It's never going to happen

[3for_me]

I totally feel like this kid is never coming out of me. I am trying to stay positive and upbeat but I just want to meet this new little one. Every night I have a ton of contractions but every morning I wake up still pregnant. Then all of you having your babies isn't helping. Any still pregnant mamas feeling this way???

[brokensemaphore]

I was due on February 17 and am still pregnant-- I can DEFINITELY relate!

[hunterofkyle]

oh AMEN, amen amen! I had a good cry (a few times) yesterday. I think letting some of the emotion out actually helped me because I feel a little more encouraged today about being pregnant for another week or two.

Hang in there - we're ALMOST done.

And brokensemaphore - a little extra love for you. I'm sure it will be ANY minute!

[brokensemaphore]

Thanks! I've had many a good cry in the last couple of weeks over it

[tabrizia]

Oh yeah, I thought bean was coming anytime now, but at this point in time, I have no clue. I have contractions all day, and most of the night, but when I wake up they have gone away until they decide to start again about an hour later or so. Checking the board yesterday and the only posts being babies being born posts was really tough, because I want bean to arrive already!

[mysticmomma]

Crashing your ddc. I know you guys KNOW you won't be pg forever, but... You won't be pg forever! It's coming sooooo soon! Those sweet little babes are going to be in your arms and peeing and pooping all over you any day now!

To pass the time, why not visit some newer ddc's and offer advice? Plus there should be fewer birth threads there!

[birthangeldoula]

I feel the same way. My family is stalking me too asking if I'm in labor yet! If I haven't called them to update or if I haven't updated my status on my facebook for the day, the phone starts ringing frantically. I'm about to change my voicemail messsage to say "no, I'm not in labor -- please leave a message!"..

[ilovebabies]

Yes, it's so tough. I'm actually "due" Thursday but only once did I actually go on my due date (and he was born ON his due date). My others were a few days late. So... who knows? You do get to that point though that you feel like you will be pg forever. I think I've felt that every single time and I have several good cries every single time! Hang in there mammas. It really won't be much longer in the grand scheme of things!

[hedgewitch]

Today is my official due date so as of tomorrow I'm overdue. The double irony is that my ds was born at 29 weeks so we've been on high alert since 35 weeks! The thought that things could drag on for another couple of weeks does not thrill me.

3 stretch and sweeps, lots of rrl tea, caullophylum, 2 cms dilated for the last 2 weeks, 50% effaced all basically adds up to nada. I'm breaking out the breastpump today. Oh the fun of it.

[justbishop]

I'm with you guys! All the while, DH and I felt like she would come a bit early...we're considering this her first defiance of us, lol!

Today is my due date (and I even had an 8wk u/s), and I was so depressed about it last night. I feel like I've just had such a crap time during pregnancy that I just want to put this part behind me and get to the good stuff, already!

Apparently, my cervix was still far back at last Tuesday's OB appt., so that doesn't give me much hope. Also, I don't even think I've had any contractions yet. Everyone says that you KNOW when you're having one, and I haven't had that "knowing" feeling at all. I'm just terrified of this dragging out and having to face induction :/

ETA: Nothing that has resembled a mucus plug (as far as I know), no bleeding/spotting/pink TP, no water leaks, no loose stools, etc.

[3for_me]

I think a lot of my problem is that I have nothing planned so the only thing to look forward to is the baby coming. Maybe I will try to get something planned and hope that will make me go into labor

Thanks for making me feel less alone

[mom2p.m.]

Originally Posted by birthangeldoula

I feel the same way. My family is stalking me too asking if I'm in labor yet! If I haven't called them to update or if I haven't updated my status on my facebook for the day, the phone starts ringing frantically. I'm about to change my voicemail messsage to say "no, I'm not in labor -- please leave a message!"..

Ha, yes! I can totally relate to this. My phone keeps ringing. I love that I have so many friends and family concerned about me, but it does make it hard not to think about being past your due date.

[YouKnowMe]

Oh oh! Please let me hop on!

I have been soooooo exhausted!!! Last night from 11-3 with strong contractions and yet not a single "sign"!! This is really tough.

I thought I was doing great emotionally, but I think I was secretly wanting to go at east a little early. And ya, the thought of going a couple more weeks...ugh. But, baby decides.

And as mysticmama reminded us, we won't be pregnant forever.

Although it is astonishing to see how many babies were born this weekend!

[filiadeluna]

I am 1 day "overdue". I'll post the same thing I posted in my thread about contractions:

I had a few more short-lived contractions today while we were in the movie theatre. They stopped & haven't returned. : I.DO.NOT. want to go back to work tomorrow. I will be absolutely miserable, and everyone will be reminding me that I "should've had the baby by now".

[dachshund mom]

I'm overdue now too. I've been 2cm, +1, 90% for two weeks and my midwife had me convinced this baby was coming early. The house has been clean, full fridge, all baby prep done for a while and now it feels like sit and wait. The only sign is I've definitely been losing my mucous plug yesterday and today. It was exciting at first but now I'm just grossed out all the time. I thought it would be one big glob, but it's been a non stop stringy bloody mess. And it doesn't even mean anything for sure.

That's a good idea to make an "I'm not in labor" voicemail message. Seeing the caller ID and knowing the person is calling for an update makes me almost start crying. Then if I don't answer, they assume I'm in labor.

Any ideas for a pregnancy project that will kill a few days? I have little errands and chores to do, but at the end of the day it's all done and I'm depressed again. One big thing I want to do is go through our photos on the computer and get some printed and also start a baby album with pregnancy pics. I was thinking about a puzzle too.

[She2dancer]

I'll jump on this train I was due Feb. 22nd...so 42 weeks today....Sometimes I feel like this babe is coming any second and the next I am in tears thinking about how much longer I am going to be pregnant for....

My midwife came by today and for kicks she went through a few different methods of determing your due date (supposedly the wheel that most OB's use was based on the outcomes of 100 womens' births'...which would not be very many in today's scientific literature....). She used three different methods to determine my "due date" and according to those other methods, my due date ranged from 2/22 to 3/6! So though I am still technically overdue...it might not be by much... It was a fun little thing to do to put things in perspective....this babe will arrive when he/she is good and ready...