Today was a teeny bit hard… it started at 5:00 am when Tech Guy’s sister phoned from the hospital that they’d had their baby! Which is actually awesome news and I’m extremely psyched for them. But it just makes the next 6 weeks look longer! We were in this together the whole pregnancy and now she’s done!! All day just felt long & achy and I can definitely tell little signs that my body is gearing up for the end. 6 weeks from right now I will be the happy mama holding my 12-hour-old baby in my own arms… and really in the whole scheme of things, 6 weeks is not at all long!
In my weakness for shopping, I’ve spent a LOT of time on Etsy. I really really love Etsy - and honestly could shop all day there instead of going to the city… but I digress…
I found my dream baby book in my searching and received it in the mail a little while back. It is not only modern and gorgeous, but has just the right amount of pages for just the right things! I stumbled upon ednamae and I’m so glad I did, since this is what I got in the mail:
But the best news I’m saving for last… Kobie of ednamae has generously agreed to give away a 1-12 month photo page pack from her collection to one of my lucky readers! Just leave a comment on this post, telling me how you kept your sanity through those last long weeks of pregnancy and you’ll automatically be entered! Good luck!!
Note: giveaway ends Friday, March 12 at midnight.
10 responses:
This is by no way, shape or form (literally... the shape,, ahhhh!) a good way to cope but I just ate. I ate and ate and ate. Chocolate. Pickles. Ice cream. All together. The first pregnancy I gained 65 pounds and my weight shot up so high they were worried about my blood pressure so the second time I started exercising more which is probably a better stress release. Of course at the end when you're so huge it hurts to breathe all I could cling to was taking warm baths. I would just lay there and then call out for hubby to come help me out of it. Good luck hun!
I'm pregnant with #2 right now and have 19 weeks to go. But for #1, I'm going to have to agree with the first commenter - I drank Slurpees and ate ice cream and italian ice! All of those deliciously cold treats made me happy! Your remaining 6 weeks will fly by!
I Coped only with the help of my Partner, he was there for me so much! When i was pregnant with my son, i didnt have a man to help me as his Father left before he was born, but My Daughters father was great, anything i needed he'd get for me! Also i prayerd alot so God i guess helped me, i left it all in his hands! Congrats on your little one, goodluck with whatever you set your heart to and thanks for bringing back such great memories!!!
I had previously lost a pregnancy and had preterm labor with another so I was in the opposite boat praying to keep this baby in as long as possible until she was fully cooked!
ah, the last few weeks! i'm currently in the same boat as you... just waiting to meet my new little one! With my first son I took ALOT of baths. I couldn't eat with that pregnancy because I was so sick (and i can't eat much with this one b/c i have gestational diabetes and everything i crave is on the "no no list"). If i could eat my heart out right now i think i would, but i'm sticking to the baths again as my favorite past time. I just fill it up with as hot of water as i can handle and drain and re-fill untill my husband makes me get out. I try to read while in there, but sometimes i just soak. It really really helps with joint pain!
as for etsy, i LOVE LOVE LOVE etsy too. I have my own little shop www.sodeepopshoppe.etsy.com but i spend sooooo much time buying from other people out there. Its just so amazing what people can handcraft! Edna Mae's books are so beautiful... i just spent a good amount of time drooling over them. :)
With boy #1, I was lucky to be due in June. I was big and overdue, and we were having gorgeous weather, so it was fun to picnic, play volleyball and go swimming. It helped a lot to get my mind off "this baby not arriving!" My sister and her husband from south of the border were out, so hubby and I went down to the river together with them, and we had a great time making mud slides. I got pregnant with boy #2 when #1 was 5 months old. We were so excited we were having another boy, but I didn't feel as happy and in shape as with my first pregnancy. I fought depression, and laid down for 2 hours every afternoon, and ate lots of chocolate chips. I thought I could exercise it off later. Little did I know! It was hot in August, and I was taking a nap stark naked one day (at 8.5 months pregnant), and later found out that my sweet little 14 year old sis-in-law had come into the house and seen me laying there. I hope she wasn't traumatized for life!!
I read my tummy lots and lots of books!
With my first one. I was so worried he wouldn't recognize my voice or his fathers ( silly I know )
I also laid back and had the daddy rub lots of vitamin E on my belly.
With my second I loved letting my first son paint on my tummy. We both thought it was so much fun and he'd sit there and tell the baby what he was painting and telling him it was a painting for him for when he came out. It was adorable. It became one of my favourite things to do and nearing the end I had a very large canvas for him!
Oh Etsy...I spend a lot more money on there then I realize! But everything is just so beautiful!
Good luck in the last 6 weeks, enjoy it :)
I didn't keep my sanity, girl! I was in the doctor's office pleading for relief! Just one thing that might encourage you though: I slept better after the baby was born than I did the last few months (yes months!) of pregnancy!! HA!
aw thats sweet! im gonna go on their site and have a see now! x
aw thats sweet! im gonna go on their site and have a see now! x
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