Me & the dog this morning (he's behind me, just over my right shoulder!)
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Still preggers......
Two days past the due date...........and feeling fine. I'm FINE! Loving the attention, in fact. And doing my best not to focus on being OVERDUE, especially when it could go on for a while - my mom carried me and my brother for 2 weeks before getting induced!
The whole concept of a "due date" is rather frustrating - and hardly scientific - it's as though doctors were at a complete loss on how to calculate human gestation. The fact that it's calculated according to the first day of the mother's last monthly cycle (April 22nd in my case) is a big tip-off - it's entirely unrelated to when conception occurs!
Consider that Peter and I did not, as Peter says "pull the goalie" (his term for trying to get pregnant!) until after May 10th (beginning of our honeymoon). Does that mean that the baby is actually 38 weeks and 3 days, or thereabouts??
In a way, it's nice that some things remain a mystery with respect to modern science. That said, I'm doing my best to let it go and not obsess - I'll leave the calendar counting to Peter! :D The Little Dude will come out when he's ready, and I will continue to enjoy my late mornings, yoga classes and eating whatever I want. :) Although, if and when we get to a certain point, there are all sorts of fun and creative ways to encourage labor. Sex, specifically orgasms, come recommended because they release oxytocin! Now honestly, if you had your choice between a romp in the sack with your honey, and taking Pitocin (oxytocin) through an IV needle, or having your O.B. manually "thin your membranes," which would YOU choose as your first course of action? And then, there's always castor oil....yummy!
As I contemplate these options, we wait for Baby O.'s arrival....despite my relatively low level of anxiety, it is like sitting in front of an oven, waiting for the button on a Butterball turkey to pop out!!
The whole concept of a "due date" is rather frustrating - and hardly scientific - it's as though doctors were at a complete loss on how to calculate human gestation. The fact that it's calculated according to the first day of the mother's last monthly cycle (April 22nd in my case) is a big tip-off - it's entirely unrelated to when conception occurs!
Consider that Peter and I did not, as Peter says "pull the goalie" (his term for trying to get pregnant!) until after May 10th (beginning of our honeymoon). Does that mean that the baby is actually 38 weeks and 3 days, or thereabouts??
In a way, it's nice that some things remain a mystery with respect to modern science. That said, I'm doing my best to let it go and not obsess - I'll leave the calendar counting to Peter! :D The Little Dude will come out when he's ready, and I will continue to enjoy my late mornings, yoga classes and eating whatever I want. :) Although, if and when we get to a certain point, there are all sorts of fun and creative ways to encourage labor. Sex, specifically orgasms, come recommended because they release oxytocin! Now honestly, if you had your choice between a romp in the sack with your honey, and taking Pitocin (oxytocin) through an IV needle, or having your O.B. manually "thin your membranes," which would YOU choose as your first course of action? And then, there's always castor oil....yummy!
As I contemplate these options, we wait for Baby O.'s arrival....despite my relatively low level of anxiety, it is like sitting in front of an oven, waiting for the button on a Butterball turkey to pop out!!
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
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