Am I ever going to go into labor?

[prettymom]

Seriously...am I really going to have a baby? Or is this the world's first terminal pregnancy?

Going into labor just seems so impossible and so unreal. Is there really a person in there? Is there another reason I haven't had a period in over 41 weeks?

[2boyzmama]

I was just thinking that maybe if I just accept the fact that I WILL be pregnant forever, that this IS my new "normal", then maybe the baby will come!

[spitbath]

oh. my. god.
story of my life.

i've been pretty bad about sitting on my butt for the past few weeks, but now that i finally feel like nothing is EVER going to happen, i'm up doing stuff. i figure that since i'll be pregnant forever, i might as well get something done and get used to feeling like a dump truck. (which is actually stimulating some stationing and contractions, so maybe my compliance is for the better )


on a personal note, i had a good cry last night because it felt like maybe this kid just doesn't want to come out, like maybe he changed his mind about joining our family. is it weird to feel a sense of rejection out of the impatience of impending labor? anybody else feel this?

[kismetbaby]

Originally Posted by spitbath

oh. my. god.
story of my life.

i've been pretty bad about sitting on my butt for the past few weeks, but now that i finally feel like nothing is EVER going to happen, i'm up doing stuff. i figure that since i'll be pregnant forever, i might as well get something done and get used to feeling like a dump truck. (which is actually stimulating some stationing and contractions, so maybe my compliance is for the better )


on a personal note, i had a good cry last night because it felt like maybe this kid just doesn't want to come out, like maybe he changed his mind about joining our family. is it weird to feel a sense of rejection out of the impatience of impending labor? anybody else feel this?

I can't say it was out of a sense of rejection, but I broke down and had a good cry last night too. I was just miserable all day yesterday. . .I think for me it was my impending EDD and realizing that I was most likely going to see that come and go and have to face being pregnant for another who-knows-how-long. I just feel like I am in total limbo. . .can't do much, can't make plans, can't feel like the "old me", but obviously not on to the next stage.

I too have been doing mostly nothing for the past few weeks. . .that is really making time drag for me now. Ugh, I feel trapped by this body and wonder why my LO doesn't want to just come out already!!!

[Radish4ever]

You girls are totally saying what I am feeling... *sigh*

[saffrongirl]

Originally Posted by Radish4ever

You girls are totally saying what I am feeling... *sigh*

Me too. I literally just texted a friend saying "has anyone ever been pregnant forever?". Sigh.

[xelakann]

Originally Posted by saffrongirl

Me too. I literally just texted a friend saying "has anyone ever been pregnant forever?". Sigh.

I feel that way too. And September now seems over and I'm still pg.

[HarperCait]

I'm with you ladies.

The worst for me right now though is that little things keep stopping and starting, and try as I might not to, I get my hopes up a little each time. I almost wish nothing would happen at all between now and induction day, cause that would be easier than feeling lke I'm on standby forever. Like, "could this be it?" "Is it starting?" "are these strong enough to make it worth giving my mum the heads up?"

[HarperCait]

Feeling this way also makes me feel like an ungrateful whiner though. I know at some point I'll miss being preggo, and should continue to enjoy my last inner baby wiggles as long as I can.

[buttercups.nest]

I feel the EXACT SAME WAY! I am a week overdue...have tried raspberry tea, evening primrose oil, walking, sex, and nothing. I shouldn't say nothing.....I've been having contractions off and on for 3 weeks....I am 'technically' in labor....I am 4-5 cm dilated, my cervix is 50%, but baby is quite at home in there!

I'm going in in the morning for a no stress test, and then the doc has given me till Monday to get baby out on my own. :s

[2boyzmama]

Originally Posted by HarperCait

"could this be it?" "Is it starting?" "are these strong enough to make it worth giving my mum the heads up?"

YES!! From weeks 36-38 it was kind of fun, I was paying close attention to my body, what I was feeling, etc. It was like a game...and a way to keep myself occupied.

But now at 40+ weeks... I hate this. What is my body DOING??

[diana_of_the_dunes]

*sigh* Right there with ya. This is my first, so I don't have any other experiences to go off of. I just know that nothing is happening. My "official" due date isn't til Monday (based on LMP, my EDD of 9/26 is based on conception date), but I feel pretty discouraged. It's like my body forgot I'm pregnant. I'm huge (also gained a little over 40 lbs), carrying all in front, and just so tired of being pregnant. Before pregnancy I was very active, but I'm just so uncomfortable and tired now that I don't want to do ANYTHING.

