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[UnderTheOldOakTree]

Zub-I'll be thinking about you tomorrow.  Hope everything goes well!

Cindy-if the creepy-crawlies return I'll go get the restful legs stuff.  I know I saw it at one of our local stores recently, but hadn't thought about using it really.  That's a great suggestion.

Dannic-that does sound stressful!  Definitely lots of comings and goings surrounding you on Sunday!  Hope you can get some more rest!

So my skin feels less crawly now...don't know what that was about.  Somehow leaning over the birth ball seems to help a good bit...and it's probably good for getting/keeping baby in the right position too.  I feel like the baby has dropped down again which is also a good sign and may have been part of what was going on.

I went to a LLL meeting today which was wonderful.  i felt really crampy the whole time (YAY!!!!).  Not sure if it's just more pre-labor or if it was being around all those newborn babes, but it made me happy.  It at least feels like there's something going on that may be productive as opposed to feeling like nothing is really happening anymore.  DH is home and was watching DS today so I also got to go to lunch and do some last minute baby shopping on my own this morning which was such a much needed break!  Amazing what that in and of itself can do for my mental state.

Even better, I came home to find DH had both vacumed and mopped and DS's toys are picked up!  Such a surprise!   I would feel better about going into labor and having the house ready now than I would otherwise.  Now to just keep it nice like this till the baby gets here!

Anyways, now that I'm not feeling so physically miserable, I'm mostly okay just hanging out and waiting for baby to come.

[pregnova]

Under- I completely forget, are you over guess date yet? Crampy is GOOD! lol and yay for a clean house!

Dannic- I feel like I have SO much energy...it's frankly ridiculous, but I'm so sore, that standing for too long is a bother. I have a feeling I might have overdone it a bit these past two days because I'm more sore today than either of these past days! It's ok though, lol, just means more staring at my cute baby ;-) I didn't tear...doesn't even seem like skid marks, but it was maybe three good pushes once I gave in to pushes before her head was completely out...no ring of fire or anything, so I'm thinking the extra soreness is just from her coming down SO fast. 

My bleeding is already that barely there sort...absolutely amazing...I'm sort of in awe at how different recovery has been this go around. 

So, my milk def. came in last night...I've got the most enormous boobs ever, and baby girl is having trouble keeping up! lol 

Zub- Thinking of you tomorrow!!!

[UnderTheOldOakTree]

Depending on which care provider's guess date  I go by, I'm either 41 weeks +1 or 40 weeks+4.  DS was born on what my OB said was 40+1, but I think he was more like 38.3-39 weeks and would have easily gone till at least 41 if left alone instead of being induced.  

[forumyonly1]

under- what a good idea to go the LLL meeting and yay for cramps!! i hope you arent stuck waiting much longer! all you 40+ weekers out there are making me nervous! i'm an emotional basket case already.. i can't imagine what you are going through! but yay for a clean house! my house is a complete wreck... and i'm not over exaggerating! at this rate baby will never come lol

[pregnova]

oh under- hang in there! You must be so close!

Anyone Ecing? Or intending to? We caught our first poops today!!! Baby girl takes FOREVER to poop, so she gives lots of signs, and I caught two today! Huzzah!

[waylonsmama]

Hi ladies~ I have not posted much..but have loved reading these boards the past 9 months.  I am 41 weeks today.  This is our third babe.  Both my boys were born 2 days after their dd.  So I have never been this preggo...what an emotional roller coaster.  So ready to be holding my sweet baby.  I have been having intense braxton hicks for the past few days. It is really starting to get old....I am ready for the real thing.  Many congratulations to all the mamas who have had their babies.  Right now it is hard to believe this baby will ever come out.  

[roses25]

I'll be 41 weeks tomorrow, and at this point I still think I'll be pregnant in December!  DS1 came two days early.  I'm a 100% sure on my due date, so that's not a question at all. Therefore, it's hard to believe I could go so late.  I've decided I'll call my midwife when I can no longer talk through contractions otherwise I would have had her drive up here 4 times already!  I've been having contractions everyday. Today they've been coming every 7-8 minutes and are painful, but they haven't gotten closer together. :(  I cleaned my whole house this morning in attempts to start real labor. Tomorrow I'm going to mow my lawn, take a nice long walk, and organize the baby's things a bit in attempt to again start real labor.  Thursday I've scheduled an acupuncture appt. to hopefully get things moving.  I'm getting awfully worried that I'll get to that 42 week mark and be risked out of homebirth. I texted my midwife tonight asking her how much longer she thought I could possibly go and that I was getting worried about being risked out of homebirth after 42 weeks. She said not to worry that I'm only a few days over my due date, but to me it's more than a few days....tomorrow will be a week over my due date!

Carolyn

[Amanda1]

Under: I think we were due the same date. I am feeling pretty much exactly the same as you, sore, tired, grumpy and all the other things you mentioned except the creepy crawly feeling.

I will be 41 weeks on Friday, so I am not crazy late yet but  I am feeling pretty done and am pretty worried about repeating my experience with DS, I went to 42 weeks and tried everything but ended up being induced which meant no homebirth :(

Also my midwife who delivered DS is on call this week until sunday and she and I both really want her to be here again this time.

So she wants me to take castor oil tomorrow and I will get accupuncture as well. I had REALLY bad back pain yesterday and the midwife told me today baby is facing up, so I have been trying to hang out in a forward position today.

So I have some reservations, I don't want back labor again ( had it with DS), and I dont want to push labor to start if I am not ready..... but I also don't want to risk baby having meconium again (which would risk me out of homebirth and baby would be taken from me for a few min straight after birth), and I want my midwife from DS again, I like the other ones but I love her and I know she is really wanting me to have a homebirth and will try hard for me to have one ( they dont really work in my area and have agreed to as long as it doesn't interfer with anyone else and the traffic isn't bad).

