Too Awesome For April! Moms who have resisted April's Allure in pursuit of the Golden Birth... - Page 3

[loveneverfails]

Also, I'm throwing up my birth pool for anyone who wants to guess.

Every single person LOST. The latest guess was today.

[loveneverfails]

Ok, no one else is commenting here. If people don't start checking in soon, I'm throwing you ALL off the island. MY ISLAND. Of course I don't want to be on the island, but it's my island anyways.

[silverspook]

Count me in. 41w2d...

Church yesterday was good but miserable at the same time. I got to hear my DH speak but I also got to sit in the very uncomfortable chairs and was greeted with very disappointed looks when I showed up yet another week with my big ol belly. We go to a very small, tight-knit church and so EVERYONE wanted to know "Well when we will be able to finaly hold the baby?! How long will 'they' let you go?" etc. And a member's sister came with her teeny tiny snuggly newborn too. Last week I pretty much was just tired of being pregnant but now I'm really really ready to meet my new baby!

[ColwynsMommy]

Another day.. ugh.

So I mentioned the 4 hours of yardwork on Saturday.. that was a *huge* mistake. I was so sore yesterday I could barely move, and it's still pretty bad today. Oh, plus I woke up last night to my first leg cramp all pregnancy, and now that's painful, too. I actually didn't want to give birth yesterday because of how much it hurt.

Supposed to be having a playdate with friends, but the little boy is having some stomach issues.. I think we may go out to lunch instead (he feels fine, but I don't want him swapping germs with my kiddos, which seems more likely at one of our houses). Tomorrow I'm planning to get the new Sookie Stackhouse book, but haven't decided whether I should wait to read it after the baby comes or not. Debating whether or not to plan a homeschool parkday for later this week.. if I'm still pregnant and have to go to it, I'll just be pissed off.. but I was kind of hoping that I'd jinx the plans and go into labor before then.

[loveneverfails]

I'm going to be pregnant forever. And I really, really don't want a 9 lber. Like, just no.

[ColwynsMommy]

Originally Posted by loveneverfails

I'm going to be pregnant forever. And I really, really don't want a 9 lber. Like, just no.

I bet you go before I do. Your uterus may be a tease, but at least it's not a prude.

[Unconventional1]

41w 3d here.....

You can have the island I don't want to be here anymore... says me in a pouty voice. I had those contractions night before last, and NOTHING since. Ugh... my belly is stretched so tight it feels like it will split!

Dear Baby,

I am evicting you from these premises. You have had 10 lovely months in there, it is time to leave the nest and join the flock already.

I can only give you 48 hours notice.... tops.

With all my love,
Mom

[loveneverfails]

Why do I get the bad feeling I'm going to be pregnant for another week and then have a precipitous, unplanned unassisted birth? DO NOT WANT.

And yeah, the island is seeming less like tropical paradise and more like PRISON ISLAND OF DOOM.

I'm back from the MW. Baby is still looking between 8 and 8 1/2 lbs. We tried another S&S, and next appt is Friday where she'll come to my house and camp out for a while and try to kick me into labor. I'll be 41w1d at that point, and the longest I've ever gone was 41w2d. That baby showed definite signs of being well cooked. She was coming in at 43.5 weeks according to their maturity scale dohickey.

[smeisnotapirate]

loveneverfails - let's just not do the unassisted thing, ok? 'Cause I know that's not what you want.

[loveneverfails]

Planning an unassisted birth with my history of shoulder dystocia and hemorrhage would be nothing short of sheer lunacy. On the other hand, with an average sized baby and a normal sized placenta, and uterine heights that are below average, I'm probably in a lower risk category than my hairier births that we've still managed ok. Just UGH!

On the plus side, the S&S population did have precipitous birth rates that were half of the "wait and see" population in one study I looked at (assuming my memory is correct, and I am kind of tired at this point.) So, while the S&S cramping is annoying, it is worth it.

[loveneverfails]

Another day, and still preggers! Please check in, fellow island inhabitants. I'm pretty sure Rachel is still kicking around, and Unconventional1 checked in yesterday too. Where are the rest of y'all?

40w5d... I'm going to be pregnant forever. Wonder if I'll make Mother's Day?

