Postdates sucks! Who's with me? - Page 2

[nataliekat]

Originally Posted by plagio

nataliekat --sorry to hear about your inlaws, what a drag. I hope you get a long with them OK. Maybe you should just cancel T-giving if you need to.

They're really great, actually. I already told hubby to fully expect me to freak out once or twice while they're here. I may demand that everyone leave the house. SIL is staying with us, but MIL and FIL are getting a hotel room, so they can all go there if I need space.

Keeping my chin up! Will not stress!

[PicnicBear]

Oh, that's great -- the fact that they are getting a hotel room indicates that they have respect for your space -- I hope you enjoy having them, then!

[PicnicBear]

Update on my post-date situation

Well, FSM, I was right about what the NST was -- no big deal -- just like EFM, and my babe did great. She said s/he couldn't have done better -- I didn't even have to drink any juice to wake babe up -- they like to get 2 movements in 20 minutes and I had tons, I'm sure over 20, so that was good.

The midwife put me more at ease about post-dates -- they seem to make descisions on an individual basis and also based on what the mom wants (i.e. the right way) so I have an appointment for another NST and an ultrasound to check the AF Index on Monday. Hope it won't come to that. They don't bother with the whole biophys, just keep doing NST and checking the AF levels. My tentative plan would be that, if all continues to go well, I would wait it would til the Monday morning after T-giving, at which point I would be 42 and 1/2 weeks, and I would go in for cervadil. That's certainly not set in stone, though.

[flyingspaghettimama]

I went to the MW tonight and she actually said that based on my biophysical, that I may not be as far along as they thought. I apparently have plenty of fluid, good placenta, and not what she would expect for almost 42 weeks. She said keep up with EPO, lovin', and acupuncture. And my conception date - we have really no idea. So, in my case, it gave plenty of "evidence" for not being postdates, and a convincing argument for family members constant anxiety...

I think all of this stuff is made up. It has about as much basis in reality as say a... flying spaghetti monster?

Tune in next week, when I visit a witch doctor for inducement. Laffs galore!

[DreamsInDigital]

I'm not postdates yet but my EDD is in 2 days, and my boys were 11 and 10 days past their EDDs respectively, so I just thought I'd just join in already and face the fact that November 20th will come and go with a nary a peep out of my uterus. Sigh.

[s_kristina]

I wasn't in too bad a place about being post dates until yesterday. I could handle the contractions that were coming about every half hour around the clock and loose bowels even if it wasn't fun. I just kept thinking about how much longer some of our ladies have been going through this. Then yesterday I got another round of contractions that actually seemed to be doing something even if it was 4 am when they started. They slowed down to about every 10 minutes and stayed that way all day. So I thought it was another false alarm. Come late afternoon I start getting bloody show, hey maybe this is it! Nope I am still sitting here at 5:30 am with no baby to show for it. The best part is yet to come though. My wonderful dh told me last night that he is ready for this to be over and done with : Really I guess that makes at least 2 of us now Do men think we have some kind of magic button we can push when we are ready to start labor or is my dh the only annoying one that seems to think that. I guess I will finish my snack and try to get some more rest in case it really is time today.

[BensMom]

Yeah, what is it about DHs who feel like they are more ready than we are? Mine has been pretty annoying about it - "can we have a baby today?" Ugh.

Last night I had my nightly one big contraction between 7-8pm (its uncanny!) and then just cramps here and there until bedtime. Just enough to get my hopes up that maybe this baby could cooperate at the 12th hour. Nope, woke up feeling energetic and chipper as usual!

I wish all of you postdates mamas the best of luck, sending lots of labor vibes since I wont need them anymore....

[nataliekat]

Originally Posted by s_kristina

Come late afternoon I start getting bloody show, hey maybe this is it! Nope I am still sitting here at 5:30 am with no baby to show for it. The best part is yet to come though. My wonderful dh told me last night that he is ready for this to be over and done with :

My MW told me about another client who had bloody show and then the baby 48 hours later. So maybe if it's not right away, it will be at least in the next couple days. Bloody show is a very good sign. I can't wait for mine.

My husband is starting to ask me every morning and every time he walks through the door, "how you feelin'?" Oh, honey. I promise you'll be the first to know. Yes, we're all very ready.

[MamaFern]

bensmom-are you havin your baby? or had your baby you havn't been online for a while.. we are thinking of you!!

[flapjack]

Bensmom, what are you doing here? I thought they were doing your c-section yesterday????