Overdue mamas...check in here!

[Willowrose]

So, I'm still here! I'm actually being very patient and at peace about this extremely overdue baby!
Absolutely nothing today. No contractions, no energy, no pain at all.
Unfortunately I'm feeling like I could do this another couple of months!
My tinctures still sit here and I'll probably do one tomorrow or over the weekend.

Who else is here in the overdue boat along with me? Give us an update...any progress? How are you feeling?

[ehsclt]

Thanks for making a thread for us! I am pretty much at peace, too. I had a great appt with my mw today. I am really happy with her and am really looking forward to her support during the birth.

I didn't have many contractions today, either. Just a normal day. But I must say, it's fun to be out and about and have everyone ask when I'm due and to say, "five days ago" and to see their jaws drop like I am going to give birth right there in front of them.

I had some bloody show tonight and am having regular contractions now, but they're ten minutes apart and lasting only about 55 seconds. I'm not convinced yet that this is it. But, it's something.

Willow, I am so impressed with your patient attitude. It's certainly not stress keeping your labor from starting!!

Emily

[XM]

Originally Posted by ehsclt

But I must say, it's fun to be out and about and have everyone ask when I'm due and to say, "five days ago" and to see their jaws drop like I am going to give birth right there in front of them.

That cracks me up too!

I am what, 7 days overdue as of Friday? Which still is 3 days before the earliest I've ever gone, so we'll see... I can't really bitch about being late till I pass 42w (when I had DS)...

I am getting lots of cramping, and long pulling ctx, but nothing is becoming regular. My hips are sore and I am so ready to have this baby! Hopefully baby will come this weekend? We'll see...

[mamazig]

I suppose I do fit in here - despite my own denial that 1/1 was my due date . . . even my mw(s) at this point is insisting that it was (we had originally calculated 1/10 or so...) So, yesterday I woke up before 6 and had 4 min apart contrax for a long while but they were essentially painless. It was weird but I stayed home from work for a while to see if they would progress. They didn't. I thought however that maybe that would signal something for last night or this morning (I had a very quick labor last time) and yet here I am feeling better than ever with no contrax whatsoever. I lost my plug almost a month ago and I know I'm about 3 cm and 80% thinned out, so I'm just awaiting those contrax again!
Even though people at work are a little freaked out that I came back after winter break and that I'm walking around 5 now 6 days overdue, they do say that I "look" so much better -- that I look more at peace and a lot calmer than I did before break. I guess I was so stressed out to get everything done before going on leave -- maybe that's why babe hasn't come yet -- he/she is just waiting till Mama is surely able to offer a peaceful reception. Well, I think I'm about ready . . .

[zjandosmom]

Wow- I am so impressed wtih how calm and at peace you other over-due mamas are. I am only 2 days past EDD and a weepy mess. Again I was woken with strong contractions, but just rode them out and sure enough they stopped. Baby is VERY low and quiet. Tons of contractions, but nothing regular. I feel like such a bad mom right now. I just want to hole up in a cave and not come out until this baby does. I think I wish I didn't know I was 4cm as that has me on edge. I do not want an UC birth nor do I want a car birth. We live almost an hour away from the mw. I need to find some peace. Thanks for letting me vent. That does help.

[Willowrose]

Emily, I know what you mean about people asking when you're due! I crack myself up over that and people look at me like I'm a nut when I say I'm 10 days overdue!

XM, it sounds like you might have a baby this weekend! Keep us posted!

Mamazig, hang in there. I know how you're feeling! I haven't even lost my plug....though I didn't with the other two either.

Zjandosmom, I'm sorry you are feeling so down I felt like that with my other 2 boys. I felt so desperate, I had my membranes stripped both time(which triggered labor almost instantly)and took castor oil the first time(which I threw up, so it didn't really work in my eyes!). We are an hour away from our mw, also, so I'm praying that when things kick in, they don't go to fast. I hope you can find peace and hang in there.

So, I'm not even ready to take my herbs today like I thought. Maybe tonight. We'll see. I'm going to finish painting the baby's mural. Get the dresser and rug for the baby's room. Put all the clothes away. Take the boys out to lunch with my sister.
Dh is making a special "baby dinner" tonight. Lots of yummy seafood!
The last time he made a special "baby dinner" we had our 1st son in our arms 5 hours later!
I'm amazed at my patience, I really am. I'm really enjoying this pregnancy and am just excited about the impending labor!

