I am not a very patient person and waiting for a baby to come definitely shows how impatient I am.
For some reason in my head I think that my kids should come "early" since my firstborn came at 38 weeks. That's not how it works and I know that but a girl can still hope and pray and dream.
When you've had Braxton Hicks off and on for a month you really start to hope that you will go into labor soon. However, in the meantime you have to stay busy and relax so here's a list that I've compiled of ways to get your mind off of your belly.
- Get your nails done
- Get a massage
- Rearrange your furniture
- Have a Jane Austen movie marathon
- Bake cookies with the kids and share them with your neighbors
- Bake brownies with the kids and
share them with your neighborseat them all - Get an adjustment from your chiropractor
- Drink gallons of Red Raspberry Leaf Tea
- Walk around your neighborhood and admire all of the flowers
- Walk around your neighborhood and make fun of the street names
- Hang out in the pool
- Walk every aisle at Costco
- Bounce on the exercise ball in the hopes of bouncing the baby out
- Buy your kids new shoes because they outgrew their old ones
- Cook in double batches so you have less to cook when the baby comes
- Decide that you are going to eat the food you froze the day before because you are tired of cooking
- Take a nap
- Research ways to kick start labor
- Eat the biggest and spiciest burrito EVER from Qudoba
- Wake up in the middle of the night with the worst heartburn ever from a burrito and watch old episodes of Friends while waiting for Peppermint oil to work
- Debate eating other spicy foods
- Get into an argument on a natural parenting board and type ALL IN CAPS
- Decide that parenting boards aren't worth your time
- Read some really good books that your friends have recommended
- Write an outline for your business plan
- Rethink your business plan and rewrite it
- Harass your husband by asking for the millionth time if he thinks the baby has dropped
- Rearrange your bathroom cabinets
Work in the yardSupervise your family working in the yard- Do as many squats as possible
- Soak in the bathtub because your legs hurt from squats
- Do as many lunges as possible
- Take a shower
- Ignore phone calls, texts, messages, and neighbors asking; "When are you going to have that baby?"
- Watch Zoolander and laugh through the ridiculousness of it
- Get addicted to Dr Who
- Get your husband to rub your feet with Clary Sage oil
- Dance to 80's rap
- Take each of your kids on a date
- Surprise your kids with "gifts" from the new baby in the mail (you know your baby is shopping on Amazon right now)
- Let your kids pick out a gift for the new baby
- Journal
- Have an "Art Day" and make a mess
- Go on a date with your husband and don't complain about how you feel, how hot it is, and the fact that you are still pregnant
- Meet a friend for coffee
- Get your nails done again because everything was starting to chip
- Let your kids paint your belly
- Sleep in
- Have a pajama day
- Make popcorn on the stove and read a bajillion books to your kids
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