Intrepid Murmurings

6 days...
...until the due date (Well, the adjusted one, anyway; the original from my RE's early ultrasounds was May 16, and perhaps we should trust that one more, despite data from the later ones with the OB). And either way it really means nothing, I know, I know, as only 15% or something of women deliver on their due date. 15% actually seems high to me; I am impressed that even that many babes have that good of timing! whoops! After more looking I realize I was totally off -- looks like its more like 5% born on due dates! That makes more sense! Nothing new here...I alternate between feeling really good and energized and pretty lazy and unmotivated, wanting to shut the world out by napping on the couch for the next two weeks. Two days ago I actually managed to make an enormous batch of cookies, then took a longish-for-me walk that included stairs and a climb up through the park -- quite an accomplishment after weeks of hobbling! Yesterday and today I have been decidedly less enthusiastic, however. Yesterday we did manage to go to a plant sale at the local school, a plant nursery, the grocery store, and out for dinner with friends, though that was punctuated by much sighing, whining, and resting on the chaise out back. Lonnie is doing lots of work in the garden and its looking great, but I have no desire, even though I could do some of it, physically, at least the weeding and planting parts. I am thinking a lot about the chores that could be done in the house, too, and mostly I am too lazy to attempt them (so, no big nesting urges yet, clearly!). My usual mode of attack is waiting until I cannot stand the mess anymore or someone is coming over so I feel I HAVE to clean, and then doing it all, but now I keep thinking I should just stay on top of things so that if the babe does come, things will be somewhat in order. Ha! It is hard to break the old procrastination habits in this realm. In terms of symptoms I am feeling not much, though the Braxton Hicks seem to be picking up a bit again, and I am definitely needing to pee even more often than before! It is quite ridiculous, in fact. One of the more unpleasant things lately has been my stomach skin feeling like it is going to split in two, kind of throbbing right below my belly button (I refer to this as the stretch-marks-forming-as-we-speak feeling). Not very fun! I resort to rubbing lotion on my belly in a vain attempt to make it go away, which it doesn't, of course. But, if thats the worst of it I really ought not complain. Things are going pretty well, considering, and very very soon things will be very very different. Holy cow.