Friday, February 24, 2012

39 Weeks, 4 Days

Well, if this was my pregnancy with Annie, I would have had a baby at 6:19am today. Alas, I am STILL HERE (!!! people don't even need to say it, although some do... I feel it enough with their eyes).

Still not feeling anything. Which is good, I guess - if I did start to feel something and it ended up being nothing, I suspect I just might lose it even more than I have already.

Positives of this situation:
-Obviously the fact that I have a healthy, still wiggly baby boy inside of me who apparently just isn't quite ready to come out is a big one
-I get a free donut (and a free bagel later, because I'm "eating for 2")
-Caribou Vanilla Latte
-My maternity leave now will go until at the earliest May 21st, and then right after that is already Memorial Day weekend
-I can remain logical and know that I really will go into labor at some point very soon, and once it's over I'll (mostly) forget these past few weeks
-Done with coming into the office!
-Annie is completely over her cold - it was very short lived, and so far neither Ben or I have caught it!

Last day in the office until late May!
Last time I'll see this view for awhile!

Treats 1 & 2 of the day. There will be many. One for each "you're STILL here?!"
My first treats of the day

8 comments:

Heather said...

Oh, the waiting is sooo hard! Hang in there, mama! He'll be here before you know it :)

Frugal Vegan Mom said...

That Caribou in the 5th Street towers was my hideout many days during my corporate "career"! Yay for being done at the office!

Meredith said...

OH MY GOD that doughnut looks so good. Unfortunately, I think doughnuts probably fall into the "dessert" category and so they're off limits for me, darnit!

Good luck Erin--I hope you'll be holding your sweet baby soon!

Mama Tully said...

Hang in there. The last few weeks of pregnancy, my mantra was "I won't be pregnant forever, I won't be pregnant forever." (like the big pregnant lady that could, rather than the little engine that could!)
Can't wait to hear of his arrival!

Julia said...

Happy last day of work!!! And that coffee/donut combo is making me salivate.

Come on baby!!

Erin said...

Yay for maternity leave! Maybe it's a boy thing... they like to hang out as long as they can. ;) Good luck!

Raising Snowpeas said...

I totally thought you had delivered by now since you hadn't blogged for a few days! Sorry, probably not what you wanted to hear! Trust me, I KNOW the feeling - I had to wait until the day before my due date.. torture! You're right though, focus on the positives - baby is healthy AND you get maternity leave longer into spring, definite positives!

Karla said...

Hope you go soon:) I didn't think I would ever go into labor on my own and then when it happened I was completely shocked. And it went fast, so possibly be prepared for that too:) Good luck!