tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post1444268173735717718..comments2024-03-18T04:15:50.676-04:00Comments on Flabbypants: He probably knows that hospitals are understaffed on weekendsAlihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278842338463861715noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post-35366840787603877352007-12-18T14:38:00.000-05:002007-12-18T14:38:00.000-05:00The pre-cooked meal idea is a great one. It will ...The pre-cooked meal idea is a great one. It will satisfy your nesting thing and it will actually be helpful when you get home from the hospital. <BR/><BR/>The night before my water broke, I sat down on the front porch and cried my eyes out for no known reason. I suppose it was the hormones shifting. I woke up the next morning with things rolling. Just another sign to look for!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10158899101510128747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post-2433677556425509562007-12-17T13:47:00.000-05:002007-12-17T13:47:00.000-05:00Have you thought about cooking up a bunch of meals...Have you thought about cooking up a bunch of meals and putting them in the freezer for after the possum arrives? That is something I always wished I had done, becuase in those first weeks especially.. anything that involved more than turning on an oven and throwing something in was not happening. More days than I like to admit not even that was happening.Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08053954608332662629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post-87583092803526154292007-12-17T09:31:00.000-05:002007-12-17T09:31:00.000-05:00Sadly, I'm all out of feathers for this nest. Baby...Sadly, I'm all out of feathers for this nest. Baby book? Done. Baby journal? Ditto. Room? Complete. I even resorted to cleaning all of our picture frames yesterday. Even the ones that aren't on display. Then I made a bread pudding. Puttering, thy name is Ali.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10278842338463861715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post-53463390047168815552007-12-16T21:30:00.000-05:002007-12-16T21:30:00.000-05:00Hang in there!Relax? Impossible. Your whole life i...Hang in there!<BR/><BR/>Relax? Impossible. Your whole life is about to take a fundamental shift <I>sideways</I>. <BR/><BR/>I'm with Missy: if there are any projects you've been putting off, now is the time to work on them. Photo album collection? Scrapbooking the pregnancy? Now is the time.Woman with a Hatchethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539793554273012568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231338732382840143.post-38901572088964472532007-12-16T19:56:00.000-05:002007-12-16T19:56:00.000-05:00Just relax has never worked for me. The more I try...Just relax has never worked for me. The more I try to relax the more distressed I seem to become becuase I can't relax and it just becomes a vicious circle.<BR/><BR/>I always have to go for distraction. For me that is a good book, a movie, a crafty or organizational project of some kind, or engaging in a long and stimulating conversation (obviously avoiding topics that are related the source of fretting and anxiety.) <BR/><BR/>Maybe focus on some distracting tasks that have nothing to do with getting the baby out? This probably isn't terribly helpful because at this stage, it is next to impossible to think of anything else. But maybe a task will get you away from it for at least a short time.<BR/><BR/>Poor Ali!Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08053954608332662629noreply@blogger.com