A Small Warning

While Simon and I are doing this to keep our friends/family/acquaintences in the know and so that we can remember the experience - we know that a great many people forget the insane emotions that go through them at a time like this. They remember joy, nervousness and excitement but tend to forget things like annoyance, anger and exhaustion. This is also a little bit of an experiment for us as well as (hopefully) a bit of reality for someone else out there who wants a bit of a real play-by-play of the emotional rollercoaster of childbirth and parenting. ...granted, I know that my experience is only one...but hey...still worth trying.

That said, not all of this blog is going to be happy and shiny. There will be some real, raw emotions here and we're going to express them pretty openly. We hope that this doesn't make anyone feel as if we're in any way unhappy about the birth of our son or that we're somehow not excited or don't love him. For us, this is the reality of things that people don't really talk about or express. I think that is extremely important to remember.

We may use foul language. ...you're warned.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Still pregnant - but the end is in sight!

Okay so...so far I'm still pregnant but it looks like I might get to be induced in the next few days assuming my body is prepared for the experience. They'll check me to make sure that I'm dialated or something and if my body is getting ready in that way, I might be able to get an induction. The reason I'm pushing so hard for it is that I have fairly severe Pelvic Girdle Pain which is making it extremely hard for me to move around, especially in these last few weeks. As it can be debilitating even after you give birth, I'm trying to spare my body as much rehabilitation time as possible, particularly considering that I'll be roughly 39 weeks pregnant by the time I'm induced - so it's not as if he'll be early.

Even if my body's not preparing though, the midwife at my doctor's office suggested that my doctor wouldn't let me go past my due date (in 9 days) which is a big relief. At least there's a set time when this will all be over and I can move on... I'm starting to feel like I have an imaginary friend who no one but me can see... well...you know, feel.
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