The FABULOUS May thread....MAY MAMAs moving into JUNE!!!!! - Page 2

[ceriserenee]

AFM - All contractions stopped yesterday and then about 5am I had one very strong contraction that pushed the baby down even further...after that I have just been having off and on contractions, but nothing painful at all...just like BH contractions...but I can feel them on my cervix if that makes sense. DH and I DTD this morning (Sorry TMI) which usually stops the BH's because it relaxes me, but they are coming more frequently now...but I still think I am carrying a June baby...I don't feel like things are moving very fast, so I am being patient and today I am going to an afternoon lunch and cardgame with friends to relax and have a little fun!

Check back with you all soon :D 

[Evergreen]

Originally Posted by ceriserenee 

I know you didn't want labor vibes...so now I will at least send Easy and Healthy vibes to you! Hopefully all will go well and can't wait to hear all about it!

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Oh crap! I forgot. Are things cleared up? Hopefully the baby will come at the best possible time.

[KindRedSpirit]

So many possible births going on!YAY!Happy, healthy outcomes all around,mamma's!

Thanks for the positive feedback on my sorting-out post.:) It's just crazy to be in this mindframe(birth is any hour)for SO long!!!!!Having a good day today, my spirits are up, which, sadly is unusual,but we have sunshine!!!!!! I can send the kids outside!!!!!! I got the kitchen tidy, and am taking a break to have a Dr.Pepper with cramp bark....Talk about yin and Yang, right?It is what it is.:) Then I'm going back upstairs and cindarella style washing the floors.(all laminate and tile upstairs) THEN if I can muster it, I'm washing windows!

I'm 10 days over today, and have given birth on day 10 twice.My only other longest pregnancy was 13 days past edd,so let's see if we can get things moving and join in the birthing!

Wishing a good day to all.:)

[Evergreen]

Good luck, KRS!!!!!!

I'm only 2 days over. Longest was 15, the other was 11, so I'm thinking about 6 or 8 would be perfect! I still have a lot to do but I'm kind of too miserable to do it so might as well have the baby.

I checked my cervix tonight and it's stil barely dilated but it's much more effaced. A few days ago it was about 0 percent and it's now about 60%.

[KindRedSpirit]

15 days!!!! Shoot! Also, Evergreen, listen to this, I have a daughter named Dylan (9) and a daughter named Eve (7)!!!!We have such similar taste in names!!!!

So, I'm having a little bloody show.Now, granted, I have already had a false labor with bloody show as the indicator, BUT the baby is decidedly lower this time.PLEASE turn into something!!!!!( but nothing serious until 1 am when dh will be home from work.) PLEEEEEASE!! :)

[Evergreen]

Shhhh...I'm in labor!!!!!

[BHappy]

Originally Posted by Evergreen 

Shhhh...I'm in labor!!!!!

beautiful ! blessings on your birth. i hope to be right behind you !!

[Evergreen]

Originally Posted by BHappy 

beautiful ! blessings on your birth. i hope to be right behind you !!

Me too!

[Evergreen]

Haven't had a contraction in an hour and a half. I guess I am not really in labor after all. But maybe I was getting some practice!

[KindRedSpirit]

Maybe just a break for breakfast, Evergreen? :)

I'm in pity party mode today.I'm tired of this not understanding what the hold up is, and I'm starting to worry about why so many false labors and so little progress.(cord tangles,etc....)Baby is moving regularly, just not seeming to efface,and tomorrow is the most pregnant I've been before.(well, tomorrow after 9:30 pm)Sat is officially 42 weeks,and so begin the drastic measures and serious inductions.I can feel the stress and worry from other people on my behalf,less calls, very little casual conversation....As if I were controlling the situation!!Oh, well, I guess NOW I'll have the baby.....cruel inatention to personal energy, people! I just don't want to do it anymore.I'm craving those after baby hormones.

[Evergreen]

Originally Posted by KindRedSpirit 

Maybe just a break for breakfast, Evergreen? :)

I'm in pity party mode today.I'm tired of this not understanding what the hold up is, and I'm starting to worry about why so many false labors and so little progress.(cord tangles,etc....)Baby is moving regularly, just not seeming to efface,and tomorrow is the most pregnant I've been before.(well, tomorrow after 9:30 pm)Sat is officially 42 weeks,and so begin the drastic measures and serious inductions.I can feel the stress and worry from other people on my behalf,less calls, very little casual conversation....As if I were controlling the situation!!Oh, well, I guess NOW I'll have the baby.....cruel inatention to personal energy, people! I just don't want to do it anymore.I'm craving those after baby hormones.

