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40 weeks, skin hurts, emotionally finished

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Anyone else so huge that their skin is stretched to almost opaque?
This is crazy! My belly is so tight that Im having pains and weird electrical feelings through it. The baby can barely move anymore and I feel like I could explode. Every time I eat Im sorry for it because it makes it worse.

Not to mention that my pretty heavy duty contractions that went on from Wed. night through Friday stopped!
The baby is head down but for some reason my labor keeps building with contractions 10-15 apart for hours then stopping. My husband has missed 5 days of work so far because I cant take care of the kids let alone breathe during this. We are both worried that he is using up all of his leave and its making him anxious about work and me sad, feeling like Im letting him down in a way.
I know its not his fault, but thats how I feel.

We've had to call his mother 3 times to stay with the kids during these episodes of contractions and she keeps making moronic comments like:
"It would have been convenient if it really happened" and my favorite was when I called her on the way back from the hosp and said the dr. said I could labor at home. She said in a dramatic tragic voice "oh I thought you had it"
How incredibly unsupportive!! How the heck does she think I feel. Im so exhausted. I know she secretly thinks I should be having another c/s.
DH says dont pay attention to her and that she's not smart enough to know what she says.
I feel like I cant "perform" under these circumstances.
I also feel like this baby is absolutely tremendous.
I dont even know what Im typing anymore. Wow this got long.
Thanks for listening. No one but you all could understand.
post #2 of 4
Oh sweetheart, that's just terrible. I am so sorry, and your MIL sounds like a real gem. UGH!



I will send all the labor vibes over to you.
post #3 of 4
Oh yeah, I understand. the tight belly is AWFUL, isn't it? I was only 89 lbs (malnourished) at the beginning of this pregnancy and am now 130 and it HURTS. My small frame just can't take this much weight. every movement is painful. Have you tried any natural methods to help things along? It sounds like you are right "on the edge" of real labor which is super frustrating. ffter 5 days of prodromal labor I've decided I'll believe "this is it" when I feel the head crowning, and not a moment before

I don't think I *have* any labor vibes here, being overdue myself, but I'll send some your way anyway!
post #4 of 4
wow, that sounds awful! hope you have the babe soon! i have been having anxiety/sleeping issues with painful ctx that never lead to anything...so i understand your frustration about not having the babe... but dealing with your MIL saying those things is just awful. big s!!!
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