Last few days of pregnancy number 5!
Wow, here we are….baby girl is due to arrive on April 5th. Here what seemed like a pregnancy that would never end is indeed coming to an end and very soon. I have to say this has been by far the toughest pregnancy I have ever experienced and this is for many reasons. Abnormally tired for the first 16 weeks, very emotional at times, major hip pain throughout the day-worse at night to the point of keeping me up about every hour or two to change sleeping positions, basically feeling old!
You really do not know the meaning of sleep deprivation until you experience it for yourself and this is by far the worst symptom I have had to deal with. Nothing can prepare you for the emotional roller coaster that is coming your way under these circumstances. Let’s just say having a newborn who has her days and nights mixed up sounds much more appealing to me, I will at least get two straight hours of sleep! Crazy.
We have a very busy last week ahead of us here in the Keenan house hold. First and foremost Elle turns 3 on April 2nd, we will celebrate with a party on the 3rd. Easter then follows the very next day- Hello, the bunny is coming to our house. Ok then the very next morning at 5 am we check into North Suburban Hospital to be induced. Hmmm, that’s not too crazy is it? Mom has a double whammy coming once the baby comes I get to keep my epidural only to look forward to a tuba ligation. What shines at the very end of all this “ick” stuff is the very fact that I will be holding my sweet, fresh, soft, adorable little baby girl. Nothing beats that and truly makes it all 100% worth it all. I even have to admit the finality of not ever being pregnant ever again is an odd concept and a bit sad to me. I am at the age where it is no longer going to be my choice, but my bodies. You just think you will be young forever and have all these choices to continuously make about your body when you want to make them.
My time has been an amazing trip and would not change a thing. I have or will have 5 beautiful children and have been blessed enough to become pregnant right away, then go on to have healthy pregnancies as well as smooth deliveries- no cesareans. I am officially “done” and feel ok with it. Now I have the next couple of years to get to know this baby inside of me and I can’t wait!