Monday, July 22, 2013

Almost there!

I will officially be at 38 weeks after tomorrow. I went into labor with Chase at 38 weeks and I know that things could start happening any minute now. I have this fear of my water breaking. Not that I would be embarrassed or anything, but I just don't want the inconvenience and the mess. I have yet to come up with a comfortable and suitable solution for protecting my bed. That is a major concern of mine. I do not want to ruin my bed with my water breaking. However, it is hotter than hell right now, my air conditioner can barely keep the house down to 80 and I cannot stand sleeping on waterproof bedding. It's like trying to sleep on plastic wrap. Sticky, sweaty and just yuck. I can barely get any sleep as it is with this awful reflux and RLS. So far I have tried laying some waterproof lap pads down just around the area my lower half rests, but I still wake up completely drenched in sweat and it's gross. Then I switched to laying down some bath towels under my mattress cover, but oddly enough, they don't breath very well either and make me sweat and they also bunch up and I have to tear my bed apart every night to straighten them out.

My c-section is scheduled for August 1 which is next Thursday so I suppose I will just suffer with the bath towels in my bed. It's the lesser of all the evils.

Next Thursday...Holy Crap!

4 comments:

  1. Wow, that happened fast (at least from my point of view, probably not yours!)! I wish you luck with your c-section, I hope your recovery goes well. Can't wait to hear what you are going to name her!

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  2. I got this when I was pregnant and it's great! Pricey, I guess, but not hot at all. I kept it on my bed throughout infancy -- we started out co-sleeping and spit up/breastmilk leaks/night sweats were all a hot mess -- and i never bothered to take it off. i don't even notice it's there.

    http://www.amazon.com/Organic-Waterproof-Mattress-Pad-Size/dp/B004YOCWEA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374634412&sr=8-2&keywords=organic+waterproof+mattress+pad+double

    good luck!

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  3. Someone suggested a shower curtain from the dollar store and placed under the sheet. Wishing you an easy recovery.

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  4. My water broke just as I was going to sleep. It didn't become a puddle until I sat up :( I grabbed one of the overnight always pads that I planned to use postpartum and it worked GREAT! Maybe try going to sleep with one of those on, just in case. Good Luck!

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