40 weeks, no news

I have my doctors appointment tomorrow afternoon instead of today.  The office is closed for Memorial Day.  If Kalia decides to be the oddest baby in the entire world and actually show up ON her due date though, the doctor most definitely will meet us at the hospital!  :-)

I think I have 7 of you to call back, but I honestly don't know if/when I'll get around to it.  I'm overly anxious awaiting for Kalia to get here, so to keep myself from going insane, I'm doing project after project and walk after walk.  In-between all of that, I'm napping.  I'm keeping Chris busy with my projects and keeping me fed!  :-)

We went for a 4 mile walk yesterday evening, and the neighbor across the street  hollered out at us as we were getting home and told me that I should just keep walking so that I walk Kalia out of me.  She had no idea how far I had just gone, but I told Chris I wanted to hit her upside the head with a frying pan.  If I have one more person tell me to walk Kalia out of me, I might go ballistic.  She's just not ready.  I've done all of the old-wives tale things, all of the things the books say 'might' work, and she's still not here.  She'll make her grand 'ol entrance when she's good and ready, and until then, the most anxious person will be me.  Everyone else can chill!!  :-)  I'm pushing myself beyond what I really have the energy to do with the thought process of "what's the worst that can happen?  I go into labor?!"

I had another neighbor (actually from the same home) come by on Saturday as I was painting the laundry room door and ask me if I had the baby yet.  Um, I know you guys all tell me I look great for being pregnant, but I most certainty LOOK 40 weeks pregnant.  Then she said "oh my goodness, she's going to be late?!?!  Mine were two weeks early!!"  like there's something wrong with me because Kalia's probably not going to show up today.

Unfortunately for you guys, I can't avoid my neighbors, as much as I try, so I'm avoiding almost everyone else instead.  I can't have the same conversation about having a few contractions here and there and having mild cramping here and there with everyone...I just don't have enough energy.  Add on top of that that I'm overly hormonal and overly anxious, and ... well, the only person that should have to deal with that Kara is Chris...because he loves me 'till death do us part!

Everything hurts, I get tired too easily, I'm hungry constantly, thirsty constantly, am having a hard time breathing, can't get out of bed without grunting like a 400 lb fat man, get too hot entirely too easy, get too restless, but am still exhausted all of the time, and can cry at the drop of a hat.  My hips feel more sore than they did after I finished running a marathon from just walking at least 2 miles every day, along with running errands and doing projects.  We took a few hours yesterday and floated in the pool and I swung in the hammock, but I got too hot and too restless to stay out there for very long. 

So...realistically, that's the same conversation I'd have with every one of you.  I know that you guys all care and love us and are so excited for Kalia to get here, but my nerves / anxiety / hormones can't handle having that conversation over...and over...and over again.  But I do love all of you!!

I'll post again tomorrow after the doctors appointment.  Till then, if you don't receive any phone calls telling you that I'm in labor, or an email saying she's here, nothing's changed!!

Going insane in the membrane....t minus TODAY till she's due, one week till she's definitely here!!!!!!!