Baby almost due
I'm almost in my final month of pregnancy officially, but I know for a fact that this is the actual final month because I will get the c-section a little sooner than week 40. Every time we have an appointment I hear the baby is big, so I'm honestly hoping to not stretch it any longer than needed but in the end it all depends on how many other women are delivering as it will still be summer holidays here in Spain and limited capacity with staff as well. Planned stuff will have to make room for unexpected deliveries.
I have the feeling that this time baby will come sooner though, don't ask me why but I feel different this time. All these three other pregnancies before I could only wish baby would knock on the door sooner but I always made it to the planned date. This time I feel like having oceans of time with everything (today the bed linnen will arrive along with some final baby supplies) and I've already dealt with what felt as real contractions a few times. I would not be too surprised if this baby decides it's time sooner.
Hospital bag
As today the final supplies arrive, and I yet have to wash the baby bed linnen once delivered, I can't fully pack my hospital bag yet and I also noticed that I'm still in so much doubt about what to bring because of not seeing the midwife yet (the gyneacologist said she will know). I can only guess what babies wear in the hospital here (hot outside but probably all AC on inside) compared to those in Holland in the hospital where the temperature was a lot different, having winter babies only.
I treated myself with some storage bags to organize my suitcase, having prints on them such as toiletries, cables, baby clothes etc. This way I hope the suitcase will remain organized and not end up one big mess if in any case I end up for an emergency c-section. In the end I will probably end up taking way too much but we'll see, everyone knows babies can easily mess up clothes by having an exploding diaper or throwing up after nursing, so best to take some more.
Unexpected opportunity to move
The last thing on my mind was truly looking for apartments to move, although my boyfriend mentioned several times in the past weeks and months that IF I bump onto something in the Granada area, he'd love me to act on it and don't worry he will do everything, I only have to take care of the management part of the move. Well, he seemed to have summoned the universe because I believe it was last Thursday when our friend in Granada sent a message about moving to a bigger place with his girlfriend and if we're interested in renting her apartment.
As I felt quite good last week (it was much cooler here finally), we decided to go and see it in person that weekend because I feared otherwise I would not be able to anymore, things can get heavy really soon now with the baby in the belly. I'm glad we did because this week there's a heat wave there, lol, dodged a bullet! And now we know we feel that apartment is a much better option than the one we're currently renting here at the coast. We sealed the deal right there and from that moment, my mind went into planning and organizing the move-mode.
First, a baby!
Although the baby will be born before the move, I seriously have given the whole birth very little thought because I'm decluttering and packing things we won't need until winter every day. I'm sorting stuff that I listed on the online marketplace while I make sure to create lists of things I should not forget to take care of in terms of relocation.
We both laugh about the fact that it alsmost seems as if baby isn't coming first because the whole move from this coast to Granada which is 1,5 hours away seems much more impactful on our minds than the baby's arrival, strange isn't it? Maybe it's because this is baby number four for me, as I said it feels like I have all the time in the world and I'm just taking it day by day. Every day I hope that the humidity is doable, if not, I lock myself up during the day, and only get out at night..
Hoping for a speedy recovery
Although my final c-section didn't have a smooth aftermath as the first two did, I'm not worried that this time will be as bad as the last one. I feel too calm for that and think it will be fine. I can't predict how things go, being in a different country and having a different doctor, we'll have to wait and see how it goes. The nerves will come when it's almost time, I'm sure.
Until then I try to focus on what I can do to declutter and packing stuff that won't be used in the next months as (depending on when baby arrives exactly) it will probably be just a month after the delivery that we plan on moving. Either way, the planning of things is on me, the lifting and actual moving our stuff is on my boyfriend (with the help of our friend, thankfully!) so for me it feels like I should do as much as possible right now while I still can.
Daily progress
Although I wish I had more energy to make big progress daily, I have to take into account that I have to take it easy these final weeks so every day I do a little bit and I've already seen progress making me feel useful since Sunday. Who knows how many weeks I actually got left so best to do something while I can, right? If I end up giving birth sooner, my boyfriend will probably take over and just throw things in boxes without me knowing where everything is, lol.
It will be chaotic and maybe stressful to have a baby after c-section with officially 6 weeks recovery and move within that time frame but I'm confident it will go as smooth as can be. We've done some crazy moves before and I know the pitfalls and how to prep stuff properly by now. It will also represent a new beginning for us as a family of 4 in an area we prefer very much over the one we're at now.
So it's mostly very exciting!
The closer I get to due date and then recovery and moving, I will probably be offline more and more while I rebalance our new life. But I will keep reading even if I won't get to commenting as much as I like to, I have to use my energy wisely in the next months to keep my sanity, lol.
See you soon!
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