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I hear you!! I was the opposite... NOT working and it drove me CRAZY!! I think we went out to eat every single night because it was the only thing that made me happy. I was SO impatient. That last week before the baby came was probably the hardest!!!

Honestly, it really was the worst. My LO was 10 days late. By the tenth day, I was prepared to give myself a c-section at home. I kid, I kid. But I was sooooo ready to get labor over with and meet my baby! The wondering what the details of your labor will be is tough. My best advice is to stay busy (within reason, you can't be TOO active). And do all the things you and your SO really enjoy doing together. Because when baby comes, those things are harder, if not impossible to do for awhile.

@BabyLove: WOW! i can't imagine being 10 days past my due date. Sometimes I wonder if I would have gone into labor if my mom hadn't given me acupuncture..

@chopsuey119- yea, it was intense. I kept going to the doctor, to monitor my fluids and blood pressure and everytime the doctor would say "looks like everything is great, she's just not ready!", I'd want to punch them in the throat. I refrained, only because I knew they'd be essential when I was finally in labor. Hahaha. 10 days was the most they'd let me go over my due date. And, silly LO decided, just as they were about to induce me, that she was finally ready.

Best wishes! I have to say baby out is so much better than baby in, at least compared to the last few weeks of pregnancy. Try and pamper yourself a bit and rest up when you can, labor's a lot of work!

I think my husband was more antsy than I was, he kept waking up and saying today's the day, which then got me all riled up, to the point where I decided no day was the day and I would stay pregnant forever and even when I started having contractions decided they were just a bluff and I still would be pregnant the next day and it would be like the movie Groundhog's Day where every morning my husband would wake up and say today's the day

My due date is Monday. My last day of work was yesterday, a little earlier than I had planned, but my blood pressure has gone up a little so home to rest.

What is making the waiting harder for me is all the phone calls and texts. I'm used to my mom calling to check up on me, but now other family members are doing it and it's a bit annoying. My MIL has taken to texting me in these last few weeks--and we don't normally text each other. I know everyone means well, but it's driving me insane!

@Andrea: I was laid off 6 weeks before as well, not quite as long as you, but those 6 weeks were bad.

I watched a lot of TV...

I was the same way, it drove me crazy not knowing! It didn't help that every time I called my mom or MIL, they'd freak out and say, "is it time? should we go to the hospital????" And I would say no, I just wanted to know if you wanted to go to dinner tonight. I filled my time doing things that people said would help start labor, like walking a lot and eating certain foods.

I ended up going into labor the night before my due date, and had her on my due date.

I stopped working about a month before my due date and kept busy with baby prep stuff. Everyday I had a list of stuff to get done like prepping the cloth diapers, organizing the dresser and closet, deep cleaning the house, etc. I was able to keep myself busy up until my due date and was in surprisingly good spirits but when her due date came and went I was OVER IT and was kicking myself for not agreeing to be induced right away...well i eventually went into labor on my own 2 days later but those 2 days were TORTURE!