Baby's due today, but she's about as punctual as her mother
Only 3% of babies are born on their due date, and it's looking like Little Miss Shockley isn't going to be one of them (although she is repeatedly kicking me in the gut as I type this, almost by way of objection). This is okay, as I reckon I have a much smaller chance of getting to use the birthing pool whilst the weather's hot - although it does seem to have largely broken now.
The measurements they take suggest that baby was about 10lb 7oz on Wednesday, so I hope they're not too accurate. I understand they often aren't. So long as she's healthy though, that's the main thing. I'd really like to get another scan, just to check on size and health, but I don't think that's really viable. Am waiting for a call back from the hospital about all that though, so you never know.
I have been mainly sleeping for about 18 hours a day, and not really getting my shit together when I'm "awake". This is really driving me nuts. I started taking an iron supplement a couple of days ago, and then had a couple of days when I felt like a new person and started bouncing around calling it a wonder drug - then today I'm back to my normal lethargy again. Boo hiss. To give you an idea, I went to bed at about half eleven last night, woke up at about noon, keeled over on the sofa and was asleep again before 2pm then woke up again at quarter to six. I am still knackered and could quite comfortably flake out again now. Not the best company, to say the least, and frustratingly I am not getting to do the things I need to do. No more nesting for me! I haven't got the energy and think I've been through every cupboard, washed every single item of clothing we own, and have almost completely replanted the front garden - all I really need to do is refix a shelf that mysteriously collapsed during the week and finish the ironing. Everything else is pretty much a major DIY project, and even my hormones don't make me dumb enough to contemplate something like that right now.
Anyway, I shall stop whingeing now and probably go and have a little lie down. :-)