[ColwynsMommy]

I'm still here. Fiona was born at 40w4d, and that's today for this pregnancy. I think I'm going to write a strongly worded letter of complaint. Had a 'prostaglandin treatment' last night with high hopes it would work (did with Fiona), but nothing.

Plus, I'm getting worried about pre-e.. my blood pressure has been high (normal for me) but steady all pregnancy. The past couple days I've had pretty continuous swelling in the tops of my feet and my ankles, which I attributed to the heat and extra walking around trying to bring on labor, but they were swollen when I woke up today, too. Plus I had a little headache last night and a twinge this morning, and I rarely get headaches. Again, I thought last night's was due to the humidity and grouchy children, but I don't know. I'm getting more vigilant about my protein and water intake, that's for sure.

I don't know what to do about Mother's Day.. we usually go to an expensive brunch and take my parents and sister, but I assumed we wouldn't be going this year. If I'm still pregnant *and* miss out on my favorite meal of the year, I'm going to be so, so ticked off. I think I'll ask my husband to look into whether or not we still have to pay if we cancel.. hmm.

So those are my whines for the day.. how're you all doing?

[sehbub]

Thinking of you all ladies, and hoping for birth stories SOON SOON SOON!

[rhiOrion]

surely someone is in labor. i feel like we've had a big gap since the last birth.

[silverspook]

Still here. Still pregnant. Really grouchy.

ETA: Im officially a lot less grouchy now. My mom must have had a strong feeling that I needed her today because she just dropped by out of the blue and took my 3 y/o DS with her to run errands! I'm going back to bed!

And, aren't your chances of going into labor higher of your other children are away???????

[loveneverfails]

Birth or birth not. There is no "try."

Why are old ladies the meanest UAVs when it comes to family size? This one looked pointedly at my abdomen and said "oops."

I got my margarita glasses for my post birth margarita!

[sehbub]

Originally Posted by silverspook

Still here. Still pregnant. Really grouchy.

ETA: Im officially a lot less grouchy now. My mom must have had a strong feeling that I needed her today because she just dropped by out of the blue and took my 3 y/o DS with her to run errands! I'm going back to bed!

And, aren't your chances of going into labor higher of your other children are away???????

YES to the bolded.

[sehbub]

Originally Posted by loveneverfails

Birth or birth not. There is no "try."

Why are old ladies the meanest UAVs when it comes to family size? This one looked pointedly at my abdomen and said "oops."

I got my margarita glasses for my post birth margarita!

*gasp!* Oh my goodness!! We get similar comments but that's just above and beyond.

[loveneverfails]

Yeah, I didn't even get what she meant at first. She had to say "that's the fourth, looks like." I said "actually, it's my fifth" with a big smile. And then on the way out of the store another of those obnoxious "you've got your hands full" comments. I just said "better full than empty."

Why do people feel they have the right to comment on my sex life? I mean, that's what they're doing. I have kids because I have a sex life I'm happy with. Jerks...

[ColwynsMommy]

Originally Posted by loveneverfails

Yeah, I didn't even get what she meant at first. She had to say "that's the fourth, looks like." I said "actually, it's my fifth" with a big smile. And then on the way out of the store another of those obnoxious "you've got your hands full" comments. I just said "better full than empty."

That's exactly what I say to those 'hands full' comments!

I had a woman in our homeschool group (nanny, not the mom) tell me that she thought all my kids were accidents the other day. She was saying that she figures if she wasn't a lesbian, she'd have had a couple of kids by now, since it wouldn't take nearly as much work (she's married, but they're waiting to have kids). I said something about how my husband's too neurotic about birth control for us to ever have an accident, and she said, "Oh, I thought for sure that with your kids being so close in age and you being so young that they were all accidents!"


Okay, so here's a conundrum for you all to help me out with. We have some loose tiles in our shower surround and finally got around to getting an estimate today. It's not that expensive and should only take a day (maybe even just half a day), and he even said he could probably come out tomorrow or the day after. Now.. if he's here and in the middle of ripping out tile in our only shower, it would be a huge pain if I went into labor.. I'd have to kick him out and I wouldn't be able to use the shower. But.. booking the repair might just jinx me into going into labor, which I am all for.. hmm. He also said that after it's done, we could just cover the repaired section with a trash bag and tape and not have to wait to shower.

So do I book the repair or wait until after the baby comes?