The as yet un-named gorgeous princess baby will be born on January 19th unless she decides to show her head – wouldn’t that be nice – or her arse as it now stands – earlier. So I was right on with 10 days.
I want to thank you all for your support and your wonderful comments and all the gushy love I have been getting despite my being unable to get to all the blogs I want to. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it all. And I will be back to all your blogs with a vengeance after the baby is born and I can use my limbs properly again. I am trying – I just know I am falling way behind!
Why I am So Absent (a.k.a. all the crap I have to do in 10 days)
We need to finalize a name, both English and Hebrew, for this little girl. We have a few contenders but I need at least some finalists before I go in.
I need to figure out who the heck is going to watch my kids while I am in the hospital. I am so sad that I will be away from them that this one makes me all teary eyed.
I must become comfortable with the idea of a c-sectionso I don’t spend the entire next week and day of my daughter’s birth in tears. Seriously what the heck is wrong with me. Because I am stupid, I must also spend endless hours researching ECV’s (to turn the baby) and C-Section information so that I can be completely grossed out and scared out of my wits. I will watch more videos than you could ever imagine and devour information on c-sections and recovery techniques and everything else. This is the real reason I will be an absentee bloggy friend…because in anticipation of anything medical aren’t we all completely addicted to googling and you tubing the heck out of our situation???
I need to get a little bed into Miles’ room. He can get out of his crib now and if I have a c-section I will be unable to lift him up into it anyway so we are going to do the bed now. To be extra safe I am making him some steps up to it that are very wide so he can essentially crawl in and out if he needs to.
I promised Sophia I would finish painting her little table, and I will not break a promise to hear right before baby comes. It might not be as fancy as I had imagined but darn it I will have that thing painted.
There are a few things the baby will actually need to have set up. My husband does not set up / install / deal with baby gear. I need to get the car seat bases installed and move Sophia’s seat to the way back. She is devastated. I am too. That is sad. But the baby must go in the 2nd row because I may not be able to get into the back of the minivan very easily. I need to set up the co-sleeper in my room and the pack ‘n’ play downstairs so that baby has a place to sleep and I am not running up and down stairs. I need to get some baby girl clothes and other stuff out of the attic. I bought her an outfit at BabyGap and one at Babies R Us but she will need more than 2 outfits and I cannot trust my hubby to get all that stuff down after she is born and I should have some clothes ready right? And maybe the swing? And oh I know I will need the My Brest Friend Pillow and the Medela breast pump and all of those sexy nursing bras and such too. So basically I need to freeze my tush off in the attic for a few hours to get the baby stuff.
This one is going to sound stupid but I have purged and purged and planned and planned and found the perfect IKEA shelves for storage and I must convince my husband that I need to buy and assemble these IKEA shelves them to maintain my sanity. I will not have time to build anything and the kids need to be able to reach their toys themselves. I want them to be able to take out and put away their own things and be able to access things while I am nursing or resting (ha) or whatever I am doing.
I promised Sophia she could pick out the baby’s blanket and lovey. So we are off to Cottage Chic here in Charlotte to pick these all important items out for her new baby sister. This is seriously the cutest store ever and you should totally check them out. We will also be looking for some fabrics that coordinate with Sophia’s quilt because I am re-purposing her current bed (future DIY) because she needs to have a twin bed and not a full in order to share her room with her sister. I think I am going to make an upholstered headboard for her. She will love it!
I need to finish all of the laundry and have outfits together for the kids as well as some sort of meal plan while I am gone. This is something that sounds miserable and really – they might just eat McDonald’s and Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Goldfish for a couple of days. And I might just let Sophia pick her own outfits completely so that she looks like a 3 year old harlot every day. And Miles – he would wear his truck pajamas or his football doggy outfit every day if he could. At least then they will both be happy. There is no getting around the laundry. I despise it but I am anal about how things are folded and where they are put so I must do this myself.
I must get my organizational section of this blog started since January is now almost half over! Actually, I am off to start this now. Get ready! Funny that I end with this and make sure you have absolutely no confidence in my organizational skills after reading how unprepared I am. I swear I’ve got some good stuff. Blame the above lack of preparation on the unborn child. She won’t mind.
I am sure there are other little things but I cannot bear to even think of anymore. Aren’t you glad you are not me right now? Hopefully the fact that I just posted an incredibly boring To-Do list at least made you feel like your life is a little calmer. I just had to write it all down. And I had to post because you know crazy me and the National Blog Posting Month thing again. Every day. All month. I want to make sure I make myself record what I feel with the baby coming. And drive you all crazy.
I will try to veer away from to-do lists from now on. Can I get one pass? Am I forgetting anything big? Please let me know if I am. And wish me luck!
p.s. do not count the number of times I wrote the word AND in this post. It is really sad.
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I am the Ringmaster of this circus. I have 3 small children who don't know what that means so I just say "Boss" and they get that. I am a mom who loves to write, build things, make things and love on my kids and my hubs. I am also in the midst of a love affair with social media. Always busy, usually laughing and never without words. Thus, Mommy Words. 