[ehsclt]

Hi late friends,

Still here. Like you Kathy, my contractions stopped during the night. I am having intermitent ones today, but nothing I'm paying much attention to. I am going to have a hard time believing that my labor is really here whenever it does come because this has happened SO many times.

I feel exactly like you do about every second day, Kathy. I just want everyone to go away so I can just be by myself, relax and go into real labor. I know that many animals go off by themselves when they are ready to birth. I have wondered from time to time if we'd go earlier if we didn't have these other charges, wonderful as they are, to take care of. Probably. My mother is here helping and she's been GREAT. I can just take off and nap or read in my room whenever I want to. I am trying to focus on how nice this is because she is here from Massachusetts for only two weeks and one of those weeks ends tomorrow. I had really hoped she'd be here to help AFTER the baby, but that time seems to be dwindling away. Nevertheless, I am grateful that she's here now.

Willow, you get the prize for one of the most patient people EVER. What is your secret?? I hope your dinner tonight is wonderful and that you go into labor after it!!

My mw is going to supply me with some herbal tinctures next week (when and if I am 12 days EDD) as well. So, if you do take them eventually, I will be eager to hear that you think.

Hang in there everyone. If it helps you to think this way, my MW declared to me yesterday that she thinks I'm so overdue because I'm so healthy. I know lots of very healthy people go early, but I am clinging to that logic, rather than thinking that my body is somehow deficient and has forgotten what to do this time.

I am SO glad to have this little group of people who understands what I am going through.

[miziki]

...well, count us in the overdue clan! Depending on whose opinion you follow, our EDD ranged from Jan 3rd to Jan 6, though our homebirth midwife put down Jan 12th for me just because she's a sweetie that way.

HOWEVER, I really feel overdue at this point. I had it in my head that the 3rd or 6th would be the day, but alas... And my poor belly is SOOOOOO itchy - just absolutely riddled w/ stretchmarks. I don't think there's any non-torn skin left, and the itching is getting CRAZY on my very worst stretchmark, with little hives I'm trying so hard not to touch. Sorry to whine - I'm just feeling really, really done with the pregnancy at this point, and not a SINGLE contraction to date (which was the same w/ pregnancy #1 when I went a week past EDD, so that's not SO worrisome, but c'mon, #2 - aren't they supposed to come a little sooner and a little faster??).

Not doing any induction stuff here, though today I think DH and I will try to find some time to dtd (hard w/ our almost-3-yr-old DD around!) and work on the accupressure points above inner ankle bone, etc.

We see our backup OB/MW today in about an hour, and I can just tell that they will bring up U/S (biophysical profile, non-stress tests) and induction. Our homebirth midwife, though, is freakin' awesome when it comes to dealing w/ dates, and that's just one of the million reasons we're homebirthing and chose HER as our primary.

Thanks for starting this thread, and I'm sending out great "let's get this party started" labor vibes to all of us mamas!

[Nature]

Today (1/6) was the original due date by LMP that I had. Everyone, including my OB thought I would go before today. But I'm still here, and contractions are not even regular anymore. I guess you can count me in this club now. On paper, like Miziki, it says I'm due 1/12 based on ultrasound. So we'll see if I go over that date too.

I feel overdue. Definatly am not going early I guess. There went those dreams! I'm feeling impatient and aggitated. I wish I could relax a bit and just take it one day at a time. Its hard though, because I have to pick up my oldest dd on Fridays and she gets picked up on Sundays. I don't have a truelly reliable person to watch my kids while I'm at the hospital. Not only do I have two bags packed for me, dh, and new babe... but I have one for each of the kids too. Making sure my "on call" relative to watch my dd's doesn't leave without telling me. (no cellphone) or lets me know where she's going. I'm feeling like it would be so much easier to know exactly when this baby is coming.

To make things worse, when I took my trip to L&D last.. dd2 stayed with her aunt who will be watching her when I'm in labor. (that I turned out to not be in) I found out that she screamed and cried for hours when I was gone. She cried herself to sleep for the first time ever in her little 2 1/2 years. I found her on the bed face down with puffy eyes. I felt SO HORRIBLE. So now I'm stressing that its going to be the same way when I go again. (not until this baby is hanging between my legs am I going to go. )

[XM]

Originally Posted by ehsclt

Hang in there everyone. If it helps you to think this way, my MW declared to me yesterday that she thinks I'm so overdue because I'm so healthy. I know lots of very healthy people go early, but I am clinging to that logic, rather than thinking that my body is somehow deficient and has forgotten what to do this time.

