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Anastasia’s pregnancy diary – weeks 38–40

Anastasia and her husband, Nick, have been married for three years and are expecting their first baby any day now

Still here

I had this secret hope that I’d never get to write my 38–40 week diary instalment. I talked myself into the belief that I would have had this baby early. No such luck. I sit here today ON MY DUE DATE and nothing’s happening. That’s not entirely true. Lots is happening. My hands and fingers have swollen and I am experiencing constant pins-and-needles (my typing is pitiful – thank God for spellcheck). It’s another charming pregnancy surprise, which you might know by its real-world name as carpal tunnel syndrome. So my hands feel like two disconnected, electrically charged ham sandwiches stuck on the end of my arms, and they have about the same level of dexterity. My ankles have swollen, too. This prompted a call to the midwife who, as ever, sounded too busy to answer all my questions but seemed satisfied that I’d survive as long as I wasn’t seeing flashing white spots before my eyes, which I’m not. Damn.

Out of sheer boredom and a need to ‘treat myself’ I have been foraging like a pig. I had done so well up until about week 37, eating pretty much as normal, but in the home stretch all hell has broken loose. I feel absolutely justified going down to the bakery and buying myself a family size chocolate brownie, coming home and covering it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce and wolfing down the lot. Eating something this naughty is a daily occurrence. I know it’s not doing my already-stretching skin any good, not to mention wreaking havoc with the rest of my body. But I just don’t care. Every single day I’ve been thinking, ‘Oh, just a few more days…’ Meanwhile, three weeks have gone by and no baby. But lots of junk food.

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