Hello, October :(

[2boyzmama]

It's 2:22am here, October 1st.

I NEVER thought I'd make it to my due date, let alone to OCTOBER!!! What's happening??? I'm alternating between sad, angry, and a weird feeling of "well, I made it this far, might as well just ride out the ride now." Which is a weird feeling since I HAVE been riding out the ride, so it's not like I"m going to do anything different now!

Wow...it's October.

[robbins611]

I don't know ...castor oil is starting to sound better and better


Gini

[rockdoctor]

Remember when we were all predicting our 'birth' dates and a whole bunch of us predicted early October? Well now there is only a handful of us left

[Julia24]

Oh girls

What a nice crisp day it would be to have a baby today! You have a great attitude - all of you!!!

I won't say I'm not checking in here like 10x a day to see the last of our babies be born!!!!

[turtlemamameg]

Wow, 2boyz, I have been popping in momentarily each day to see your status. I still can't spend a lot of time sitting, so I haven't been posting much, but I feel really invested in your pg and I just want you to know that I am rooting for you to have your bambino real soon. Our bodies know best, of course, but it must be really hard to cope at this point considering you've never gone this long. I can relate in a way because as you know, no one predicted I would make it to my due date, in fact, I was worried not to make it to 36 weeks. Carrying all the way to 39+4 was a shocker. I was emotionally so ready to give birth because I thought I would have long had my baby by then. I feel a little silly though because I didn't even make my due date and was still upset. But it is all worth the wait in the end. And there is some unknown reason why you are cooking this one so long. Just think, maybe it will be your most patient child. I must get off my bottom now, but I will be checking in daily to see how you are. Hang in there...it can't be long now!

[ilovejeff]

Guess what, though? That means that FOR SURE we are going to have our babies this month!

I had light contractions all afternoon/evening yesterday 7-15 mins apart. They fizzled out when I laid down for bed, but I've had a couple good ones in the half hour I've been up so far. I'm staying home today...and if nothing happens before my appt tomorrow, I'm seriously considering having my MW strip my membranes.

[hipmummy]

I am still shocked to find the Queen of the September DDC is now going to be an Oct MAMA!!!!!! I thought I would be the one having an Oct baby CERTAINLY NOT YOU! Sending labor vibes to you. Come on little one come on. Maybe you should change your name to threeboyzmama! Maybe that will get this little one to come out and play!

[GiantGi]

I keep checking in to see if you had your wee one yet!!

[sew_crafty_girl]

Heck, I'm popping in from the APRIL DDC to see if you've given birth yet

[2boyzmama]

You girls are great

[vegasgrl]

Originally Posted by turtlemamameg

I feel really invested in your pg and I just want you to know that I am rooting for you to have your bambino real soon.

Ditto. And I'm from November. I have a good feeling about the full moon this weekend. Hang in there, mama!

[2boyzmama]

It IS a beautiful day here!! I have a very grumpy 2 year old right now, but I might try to better his mood with a walk soon Maybe it'll help us both!

I forced myself to shower, wash my hair, brush my teeth, and put on real clothes, I feel more human now. I'm still awfully tired, though!

I was up a lot last night...from just before 2am until almost 5am, which stunk, but the good news is, baby was VERY active during that time, so now I feel better about him being so quiet during the day.

Connor came home from school today really grumpy, and Ian just left for school, so Connor and I are either going to go outside for some sunshine, or maybe lay down together for a nap. Both sound good

Things have been quiet on the contraction front, a few BH, but they're just tightening, no cramping or anything else. I did try to check myself again, but everything is just so wet and squishy in there, it was hard to find landmarks, and I really need to cut my finger nails! LOL!! So not sure if there's been any more progress or not, I think I was about 3-4cm on Monday. I pulled out some mucus when I checked myself, but definitely not the whole plug.

I see my OB tomorrow. I'll definitely consent to a NST or BPP, but probably not a cervical check just because I don't want him to accidentally break my water or anything. If the NST or BPP aren't perfect, then I might consent to membrane stripping, I don't know.

