What's your due date? I am due on the 20th of Feb....so I am telling myself it will be born in the first days of March. I work until two days past my due date....
I'm hoping I go right on time. MH's birthday is March 9th and mine is the 22nd. I like to maintain some spacing between the birthdays so we can still plan parties and not have it be every weekend is a birthday. But any earlier and there isn't enough time to recover from the holidays.
I'd recommend expecting to go at least a few days overdue. When your due date hits, you sort of hit a wall and turn into a bitter hag that hates the world. Its awful.
This time, I am planning to go overdue so hopefully it won't seem like the end of the world. Last time was not good. They moved my due date a week later, and I still went 9 days over and had to be induced.
Not trying to be Debbie Downer....you totally could go on time, too I just know the overdue days are really hard for most women.
Oh, as much as I'd like to go on time for silly birthday party planning reasons, I'm pretty resigned to going late. My mom was late with me. My sister was late with both of hers.
Just like I knew from the get-go that I was going to end up with a crepe-paper belly thanks to my mother (and I was right)...I've pretty much assumed I'll go late too.
Not saying I won't turn into a bitter hag. I reserve the right to do so.
I'd recommend expecting to go at least a few days overdue. When your due date hits, you sort of hit a wall and turn into a bitter hag that hates the world. Its awful.
This time, I am planning to go overdue so hopefully it won't seem like the end of the world. Last time was not good. They moved my due date a week later, and I still went 9 days over and had to be induced.
Not trying to be Debbie Downer....you totally could go on time, too I just know the overdue days are really hard for most women.
As someone who went into labor over 2 weeks EARLY I say you should get everything you need to get done 3 weeks BEFORE your due date. I thought for sure I was going to go over due because of all the horror stories people told me, so I procrastinated on getting stuff done and I totally regret it. When I went into labor I didn't have anything packed, my house was a disaster, and I had only one day to train someone how to do my job for 3 months. It was totally unexpected. Don't assume you're going to be over due!
My boss is already freaking out that I wont be done with our current project before I'm out. He keeps looking sideways at my belly (which admittedly, is kinda huge) and saying things like, "are you sure you're going to make it till February?"
I agree on the be prepared way ahead. I was overdue like I said but was such a raging bitch I probably would not have prepared properly had I left it to the last. I watched a lot if tv and sat around crying and feeling awful- bad pressure, heartburn, etc. no way was I making freezer meals or cleaning at that point haha! I just meant more the head games and emotional side - to be prepared mentally for going over, but I would still physically pack my bag and stuff like that!
The freezer meals are stressing me out. I'm a big cooker. I own two fridges and a freezer. All the freezers are usually stocked to the gills with meat and bread and assorted pre-made foods.
But we've used up everything I had made before since cooking time is limited by the reno. And I can't make more because my living room is still in my kitchen. We've been eating entirely out the microwave for 2 weeks.
I need to make some lasagna and enchiladas people!!!
That sucks. Maybe pick up at $25 gift card to various restaurants every payday? Then you have a stash of "free" dinners you can order out for.
When baby comes, will you have an oven that works?? You could borrow a friend's kitchen for the day to prep meals and then leave her a meal or two in the freezer to say thanks. But that doesn't help if you won't have an oven to cook them in anyway...
I'm with Peach. I was only 3 days overdue and was a raging bitch the second I was five seconds overdue. It's the most drudergy-filled feeling in the world. I also packed early like WOP suggested and still found things to do while I was hanging out waiting to go to the hosipital. I wouldn't get too stressed about the freezer meals. I never made a single one. People brought us some stuff, but honestly cooking a dinner (even tossing in a pizza with a salad) made me feel like I accomplished something. Getting something edible together wasn't that a big of a deal for me. But I was also one that busted out of the hospital the second they let me..lol. It all depends on your labor and how you feel though.