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You have so much stuff to do. Lots to keep you busy, hopefully turn a baby, bring on labor, and keep your mind off C-sections. Focus on the destination here, B, not the journey. Just this once.
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Can’t you husband help you with more.. like the meals and cleaning.
Relax and enjoy and don’t worry we will still be here
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January 9, 2010 at 11:15 am
Oh I am just really worried about while we are in the hospital as I want him to stay with me. I am lucky we have a cleaning lady
Unfortunately laundry is not worth the risk. He destroys clothes when he tries! Meals we will figure i=out fine once I am home. Really just trying to figure out the hospital. I am okay and I am sure all will work itself in the end. I am just a natural emotional basketcase who needs a cocktail and can’t have one!
following you MBC…
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January 9, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Thanks Wendy! Off to check out your blog!
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January 9, 2010 at 12:54 pm
The 19th is a fabulous day to be born. It’s my hubby’s birthday and he is a great guy. Looking forward to her arrival!
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January 9, 2010 at 1:36 pm
I keep hearing how great the day is! My bday is 18th of April so I was sort of hoping for that but hey – sharing the bday with a great guy like your hubs is cool too! Have a great weekend!
Thanks for the follow I’m following fom MBC. Good luck with the list. Don’t stress too much, enjoy this time that you have. I hope all goes well . I will be checking back for updates.
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My second child turned two hours before he was born. To this day, he waits until the very last minute to do the right thing. (Sigh.)
Good luck to you!
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Congrats on your upcoming little princess! I am sure all will come together for you and your family. All us ladies in blog land will be okay so take the time you need for all of you and especially remember to take care of yourself. I think that is the hardest thing to do as a mom
As for the food -I just helped my neighbor who gave birth to a baby girl after having 5 boys. She too was super worried about the time while she was in the hospital and the boys were staying with a friend but it worked out GREAT!! The boys were super excited about having a sleepover and we just packed a huge plastic bin with lots of snacks, drinks, popcorn and movies that the boys took with them to the friends house. They had a blast! Hope this helps. Best of luck and I will be praying for you on the 19th 
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January 9, 2010 at 8:57 pm
You’re a Fly Baby Too! I am posting about that next week! Thanks so much for your prayers and encouragement!
definitely thinking of you and praying baby girl turns! can’t WAIT to hear what you name her!
I have a good friend from my Bradley class that didn’t find out her baby girl was breech UNTIL SHE STARTED PUSHING! she ended up with a c/s and had a wonderful experience and not too tough of a time recovering, either. LMK if you want her FB info! 
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Middle-aged wives tale: Put a boombox playing “nice music” between your legs to turn the baby around.
If the “nice music” doesn’t work out, play some crappy music that all the young kids are listening to these days and hope it doesn’t work!!!! You don’t want a little girl cranking that stuff first thing in the morning!!
Seriously, all the best to you, Brittany. I have two January babies and a January husband. You can get all their birthday presents out of the way when you’re Christmas shopping.
Enjoy your labor and delivery. I know that sounds odd. But it really is an incredible experience and I don’t know how religious you are but I believe God’s hand is in on it the whole way through the process.
I’m looking forward to the pictures and the story of how she turned around at the last minute, the little trickster!!
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January 9, 2010 at 9:05 pm
I tried it. It’s in my light at the end of the tunnel post. This chick has been getting music and light pointed at my yaya for months now! Hopefully she will get the point one day soon! Thanks so much for your encouragement. I am SERIOUSLY being uplifted by all my bloggy friends.
Oh p.s. this is the year where I expose the fact that I am a P.K. (preachers kid) to the world and blog about my strange experiences with faith growing up and my now interfaith marriage and what the heck we are going to tell the kids. Some funny and some heavy stuff.
Just a kind word for you, my son was breech for weeks, I knew exactly where he was because his little head was just below my heart and I spent so much time rubbing it just being amazed that there was a baby there. We had a c-sec at 39 weeks and it went well. The nurse prayed with us before we went back to the pre-op room…how comforting was that?!?!
It was quick, I felt nothing but a little pressure as they took him from me, my husband was right by my side, and an over helpful nurse was taking pics of the procedure (Poor hubby almost lost his head when I thought he had done it, I was ticked!) I think it took 7 minutes total for the Dr to come in and take him out, then I was only focused on the baby and all the clean up they were doing. Baby & Hubby left for the nursery, and I slept while they stiched me up.
I dozed for a while and then they brought him in to the post op room for me to nurse, which went well, then we went to our room. Day 2 they encourage you to get up, and it hurts, but its not unbearable, use the pain meds! They will keep you comfortable. Day 3 I showered, and felt much more human, and we went home Day 4. I didnt drive for 2 weeks, and I used tylenol by day and the Rx by night so I could rest a little easier.
A few hints…DONT LAUGH! It hurts! Take a pillow with y0u to help keep your tummy still on the ride home, every bump will make you wince.
But you can do it! You are mostly recovered that first week. I think I just kept thinking 7 layers…they just have 7 layers of tissue to get to my baby. It really helped when I was back in the hospital 12 weeks postpartum with Gall Stones.
What I mess I am!
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One more thing: don’t forget to breathe! And smile! Good luck!
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