I am going to take some time tonight to feel a bit sorry for myself. At this exact stage in my pregnancy with Adam (7pm, 8 days before due date) I was in the tub at Foothills hospital, a mere hour and 25 minutes from giving birth to my 8 and a half pound baby boy. Where am I now? At home, on my computer, not in labour. Have I been having contractions? Oh yes - a whole bunch of false labour for the past THREE days! I know I had braxton hicks with the other two (well, more so with Adam), but it was not like this. I can feel pressure, like the baby is super low in my pelvis, and I've been having cramping for the last couple of weeks, but for some reason this baby is toying with me! I'll have a few contractions, and then they'll just stop for a few hours. Nothing too painful, so I know it's not real labour yet, but so frustrating! I fully expected that this baby would come at LEAST as early as Adam - isn't that how it's supposed to be? Each subsequent pregnancy, the baby comes a bit earlier than the last? Apparently not in the cards for me this time. I know what my advice is to other people that are waiting to go into labour - relax, enjoy your freedom, sleep through the night, etc. etc. - so much easier to say when it's not you waiting! I am so anxious to meet this little munchkin, and while I'm nervous to have to go through labour again, I am as ready as I'll ever be for it. So come on out Baby! Your Momma is waiting rather impatiently!
Adam continues to have anger issues, but it hasn't been quite as bad the last week or so (as I'm typing this, he's having a tantrum in the tub! Nice!). I think it hasn't helped that I haven't gotten out as much over the last month or so - he seems to thrive on getting out of the house, being outside, etc. We did go to the zoo on Thursday to go see the penguins (so cute!) and that was a really good day - he was happy as can be. I am definitely looking forward to summer and not being pregnant anymore, and hoping for a great baby that will let me get out lots:). One neat thing is that he is learning his colours, and getting much better with recognizing shapes - he may not be miles ahead of the game in some of these areas, but he is learning which is always exciting!
I have been so terrible with taking pictures lately, but I did take a few. The ones of the kids in the playroom I took while they were dancing away - it was super cute:). I haven't seen Adam do much dancing, but on this day, he was all over the place with his own little style of dance:).
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