Whos Still Bakin'? - Page 2

[mareseatoats]

Originally Posted by Lynann 

Still here, 39+1 today. Trying to ignore anything labor related until either its active labor I have to concentrate through or my waters break. I'm being driven crazy by the prodromal labor tease. If it wasn't all start and stop I think I could wait quite patiently for this baby to arrive whenever they decide to. I'm trying to focus on having to wait until Labor Day.

That's how I feel about the prodromal labor, too, Lynn. If I didn't think something might be happening so often, and with no baby at the end of it, it would be a lot easier to wait.
 

[Lynann]

I have my weekly appointment this afternoon, so it'll be interesting to see what the MW thinks of all this prodromal stuff, and if she can feel any change in the baby's position.

[gothesshalja]

I was due 8/20 according to my ultrasound

this is my longest pregnancy ever today at 40w5d...

I tried rubbing castor oil on my belly in a hot bath last night...i am too afraid to drink it. It is hard to read some of the birth stories right now because I am scared she will never come out on her own and I will have to have medical induction! This pregnancy has been very stressful very traumatic as it was the result of a rape by fraud/deception situation. (more details in the blog  www.sgcmermaid.blogspot.com) 

She still seems to be moving well every day. I feel like I have just been under so much stress that my body won't open up but I am terrified to have a hospital birth. I want an unassisted home water birth in my bathtub since my unassisted home water birth with my son was so easy and peaceful. I am going to go walk like crazy today and hope she will come out on her own soon. 

I'm pretty sure sex induced me with my son in my last pregnancy at 37 w 6 d....I have no partner this time around to give me any love/physical affection...and I can't seem to find any other effective home induction methods. 

I know I will be even more emotionally destroyed for the rest of 2011 and maybe 2012 if I end up with any kind of hospital birth, especially a c-section. That is one of my top fears. 

[Lynann]

Its been a few days since anyone posted here. So just how many of us are left still waiting for labor to start.

I'm not at my EDD yet. I'm not "due" until Tuesday, but today at Church I was so sick of people asking when the baby is coming. I'm not even past my "due date" and people around me seem way more impatient than I am. We even got a phone call from MIL this afternoon stressing about how she is planning on going out of state in just over a week and she'll be soooo worried if I haven't had the baby before she leaves, especially if we need help, or it turns into another hospital transfer. Firstly its a vacation and she could take it anytime, NOT my fault she planned it for during the window of time this baby could arrive. Secondly she lives 4 hours away, and is NOT invited to the birth, she is the last person I want to be around while I labor as I don't need her stress around me. Thirdly there is no point on worrying about the worst that could wrong, even if it did happen we would just deal with it, and right now the worst case is going past 42 weeks and having to have a RCS instead of the VBAC we are planning. However we do have a hospital just over an hour away that we could transfer to that does VBACs, and my MW has already been in email contact with the OB at that hospital who does most of them, so we could just face an induction with this OB, but with our MW still with us for support if we do end up postdates, but since I have OVER 2 weeks before then I have plenty of time for this LO to make an appearance.

How is everyone else doing that's still bakin'?

[love4bob]

I'm still here. I was due yesterday, and I hope it happens soon. My mom is here, but can't stay too long. I'm not feeling well today at all. I've been having contractions on and off that don't go anywhere, and I'm so nauseous tonight! :(

[love4bob]

And just after I posted I went and threw up.... yuck! Hopefully it's a sign labor is coming soon.....

[PoetryLover]

Still here, too. I was hoping the storm would put me into labor, but no such luck. I'm 42 weeks tomorrow, but 41 + 2 by the hospitals date (they gave me the choice of 2 dates and I chose the latest one to buy myself a few days before being pressured to induce).I did feel strongly that my "real" date was the first, the fifteenth. But honestly I don't really know for sure what the due date really is. I have an appointment on Tuesday with a doctor (apparently the midwives aren't available) and I'm hoping she's not going to pressure me to induce. Honestly, the baby seems fine. There is plenty of movement and the heartbeat is fine. My blood pressure and urine are fine. I may consent to a NST, but I hear they have a high rate of false positives. And I really don't want another ultrasound.

