Ok girls, I'm sorry, I need to have a tanty....

GET THIS BABY OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry. At 40wks + 3 I am OVER it! Isn't 9 months (ok, technically 10 but who wants to be technical?) enough? Haven't I been patient enough? Isn't my baby cooked yet? How much more time does it need? I mean really, come on!!! Or at least make things more comfortable for me! My feet no longer look like feet, if I keep my legs straight for too long I struggle to bend them again but I have to keep them up because of the edema. I have constant grinding in my groin but no action. Not even BH's!!!! My edema is NOT restricted to my lower limbs and as such I have lost at least 60-70% of the strength in my hands and a lot of dexterity (so I've taken up knitting again to try and maintain my dexterity), my nether regions are swollen from the extra blood flow but feel bruised as well. I'm constantly peeing but I'm constantly thirsty so the peeing has NO chance of letting up! I have a killer headache from my sore shoulders but can't work out why they are sore. I am struggling to sleep - 3 hours is the most I can get and then I'm awake for HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't get comfortable when I'm sitting, standing is just silly, laying down just isn't going to happen! And then there is my legs. They constantly feel like I have just done a three hour workout in the gym and, let's face it, I haven't been to the gym since I got PG!
I am sick of people calling me to ask if I've had the baby yet. HELLLLLOOOOOO, I WILL CALL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (SS - you know you're my exception sweetie!). I'm sick of complete strangers asking me how long I have to go and "ooohhh, you poor thing - MY babies all came on time". Who friggin cares - does that help me? And then there's the "Oh, you must be struggling with this heat. You know pregnant women have an extra 15 degrees to deal with don't you?". Gee, thanks for pointing out the bleeding obvious - I hadn't noticed!!!!!!
I am sick of people saying "Oh, you know that doing (insert old wives tale here) will bring labour on don't you? Have you tried that?". I really peeved one lady off when she mentioned the pineapple myth and I told her I wasn't in the mood to eat 7 pineapples to bring on labour and that's how many you need for it to even have a chance of being effective but if she wanted to gorge herself on pineapples to go right ahead!

I'm sorry, I just needed to vent. I am so over being pregnant now and want to meet my baby!!!!!!!!!! I want my body back!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE little Bubbles, come and meet your Mummy and Daddy before Mummy has to be induced! The outside world really isn't that bad! It's beautiful and there are so many people waiting to meet you and to smother you in hugs and kisses! PLEASE come and meet us soon!

Love MG