DD + 1

I’ve given up.  I realized that I had been holding onto some secret hope that my child would actually be born on his Due Date…since that clearly hasn’t happened, I find that I am just exhausted.  I have no energy left for anything.  All I want to do is just lay around and wait for this thing to happen (which, unfortunately, is one of the worst ways to ensure that it will happen).

I had a wonderful DD celebration yesterday.  Spent a fun day with mom.  She helped clean the house (yea) while I made beaded hair pins.  I met Adam at The Triple Door for happy hour and drank non-alcoholic cocktails, toasting this long awaited day.  Then we got a big bowl of squash and sweet potato stew because it was rumored to induce labor (like that fancy salad in California) – it didn’t work, but my uterus was tight all night.  After a few hours of Mario Cart on the Wii, Adam and I took a brisk 2 mile walk to QFC.  I had a few contractions but nothing regular.  I was so sure that I would wake up to regular contractions last night, but morning came and the only change is that my knees are little more sore and I feel a little  bit  bigger (if that is possible).

Adam is sweet.  He is trying to keep me distracted today. We’re going to go see a movie and go for another walk (yea walking….)