36 weeks

[mahogany]

I am officially full term. This morning I am having my first cup of ninth month tea.

I don't think the baby is going to be here for a while though. My place is a mess, and I'm feeling like I usually do when the place is a mess - annoyed - and I'm taking care of things at snails pace, so clearly, the nesting instinct hasn't kicked in quite yet.

Comments

[zaftigvegan.livejournal.com]

wow, is it just me, or did that FLY by?
(yeah, i know, it's probably just me.)

xoxo

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

Nope, it's not just you. This pregnancy has totally zoomed by.

[efriden.livejournal.com]

Happy and excited for you!

Praying all goes well - take care of you, both of you!

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-)

Congrats :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_yggdrasil/]

Ooh, what's nine month tea?

Re: Congrats :)

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

It's a nutritious albeit pretty gross tasting tea that women can drink in their ninth month to help prepare their bodies for labour.

[hussla.livejournal.com]

This is the first I've heard of "Ninth Month Tea." Is that a real tea, or is it an expression, like "eating humble pie"?

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

LOL! That totally cracked me up.

It's an actual tea. It has lots of vile tasting but very nutritious herbs that are supposedly supposed to help prepare a woman's body for labour.

[zinababies.livejournal.com]

Can't believe you are getting so close! Prayers for a nice easy labor. and of course a healthy baby and mommy.

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-)

I can't believe that I'm on the home stretch.

[freakykitten.livejournal.com]

wowsers! That flew by for me, too. We still haven't gotten together again yet!

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

What are your plans for next week? This week I've gone completely around the bend and over scheduled myself up to my eyeballs, but next week is totally open. Maybe you and Tomás would like to come by?

[freakykitten.livejournal.com]

My next week looks really good too. We'd love to come over!

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

Cool. Pick a day, and I'll stick it in my calendar. I'm guessing you'd like to swing by post-nap time?

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

Er... any day except for next Thursday. I have my weekly mid-wife appointment that day at 1:00.

[freakykitten.livejournal.com]

Ok, I have a chiro appt on Friday, so how about we do Wed? And yes, I'll be wanting to come after first nap, so I could probably get to your place around noonish, does that work?

How shall we work lunch in there? Is there anything around your place, or should we potluck it?

Can I get your address? Then I'll figure out my bus route. :)

[nightynight.livejournal.com]

I was *just* thinking about you today and that you were full term, and thinking HOW AM I GOING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS!!!!!WHEN THE BABY COMES!!!!AIIIEEE!

Yes. I am very excited.

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

How about if I give you a call?

[nightynight.livejournal.com]

Ooh, if I made it to the call list I would be honored! Please do when you are comfortable and settled in after baby's arrival!

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

Of course you're on the call list! I consider you a very close friend (even though I wish you lived closer, I lived closer).

[tracied.livejournal.com]

Yay! I can't wait to meet the next offspring!!!!!!! I hope you let me smell his/her head!

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

Sure, you can smell the baby's head. Do babies head smell universally good, or just good their mothers?

[tracied.livejournal.com]

Well they only smell good if they are breastfed....

[freakykitten.livejournal.com]

I would disagree. :) My baby smelled quite good.

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

As I was saying in my comment to tracied, I still think my kids smell pretty good, and I often find myself giving them a kiss on the top of their heads. Seeing as how they're six and eight, now, I'm thinking it's probably one of those mom/kid things.

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

My kids still smell really good to me (well...usually...), which leads me to believe that it's not a universal thing, and that kids probably smell better to their mothers than they do to other people.

[lovejunk.livejournal.com]

Whoa, where'd the time go?

I never got the nesting thing with either of mine. I kept waiting for it to arrive and magically clean my house, but apparently my slovenly ways overpowered the instinct.

Wishing you a smooth and joyous birthing when the time comes!

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

You totally made me chuckle. There are other things I've been proscrasting on, though, like getting a birth kit, and assembling the co-sleeper. Those are non-negotiable, and I must find the motivation to make them happen before this child arrives (esp. the birth kit!)