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[*Amy*]

Originally Posted by flyingspaghettimama

Benedict Arnold. How can you claim to wish to be one of the Flaming Uteri? Uteruses? Whatever.


But if there's room on that birthin' ship...

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[zjande]

Originally Posted by flapjack

That's probably the most surreal post I've ever heard, Zjande. The last time I heard someone say something like that, she had a 20 minute labour within the hour...
I just wanted to say, I love you all. I couldn't have done the last 3 weeks without you.

I have absolutely no idea how I managed my other 2 pregnancies without the internet. No idea! You all have kept me feeling non-isolated (a problem I had with my last pg for sure), supported, entertained, educated, peaceful, empowered & laughing! Even though this is all cyber space, I feel so far from alone. I you guys.


Besides that, I still feel weird! I have had such a weird night! I had cx for hours that I could always tell were about to start by the wave of nausea that came 1st. And I had this insane adrenalin for hours also. Instead of wanting to sleep at midnight, I totally kept wandering around the house & up & down the stairs, fantasizing about jazzercising or something. I couldn't stop moving, it took work to relax. I felt sooo weird that in the back of my mind I was thinking that it was probably early labor, but still didn't let myself get excited, or tell DP that I was suspicious of labor. I will not allow myself (or him) to get excited until I am positive it is labor or I will go crazy!

And then I only slept a handful of interrupted hours. Now I am wide awake, much earlier than usual, starving, & still a bit shakey & nauseated. Hmmm. I wonder what the heck my body is doing.

I'm having lunch with my mother & brother today. That will be a good distraction.

Big fat labor vibes to you all! Let's get some babies out today! (I see that it seems Bucaye's got a head start! )

[PicnicBear]

yeah, who ever thought that feeling like crap could make a woman so happy and excited.

[DreamsInDigital]

Ugh just shoot me! I couldn't sleep last night so I was awake until like 12:30 and then DPs damn snoring woke me at 4:30 and I've been up since! ARGH!

[gonnabeamom]

So, I've been AWOL for a while with last minute prep and my parents visiting. They arrived on my EDD, 11/15, and after they'd been here two days, I started tapping my fingers, because even though we've got this incredible family history or going late (my brother was due on 11/15 and born on 12/29, my DH was 2 months overdue) I was having lots of good indicators for having this babe soon.

I completely lost all patience, after bloody show on Monday night, followed by contractions Tuesday, which stopped. Ditto contractions yesterday. Now it's T-day, and I'm expecting more contractions if I walk around that don't result in labor-that is that stop if my MW ask me to lay down and nap.


I thought I was prepared for letting this process happen on it's own time table, and , but having what I thought was the begining of labor twice is just not fun. I'm cranky and emotional. I got myself calmed down last night by just hanging out with my parents eating pizza, and then cleaning the nursery together-as much as it can be. We're having the floors redone in another room soon, and the overflow from that room is in our "nursery". Since babe is going to be sleeping with us, and we've also got a complete setup downstairs it shouldn't be a problem. Then when I woke up about a half an hour ago, I started to panic about having my parents leave right after the babe is born, and how great they've been and how much I want them to really get some time with baby, and how it's all running out. Having them both stay longer is hard because they live on the opposite coast, and further MIL is coming for a short visit soon-not staying with us though-and contact between the two of them is not a good idea. (Actually contact between MIL and most people is not a good idea. DH refers to her as "your MIL").

Oh well, thanks for letting me vent, time to do some deep breathing and have a few sips of wine and go to bed. The only side benefit to all this stop and start labor is that my MWs are big believers in a glass of wine and a nap as part of keeping mama sane during labor.