Anticipation

It's not like somebody else can run a marathon for you. It's all you out there. Finishing means you can say, "There's not a lot I can't do."

Kenneth Feld, Owner, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

I think this quote applies to both marathon running AND childbirth. Of course, we're talking about what I think about childbirth, since I have not gone through the process. I imagine though after you give birth to a child you do have a moment where you think, "There's not a lot I can't do". I know from actual experience that when you finish a marathon, you do feel pretty damn awesome. Pre-childbirth, I am going to guess that this feeling is the same amped up about a million times after you give birth.

What a strange time I am in right now! Every day is filled to the brim with anticipation. I really don't have anything that I can compare this to. No event that has occurred has been filled with as much anticipation as giving birth. I don't even know how to explain the excitement that is coursing through my brain, my veins every single day. In some ways, it helps me get through the waiting - because I know that I won't ever have this feeling again...eagerness to meet my very first child. So that is what I think about when I the anticipation borders on impatience. And really, it is a fine line indeed. As Tom Petty said, "the waiting is the hardest part". :)

19 more days!!!!!!!!!!!!