Weekly Chat April 9 - 16 - Page 4 « Back to Group Discussions

[prettyisa]

Still here, still preggo. We had thought the kid was moving down, but yesterday it moved back up right under my ribs like usual. -sigh- I guess it just wants to wait for the weekend (or next week).

My DP is still cuddly (women: they cuddle.) but neither of us is feeling particularly sexy. And yesterday I was at the store and our new car wouldn't start and when I tried calling her she didn't answer. And the office phones were turned off. Because they were having a staff meeting (nothing important, of course, mostly just a check-in to make sure everyone knew about the new guy's training schedule). So I couldn't get ahold of her for almost an hour which sent me into total panic mode. I know that an hour isn't that long, and that most likely this labor is going to take a long time once it gets going (please get going!) but I was LIVID. Luckily after a minute of trying to protest she admitted that it was a bad decision and now will have her phone on her all the time, but I had visions of being stuck in a dead car on the side of the road in the middle of labor with no way of contacting her.

Marnica--I'm so sorry to hear about your friends--what a terrible thing to have happen. I'm glad they're all safe, but it must be beyond devastating.

[ReadingRenee]

Originally Posted by Mom2SammyJoe 

So I woke up this morning to find that I am still pregnant. 39 + 6. DD came at 40 +4, and DS was induced,  so I don't know what made me think this one would come earlier, but I was hopeful. This baby just seems SO BIG! And I just didn't feel right yesterday all day. I even managed to get in 2 short naps and found myself scrubbing the tub at bedtime. Maybe tonight, huh? My other kids were born on Saturdays, and I can't imagine going another week for this one. We are also supposed to get thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow, and DD was born during a storm. Really nothing labor-y is happening, but I really want it to.

Today I am taking the kids to my mom for a few hours so I can get some groceries and have a pedicure. I have never had one before, but the thought of even trying to trim my own toenails is more than I can handle right now. I have a massage this evening. I made the appointment ages ago hoping I would be able to cancel it, but nope.

My DH is not the cuddliest lately, but he is more than willing to DTD upon request. I think all the pillows interfere with cuddle time, but he doesn' t want to miss out on sex because he is fully aware of the 6 weeks of recovery postpartum. I definately want more closeness with him. Just sitting and holding his hand means a lot right now.

We are getting there, ladies. I remember sitting on the couch at 34 weeks completely unable to imagine another 6 weeks of pregnancy, but here I am. I am trying to feel blessed right now, but it is hard. Each day is one day closer to my baby...

Here I am at 39 weeks 6 days also!  I have been getting crazy pressure from the family and yesterday I was really feeling cranky and crabby about it. My stomach was hurting and I felt nauseas all day.   I was also having contractions that were mild and about 30 minutes apart that fizzled out shortly after going to bed. I spent the entire day scrubbing the house from top to bottom.  I even wiped down doors and other crazy things.  But after yesterday and the anticipation that turned into nothing I woke up this morning feeling really good and really at peace about when this baby will be born.  I have also declared an ignore the uterus  day.  Today is dh's birthday and I am going to bake him a cake and hang out with my 3 year old and just enjoy the day without stressing about when Labor will start.  Even though MIL is in town this weekend and practically panting at the bit of when I will have the baby.  Hope I can maintain the peace and contentment I feel about it all for the next couple weeks if that is what is needed. :)
 

[Tulafina]

Prettyisa- I would have been livid too! But more so because it only takes an hour for my babies to show up!! LOL Glad that everything worked out though:)

RR- I've started to get phone calls...which NEVER HAPPENS in my family. I'm 39w2d today and I told EVERYONE in the family that my babies do not come early...but I guess they've ignored that info. So I stopped answering the phone:) And then when I do answer and they ask why I haven't been answering the phone....I tell them I was pooping. LOL!! Totally grosses them out and shuts them up! Or I start talking about placenta encapsulation...they haven't called for a few days.... hahaha! I have to say that this isn't my family at all- it's all my inlaws. My mom is really relaxed about everything and I want her to be here for the birth to watch my kids so she knows she's getting a phone call, so other than asking how I'm doing once in awhile, she just leaves me be:) My dad could care less and my sis as well....It's kinda nice.

AFM....It's snowed 10 inches here yesterday and I really don't want to bring the baby into the world with it looking like Winter outside:( I'll gladly wait until it's melted...hopefully by Monday. I'm trying to remain zen-like but it's been hard this time. I'm in way more pain than usual at the end so everyday feels like an eternity. The only thing nice about baby waiting...I get to sew and craft a bit more before he/she shows up:) Anyway, I'm off to sew...Toodaloo!

Julie

[belacmsage]

I've been MIA for the past couple days but I just caught up. Sorry no time for personals right now.

I'm 40 wks 1d today and really unhappy about it. It wouldn't be so bad going past my due date if everyone had not stated repeatedly that I was going to have the baby early. Also, it doesn't help that I've now had 3 days of prelabor/early labor contractions. We actually called the MW on Wednesday because I had contractions all day getting more intense and closer together. She came and checked me out (I was 2cm only) and the check caused me to loose the rest of my mucus plug and have bloody show. That night they finally stopped and I've only had the occasional contraction since. Really just want to go into labor at this point and get it over with so I can meet my DD.

