2 Days from the Supposed "D Day." - Some Thoughts and Observations.

Obviously, very few babies are due on their due date. Fewer than 10%, in fact. However, since the 13th is the date I've had in my mind and been working toward, we'll just pretend that I really am that close to having this baby. There is a ton of randomness going through my mind at this point, so I thought I had better get it down...

• This baby had definitely "dropped." You can't tell by just looking at my waistline, but according to the doctors the baby has moved very very low into the pelvis. I have a freakishly short torso, so it's not that easy to tell visually, but I didn't really need the doctor to tell me that. Like most pregnant women, I've been peeing like crazy all throughout the pregnancy but in the last week or so my bathrooms trips have gone something like this... Go to the toilet with the incredible urge to pee... pee about two tablespoons...get up... flush... wash hands... get the incredible urge to pee again. Sorry if that's tmi, but it's getting ridiculous.

• Nesting. I can't really tell if I've gotten the nesting impulse. Mostly because I think I always have the nesting impulse. I'm a neat freak and always making lists of things to do, clean, etc. My husband thinks I've got it though based on the basement. Maybe it has been the absurdly cold weather, but I got it in my head that I need to stock up on just about everything so I don't have to go out and leave the house for a while. Toilet paper, food, toiletries, etc. The basement now looks like we are ready to either open a Target or are prepared for a nuclear war. I swear we have enough toilet paper to last us until July.

• I finally packed my hospital bag. I think you are supposed to be prepared and have this done like a month before the due date, but I just did it last week. I've been convinced throughout the whole pregnancy that this baby is going to be late, so maybe that is why I postponed.

•I am finally "ready to go." You know how you hear pregnant women say that they are just ready to get this baby out of there and move on? Well, I didn't really reach that point until Friday. I don't know what it was. I think we were getting ready to go out to dinner with friends. I was sick of my maternity clothing selection, and just feeling overly large in general. I finally got that feeling that I am ready to have this baby. I thought it was pretty good that it took until 39.5 weeks to get to that stage. And maybe it's a good thing that the baby didn't come early. up until Friday I might have been really sad to have the pregnancy over and done with. Funny how the body/mind works.

• I am now a master baby equipment assembler. My husband gets mad at me because he is totally willing to help, but by the time he gets home from work whatever the project of the day was is done. Strollers, swings, pack-n-plays, car seats, bassinets. You name it, I've assembled/installed it. I don't think I even need the instruction manuals any more.

• Dreams. Good lord. As if the nighttime trips to the bathroom and uncomfortable side-lying sleeping position weren't enough to keep me up at night, the last couple of weeks my dreams have been INSANE. They aren't baby related dreams either. They are like vivid, weirdo acid tripping dreams. (Not that I would really know, but I can imagine.) That new Avatar 3-d movie has nothing on what I have going on in my head.

• I am currently weighing in at 142 pounds. I actually haven't gained anything in the last couple of weeks, which is pretty common for the end of pregnancy. I just think the 142 number is funny because I started out at 112 and the doctor told me to gain about 30 pounds. I guess I really followed the doctor's orders on that one! I have been blessed to avoid that dreaded stretch marks but am sporting quite the linea nigra.

• And finally some semi funny irrational fears... You'd think I'd be concerned about delivery, pain, recovery, etc since I'm so close to meeting this little one. Of course I have some fear of the unknown, but when it comes to that stuff, I'm more of a "take it as it comes" person. Instead... ridiculous things like these are scaring me...

- Somehow, in my sleep I am going to toss a pillow into the bassinet and suffocate the baby.

- I am not going to know how to say no to the family and pretty soon I'm going to have my mother and mother-in-law over at the house 24/7. (This one might have some truth behind it...)

-I am going to have a 12 pound baby.

-My baby will be born with the enlarged genitals they tell you about in birthing class. It's fairly common and goes away in a few days but of all the post birth issues that babies can have that one (and the accompanying photos) freaked me out!!

I'm sure there is more, but I will leave it at that for now. Hopefully in the next couple of days our little family of two will become a family of three. I am just so excited I can barely stand it!!!!!!