To all readers in the United States, Happy 4th of July (and to everyone else, I hope your day is happy too, just not for the same reasons!)
Here I am at 36 weeks and 3 days of pregnancy. The baby has dropped even more than it looked in this picture, and I feel like she could arrive at any time! So from my experience, here are five ways you can tell you are about to have that baby!
1. You have to lift your belly to shave your bikini line.
2. You are not shaving your bikini line because you have any plans to spend time at the beach, but rather because you think the midwife and her assistants might be “all up in there” sometime soon….
3. Shop clerks everywhere look at you with slight panic in their eyes, worried that they might soon be cleaning up amniotic fluid in aisle 5.
4. You start to outgrow even your third trimester maternity clothes, but can’t bear to buy anything in a larger size.
5. Your husband tempts fate in the most spectacular way by going on a business trip for a week on another continent until you are 37.5 weeks along (oh wait, that’s just me!) Wave north to Sinead at BreastfeedingMums for me, honey!
Mama Bird, I’m so glad to hear your little one waited until your husband came home! I’m counting the days here — five more to go!
Me too! My husband left for a week on business during my 36th week with our new little guy – our daughter was born at 36 weeks and 2 days so we were nervouse that this one would come during that week too! He waited until 38 weeks and a few days, thankfully.
For me a clue was that waitresses started telling me what others had ordered in an effort to get labor started. The last suggestion apparently worked, I was in labor within a few hours!
LOL!!!
At my last appointment, the doctor examined me and told my I was 3 cm dialted and +1 station. He asked me how the baby was staying in there!!
I went into labor that evening and delivered after 3 hours 15 minutes of labor. Helped in part by the nurse accidentally breaking my water! Both of my birthing stories have a page on my blog (Shameless plug!)
Yes! That was my first clue the baby had dropped.
Also, When you go up the steps, the tops of your thighs hit the bottom of your belly… Ughh..
[...] I so remember those last few weeks of pregnancy, even if they were well over a decade ago. Angela is getting ready for her little one’s entrance and she wrote a great post on how to tell you’re ready to have your baby: Friday Five: Top 5 Ways You Can Tell You Are about to Have That Baby. [...]