Could use some advice

[dampscribbler]

I'm impatiently waiting for this kid, now.  I'm uncomfortable a lot of the time, as in, it's uncomfortable to move around much, be in the car with a seatbelt on (and god knows I'm not gonna be in there with it off), bend, lift, and even sometimes just sit.  However, this kid could still be in utero for as long as another 5 weeks (ugh, I hope not!)  So, I need some suggestions for passing the time as comfortably as possible without going nutso from boredom, which is what is happening today. 

Much appreciated.

Comments

[ms-kayla.livejournal.com]

i read lots of books that late in the pregnancy. it was the only thing that took my mind off how uncomfortable i was. even now, when i hurt badly and i CAN rest, i read. and when i'm depressed...nothing better than taking your mind off your own (perceived) problems and reading about someone else's! : )

[fj.livejournal.com]

My standard pass-time would be self-pleasure, but I guess that's out. I think this is the time to start on that book you have always wanted to read but intimidated you, like Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses". Dino suggests "Posession" by A.S. Byatt.

Nobody expects much of you at this stage (or should) so you can devote yourself to a thick tome. And then, I am sorry to mention it, there's always crafts like crocheting and knitting. Seriously. Practitioners tell me it is so soothing.

Am I suggesting totally innapropriate things?

[tamyranev.livejournal.com]

With this last baby, I had a really hard time focusing on anything, so I'd pick up a book and find myself reading the same paragraph over and over, or start watching tv and wander away during a commercial break. But with the previous ones, I was getting big at this time of year, and I took a lot of cool baths to help me stay comfortable. I also watched a lot of movies, especially chick flicks like mindless romantic comedies. Indulge in all the guilty pleasures that your husband isn't interested in. Magazines are good, too, since you can just randomly flip through them.

Most of all, you should sleep and otherwise rest as much as you can. When you look back on this time, it will be like a blur.

waiting

[ztm.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it would be helpful to you, but I walked a lot the last part of my pregnancies. Movement helped me feel better, and there's always lots to look at when you get out and about. And it's cheap entertainment, as well.

[snakker.livejournal.com]

Crumbs, I'm feeling bloated and bored and I'm not even pregnant. A tv in the bathroom sounds truly decadent! Cool baths and movies--that's the ticket. A friend who teaches college writing was telling me about a mother who wrote a paper for her daughter (the daughter asked her for some help, but didn't realize her mother wrote the whole thing--bizarre, I know) so maybe you could get started on that...

[(Anonymous)]

I think you should just try to go about your normal business. That's what I did, or think I did, five years ago when my child was two weeks overdue, but it was the dead of winter and much easier to bear. Do not, I repeat, do not watch the movie "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" or you may end up stuck on the sofa blubbering because you're sure you're never going to get your groove back, if, in fact, you had a groove in the first place.

Leah (Struggle in a Bungalow Kitchen)