But I've been getting a lot of cleaning done. :-) DH has been very helpful with that, only complaining minimally.

[FischK]

Still here, too. It's sort of annoying. I'm 40+6 tomorrow, and I'm scheduled to go in for a U/S for fluid levels and an NST. The OB will also do a cervix check. And once all that is done, we're going to have a talk about what is going to happen next. If all is well, I'd be fine going to 42 weeks, but I already know that the OB and her partners are much less thrilled about that option. DH would be on board but he's more reluctant b/c his parents are coming on Tuesday to help out and to meet the new baby. So, I anticipate a bunch of pressure coming my way in the next few days.

On the other hand, I've been having some ctx and cramping for the last two days. It seems particularly pronounced in the morning with ctx getting more intense and closer together, but around lunch time they end and that's it for the day. Hoping this is doing something at least and getting my body ready - either for a natural start of labor or for a successful induction. I really don't want that RCS either.  

[PoetryLover]

FischK, what's an RCS?

I'm hoping to go into labor soon. I'm inserting EPO vaginally and am considering castor oil soon. I'm trying to give myself up to 43 weeks, which will be 42 weeks tomorrow. However, considering the hospital's due date, I will only be 41 + 2 tomorrow. Maybe I'll give myself until next Monday? Surely the baby will come before then, though? I've almost given up hope, as it feels like I've been pregnant at this point FOREVER. But I have to remind myself that I'm not really sure of the due date and it's just an estimate. I've been nesting like crazy, cleaning off my very cluttered desk, organizing and decluttering the bathroom closet and I'm about to start under the bathroom sink, as well. Hopefully, the full swing nesting is a sign. I so want to meet this babe.

I've really been enjoying my (nearly) 19 month old DS lately. Everything he does is so adorable. I've been feeling extra gently towards him, too. 

[Lynann]

RCS is a repeat c-section.

PL, it must be a bit more unsettling not being totally sure of exactly when you are due. My BFF had that issue with her 6th DD who was born at the end of June. She never had a proper cycle after weaning DD5 when she found out she was pregnant again, so she had no LMP to go on and had no idea how far along she was when she found out. They were UP/UCing and so she just had to wait out all the potential dates until she finally went into labor. Nobody stays pregnant forever, but even with baby no 6 she got to feeling impatient and frustrated. Glad you are enjoying these final days with just your DS. That's what I'm trying to focus on doing too.

FischK, hope you don't get all that pressure you're expecting. Hopefully labor will kick in soon and you won't have to even talk about induction or RCS. I'm fortunate in that my MW has so far been as laid back as DH & I about those topics. I want to wait as long as possible before we go down that road, so I totally get where you are coming from.

Angie, hope the sickness/nausea is the start of labor for you.

I haven't had any contractions since Thursday, but I've been sleeping a lot instead, just not at night. All I want to do during the day is sleep, and I've been taking naps whenever DS has, but that means nothing is getting done around here. I really need to catch up with some cleaning so I'm going to try and skip the naps today. I'll be 40 weeks tomorrow, so still potentially another 2 weeks to go.

I really wanted to have this baby sometime during week 39, as the stats for VBAC show greatest success rates at 39 weeks. However it seems like this baby has other ideas. I did go to 40+5 with DS so it won't surprise me if I still have about another week before this baby finally gets the show on the road. I've been telling DH the whole pregnancy that this baby is going to come on Labor Day, so by that only a week to go.

I do hope this group becomes extinct in this coming week because we are all snuggling up with our babies in our arms instead of in our bellies. I don't even mind being the last one standing if I get to hold my baby by this time next week.

Hope you all are having a good day and get to be in labor land really soon.

[LadyJennifer]

Still pregnant! My EDD is Thursday. I thought sure this little one would have arrived by now, but maybe she wants to be a September baby:) I have days of severe impatience, but mostly lately I've been chilled out and patient:) I know she's GOT to come out sooner or later!