[Eclectica]

I can't believe it is October either. I'm thrilled to be having an October baby but I'm so surprised at the same time. I'm 40 +3 today. My first came on my due date, so I'm still hoping I go very, very soon.

I had contractions every 7 minutes apart yesterday after acupuncture for about six hours, but they went away when I went to bed at midnight. Nothing much going on so far today.

The full moon (Harvest Moon) is the 4th. Surely, we'll all have our babies by then. It would be lovely to have the baby that night...but NO later! LOL

[xelakann]

Originally Posted by robbins611

I don't know ...castor oil is starting to sound better and better Gini

I was thinking this too until I went back and re-read all the castor oil discussions on here and other pg sites. I'm to thinking that is not how I want to go.

I am trying Blue/Black Cohosh today.... and my midwives are giving me herbs that they use tomorrow. We'll see if something happens.

[angelachristin]

I am hoping you have your baby REALLY soon, mama. I thought for SURE I'd have an October baby (my EDD was 9/26, but my son's EDD was 11/26 and I was induced with him on 11/30 with no signs of labor anywhere). I was totally shocked to have my baby at 39w2 and can't beleive you are still pregnant! I saw your baking thread and really wish I was at your house right now...I"m soooo hungry!

[robbins611]

Well I took a tbs of castor oil to see if I could poke at the cx I keep having. When I'm on my feet there is more pressure....otherwise nothin happening 2hrs later. I put a scoop of orange sherbert and a little milk with it and drank it with a straw. It wasn't bad at all. The moms who really suffer take 2-4 oz and I only took a 1/2oz cause I don't want to poop myself to death .. I have a sensitive stomach Belle is super active though today. I have DH helping me clean the house top to bottom for the freakin 10th time. I'm sure some of you who didn't expect to be preggo so long have done a few rounds of intense house cleaning by now too huh?

Much Love,
Gini
41 weeks manana....

[2boyzmama]

Wow what a change my mood has taken! I'm SERIOUSLY grumpy!! I took a short nap this afternoon, and woke up in a really bad mood. My poor kids are getting snapped at left and right (and Connor has chosen this time to remember that he's a 2 year old, and has some catching up to do behavior-wise since he's always been too sick/weak to cause much trouble!! He's making up for lost time just this afternoon!) I started a passive-aggressive fight with my husband, which started to go downhill quickly, but then he snapped out of it and decided to be nice to me and now is alternating between giving me space, and giving me soft kisses.

I hate feeling this way, usually if I'm in a bad mood I have a darn good reason to be, you know? And I usually keep it together until the boys are in bed, I hate snapping at them, they certainly don't deserve it! They're GOOD kids, really good kids, they've been through a lot and deserve a better mommy. SIGH.

I'm going to go to bed soon I think.

One of my doulas just called to check on me, and said she was having some wine, so to kindly not go into labor in the next 2 hours or so. I think I might call her back and ask her to get completely DRUNK, which maybe will jinx me into going into labor Do you think that will work???

Oh, my MIL called...again. She and I do NOT have a good relationship, not at all, I really hate talking to her. She's basically ignored this pregnancy for the most part until the last two weeks (in her defense, she had a third trimester loss due to an abruption, and 19 years later she still can't deal with it) but now she calls nearly daily to "ask how I'm doing, am I in labor yet, do I have a baby yet." NO, lady, you would KNOW if I was in labor, you CERTAINLY would know if I had a baby already, and how do you THINK I'm doing????? I was short and snappy with her on the phone, but I don't care. She lives 8 hours away and almost never makes the effort to come down to visit, so I don't care. She's also almost entirely non-involved with the boys, so again...I don't care.

[ilovejeff]

My MW talked me out of sweeping my membranes until Monday. I"m going for a NST and BPP tomorrow. Monday morning if I'm not holding my baby, I'm going to have another NST, then sweep the membranes, do some nipple stimulation, etc.

On the bright side, I"m now officially on maternity leave.