I am about to break down!

[SunShineSally]

I feel like I will be pregnant forever! Nothing is comfortable to wear or how I sit or lay I barely sleep! I am haveing contractions all the time but they are not regular for long enough to be "real labor" My plug has been coming out for over 3 weeks I feel the pushing sensations and have no clue why (my BF said that she had that feeling all the time with her ds1 and ds2 not with her first her dd) I feel like crying but I am also happy that he is safe and protected inside I can hardly walk because my hips hurt so bad and my chiropractor just adjusted me on thrusday when I move in bed my hips pop over and over like LOUDLY pop I thought that my water broke!!!

I just needed to vent if you read the whole thing thanks for listening

[shakenbake]

right there with u baby girl! cant we just be DONE! my ob is going to strip my membrains monday i hope it does something! or that i go into labor B4 then!

[penguintattoo]

I'm sorry! I feel the same way! I haven't started losing my plug and apparently she has to drop more, and I really just want her out. I can't even cross my legs anymore, I waddle, and I have very few shirts that cover the bottom of my belly. Oh and this whole getting up 7 times a week to pee really stinks!!!

[notjustmamie]

My hips have been popping every time I roll over, too. They're not in constant pain, though. Sorry you're having a rough time of it. Have you been doing fetal positioning at all (like from spinningbabies.com)? Maybe baby just needs to shift a bit to really get things moving.

Sending productive labor your way!

[Sleepyheaded_Mama]

Same here mama. Severe discomfort would be an understatement at this point. My sense of humor has flown out the window. I'm just irritable and miserable. Really, really sick of everyone commenting repeatedly on how "huge" I am and the ever-funny "are they SURE there's only ONE baby in there" comments. Cannot wait to be DONE.

[SunShineSally]

Originally Posted by notjustmamie

My hips have been popping every time I roll over, too. They're not in constant pain, though. Sorry you're having a rough time of it. Have you been doing fetal positioning at all (like from spinningbabies.com)? Maybe baby just needs to shift a bit to really get things moving.

Sending productive labor your way!

He is perfectly head down I was in the ER for the flu last week and he is nicely tucked in there! I may still check it out and maybe he will move the right way and come on out and meet his family (or maybe that is why he is so resistant to come out )

I see my ob tomorrow and he keeps mentioning induction because of Ds's labor and I am so tempted to say okay and that is not at all like me in anyway I hate medication hospitals anything like that so I am so so over this if I felt physically better I would carry him for another 2 months but he is kicking my butt figuretively and literally!!!

[Leewoss]

Right there with you Mama! I have never wanted anything more than for this baby to come ASAP...everytime I see the doc, there is zero progress despite all these painful contractions! The sooner she comes, the more time I get w/ her before I have to return to work in January! Come on baby - hurry!!

[shakenbake]

id almost let the doc induce me too!

[SunShineSally]

I just hope tomorrow that the ob tells me I am like 8 1/2 cm (wishful thinking I know!) well I do hope he tells me these contractions have done something more than make me lose sleep and unable to do anything except rest!!!!!!
I have been feeling so crappy that I go to bed when Ds does at 8ish I am a night owl but I feel so yucky!


Sleepy I also am so sick of people telling me "ohh you look like you are going to pop" "wow he's still in there?" I want to say no I am walking like this and put a ball in my shirt to trick you Or the one I hear all the time "when are you going to have that baby already"

[strawberryfields08]

Originally Posted by SunShineSally

Sleepy I also am so sick of people telling me "ohh you look like you are going to pop" "wow he's still in there?" I want to say no I am walking like this and put a ball in my shirt to trick you Or the one I hear all the time "when are you going to have that baby already"

Or the calls every half an hour "just checking if anything is happening" If anything was happening don't you think you would know? STOP CALLING ME!!!

[shakenbake]

at least they car my MIL hasnt tlked ot me sence the baby shower in SEPT!

[billikengirl]

Originally Posted by Sleepyheaded_Mama

Same here mama. Severe discomfort would be an understatement at this point. My sense of humor has flown out the window. I'm just irritable and miserable. Really, really sick of everyone commenting repeatedly on how "huge" I am and the ever-funny "are they SURE there's only ONE baby in there" comments. Cannot wait to be DONE.

