Will Feb 9Th EVER Come?!

If you can sleep, sleep. If you can sit, sit. Life will be busy soon enough :)

My youngest is 11 and the others are 21, 24, and 27. I don't remember what I did!

Congrats mommy.

Both of mine cam a week before my scheduled c-section, so I didn't that have to wait. I hope it goes by quickly for you.

I had 11 yrs between my 1st & 2nd (18 yrs old , 7 yrs old & 3 yrs old) then 4 yrs TO THE DAY between my 2nd & 3rd . Who were both born the week before Christmas during the heaviest snowfall & we live 45 mins to an hour from the hospital. :) I say relax & take it day to day. Good luck & Congrats!

nine years between my sons....it's fun! Life is easier with years in between!

I was induced 2 weeks before my due date with my second baby , and were still ver nervous and anxious..i tried not to think about it too much so kept my focus on something else..try to relax and get as much rest as you can ,by the time you know it ..youll be holding your baby in your arms.

Oh, M.....hang in there!

With my first baby, all I did was cry at the end of my pregnancy. I was so miserable and I felt so huge, everything ached.
This is just my opinion....but I personally don't understand wanting to know practically the minute you are pregnant. I understand the excitement and all that, but dang......the sooner you know, the longer it makes that 40 weeks feel. At least that's how it was for me.
Anyway, I had a surprising boost of energy from nowhere and I started crafting and making things and decorating for Halloween. It was like I couldn't help myself.
My contractions started, lasted all day long, were 3 minutes apart and I STILL feel ready to stop being busy to go to the hospital. My mom basically dragged me because my hospital was an hour away.

My second baby came almost 10 years after the first and I didn't plan it that way, but I'm telling you, I wouldn't have changed a thing. I actually found the age difference to be a blessing. It just worked out so wonderfully.

Everything will happen as it should, dear, and your body might just be saving your energy up for the delivery and bringing the new baby home as opposed to having a big energy burst now.

One thing I realized with both of my pregnancies, even though they were very different, is that my body knew what it was doing both times. It was hard to relax and believe that at the time, but it was really true.

I'm so excited for you. You're in the home stretch now.
Please be sure to let us know when your precious baby arrives.

Best wishes!

5 days Sweetie, less than a week. You'll get there.
You have no energy now because your body is storing it all for labor and delivery...just rest and make everyone wait on you. LOL

Hugs

I generally started painting a room, or doing a craft project. That always started labor, I think! But you're not going that route. Anyhow, I always had a feeling-like-a-beached-whale stage just before the baby arrived.

According to my calendar, you have only five more days to go. I can fully understand that you don't have any energy. So just relax - do only what you have to do - love on your family! You'll be busy enough after February 9th.

Happy for you!

Aww, congrats to you! You will be fine, and thankful for these last few days to get everything done. Relax, I took naps, painted my nails, and ate very well before I had my son. He was induced, as he didn't want to come out! But I ended with a c-section. Start a journal. Make sure your bag is full too..

Treat yourself, you are on the last stretch, girl. Enjoy.

This is great! I have a little girl who turned six in Dec....my first child. I just had another little girl in Dec. I felt this way too!!! All I did was pace back and forth...and got everything (that I haven't already done) taken care of, looked up baby stuff online, got myself more excited about it! My water broke with my first while I was sleeping and I was already in active labor! So I didn't know how early phase labor even felt for my second...so I was so nervous that I didn't know what to expect...just hang in there! The only way (unfortunatly) is to let time pass until the big day! Congrats!!!!

I had 10 years between my 1st and 2nd and now 7 years later I have 6 total :) (17, 7, 6, 4, 18 mo & 2 1/2 mo). Try to rest if you can, don't over do it - maybe one small thing a day - it will add up by the end of the week. The 9th will be her soon... enjoy the time and relax, your baby will be in your arms soon and it will all come back.

Congratz!

How fun!! These are your last few days to help create a human! My kids are 6 years apart. My daughter was due Feb 9th, and was born on that day. So, while I am celebrating her 28th birthday, maybe you will in in the hospital holding your new baby!