[amyjoyce79]

I'm still here too.. EDD is tomorrow. First preg, so I keep trying to tell myself not to get to impatient yet. Can't say it's working all that well though.

Lynann- I've been doing the same thing lately, just want to nap. Looks like we have the same due date, I keep looking at Labor day too. Hopefully, all our babies decide not to wait much longer!

[Mohawk Mamma]

Still bakin as well. Due date was yesterday, but also have September 1st as possible EDD. Saw the MW today, we're 75% effaced & almost 3 cm dilated. I've been at 2 cm & 50% for 3 weeks so I feel a bit encouraged that we're making some progress. MW asked if I wanted her to strip my membranes, she tried, but couldn't get in my cervix far enough to really do it. Did have some bloody show from it and been crampy ever since she did it though. So who knows, sure would be nice if that's all it took to get things started! With DD1 I had my membranes stripped at 40+2 & my cervix stretched at 40+4, then went into labor at 40+5. 

[FischK]

Had my OB-visit today, and scheduled an induction for Friday. Sadly, they are not allowed to induce VBACs over the weekend because they need to have an OR-team on stand-by. But at least it gives me a bit more time, and she does know that I'm not feeling too great about the scenario. All tests came out well. Baby was stubborn and refused to move during NST for the longest time. Sure sign that he must be my son. ;) I am actually 50% effaced and almost 2cm dilated, which allowed the OB to strip my membranes and to think that if I should go to Friday, the induction will be successful. So, kind of a mixed-bag visit, but more on the hopeful side than I anticipated. Spend the afternoon sleeping through the crampiness. Now, off to pick up DS1, hand him over to DH, and take a long walk.

[Lynann]

FischK, glad the OB is hopeful that IF an induction becomes necessary it should be successful. I'll be praying that this baby of yours decides to make their grand appearance before Friday so you don't have to deal with an induction. Only 4 more days at most Mama, you can do this.

[FischK]

Originally Posted by Lynann 

FischK, glad the OB is hopeful that IF an induction becomes necessary it should be successful. I'll be praying that this baby of yours decides to make their grand appearance before Friday so you don't have to deal with an induction. Only 4 more days at most Mama, you can do this.

Thanks for the good thoughts, Lynann.

[Lynann]

So today is the big "due date" day. Nothing is happening, even after my body cleaned itself out yesterday, again!

Today I've colored my hair and plan on trying to finish that stack of newborn fitted diapers that have been sitting on the dinning table half done. Then I might actually be ready for this baby to arrive.

[Magdalen1978]

Hi, I'm a lurker here coming out of the bushes!  I'm due tomorrow (even though I know my due date is more like the 1st or 2nd) and NOTHING is happening here.  Just sleepy and getting BH contrax every so often that don't even hurt.  Sigh.  My homebirth mw doesn't want to check me because I'm GBS positive, so I have no idea whether I'm dilated or not.  Sigh again.  I'm getting really anxious, even though I know I have some time before I need to start worrying about NSTs and the like.  Baby looked good at 39-week u/s to check for size (I'm measuring small). 

[LadyJennifer]

Still here at 39+5. Had bloody show yesterday, along with cramps and contractions, and was sure I was having a baby that day. Here I am still pregnant....

Fischk, hoping you go before Friday!

Lyn, cleaning out is a good sign! It's gotta be soon:)

[FischK]

Lynann, yay for coloring your hair! And hope the cleaning out is the beginning.

Magdalen, welcome! 

LadyJennifer, hope you're going soon too.

AFM, I've been having nearly constant cramping since the sweep yesterday, and after a long walk this morning ctx picked up quite nicely, getting to 60-90 sec about 6-7 min apart for about 45 min, still very bearable ctx, but more on the painful side than before. So, I was all hopeful and thought this could be it. However, as soon as we sat down for lunch - I figured Chinese would be nice before having to endure hospital food for a couple of days - they slowed down and stopped. Still some cramping but back to the subtle stuff. I am SO bummed out. If anyone tells you Chinese food starts labor, it's a lie. It's in fact a labor stopper. :(