. A very belated but heartfelt CONGRATS to you. I can\’t think of anything more wonderful than bringing a baby into existence and doing so in a loving family is icing on the cake. May you have nothing but joy in motherhood.Now, pass that whiskey to me. I\’m not pregnant and can happily enjoy it for you.