Who's still here?

[bec]

And when are you due?

I'm 38 weeks, 4 days, and am due on the 30th. I should probably hang out on the December DDC too, but just keep hoping I'll go early! I'm trying to stay positive!

So, who else is still here?


Bec

[*Amy*]

Me! I was actually going to start a thread just like this today! Then I forgot because I got like 15 minutes of sleep last night.

Anyway, I'm 39W3D, due this Thursday (gobble gobble).

I don't care if she's late, but I just want to stay within the 42W window so I can have her at the birth center. :

[MamaFern]

ME!! i was due last sunday ( the 13th)! i'm 41 weeks wooohoo! maybe i should join the dec DDC too ... maybe this baby wants to be a december baby like elwynn is.

[flyingspaghettimama]

Me. 42 weeks according to first due date...I vacillate between being zen and being Courtney Love on the whole topic. Without the hard drugs, of course.

I would like very much to just trust that my original dates are very wrong, but it's hard to reset one's internal due date clock...dang alarm keeps going off...

Last night I had a dream that a) I was really overweight and b) I passed a construction site and there were lots of babies stuck in the cement that the construction workers weren't caring for very well.

[MamaFern]

Originally Posted by flyingspaghettimama

Me. 42 weeks according to first due date...I vacillate between being zen and being Courtney Love on the whole topic. Without the hard drugs, of course.

I would like very much to just trust that my original dates are very wrong, but it's hard to reset one's internal due date clock...dang alarm keeps going off...

Last night I had a dream that a) I was really overweight and b) I passed a construction site and there were lots of babies stuck in the cement that the construction workers weren't caring for very well.

you are amazing! just think of how big and healthy that baby will be!!

i totally know how hard it is to "reset the clock" though.. because i thought ngaio would be born well before her EDD i feel like she is at least 2 weeks over due..

[Bex80]

Me. 40W2D today. I have a MW appt. tomorrow. Yahoo.

I was having a great, peaceful morning. Something in me has flipped though, and I'm grumpy and impatient again. Grrr.

[crsta33]

I'm still waiting...and waiting.

I'll be 40 weeks tomorrow. Keep searching for some sign that labor is coming and don't get many, since the contractions can't be trusted that is. I can handle being "late" I just want to stay under the 42 week cutoff too...that gives me and this little guy until Dec 5 to get something going.

My poor mom has been here for 3 weeks already and there's no end in sight.

Christa

[bec]

Originally Posted by flyingspaghettimama

Last night I had a dream that a) I was really overweight and b) I passed a construction site and there were lots of babies stuck in the cement that the construction workers weren't caring for very well.

OMG, that dream is priceless. If you're keeping a pregnancy journal, make sure to write that one down!

I, too have been on an emotional knife edge. One moment I'm totally fine and at peace, baby can come whenever, the next moment, I'm stressed, worried and anxious. I feel like I don't have enough time to do everything that I need to do, but like the baby can't come late either. Part of me feels like I got the house cleaned up way too early, and now I am having a hard time maintaining the level of clean that I had gotten too, and that makes me anxious.

I know a lot of this is stemming from DH's leave. His bosses have renigged on their agreement to allow him two weeks off. So he's down to one week for sure, and we don't know what the second week will hold. : So, I'm feeling really left in the cold on that one, and I know the anxiety is focusing elsewhere.

But it's making me insane. I'm usually so laid back and able to just go with the flow, and the fact that I'm not this time is very difficult for me to manage! It doesn't help that I have one of the very last (if not the last) November due dates, so even though it's ridiculous, I feel left behind when I see everyone having their babes! I probably should have just joined the December DDC in the beginning. Then, I would have been one of the first to go!

It's stupid and aggravating, and I'm being spurred on by hormones that are completely out of control!

All right, this turned into much more of a rant than I intended. Thanks for listening!



Bec

[Frigga]

I'm here. I'm either 40 weeks today, or 39 weeks 4 days, depending on which date you go by! I'm right there with all you over ud emoms, my boys were both really over due, 43 weeks, not too much fun!

[AmyGirl28]

I'm still here... unfortunately... 39 weeks 2 days. (sigh...) I'm due 11/25.
Trying for a VBAC, but my cervix isn't complying. Doctor wants to do a c-section on 11/29.

[DreamsInDigital]

I'm 40 weeks today. I was 11 days overdue with DS #1 and 10 days overdue with DS #2 so we'll see if I have a late November baby or an early December baby.

[PicnicBear]

I'm 41 weeks 3 days today! Lots of mixed emotions. I spend way too much time researching "post-date" and "post-mature" etc. I need to stop and relax. I feel this pregnancy is coming to an end on its own, just in a slow and steady way. Tomorrow is another NST and AF index (ultrasound, which I have not yet had). I may learn the baby's sex. This is because I want to look at the the screen and see the fluid level with my own eyes, rather than just go by the # the tech gives. I don't know how to look at the fluid level without seeing the genitals -- I've heard that they are quite obvious. We would rather wait til birth to learn but it seems like this is one "price" we are paying to keep going the route we are -- our plan is to consent to basically all monitoring they want to do but decline induction as long as all keeps looking good. I need to drink lots of water today and tomorrow to prevent dehydration.

