39 weeks, 6 days

Just thought I'd update to say what's going on right now, which is....

NADA.

Due date tomorrow! I can't believe I'm starting to feel impatient and that "I'm NEVER going to have this baby!" feeling already - I'm not even due until tomorrow and NONE of my babies have come naturally before my due date! Silly woman!

Everything is boringly quiet in the womb department today - not really that crampy or anything like I was yesterday, and NO mucus plug bits at all today, whereas I lost little bits all day long yesterday! Very tired today and just want to sleep, but my basic energy levels aren't bad. Have managed housework to some degree and been more in-the-moment with the boys today (less irritable I think) than yesterday. Also managed to be sane and responsible about dinner today too! ;)

Fed up that it's becoming hot and lovely weather - partly because it's getting too hot for comfort already and JUST as I'm about to have a baby! But mostly because it's gorgeous out and I simply CANNOT take the boys out - I'm just completely unable at this stage, and we have no useable garden, so we are literally stuck inside a tiny house with 5 little boys all day long, every day, in this gorgeous weather! :( I am so fed up and sad about it. We don't live within walking distance of anywhere - smelly main road with rubbish narrow pavements that I am not able to push the tandem pushchair on even - and I am physically unable now to lift little ones into high-up car seats in the van without injuring myself. Ugh. I WISH I would go into labour so that Neil stays home and can bless those little boys with hours upon hours outside in this lovely weather, every day, for as long as it lasts!

The one really good thing is that my set of pink nail varnish arrived today! :) The sparkly one hasn't yet, but I'm reeeally hoping it will tomorrow. I just will feel "ready" when my toenails are pink AND sparkly, for some crazy reason, lol! I already painted them pink today, under much scrutiny from the boys and unsolicited advice from Arthur! He didn't think the shade I chose showed up enough, and reckoned I should paint alternate toenails different shades, etc. He was quite bossy! I couldn't decide so have painted a darker shade first and then a more pearly pink one on top, but I'm not sure if I like it enough so may just take it off and do what *I* wanted to in the first place, while Arthur is in bed this time, hehe! Nathey loves my pink girly toenails, and keeps saying how pretty they are - he is the same when I wear dresses and skirts, and always tells me he likes me wearing those things (none of the others comment on what I wear, so it's unique to Nathan!).

Oh I had the most WONDERFUL news!! My brother phoned to see how I was doing, and to tell us that he and Sarah are expecting another baby!!!! They have Thea, who turned 5 last week, and Rasmus who is 2, and baby #3 is due in November! So very thrilled and excited for them, and somehow it's extra special to me that they are choosing to have more than the "average" number of kids - more than any of our own family members have ever had (allllll my family are either an only child, or one of two siblings, and think it's nuts to have more than 2). I'm pretty sure they have never had any plans to go beyond 3 children, and I know they've thought about a third baby since expecting the 2nd. I'm just so excited! That makes 9 grandchildren so far for my parents, who only had two children themselves! I think they are SO blessed to have such fruit, and they do love their grandchildren but I wish they were more exuberant and obviously grateful than they tend to be at the thought of a new one on the way. I really hope that Neil and I are blessed with literally dozens of grandchildren - that would be so incredible and lovely! Many large families who allow God to control their fertility/family size have children who grow up to live out the same in their families (not that I presume the boys WOULD, but some might...), and if so we could be blessed with ever so many grandchildren. I would want to be as involved as possible with my little grands! Such a lovely thought for the future... :)

But for now, the present! :) Hopefully I will have this sweet baby boy soon, but there's absolutely nothing to report for now. I'll update again tomorrow, probably! Thanks for the comments, it's always so much fun at the end with the suspense and excitement, and I'm grateful that there are some friends out there keeping me company in that! :)