Not Yet: waiting for baby

They say most women go past their due dates for their first pregnancy. Though I was hoping to be, I am no exception. Baby Becca's due date was yesterday, so we're officially in overtime. I am trying to give her the benefit of the doubt by deciding she may simply be practicing Mormon Standard Time. Just for fun, I decided to calculate her arrival based on Mormon Standard Time. I had to make a few assumptions, however. I decided that Mormon Standard Time is about 15 minutes late. I assumed that this was in a 24 hour period so that I could convert it to a percentage. There are 1440 minutes in a day, and so 15 minutes of the day is roughly 1.04% of the day. I then multiplied this percentage by the number of days in a typical pregnancy (40 weeks * 7 days per week) and received 2.92 days. Therefore, Becca can be just under 3 days late and still be in accordance with Mormon Standard Time. For those who contend that you can be 20 minutes late and still be on MST, she has 3.89 days. I prefer to have a more timely baby, but as we can see, we can still give her the benefit of the doubt and decide she is simply trying to fit in. I know the reasoning is not very sound, but that's okay; it made me laugh to figure it all out.

Yesterday, as I was deciding the baby was not going to be born on her due date, I came up with a list of reasons it is okay to still be pregnant:

1. I am most likely more comfortable now than I will be while I recover after giving birth
2. I am able to finish tasks at work that will help me leave with a clear conscience
3. I get to spend almost all day in air conditioning (work has it, home does not)
4. I still have an excuse to have a large belly
5. I may be getting more sleep now than I will after I have the baby

There are more, but these were the first that came to mind. I am still trying to have a positive attitude, and really, I've had a mild pregnancy and so I have not been very inconvenienced by it all. Worst case scenario is that I'll be induced on Thursday, August 21. That is now less than a week away. The time will eventually come when Kyle and I will be parents. In the meantime, we get to practice patience: a virtue many parents need, but often have a hard time finding. We'll pretend it's good for us.