Ready

During your pregnancy, especially near the later months, people will ask you "are you ready?" My answer was always that I didn't want to rush it and I was doing my best to enjoy each day in this stage of my life and that my baby needs more time to grow before I'm ready for him to come out.

That's a really polite way of saying "no." I mean, it's totally true, but I just knew I wasn't ready yet. Well, kids, at 5.5 weeks out, I think I'm nearing the ready stage. Now that we've had a few more birthing classes under our belt and I'm starting to get uncomfortable, I'm getting more and more prepared to meet our boy. We're still not 100% there in terms of "things" but newborns don't really need a lot of things. Just for my boobies to be functional and my body to be ready to get him out.

While I've enjoyed my pregnancy, I'm glad my gestation period is almost complete. I'm so excited to be a mommy and to meet my boy, but I'm also ready to regain my body. I know it won't be "mine" for some time, but to move freely without pain in the somewhat near future. To bend over, shave my legs, paint my toes, do situps. I never thought I'd miss situps! Oh the joy. I miss my cheekbones, my clavicle, my waist. A waist! God I miss having a waist. Not that it was anything to write home about, but I miss my old body. I've really enjoyed growing this one and the process of getting here but now we're to the less fun parts that make moving difficult, sitting difficult, pretty much everything difficult. I can see how some women don't enjoy pregnancy. I've been so blessed to have such an able body that has allowed me to remain active and flexible and mostly functional up until now. I'm still pretty darn functional, just not comfortably. Here's hoping I can make friends with a pool and get some gravity-free time to get me through the next few weeks. I'm also no longer betting on this kid coming out in September. You come whenever you're ready baby. Mommy can't wait to meet you.