Yesterday marked week 38 for us…. Still no sign of Baby Wogs… Every night when I go to bed, I think to myself “Could this be the night I have to wake Matt up to go to the hospital?”
Every morning, I wake up disappointed that nothing happened through the night. If I can’t sleep, I might as well be doing something productive, like having a baby or something!
This whole sleep thing is now a thing of the past. I used to be the one who could sleep for 8 - 10 hours at a time and not even see Saturday morning, if I didn’t want to. Those days are long gone. If you have never had the joy of being pregnant, especially pregnant in the summer, it is hard to understand how miserable it can be trying to sleep. First of all, it is hot! The fan has to be on full speed, the air conditioner has to be turned down to 71 at the max and I can have no more than a sheet touching me. I had given Matt a “Chillow” last year to keep him cool, but I have since borrowed it every night for myself. It is a pillow made for those going through menopause or chemo treatments, who experience night sweats. It is supposed to pull the body heat from your head and keep you cool all night. It is designed to always stay cold. When I use it, I wake up and the pillow is hot… that is not normal!
Next, it is impossible to get comfortable and stay comfortable. For those who have never experienced being pregnant, imagine an average size bowling ball (8 pounds) attached to your belly. Now try imagining sleeping like that! I have to have a pillow between my knees, a pillow under my belly and a pillow under my head. Pregnant women are told to sleep on their left side to prevent cutting off circulation that is caused by sleeping on your back. I can only take so much on my left side before having to flip to my right side..which also requires the moving of all of the pillows, too. Just when I get comfortable and fall asleep, Baby Wogs decides to move himself on top of my bladder, causing me to have to roll out of bed. Even this is a chore, because I have to use my headboard to get a rolling start to get off of my bed! I am lucky to now sleep more than an hour at a time. Ah the joys of being pregnant. Truth be told, I wouldn’t trade it for all of the sleep in the world.
New this week in the World of Wogsland is the purchase of a new car! After what seemed like decades of car searching, we made our deal last night. We are the proud new owners of a 2007 Chevrolet Impala. We went around in circles test driving 2007’s vs. 2008’s, Impalas vs. Malibus and finally decided on this one. A word to share with those looking to buy a new car… never try car shopping with someone who is over 9 months pregnant. I tried to be a good sport, but I know towards the end, Matt was probably wishing that he did the whole process on his own. We did have a great salesman who was patient enough to meet with us three times, didn’t harass us with annoying phone calls and showed his human side. For that, he got our business and our sincere appreciation for putting up with my preggo, indecisive self!
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Ah, I can't wait for those nights again. I had a body pillow, a pillow between my legs, one behind my back, and two under my head. Poor Ian had no room in bed.
And I know it's hard to hear right now...but enjoy these last few weeks and pray that baby just keeps on cooking until he/she's ready to join the world! Go out to eat and go see movies (if you can sit still that long) because it'll be awhile before you will do that again!!
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