Anyone have any thoughts for me?

Maybe I'll just go into labor my self tonight.... but I am starting to think I will be pregnant for ever :)

[UnderTheOldOakTree]

I'm sorry so many of you are hanging out with me here in the past the due date and waiting club.  It looks like I'm in good company.  I'll be thinking about you all and sending you good labor starting vibes!

Amanda, yes it looks like we have the same due date (at least the same one as my current midwife's using).  I hope everything goes the way you want it to.  All I can think of is lots of hands and knees or hanging out leaning on the birthball (only comfy position for me these days).  

I think the baby dropped again yesterday or at some point around when the creepy-crawlies ended.   Everything looks much lower yet again and oh does it hurt to sit or stand up.  Anyways, I feel a little better about it since at least it seems to have been productive and I've been really crampy ever since.  

I need to talk to DH about the acupuncture thing again and see what he thinks.  I'm thinking it might be time to look into it and schedule something.  DH mentioned something about trying some nipple stimulation since I've been so crampy and having some disorganized contractions.  Maybe it would get things going.  I know that's also recommended before birth due to some of the nursing issues I had last time so I think we might try that to see if it helps any with either thing.

I see my midwife today so I'll also see what she thinks.    Honestly, I feel sort of okay just hanging out till Friday, but I feel sort of nervous about going much past that...I really don't want to be right up at the 42 week mark and risk out of the homebirth.  I also know several friends who were very close to 42 weeks and had insanely short (under an hour) labors that were so intense that they were just left reeling and their midwives didn't get there in time....and that scares me....especially since DH works kinda far from where we live and I know with traffic around here it could take my midwife and doula quite a while to get here as well.  I really don't want to be giving birth with just DS and myself here.  Maybe I need to talk to my midwife about these fears today....she's going to think I've lost my mind...lol.

[Vegan Princess]

Lots of labor vibes for all you over due mamas!!! I hope you're holding your sweet little ones soon!!

[UnderTheOldOakTree]

Got DS part way to school and turned around and came home this morning and alerted my birth team.  Hopefully it's not another false alarm.  It definitely feels different and more intense than before.  

[springmum]

Yay Under! - I hope this is it!

I hope all those with babes are enjoying their babymoon and the others come soon!

[Vegan Princess]

nak

how are all the new mamas doing??

under: i hope this is it!!! i hope you have a beautiful birth!

cindy

[gratefulmum]

Hi all. I also haven't been a real active poster in the group but have loved reading up on everyone and seeing all the pic's of sweet babies lately.

I am also in the "late" club. I'm 40w 5d today. DS wasn't born until 41w 1d and with dd I never went into labor but had a schedule cs for breech at 40w 5d so it appears I just gestate long! I tried a long power walk this morning which resulted in a 30 minute long uncomfortable BH but that's about it. I've also never felt a baby as LOW as this one is. I'm starting to think I never did "drop" with the others after feeling what this one is like. 

I'm getting anxious and impatient and frankly running out of projects to do- and that includes cleaning ones! The one bright spot is that I'm sleeping fantastic. My insomnia has been all but nill this week- I had a couple nights of night sweats but that seems to have passed to. Nothing left to do right now but hold tight. If nothing seems to be happening by Monday night I'm going to ask my mw for an appt on Tues to discuss with her my options.

[zubeldia]

Hi all, baby Charlie arrived at 11:04pm on the 17th. He's gorgeous! 7 pounds 9oz and just over 20 inches. Nursing really well. Will write more later but cervidil didn't help at all so at 8:30 in the evening they broke my waters and contrax became very intense very quickly and just over two hours later he was here, born in the water. It was frankly agonizing but also amazing!

[UnderTheOldOakTree]

Congratulations Zub!  And welcome baby Charlie!

After having pretty strong but somewhat irregular contractions  every 5-15 minutes from 8AM yesterday to  at least 1AM this morning, just as I was going to bed, and having the baby drop AGAIN  at that point, the contractions have stopped all together now. I'm feeling so, so frustrated and disappointed this morning.  I'm dreading having to call the birth team and my parents to tell them "never mind".  DS spent the whole day with a friend and her kids yesterday (I tried to get him to come home since things were still slow but he refused...having too much fun).  She dropped him off after dinner last night and did some energy work and massage on me (which really intensified and sped up the contractions the second she started) and then just hung out with me and chatted for a few hours which was wonderful and totally what I needed at that point.  

[waylonsmama]

Hi Under~ I had to go back and look up your dd.  I was due the day after you.  Here I am at 41+4.  I have had prelabor for a week now...so ready for this baby to come.  After 42 weeks my midwife can't attend our birth...we are not quite sure what we will do if we get there.  My family is calling everyday...some like my mother...multiple times a day.  I am about to change my voice mail message because I know their nagging (I know that the love us and are worried) but it is driving me crazy.  It is nice to know that there is another mama out there going through something similar.  I am pretty convinced we are having a baby girl now...both my boys were born 2 days after their dd without any of this crazy prelabor.  So hopefully these babies will take it easy on us and give us an easy labor.  We will be holding our babies soon.

Many congratulations to all the new babies.   

[springmum]

Conrat's Zub and welcome Charlie!!!

Under - your going to have a really fast labour once things start with all this starting and stopping - I'm betting before the weekend is over!

[forumyonly1]

Congratulations zub!!!

[zubeldia]

Hi all, got home today... a few pics! The first one is just after we got out of the tub, the second is of Charlie the next day, and the final one is DS meeting his baby brother for the first time. He was so happy! He loves his little bro!