Posts by Teles

Thanks mamas!   I'm working on getting the birth story together but it's impossible to write something that long with only one hand free. I've added a picture though, since it's super fast and this little face needs to be...

I was 11 days "overdue" on the morning of Monday, February 18, and was finally starting to begrudgingly realize that there was a real possibility that I would have to be induced, as I had an appointment to meet with an OB that...

Back home again after getting my antibiotics for GBS and confirming that my water did indeed break. Contractions have definitely kicked in but I haven't gotten around to start timing them yet. I've had one that was super intense and a...

Because my water broke first, I have to go in to the hospital to make sure baby is doing okay but if everything's alright I get to come back home until labour starts or until tomorrow.   Good luck, Kellybeth! I told you we...

After having a sob fest over the fact that I would be pregnant for the rest of my life and would have to be induced, etc, I went into the living room to eat some breakfast and choked on a piece of bran from my cereal, causing me to...

Throwing myself a huge pity party today at 41+4 before I go meet with the OB to discuss induction. I'm past due by anyone's count and have yet to have any contractions or signs of labour. Probably going to get a third membrane sweep...

I don't think I've ever been disappointed to not have diarrhea before...   Kellybeth, I feel like we're on a very similar path with all this but you're a braver soul than I for trying to jog while sharing a body with an...

I'm starting to feel like this has all been an elaborate joke and there actually isn't a baby in there. I've tried literally everything I can find to get labour to start and absolutely nothing is even giving me any contractions....

I officially give up. It has been nearly 3 hours since my second dose and still nothing is happening. Apparently I have some kind of superhuman resistance to castor oil. ARGH   I'm getting DH to pick up some cinnamon sticks...

Castor oil update: it's been 5.5 hours and literally nothing has happened, so I've started dose number 2.