[lalazap]

Ladies, thanks so much for your empathy about the SO/DH issue. I am sorry so many of us are feeling neglected, but it helps a lot to hear that it's common and that I'm not abnormally needy or irrationally insecure. I'm trying to put myself in his shoes and realize how much everyone wants a last little piece of him right now, between work and home and his friends.

Originally Posted by Tulafina 
And then when I do answer and they ask why I haven't been answering the phone....I tell them I was pooping. LOL!! 

This made me LOL, literally!

Excited to hear an update from justKate sometime!

Hugs to all the other cranky ladies out there. I am trying to get my zen back after getting pissed off at the baby (of all people!) this morning for its position - seems to be hanging out ROP with a deflexed head which is STILL not engaged. Currently trying affirmations ... "I trust my baby, I trust my body" ... but it feels like it's through gritted mental teeth. Fake it till you make it, right?

[rik8144]

Well, I am feeling a bit better now. I guess my RRL and EPO regimen has paid off somewhat. I am 2cm, 70-80%, -2 station. Last week baby was still floating. When they did my GBS I asked her just to check gently to see if I had anything going on and I was a big fat nothing, nothing, baby high. So, here's to my irregular contractions doing something for me!

[Thursday Girl]

yeah for a lower baby  Rikki!

I am obsessing over justkate too, there has been nothing on her facebook page or on the DDC's page we share from our last pregnancies. So curious.

[Tara2]

Originally Posted by Tulafina 

Or I start talking about placenta encapsulation...they haven't called for a few days.... hahaha!

I like this part lol.

Another 39+6 here today. Wow. Can it really be? So why do I feel with each day that passes further than ever from birth. This waiting for labor to start limbo is so strange. Why does it seem like each day I am still pregnant, or when ctx go all day but do not end with a baby coming out, I somehow feel this peculiar disappointment with the idea that it means ' oh, I guess she's not getting born after all..' a feeling that somehow I am not going to actually be giving birth- ever! Lol either I am going to be pregnant forever (admit to that feeling today) or maybe I must not really be pregnant after all. 

Well, I have been 9 months pregnant 3 times before and guess what? It has never NOT ended with the birth of my baby. So though it feels as if reality is conspiring against me, I cannot have much more than 2 weeks left to be pregnant, and probably not even that long. And in the outside world, read: the world as it is for non-preggos --or even us ladies in waiting, when we think back to times we weren't in a state of justwaition, you may find that 2 weeks passes in the blink of an eye. Heck, any other time in my life, other than when I am about to have a baby, a month is so short it's like nothing, even a year goes by faster with each one that passes.

With this in mind I am trying to practice P.a.t.i.e.n.c.e. but it's nearly impossible. Maybe the key is that I'm trying. Maybe I need to be doing... and undoing...myself, the world, and time, with patience.

[Aletheia]

I'm 39+6 today too.  Gar.

And while I don't mind the check-ins from friends, my mother and mother-in-law are already driving me crazy.  I think the difference is that my friends seem excited for me, and the grandmothers seem excited for themselves.  I get a vibe that says, "hurry up and give me my grandchild, damn it."  

I feel great physically.  I'm not even that uncomfortable at night.  No swelling, no indigestion, no sore hips, no nothing.  I almost feel guilty saying it.  But it also makes me feel like I MIGHT be pregnant forever, because my current state seems pretty easy to maintain.  I've been having really frequent BH ctx, but that's been true since somewhere in second trimester.  So I'm not holding my breath.

Is anyone else still a bit unsettled on names?  I like our boy name, but the girl name is harder to pin down.  

It sounds like a lot of you are nesting like crazy.  With DS2, I can remember taking all the alphabet fridge magnets off the fridge, scrubbing the door down, and putting them back in alpha order. On his due date.  This time around, though, I am mostly trying to find websites to distract myself from the waiting.  I am feeling super lazy.

[rik8144]

Originally Posted by Aletheia 

Is anyone else still a bit unsettled on names?  I like our boy name, but the girl name is harder to pin down.  

YES!!! We had one but now I am not sure about it. I am not sure about the one I like either. Basically, I don't know what I want to with this girls name.

[daylicious]

Check-ins from friends/family? Yup! I've had texts from 5!!!! people today inquiring about baby. Not to mention my dad calling me 3 times before I had a chance to get back to him...I told him not to worry, he'll know when the baby gets here I'm not even 39 weeks yet!

[rik8144]

HA! I asked DH to have some 'fun time' tonight and he did it! I guess he is tired of mopey emotional me. I probably shouldn't have shown him a pic of what -2 station is before hand though. LOL!

[adoremybabe]

Tara - love your post. thanks for the extra insight. it's hard to wait!

Alethia - we are not completely set on names. a girl will be much easier than a boy at this point. i better pack our name book!

It's a nesting night for me. my house isn't perfect by any means but at 9:50 tonight I decided to make banana muffins, wash all of the dishes and I have my 3rd load of laundry in the washing machine. I am hoping to get the 4th in before I head to bed.

