My sacred Birth Nest

So here I am, one day shy of my duedate. I am more okay with going overdue now that I am here than I was a week ago.

After working on my "She Births" coursework, I have decided that I am going to set up a birthing nest.
I bought a birthing pool today and blew it up. I am not sure if I will want to waterbirth during labor but if I don't, I may just make the pool super comfy and have the baby in there anyway to contain any messes. Then I can just take a leboyer bath afterwards.
I am going to black out my big window in there because I want darkness during labor. I want to be lit by candles and have no light from outside. With my last birth I just assumed I would deliver at night, during the dark and sure enough, I didn't. 9:30 AM with the bright morning sun cheering us on!! This time I am creating my own darkness in the event that I am a daytime birther. I also have a tapestry that I plan to hang up. I will line the room with candles to light as I choose.

My water has been slowly leaking all day. This could only mean that I have a leaky bag of waters until the baby comes whenever it's good and ready or it could mean that something could happen any minute. Wouldn't it be funny if I actually did go on my Due date? Something tells me this baby is going to come to us on Tuesday. That would make it an Aries baby.

I guess we will just have to keep up the waiting game. but seriously, the next person that calls to ask me if I have had the baby yet, may just get an earful. And no I don't want to go to births at the birthcenter right now and no I don't want to babysit anyone's kids. I want to have solitude. I need some ME time before our little one joins us.

I wish I had a personal cook to cook all the meals until the baby came. That would be the most wonderful thing ever! (aside from a gentle birth)