YEAH!! Oh, I got thru it because I was soooo excited that my sister was flying out for the birth of my son - she was my c-section buddy (planned too) since daddy is not so good in that department. You should have seen his face when I brought up the discussion of who I wanted in the room with me - oh the relief when I told him to be in the waiting room with his friends! So, anyway I was able to focus on the fact that I was going to see my sister and my neice (her husband had friends in the area that he got to visit too so we did not always see him - totally forgiven) and have some time with her a few days before baby came. We were able to put finishing touches on the set up for new baby - run the routine just in case he came early (scheduled a week before due date but you never know) and just relax together. IF you need something to keep you busy may I suggest reading or listening to an audio book - I know my library allows us to download from the computer them as part of our services and download Ebooks too! You can set goals for yourself during this time and write letters to the new baby and to your pre schooler about his time for them to read when they are older. I have only one but I imagine that is something I would do!

its like waiting for Christmas, but not knowing what day it may fall on. At least you made it to your final week. DD came 3 weeks early and I had been in labor for 2 days prior and did not know it was labor, lots of lower back pain. I too had a c-sect and was ready for her to get OUT!!! lol. I am hoping this will be for year for #2 for us, weve been trying for almost 2 yrs now. Well gl and congrats.

First of all CONGRATS! I am in the same boat...I have only 11 wks along so I have a WAAAAYS to go but my son is 4 almost 5 and I am so scared about having a 2nd baby! My husband and I were like OMG do we have the energy to do this AGIAN?!?! I think we will be fine! Hang in there momma! Only 5 more days to do! Just keep as busy as you can :) Good luck! Keep us updated! Kinda wish I was at your point...seems to be taking forever for me to just get in my 2nd Trimester!!!!!

My girls are 15, 7, and 3 months - it's awesome, I love them being so far apart. Baby #2 is harder then #3 - but within hours it'll be like they were always there. It'll be much easier since your first is 5 and more independant. I was so miserable my last weeks with the first 2, my third was nothing like the first two (and they are all girls). I was due Wednesday, Oct 19 and on Monday I woke with cramps (Iike period) and I thought I over did it the day before. It didn't get better but worse, called the doctor, went in and she said it could be the start of labor, to go home and take it easy. So, I went into the office (I work from home, but went to the office to get things out to other people to take over for me on leave), about noon, contractions started (15-20 mins apart), I left at 430 (contractions were now 15-10), I went to the grocery store (after all if it was labor, they were going to need something to eat) at the grocery store contractions were all of a sudden 5 mins - I left and drove 30 mins home and we got to the hospital at 6 pm where I was 6 cm dialated (I was at this point wondering if they were going to send me home - ha) and she was born at 7:24 pm.

Your energy will jump in the moment your baby born.
Well, not exactly, you probably will be very tired but some how we get the energy from some where to feed our babies every 3 hours, for days and days.
I was cleaning the week before my #2 born, and like you I was so done.
Part of me because I couldn't sleep well, walk well, or do anything well at that point. Other because I was exited to meet her.
I look back and I should have being resting, but for some reason I decide that a week before she born I should be cleaning, ha.
Mine are 10 years apart, I think I forget what it was to have a baby at home and be soo sleep deprived.
Anyway, to asnwer your question, Feb. 9th is in 6 days, gush I had to use my fingers for that?!
I really need to go sleep, I am not even functioning well anymore.

My last week - I went to work, cleaned out the closets (my office was going to be DH's room), bought the crib mattress and (1 hour before going to the hospital) assembled the crib. Happily he was 10 days early.

Best of luck - and remember pregnant tired is so much easier than newborn tired :).

Bake! :)
I baked cookies for the nurses at the hospital. It kept me busy and distracted, and it made for happy, helpful nurses when the time came!
I also had some friends over and had a board game night, which was another great distraction :) mine was a week late, so I can definitely relate to that stir-crazy, come-on-already feeling!

J. Goldstein
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