Yesterday was also my last day of work for 12 weeks. I really thought I'd have a baby by now, so with no job to go to on Monday morning, and no baby is sight, I'm feeling sort of...adrift.

I know I'm whiny... I'm having a real pity-party kind of day today.

[sammyloo]

It's my due date today and I would like to join to pity party. I have never enjoyed being pregnant - I just hang on so I can get the amazing prize at the end. I was hoping with this being my second pregnancy that I would go early, but nope. I want this baby to come!

[rockdoctor]

Not quite my EDD yet, so I hate to complain, but I really feel the same, like I will be pregnant forever and this baby will never come out. Lately, I have been thinking that maybe my hormones don't work right and the trigger won't be strong enough for my body to react. I have gone through the physical changes that hormones bring, but none of the emotional ones. This also makes me feel like when my baby comes I will be apathetic about the event, like "eh, hey baby, nice to see you, now go clean up your room". But I want my 'bliss', damnit.

I am different in that I WANT to do everything. Then I try and regret it later with achy hips and legs and pain shooting through my buttocks. This carries through the night and I get little sleep, then wake up in pain, get a little sleep, wake up in pain...etc. Then the next day I WANT to do everything again. I can't just sit around the house and chill. Okay I am done complaining, I am sorry to those of you who are due or overdue today.

[robbins611]

I really thought last night was it...every 3-7 min and very crampy. Then just after 6am it just completely stopped ARG! This is at least 24 days longer than I've carried any of my other 4. Being over-due bites. I just want to see her...but I know in my heart that Belle and my body know better...it's just hard to be patient. I realize the blessing of carrying longer and getting to enjoy her wiggles and kicks....I'll focus there today.

((HUGS)) to all the other mamas on this thread

[diana_of_the_dunes]

Originally Posted by rockdoctor

I am different in that I WANT to do everything. Then I try and regret it later with achy hips and legs and pain shooting through my buttocks. .

That was me until this past Wednesday. My mom came over after I took a half day off of work, and we made and canned a big batch of spaghetti sauce, installed a closet organizer system, and moved around clothes from 3 different closets, plus vacuumed and mopped the upstairs. Of course, then my back hurt terribly and I was exhausted. That's about how my weekends have been going for the past 4-5 months. I bust my butt gardening, cooking, canning, cleaning, organizing, or whatever, then I'm so sore and tired I can hardly drag myself to bed. After Wednesday, though, I was just DONE. Nursery is ready, our bedroom is ready, house is as clean and organized as it's going to get, and there just isn't anything much left to do but wait.

I do feel better now that I had a good cry, though. I definitely recommend that for you mammas who are feeling pathetic.

[xelakann]

ugh, my body too has geared up and gotten ready to go several times... I have been CONVINCED several times that I was actually going into labor. And I've had a baby before so I know what it feels like.

And I've been walking around 5 cm dilated, effaced and with the baby's head engaged since 36 weeks, I NEVER thought I make it to my due date, let alone past it. HOW is this even possible?!!!

[2boyzmama]

Ian was named "Player of the Game" at soccer, so he had a coupon for free Chick Fil A. So after his game today, we went there. After eating the boys were playing in the play place and another mom (or grandma?) asked me when I was due. I said "I'm past due..." and she gasped and said "And you're out and about?" I said, kind of snarkily probably, "what ELSE am I supposed to do??"

[~Laura~]

Originally Posted by rockdoctor

I have gone through the physical changes that hormones bring, but none of the emotional ones. This also makes me feel like when my baby comes I will be apathetic about the event, like "eh, hey baby, nice to see you, now go clean up your room". But I want my 'bliss', damnit.

I just wanted to chime in that I don't get crazy emotional with hormones either, and I have had 2 totally natural births (waiting on the third). The first was an induction after a membrane sweep caused my water to break early with no labor signs. I'm sure that one would have started naturally, too, if I had known not to mess with it! Live and learn.

I am 5 days past due today, and I confident that this baby will know when she's ready. Don't doubt yourself!! And when the moment comes, you WILL be amazed. Don't worry.

Laura

[robbins611]

http://birthlove.cyclzone.com/pages/ten_month_mama.html
For all the over-due mamas.

Have all of you been getting the "Is the baby here yet?" phone calls/emails? They are making me sooo angry. I feel fine otherwise....but geesh....everyone acts like I have failed them by not producing a child yet. They act like somehow I am standing on my head trying to keep her in....I've even had a few friends comment that me going over is interfering with plans they made previously! LIKE I GIVE A CRAP! I can't believe how insensitive they are being OKay...rant over.

I will enjoy these last few days I will enjoy these last few days I will enjoy these last few days

Love,
Gini