Not So Competent?

It's not that I TOTALLY lack intelligence (some may disagree). It's just that I don't always read my blogs too thoroughly before posting them.

"Some people have an incompetent cervix. I, on the other hand, apparently have a really, really competent one (this isn't medical terminology - just a self-imposed label). It just doesn't know how to do its thing like everyone else I know."

I'm saying that I have a really competent cervix that doesn't know how to do its thing? Hmmm...That would suggest incompetence to me. Maybe what I meant to say was that it is so competent that it has a supernatural ability to hold the baby in there for decades.

I went ahead and started my maternity leave. My reasons for wanting the baby to come sooner go beyond just being so freaking excited to meet her and being so incredibly uncomfortable...1) I want to spend as much of my leave with her as possible, and 2) I want to be able to swim for a good portion of the summer.

Unfortunately it'll be a few weeks before I'm healed enough to swim. I of course went into this summer with grandiose visions of Liam jumping from the side of the pool into my arms and splashing around in the spring float that's still working for us for a 3rd year. I still have that glimmer of hope that it will still happen.

Of course, best laid plans and all, my child is NOT a water baby. This is like blasphemy - ME, having a child that doesn't like the water??? This just can't happen - I grew up in the water!

I know that things change from summer to summer (he ended up enjoying it last summer) and that most kids who are timid around the water eventually come around and end up loving it. I hope that's my child, and I hope I get to experience it this summer!

We're going to the pool this evening, weather permitting, so we'll see if we can make some progress. If nothing else, I'll get to bear my maternity swimsuit - that is sure to make many people's day!