1.) When siting, standing, walking, laying down, kneeling, squatting, standing on one foot etc. just hurts.
2.) When sleeping with 6 pillows is no longer enough
3.) When you find yourself looking longingly at a bottle of castor oil
4.) When you no longer care what people think enough that you will sit down in the middle of an isle, road, or room full of people because….well you have to sit!
5.) When you watch your babies bottle of milk spilling on the floor of your car and don’t even make an effort to pick it up because you know there is no way your making it down that low.
6.) When all it takes is someone making a helpful suggestion of something that you might do to make the baby come or to make the wait more comfortable and you feel as though your inner monster has been unleashed and you just might take their head off.
7.) When you cry because…well insert pretty much anything here and it works.
8.) When you find yourself doing the toilet dance (if you’ve been there you know what I mean) in an effort to make each visit more productive and possibly give you a full twenty minutes between visits.
9.) When remaining pregnant another day becomes worse than all possibilities, fears and outcomes of giving birth.
10.) When despite the fact that your brain knows it’s an impossibility you find yourself in tears over the VERY REAL possibility of you being the first woman to ever remain pregnant FOREVER.
You will know you have reached your day. And if the baby doesn’t come today, than maybe tomorrow, or the next day… or….or…..
A Cow in the Ocean 