Who's still here...

[momsmyjob]

or should I say who is still waiting for the babe to arrive

[dan_in_taipei]

Me! I go to bed every night now thinking I may wake up ready to go! I'm not even due until next Friday! Of course the OB has said that he thinks I'll go within the week so I'm putting pressure on myself!
Plus all this prodromal labour stuff isn't very fun - we're all ready - Max is just on a different schedule.

How's everyone else coping?

[lilsbgirl]

I'm still waiting around

I'm still waiting for my little one to arrive. Hes not due til Nov 30th though, and I am REALLY hoping that he will either come on time! I'm really nervous because my midwife just told me she might be out of town for thanksgiving.. What will I do without her! I am planning to give birth at hospital, because home birth isn't an option for me.
Does anyone know what you do if you are due near the holidays??

[canadiyank]

Hey, I'm due on the 30th, too! Two weeks tomorrow. I never asked if my MW is out of town - hope not, b/c I'm having the baby at her birth center...!

[Annabel]

I'm still waiting. I'm not due until the 24th, but I had my first baby at 38 weeks 5 days, and with this one I am 38weeks 6 days today.... so I feel overdue even though I'm not!
I'm hoping she comes soon, I am very uncomfortable and tired and I can't wait to meet her. I also don't want to go over as it is my son's birthday on December 2nd and I'd like to be able to plan his day which I can't if I don't know whether I'll be in labour or not

[lilylove]

Today is my due date. And I am going walking at the mall with Dd and my Sis.
But I am not really hopefull. I expect I will be at my midwife appt tomorrow, hopefully though I will be effaced or maybe even a little dilated. Anything but this fort knox act my cervix is up to.
It sounds a bit selfish but I keep thinking if the baby comes soon it would make things so much easier on me. My Sis is visiting for a short time, and I would love her to be there for the birth and have her help in the first week afterwards as well. Besides Thanksgiving is a BIG deal in my family, I want to be there with my family and the new babe. I need to get over this thinking the world will turn on my schedule thing.
Sorry for the total negativity I'll quit now
Sandy

[FSUBecca]

I am here- due on T-giving day. Been dialated for quite a while, but nothing has been happening. I feel OK really, just tired. Tired of chasing my toddler, picking him up, loading him in and out of the car. The rest I can deal with.

[lynsage]

i'm still here! my estimated due date was 11/10 and we're just hanging out waiting for the arrival of the babe... my maternity leave started 11/1 because i was totally convinced the baby would be early so i'm bored out of my mind.

the other night i just got SICK of being pregnant, so we decided to try to get things going- went around the house and lit candles, put incense on my goddess altar, got into bed and made out, talked to the baby, all that stuff. it was all "spiritual midwifery" up in here...until about eight o' clock when we finally gave up and watched the simpsons!

now we're trying to distract ourselves. i'm watching old tapes of buffy and the x-files and my boyfriend is taking a lot of walks with the dog.

[Adamsmama]

I'm still here! I thought after yesterday that I would have my baby...I was so crampy, my backached and then the contractions started to come at 4 minutes a part for hours!!! They started in my back and wrapped around to my belly. I was so hopeful...now they are gone. Also had a bunch of ewcm yesterday which could have been the mucus plug. Don't know...I'm due Nov. 29th...so still have 13 days to go...

[lilylove]

Lynsage, take heart I have been where you are. My first came 15 days past her EDD, and I quit my job at 38 wks. It's can be hard. Just try to stay busy.
Good Luck. I'm thinking of you
Sandy

[marymamma]

I am still here. My due date is in 5 days (22nd). My midwife told me it could be at any time. I don't know if I am dialated, b/c she hasn't checked. Everyone keeps asking me if how much I am dialated, and are suprised that I don't know. I don't really want or need to know, b/c I don't think it matters. It can change so fast or it can stay the same forever KWIM?