Dude, my thoughts exactly.

[ExuberantDaffodil]

I was to the max, exactly -- no sense of humor, uncomfortable to the max, tired of people aksing me when I was going to have the baby or "pop" -- about 3-4 days before I went into labor, ladies. It just means it's the end of the end! You have to be really "done" in order to be brave enough to face labor, is what I'm thinking.

[ABell]

DDC crashing!

I have the same feelings. I am not having the hip clicking problem this go around though. I am in the December DDC but i am almost positive that i messed up my dd and will be holding my little man before the end of this month. I just feel farther along and definitely have that "done" feeling. just hang in there.

[BeckyBird]

The cracking hips are the worst!!! I Hate that. I wake up at night moaning, if I have to roll over. I can't even stand to hear knuckles cracking, so the hip thing is just so gross!
I agree, by the time we have had just about enough of pregnancy, that's when we will be ready to face labor and get it over with!

[Mizelenius]

Originally Posted by strawberryfields08

Or the calls every half an hour "just checking if anything is happening" If anything was happening don't you think you would know? STOP CALLING ME!!!

Ha, ha!!! I know!!! Every time DH looks at me, he asks, "So . . .how are you feeling?" I keep saying, BAD but not in LABOR!!! Stop asking!

[shakenbake]

at least he isnt like mine he goes OMG its bigger today then yesterday EVERY FREAKING DAY! YES I know its bigger everyday bc shs bigger everyday STOP SAYING IT!!! my knees r killing me so ya its heavy!

[greenthumb3]

Our babies are due about the same time, I believe. Most of your physical complaints I could have written, too. Have you tried stuffing one or two pillows between your knees/thighs at nighttime? That has helped me tremendously when I roll over, no popping or pain, just the usual soreness.

When ppl tell me how big this belly is, I have fun making an exaggerated face and say in a mock-serious tone, "And...it's...going...to...get...BIGGER!" I love the surprised look on their faces Might as well have fun with it, eh?

I know you have plenty of commiseration here, hoping you find some relief soon! (Even if that means baby has some more time to grow )

[brightonwoman]

My hips aren't making noise, but they do feel like my legs are about to fall out of the sockets.
I've had 'early labor' in 2-4 hour spurts for nearly 2 weeks now...some days more intense than others, but it's been almost every day and I am oh so tired of it. I've been losing plug the whole time as well, and my appetite is screwed up and I'm an emotional meltdown (not just because of the ctx). It seems obvious that my body is ready, willing, and trying to start labor...but the kiddo is floating high and won't engage and so I don't dilate.
So I'm doing every darn thing I can find to get him to drop and engage...hip circles on the birth ball seem somewhat effective, but my poor sore hips, I'm starting to get a sore back from them all.
The other night I even had a dream that I got a crochet hook from my bag and broke my own water (seriously, if I do enough affirmations do you think i can break it with the power of my mind? That should bring him down!!!)

I'm officially due wed 11/11, and I had thought I might deliver a few days early (my other bio child came at 39wks), but when I lost my plug and started getting ctx at 38 wks then I figured I would go earlier...nope, 40 wks here and nada. I'm tired, I'm sore, i'm cranky, and I am SOO ready to have this kid but I told DH tonight that I've officially resigned myself to being pregnant forever.

[ruemomma]

ladies I am right there with you. I was set to go into labor around the end of Oct. due to DS being 2 weeks early and DD being almost 3 weeks. But here I sit. I have been having ctx and cramping for more than 3 weks. At 38 weeks my MW said how far over are you willing to go and dumb me said "whenever babe is ready"...that was when I wasn't a crazy , tired, emotional mess. I completely understand about the innability to deal with EVERYONE all the time asking when is going to come, calling every second, etc...Also on Sunday ctx got really bad so sent kids to inlaws cause I thought it was it. DH started his leave that night so I now feel like I am "on the clock" since he was not going to take anytime til she was here... I have never been one to think I would be thinking about induction, but now I am maybe thinking about it. Does anyone have any real experience with Castor Oil. I am just worried about it making me having diarehea and no baby....Been doing nipple stim for a couple of days now and DTD...no help yet. Hope you ladies are hanging in there!