I apologize in advance for how long this is.... I'm just trying to get my thoughts straightened out on this and would like to use this as a sounding board to get some thoughts from other people about it. Just some opinions I guess.
According to my LMP I'm 41w2d. According to my 20-week ultrasound, I'm 40 weeks today. Every night since last week I have been having contractions throughout the night. The first night it was mainly BH mixed in with real contractions. The night after that they all switched over to real contractions. Progressively each night they get more and more regular and stronger than the night before. They have been waking me up more and more each night that goes by and it's making each day afterwards harder and harder to deal with because I'm so tired. But when morning arrives and I get out of bed, they stop for the most part. During the day, I'm really crampy with a ton of pressure and off and on contractions. And I'm so sensitive to them right now that even riding in a car (the bumps) or even merely thinking about nipple stim will cause a contraction. I don't want to do anything like actually inducing labor but my midwife has offered to come over the next time my contractions start up again to try some things to keep them going instead of stalling again. I've lost a bit of my mucous plug, no bloody show.
I *REALLY* thought last night was the night - they were more regular and stronger for the longest period of time than any other night. I switched positions, walked, laid back down, and they were still going strong. I feel asleep and when I woke up, it was morning and I had one more and they stopped. I've been having them off and on all day but I'm mostly just cramping. I'm tired. I'm worn out and discouraged from all this starting and stopping.
Even though I don't want to do anything to actually induce labor from nothing, I know tonight when they start back up again I'm going to be so very tempted to call her to keep up the momentum and try to keep them going. I feel like for the past week, my body has been teetering on this edge that it just can't get past.
So I'm trying to get some feedback on this if I really should go ahead and call her when they start back up again tonight. She wants me to call her later this afternoon and I'll discuss it with her more then but I keep thinking to myself: I know I'm probably really, really close to having my baby so if it starts up again, why not go ahead and do something to keep it going instead of stalling out again?
But at the same time, that thought also sounds so ridiculous. But I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up. Again, sorry so long and I would appreciate anyone who can give me their thoughts. It might help me sort through my own. TIA!!!
According to my LMP I'm 41w2d. According to my 20-week ultrasound, I'm 40 weeks today. Every night since last week I have been having contractions throughout the night. The first night it was mainly BH mixed in with real contractions. The night after that they all switched over to real contractions. Progressively each night they get more and more regular and stronger than the night before. They have been waking me up more and more each night that goes by and it's making each day afterwards harder and harder to deal with because I'm so tired. But when morning arrives and I get out of bed, they stop for the most part. During the day, I'm really crampy with a ton of pressure and off and on contractions. And I'm so sensitive to them right now that even riding in a car (the bumps) or even merely thinking about nipple stim will cause a contraction. I don't want to do anything like actually inducing labor but my midwife has offered to come over the next time my contractions start up again to try some things to keep them going instead of stalling again. I've lost a bit of my mucous plug, no bloody show.
I *REALLY* thought last night was the night - they were more regular and stronger for the longest period of time than any other night. I switched positions, walked, laid back down, and they were still going strong. I feel asleep and when I woke up, it was morning and I had one more and they stopped. I've been having them off and on all day but I'm mostly just cramping. I'm tired. I'm worn out and discouraged from all this starting and stopping.
Even though I don't want to do anything to actually induce labor from nothing, I know tonight when they start back up again I'm going to be so very tempted to call her to keep up the momentum and try to keep them going. I feel like for the past week, my body has been teetering on this edge that it just can't get past.
So I'm trying to get some feedback on this if I really should go ahead and call her when they start back up again tonight. She wants me to call her later this afternoon and I'll discuss it with her more then but I keep thinking to myself: I know I'm probably really, really close to having my baby so if it starts up again, why not go ahead and do something to keep it going instead of stalling out again?
But at the same time, that thought also sounds so ridiculous. But I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up. Again, sorry so long and I would appreciate anyone who can give me their thoughts. It might help me sort through my own. TIA!!!