[zjande]

Me, 39w4d. Just like Bec my emotions roll between feeling peaceful about everything, & feeling on the verge of tears over impatience & discomfort. I have just had it in my head my entire pg that this baby would come before my edd. Don't know why. I have to work HARD on distracting myself. I'm doing organization projects & watching movies like a mad lady. If I allow myself to slump down on the couch, bored & whiny & wondering WHEN labor will start, for even 5 mins, I start to want to cry. And I'm not even overdue!!! I am very bad at this waiting out the last days of pregnancy thing.....

Dd was 5 weeks early, ds was 3 days past his edd, but I didn't even know when my LNP OR conception was with him so his edd was all a guess anyway. Who knows when this baby will come.. arg arg arg

[flyingspaghettimama]

Originally Posted by plagio

I may learn the baby's sex. This is because I want to look at the the screen and see the fluid level with my own eyes, rather than just go by the # the tech gives. I don't know how to look at the fluid level without seeing the genitals -- I've heard that they are quite obvious..

Plagio - in my experience, it was really hard to tell what anything was at this one. At 20 weeks, it was pretty easy, but right now they're so squished that I had a hard time believing she was even showing me the face and she had to draw little arrows to show me the nose. Also, when they measure fluid, they're looking for "pockets" that add up to the total AF. So you'll have one in the upper right quadrant, another somewhere else, another somewhere else. I'll be interested to hear how yours goes.

bec, I'm right there with you on the clean house. I had my nesting WEEKS ago, and now I don't care.

We're on our way for a hike...see if this works?!

[neveryoumindthere]

still here...40 weeks, 2 days (almost 3 days) .

i had *lots* of BH a couple weeks ago and so, stupidly, convinced myself baby would be early, making the wait feel much longer

had over 4 hours of ctx every 10 minutes yesterday and then they suddenly STOPPED..not faded not slowed down, STOPPED...very frustrating--so now it's been over 24 hours of no ctx, no signs of labour

of course like most of u i'm sure the phone is ringing all day wondering if i had the baby yet

the house is clean adn i'm afraid if it takes a few more days it will be messy again.lol. the things i'm worried about :

[HoneyTree]

Present! 41 - 2 if I go by my own little DD, 40 - 6 if I go by my mw's DD.

[PicnicBear]

Originally Posted by flyingspaghettimama

Plagio - in my experience, it was really hard to tell what anything was at this one. At 20 weeks, it was pretty easy, but right now they're so squished that I had a hard time believing she was even showing me the face and she had to draw little arrows to show me the nose. Also, when they measure fluid, they're looking for "pockets" that add up to the total AF. So you'll have one in the upper right quadrant, another somewhere else, another somewhere else. I'll be interested to hear how yours goes

Oh, I had no idea about it being that hard to make things out. Will I also get to learn something about the placenta, like how "calcified" it is, then. I guess it will just be luck of the draw if we can make out the sex, then. Good luck with the hike. We had a walk earlier and it made me crampy the way walking has the last few days, but that dies down once I sit again.

Bec, I think we are sharing the same doula!

[flapjack]

Me. 41 weeks tomorrow, my three-week anniversary of when I THOUGHT I went into labour today, and I had a meltdown today- literally, more or less constant tears from 10-6. Either the emotions mean that labour is incredibly close, or else I need to increase my dosage of "good" fats and brain food a bit more, or else I need to visit the psychiatric ward instead of the antenatal clinic tomorrow.
I need to get my balance back before 9.50am, otherwise I'm probably going to do something incredibly stupid like book myself in for an induction I don't really want (I'm only going for a stretch-and-sweep). Anyone with happy, levelling vibes, please send them my way...

[babykaoss]

me!

tomorrow, monday, is my due date.......and at my appointment on friday my mw sort of freaked me out by saying if i dont go into labor by 41 weeks they schedule the nst and biophysical profile blah blah blah.............i was three weeks early w/ #1 so i'm really really wondering what's going on...........

[flyingspaghettimama]

Originally Posted by plagio

Oh, I had no idea about it being that hard to make things out. Will I also get to learn something about the placenta, like how "calcified" it is, then. I guess it will just be luck of the draw if we can make out the sex, then. Good luck with the hike. We had a walk earlier and it made me crampy the way walking has the last few days, but that dies down once I sit again.

Bec, I think we are sharing the same doula!

Yes, they'll tell you about calcification. Apparently they "score" your placenta. That's why my MW is not worried (I think) - my placenta isn't showing any signs of aging, as of yet. If they're looking at breathing, heart rate, etc as well, then it's the biophysical they're doing.

I drank a few sips of coffee before I went in (fruit juice works too) to make sure he was awake. If they're not awake things don't play out so well, apparently. I didn't drink that much extra water though, but my AFI came back as 13 (which is apparently very good).

Flapjack, I'll send you good mellow vibes, lord knows it's the only way I get through most days. Here are some sites that have been helping me:
http://www.birthlove.com/free/ten_month_mama.html (much free info, some to pay, but I don't)
http://www.homebirth.org.uk/overdue.htm
http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/postdates.html