We have everything ready for the baby, but now I have a sore throat and am feeling crappy, so I am hoping labor won't start for a few days at least until I am feeling a little better. What a time to get a cold!! I have my uncomfortable, cranky, tired of being pregnant moments, but other than that I feel ok.

[Megamama]

I'm also still here...just got back from the M/w..everything is hunky dory..I'm due the 27th so there is still time..sigh. My others were all born 5 days before their due dates so I'm hoping for the 22nd..on the other hand, my 18 yr old is flying in on that day, so maybe a couple days after that would be better! I feel serene almost..I'm having plenty of BH contx, taking lots of warm baths and just generally being lazy and enjoying my last pregnancy as much as it can be enjoyed with this discomfort. I still have a cold and I still can't sleep so I'll actually be relieved when baby girl is here and I can get some sleep...seems crazy to say that, but I know with bfing and co-sleeping I sleep pretty well.

I'm ready, though...any time would be OK with me

[momsmyjob]

I'm due the 28th and I've felt the same way, lazy. Having lots of BH contractions and pressure but nothing yet. I just can't wait to snuggle in bed and breastfeed my little one.

[jecaly]

i'm here!

i'm due tomorrow, and as of yesterday our birth room is all set up, all my paying work is done, and i feel ready. today or tomorrow would be perfect. i think the babe is still posterior, so i'm doing lots of hands-and-knees yoga but also reasonably okay with having that sort of birth if that's the best way for it to happen (my first birth was a 10# posterior baby induced with pit and arom, born after 7 hours of labor and 15 minutes of pushing. granted, i was 19 years old at the time). we see our midwife tomorrow, but i'm not having her do any internal checks--if i'm 3 cm dilated, i'll just get more impatient, and if i'm closed up i'll be frustrated. i'm happier just thinking yes..yes..yes every time i have a contraction that feels "cervical" and knowing that my body's getting ready for the big adventure.

oh, and i slept something like 12 hours last night (with time off for peeing and waking up with d's alarm a bunch of times)! woo.

hugs, mamas--we're almost there!

*j

[Megamama]

Uh oh J...my friend Tracey said to me, the night you get a great nights sleep is the one to watch for!! Of course, with an almost 2 yr old in my bed and having to pee every hour, I just don't see it happening!!

I'll be thinkin' about you all...I think I've got a few weeks yet..

[mezzaluna]

still here - due the 29th, and the obs said to think in terms of the two weeks *after* my due date... haven't felt anything i would call a contraction come spontaneously - only when i get up and move around after sitting around like a lazybones for too long!

was having trouble sleeping, but i'm doing better now. i find i'm not uncomfortably big - i totally expected to be huge and waddling by this point, but what do i know, this is my first - and i can't complain about how good i feel!

very disappointed to hear last week that i'm GBS+ - not looking forward to going to the hospital earlier and staying longer (or getting iv antibiotics ), but we're meeting with our doula tomorrow and we'll strategize from there.

[eleven]

I'm still hanging around... feeling a bit like the energizer bunny! I was due on the 8th, so I guess that makes me officially over 41 weeks! Anytime, babe, anytime!

[Kia74]

Checking in. Thought my baby would be about 16 days "late" but had planned on 10 just in case. I'm on day #12 so I guess we're right on track!

The good night of sleep before labor day was definitely what happened to me the first time around.

I feel fine and have given the baby every go ahead (of the mental/emotional variety) that I can think of. Right now my 20 month old is using a makeshift fetoscope made of random toys and telling the baby down. Down is her favorite word of late, down the stairs, down out of the high chair etc. And such an appropriate sentiment at this point!

Hope to be leaving your rannks soon

[kiwimutti]

im here too

[jecaly]

happy due date to me

we just saw our midwife, and the babe is loa--no longer posterior! whee. i've already had a couple of interesting-feeling contractions today, so i'm hoping soon...we're not doing any early internal checks, but that superlow head's gotta be doing something!

hope you're all doing well today--

*jennifer