When I was in the hospital a couple of weeks ago, and once we had got some good news regarding mine and baby's health and status, my next thought was "My glider isn't here yet and I can't finish the nursery until it comes!" (I know you're probably thinking "seriously!? That's what was on your mind when you were facing a premature birth that you are totally mentally unprepared for" but honestly, it's easier to worry about the things you can fix rather than obsess over the ones you can't! Sooo... I turned my focus to my nursery and the 6 week old"in process" status of my glider!)
I jumped on the phone with Pottery Barn Kids' customer service, from my hospital bed, and begged for an estimated delivery day. (As the glider/ottoman was a "special furniture" item, it has a wait time of 6-8 weeks of prep and then once it ships, another week for them to schedule "in home delivery" once it reaches Chicago. But it's really comfy, trust me!) The nice lady reassured me, "You will be receiving a call on June 28th or 29th when it ships and then we will set up in home delivery with you." Awesome. I could totally make it to the beginning of July! After all, that would give me motivation to stay off my feet and keep this baby in until he was 35-36 weeks!
Fast forward to today. June 29th. I still had not heard from the shipping department sooo I decided to give them a call. The first person I reached was very friendly, but informed me that my chair was now set to ship on July 11th!! That is ship, not arrive. It still has to go through the local office first when it gets to Chicago and they have to "home deliver" it to me! Well, needless to say, I was not pleased. I am keeping this baby in because I walk everyday from my bedroom, to my couch, and back again. Whenever I try to do a little more (ahem straighten up my too messy too handle condo) the contractions speed up and increase in intensity. The nice lady could tell I was not going to be happy with this "new" date so she transferred me, very quickly, to the furniture shipping department.
Here I got even worse news! The glider/ottoman had indeed been pushed back and not only is it scheduled to ship on July 11th ... it apparently takes 2 weeks to get to Chicago from when it ships!! (I mean seriously, is it swimming here from China!? I'm pretty sure these are made in America!) Sooo, they are estimating it should be *in Chicago* on July 25th. THEN, the local office will contact me to schedule in home delivery which can take up to another week!! We are talking the very end of July! I am IRATE. But what do I do!? Cancel the chair that took me weeks to decide was what I really really wanted?! (Btw, they would have let me even though I ordered a non-returnable/non-refundable special order.)
I tried my bestest not to scream at the nice lady on the phone. (I have been on the other end of a call in which it wasn't my fault (it's coming from their supplier, not her house) and there was nothing I could do to fix the problem, but still, I'm mad!) I must say, Pottery Barn Kids does have good customer service. They are not only crediting our $110.00 shipping fee, they are sending us a $100 gift card in the mail and ya know, that's nice (they should be paying for our damn shipping!), but the super sad fact remains. There is a very good chance I will bring my boy home from the hospital and will have NO rocker to rock him in :( I'm already failing at keeping my baby safe in the womb and now I will be a bad momma for not being able to rock the little guy in my arms. Tear inducing for an already super frustrated, hormonal pregnant woman.
My first thought was "Ok I will just stay on the couch/bed and not move until the end of the month. After all, the end of July is still before my due date and you can be dialated 2cm for over a month without going into labor no problem!" That's when I lost it! I seriously cannot stay pregnant for another entire month!! And not because of the "blah blah I'm 8 months pregnant and my back hurts and I'm hot and uncomfortable and can't sleep and still have nausea blah blah" but because I AM STILL HAVING FREAKIN' CONTRACTIONS EVERY 2 MINUTES! I mean, honestly, I cannot keep doing this for another 4 weeks ... (Spoiler alert -- I'm gonna start whining) ... I may not sit here all day and go "ohh ahh breathe it hurts" because believe it or not, that's not my style, but secretly, yes I am in an amount of pain alll day long everyday! No not I'm pushing a baby out pain, but an uncomfortable aching pain, that is sometimes really strong, during each day and the thought of having to endure that for another month makes me cry. Real tears. And the anxiety that comes with each doctor appt for me, because at any time they can be like, "You're more dialated march your butt over to the hospital and push that baby out" is too much to handle when you factor in the FIVE more doctor appts I must attend before my chair is scheduled to be here! Waaaaaaaaaaaaah!
I understand that some of you are probably rolling your eyes and saying "really its not that dramatic drama queen" and if you are, well then you do not know me well enough. I have spent months (ok really years) planning out the most *perfect* baby nursery for my little guy and the fact that not only will it not be done when he gets here, but I won't be able to rock my newborn (maybe for 4-5 weeks!), breaks my heart a lot. And in retrospect, in a year, when I'm not contracting and being hormonal and emotional, I'm sure I'll laugh at how upset something so "silly" made me (just as I did the year after the wedding when I realized crying over the fact that my champagne flutes didn't match my guest book and the invitations said "St. Andrew" instead of "Saint Andrew" -- true story, these things did make me cry!). But until then, I am going to pout about it! Because when you say 6-8 weeks, it should be 6-8 weeks! Not 12!! :(
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