Waiting... part deux

Max is officially one week past due as of today. Although as the midwives told us, the most common reason babies go past due is because their due dates were wrong to begin with. So it's hard to say. I'm drinking raspberry leaf tea and mall walkin' when I can. Yesterday I had an intense acupuncture treatment that got Max quite wriggly and left me dizzy but obviously didn't send me into immediate labor. 'Cause I'm still here.

I've actually been fairly calm about the whole waiting thing~ probably because I'm okay with putting off the next phases... labor, delivery... suddenly being someone's mom. I mean, I can't wait to meet Max, but it's such a huge, sudden responsibility that I'm mostly okay with procrastinating it a bit. And I love all the suggestions I've been getting for home remedies for "curing pregnancy"~ pretty soon I'll be driving over railroad tracks, eating pad thai, while concurrently fighting and "havin' a little fun" with my hubby. Watch out, other drivers! (I apologize vigorously for the image I may have just produced in your mind!)

The midwives don't start talking induction unless we get to two weeks past due, at which point it's up to us. We do have an ultrasound today just to check and see if everything's going well in the placenta palace. I'm excited to get a little peak at Maxers~ hopefully he's outgrown the creepy pirate eye he gave us at the last ultrasound in September.

It's come to this~ today I went mall walking. I'm too scared to go for walks in the icy outdoors~ and even if I wasn't, I don't think Scott or my mom would permit it. But I miss my walks. So Mom and I headed to the mall and did some walkin'. Actually it was more like strolling-- we didn't do the tight corners that I've seen the serious senior walkers doing there early in the morning. But it felt good to move a little. I've been worried that by the time I go into labor that my muscles will all have atrophied, leaving me like a puffy, weak gumby.

And as a bonus, I've been wanting to get my picture taken in front of this sign for months. I just couldn't help it.

So we're just about to due day... and I'm actually pretty comfy right now. Which makes me a little concerned that it could still be awhile~ I'm still sleeping, I can still make it up and down the stairs fairly quickly, and there haven't been any accidental peeing episodes for awhile. : ) Life is pretty good. But I'd be okay if Maxers decided to make his appearance sooner rather than later. A few people have mentioned they thought he might come today, on Groundhog's Day~ to which I say that's fine, so long as he doesn't see the absence of his shadow and try to go back in!