Just playing the waiting game now. Oddly enough I don’t feel particularly nervous or on edge (that seems to happen at night). Really, I see no reason not to keep going about my normal activities, although I admit it was leaving things a little late to drive off and have the car capsule installed yesterday, one day past due!

And perhaps not the smartest idea to go to Bikram yoga class yesterday (although I did feel sooo much better for it physically) – what if my waters were to break? Would I even know it among all that sweat?! I guess if I were to think about others more and myself less I would just stay at home until it happens, rather than risk forcing someone else to deal with the, ahem, mess!

Anyway – my only feeling of nervousness relates to next week. What if the baby hasn’t come by Wednesday or Thursday? I really really really don’t want to be induced. So here’s the plan – today I have an ‘induction massage’ – not exactly sure what that entails, apart from specific pressure point work, but I’ll post on it after the event. If that doesn’t work, there’s a follow-up on Monday, although apparently they do have a pretty good success rate. And then, of course, there’s the list of things that all and sundry are wisely telling me to do -

Have sex (well, the sex part isn’t as important as the orgasm part – it contracts the uterus. Which is fortunate, because a) E usually doesn’t get to bed until long after me, considering he’s not home from work until close to midnight having just opened his second restaurant, b) we both manage to sleep until we’re late for whatever we have on each morning, and c) 9-month pregnant sex is not exactly the easiest or most graceful sporting event. So I think that one will have to be more of a manual effort!
Eat spicy food (I do that most days anyway)
Go for a long hilly walk (well, I don’t walk much, but considering I did a weights session on my due date, and Bikram the day after I’m not sure it would be that much of a shock to my body)
Walk sideways up stairs (I’ve never heard that one before, but my friend L tells me she was told to do it. What the?!)
Take a wide-tooth comb and firmly press the spine of it into the palm of my hand for at least a minute
Stimulate various acupuncture points (or have an acupuncture session)
Bounce on a swiss ball (thanks again L!)

Hmmm. I think I’ll wait and see if this massage works first! Besides, I’m not too keen to try all of those so-called solutions just yet as E has kindly requested I don’t have the baby today as he’s very busy at work (ha!), and I really don’t want to have it tomorrow, as I don’t want my child’s birthday on Halloween.

Mind you, the sooner it’s out, the sooner I can work on getting back in shape! So let’s hope Sunday’s the day!

(And yes, I just realized how callous that second last sentence sounds – of course the sooner it’s out, the sooner I can bond with my child and start to enjoy being a mother. But that’s a story for a different blog )

Body plus baby? Easy!*

Kat

*(We hope)

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