It's been two days over my due date and this baby is showing no signs of being ready to come out. I haven't had any contractions since Tuesday morning. However, he does seem to be moving less these last two days so maybe he's getting ready for his birth journey.
We went for some nonstress test sonogram today where the technician thoroughly checked out the baby. All looked good
I'm slowly getting over my anticipation stage. It's like I'm surrendering to a thought that labor will never start. Odd thought. We've scheduled an induction for tuesday although I'm not fully sure that I want to be induced. I really want it to happen naturally. I'll see where things will stand on Monday.
Since this birth seems to be imminent any day now, Ivan has been staying with my parents since Tuesday . We're trying to keep up his routine so he's been going to daycare this week. It's really hard not to see him for two days. And it's very empty and quiet in the house.
My dad and he stopped by the house for about one hour this evening so we could see him and also because they had to go and pick up my mom from some holiday party.
Every time I see Ivan after not being with him for a few days, it feels like he's a little stranger who at first reluctant to come to me. Like this evening, he wanted to eat so we first went to wash hands, except he didn't want to. He went to the bathroom but didn't want to wash hands. I had to take his hands and force him to wash them. That was so unlike him.
Eventually, he warms up to me and things are like before. But every time he comes back from spending a few days at my parents house he's like that. I feel estranged from him at first. Andy said the same thing-- that he feels like a little stranger at first .
One on hand, I'm glad that he's so comfortable being with my parents and that, if we need to, he can stay with them without being fussy. But on the other hand, it's so hard to feel like at first he rejects me when he sees me again. Especially now, when for the last few months he's been on a huge "mama, my mama" fest where everything seems to revolve around me.
Everyone has also warned me that he'll probably act cold and estranged from me when the baby arrives because he'll be mad at me. I hope that's not the case.
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Midnight ramblings of a working mom of two kids.
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