November 19, 2009 - 2:11pm

Due dates and babies: unpredictable

There are millions to be made if someone could come up with a true formula for predicting when a baby will be born.

Today is my due date and despite all my doc’s predictions that this baby would be early like my first, s/he has been patient and kind and is taking his/her sweet time.

Baby-to-be, I can’t thank you enough! Your sister came into this world 10 days earlier than her due date and I was concerned that you would be even earlier. This time around, I really needed time for myself. My life as a working mother while fab, has also been very demanding. I am so grateful to have had two weeks off from work to decompress. I know I won’t get this time back once there are two kidlets to look after.

I’ve been using this downtime to mentally prep myself for what lies ahead -namely, birth and delivery as well as the weeks, months and years ahead of having not one but two children. My labour went fairly smooth the first time around so you would think I would be less anxious. This is not the case. I am actually more nervous knowing what lies ahead.  There was something blissful and calming in the unknown. Much as I blocked out some of the more tumultuous memories and emotional journeys of life with a newborn, the sleepless nights and non-stop worries are still fresh in my mind. I am doing my best to visualize a positive experience in an effort to drown out my nerves.