I wish there was something I could do, baby.

[samstress]

thinking of all of you who are SO close and sending you all labor vibes...

seems like it's mostly folks on here who are still waiting, so i hate to bore you with what's happening on the other side, but here goes...

our little guy is 17 days old today and i am so in love.  while i was pregnant i wondered how i could possibly love another person as much as i love my dd, but it certainly is possible.  i can't stop staring at him and am enjoying every second (he will probably be our last).  am still recovering a bit.  was having serious plumbing issues (first couldn't pee, then had some miserable constipation), but i think the worst is now over (thank goodness).  i can so handle the lack of sleep, but when you're also feeling physically not well, it's tough. 

sadly, nursing is not going well (and if i hear one more mom say that their little guy or gal is "nursing like a champ", i'm going to scream).  why is this so hard for me?  i was so sure it would be easier this time around.  dd was a c-section with whom i had pitocin and an epidural (and i didn't get to nurse until she was over two hours old).  this time, i had a drug-free vbac and got to nurse immediately, but am experiencing the same problems i did with dd.  so frustrating.  

took our first trip with ds this weekend.  went to the in-laws.  was dh's brother's 40th birthday and there was a surprise party for him.  worked out well, because some of the family got to meet jude as well.  an enjoyable weekend until we ended up in the emergency room with dd on monday night.  poor thing, i'm already super emotional, but seeing my little girl in pain just broke my heart.  nothing serious, just nursemaid's elbow (which she's had once before).  three trips to the ER with dd in her four short years (hope this is no indication of what's to come...or what's in store for her brother).  

gotta run, duty calls... 

[Evergreen]

I hope the nursing gets better, Sam.

My contractions have picked back up. The last one was 51 seconds and seriously hurt. I'm still at work though so they can't be that bad.

[samstress]

oh, my goodness, you're still working?  i'm impressed.  with dd i worked as long as i could (a week before my due date) so i could spend as much of my four month maternity leave with her, but working past my due date?  no way!  good for you.  i guess, if anything, it keeps you occupied.

nearly a minute long?  that's pretty serious.  how are you doing?  any updates?

in other news, dh is away until late saturday night.  one of his athletes made it to the track and field state championships this weekend, so it's a big deal, but i'm kind of dreading it.  i'm used to being home alone with dd and the baby all day, but i'm going to miss having some relief in the evenings (and, of course, i'll just miss having him home).  my sister and her family are coming to meet the baby this weekend and my sister has offered to spend the night with me tomorrow, so that'll be nice. 

jude had his two week appt yesterday.  he's already 10 lbs 2 oz which just seems insane to me. 

thinking of you all.

[ryleeee]

sam i think that by the time i get zao weighed she will be over 10 pounds too!
and for him being 10 pounds you gotta know that your milk is at doing SOMETHING, so keep your chin up. it will get better <3

i was feeling really super depressed the last couple days and spent today cleaning up the main floor of our house and i feel SO MUCH BETTER. a friend came over for the evening and we talked and drank starbucks and played bananagrams...it was lovely. she left about half an hour ago and man, it was just what i needed. derek is out tonight at a show he was curating. 

anyways. hope you guys are all doing well :) how many mamas are left?!

[atnightingale]

Well I went into labor late yesterday afternoon, and after a mostly expected runaway train feeling labor, Ardis Clare was born just before 10 pm. 8 Lb even. 20 Inches. Beautiful but very spitty.Good luck to all.

[samstress]

rye - starbucks, bananagrams and a friend?  sounds like the perfect evening.

atnightingale - congrats to you and welcome to ardis clare.

[ryleeee]

oooh ardis is a great name! congrats! 
and congrats to you too, em!! 

yes it was JUST what i needed...i was beginning to feel a bit depressed.

[Evergreen]

Georgia is here also. She came 6//3 at 10:46. She was my biggest at 6 lbs 13 oz and her actual birth was amazing.

[samstress]

Originally Posted by ryleeee 

yes it was JUST what i needed...i was beginning to feel a bit depressed.

i hear ya.  my sister and her family are here this weekend and it's been so nice just to have people around (not to help, but just to talk to) especially with dh out of town.
 

Originally Posted by Evergreen 

Georgia is here also. She came 6//3 at 10:46. She was my biggest at 6 lbs 13 oz and her actual birth was amazing.

congrats emily!  your biggest?  i'm jealous.  and all your babes were late, right?  wow!