DH said that tomorrow morning at 8:30 would be a good time to go into the hospital.... we will see!

You better believe that I'll be eating a muffin before my head hits my pillow!

[Mom2SammyJoe]

Happy due date to Tara2, ReadingRenee, and Aletheia. Did you all wake up still pregnant like I did? I had some good belly squeezes going last night and was so hopeful. Oh well...

My massage therapist did a lot of pressure point work yesterday for me, and I think that contributed to me thinking things were starting. She told me to call this morning and she would come by our house today, free of charge, and hold points for a little while. I think I will be calling...

[Aletheia]

Originally Posted by Mom2SammyJoe 

Happy due date to Tara2, ReadingRenee, and Aletheia. Did you all wake up still pregnant like I did? I had some good belly squeezes going last night and was so hopeful. Oh well...

Happy due date to you, too, Mom2SammyJoe!  Still pregnant here, but my BH ctx are starting to become regular.  For most of yesterday afternoon and evening they were about every 15 minutes; this morning upon waking they are every 20 minutes.  I remember that happening a lot with DS2-- for a week or more before he was born-- and then, BAM- the first contraction of active labor was totally different.  So we'll see.  We're headed out to do some walking in about a half hour.  ;)

[CarlyVHT]

It seems I need to give myself a daily pep talk about being patient and letting baby come whenever. I am okay being pregnant, just bored and anxious. I am only 39w4d so it could be another 2 weeks, potentially. Patience has never been a virtue of mine, but I also want to be thankful to have the opportunity to carry a child full term and remember to enjoy these moments, as this is likely our last.

I thought perhaps something was happening this morning - I had lots of tightening in my uterus that was pretty consistant, but painless. They must have been contractions of some sort, but they have subsided for now. It was a change from the consistant menstrual like cramping I was getting for the past 3 days. Also, I'm not sure I want to go into labor today since my DD has a sleepover party that she is DYING to go to tonight. She even said she'd rather miss the birth and go to the party. However, she is 5 and has been adament about wanting to be at the birth for the past 9 months so we wouldn't feel comfortable letting her miss it because it could turn into a huge regret for her.

[rik8144]

Well, I contracted all.night.long. They hurt! At some points they were 2 min apart. 

But, I worked Thursday and Friday night. I got home Friday morning and slept 3 hours before my appt. then didn't go to bed until 11pm. I didn't go to sleep until 2am due to contractions. I took a warm shower, drank water, stood, walked, etc. I was SO tired though I finally was able to fall asleep. Then I wake up at 4am with hard contractions and lose the plug. I almost called my midwife at 5am but no matter how hard the contractions were I was yawning between them.

So, I went to bed and managed to sleep until DDs soccer game this morning. Now I am only contracting every 20 minutes or so but they make me stop and breathe. I am nauseous but hungry. I am headed out now to walk around the neighborhood. 

Who knows! We may have a baby this weekend. If not, at least things are progressing.

[piratemere]

Originally Posted by Aletheia 

Is anyone else still a bit unsettled on names?  I like our boy name, but the girl name is harder to pin down.  

Um, "Baby Brother" is 3 days old and we still have no name!

[belacmsage]

Well, contracting painfully here every 7 minutes or so. This might finally be it for me. Maybe we will have a baby tomorrow?! If not, I am thinking about using the castor oil I've heard so much about.

[ReadingRenee]

Originally Posted by rik8144 

Well, I contracted all.night.long. They hurt! At some points they were 2 min apart. 

But, I worked Thursday and Friday night. I got home Friday morning and slept 3 hours before my appt. then didn't go to bed until 11pm. I didn't go to sleep until 2am due to contractions. I took a warm shower, drank water, stood, walked, etc. I was SO tired though I finally was able to fall asleep. Then I wake up at 4am with hard contractions and lose the plug. I almost called my midwife at 5am but no matter how hard the contractions were I was yawning between them.

So, I went to bed and managed to sleep until DDs soccer game this morning. Now I am only contracting every 20 minutes or so but they make me stop and breathe. I am nauseous but hungry. I am headed out now to walk around the neighborhood. 

Who knows! We may have a baby this weekend. If not, at least things are progressing.

Sounds promising!  Please update when you can!  I hope that you managed to get some more sleep somewhere in there.

Originally Posted by belacmsage 

Well, contracting painfully here every 7 minutes or so. This might finally be it for me. Maybe we will have a baby tomorrow?! If not, I am thinking about using the castor oil I've heard so much about.

That sounds like it might be it!  yay!  Please update when you can!

As for me... Due today.  No baby.  Had a great day though, lots of walking, hanging out with dh while kiddos were at grandmoms and then lots of snuggling and quality time with my almost 3 year old.  All stuff I couldn't have done if the baby was here yet.  So, I figure the baby will come when the baby is meant to come.  I have walked 2 miles every day since Monday, I ate a whole pineapple yesterday and spicy food and Dh and I have dtd twice in 24 hours.  So if the baby isn't coming, she must have her reasons. :)  I had a few painful contractions this evening but now nothing.  So we will see..

Good luck to everyone about to go into labor!  Sending you easy labor vibes!