FWIW, we know that DS was 42w because we were charting when we were ttc. And he was born in the caul, with plenty of clear amniotic fluid and a very nice placenta. So even though I am completely impatient and want to meet my baby soon, I do take comfort in the fact that my body can support and nourish a pregnancy well past 40w...

Witchymama, I am so sorry that dd had a rough night! I hope that when baby does arrive, that everything goes smoothly so that your seperation is minimal. Maybe next time won't be as bad, because she knows you'll be coming back?

[XM]

Oh, and Miziki, are you supplementing with any oils? My skin got super itchy a few weeks ago, so I doubled my EFA dose and it went away. I also started using a salt/oil scrub in the shower and trying not to shower with too hot of water, which I also think helped... but I noticed the biggest difference when I upped my oils. And of course, the oils are good for baby too!

HTH some, itchiness makes me crazy!

[zjandosmom]

Willowrose! How you are in such a good place and so overdue is inspiring!! I feel bad complaining about being 3 days past EDD.

I am in a better place today. I think in the back of my mind I expected to go tomorrow as my last 2 were 2 days past EDD.... That was probably a large part of my hormonal mess. SHeesh, the tears were getting annoying!

Question: How much mucas can there be? Good night! I have been dumping gobs of mucas for 3+ days!!! Where is it all coming from? I passed a large piece which I assumed was the plug back when Iwent to L&D (you know....when I wasn't actually having the baby) and it just continues to come. We had pretty bad colds here last week and I am left with a cough. When you are 40+weeks pg and have a cough lots of things seem to ..ahem...come out. I have changed my pants 3 time tonight!!! Either I leaked pee or so much mucas came out when I coughed!!! EEEEEEEWW YUCK!!

Ok- I have rambled enough.. no where else can I talk about my "mucas"...thanks ladies!!!

[zjandosmom]

Emily-thanks for commiserating! Enjoy your MOM! How great that she is there to help. How great if you went this weekend?! A week of help before and a week of help after.......perfect! I'll cross my fingers for you. It would be nice to crawl off into a cave until birth wouldn't it? I too wonder if things would progress sooner that way.. Seems my contractions don't really kick in until after the kids go to bed! How do they know?

I know this will all be over soon and I am sure I will miss this little one within. I am tring to focus on the fact that we are not planning on becoming pg again and I need to savor this time. Easier said than done when you need help putting on your socks and your pants are forever falling off!!

Maybe we should call this "the really healthy people club"? This had better be a big baby is all I can say! If it comes out 7.12 (last 2 were both 7lbs 12oz) Iwill send it back!!!

[ehsclt]

Send it back??? Are you kidding? NO, you won't!! You won't want it back in there for another second.

Kathy, you were up awfully early this morning. Are you having more contractions?

[zjandosmom]

Oh please! Contractions?! What contractions?! Anything that doesn't make literally knock me on the head doesn't count. Just insomnia I think! Of course when Iwas ready to go back to sleep O was getting up and read to go!!! Oh well.

Hope someone gives birth today! I like hearing about these babies coming...gives a girl some hope!!

[Nature]

Kathy you make me laugh! Your attitude sounds exactly like mine right about now!

[XM]

Still pregnant, but ctx are getting stronger and more regular... but I refuse to get my hopes up! :

Who knows... maybe tonight, maybe next week...

[zjandosmom]

xm- hope this is the start of something for you!

Dh, kids, and I have been more or less walking from 12 until about 5 this evening!! If that doesn't do anything then this babe truly isn't ready to come out. We had a really nice afternoon and I had lots of contractions, but I am sure it was all due to walking. I really feel so much better mentally today than I did yesterday. I really feel bad for my family these days......almost over I know. I have to admit I was dying for someone to ask me when I was due so I could say "oh, a few days ago" People act like you'll drop the kid right there. I wish! Off to finish dinner.

Hang in there everyone...
Emily- are you still out there?

** ds1 and I decided it would be really neat if we had the baby tomorrow as that was ds1's EDD (he was born Nov 25). We shall see
K

[ehsclt]

Yes, I'm still here. Hardly even any contractions today. I feel further from labor than I did a few days ago. I did go to the Y today and had a good workout, which made me feel better mentally, but didn't seem to get anything going. I hope one of you goes soon, so it'll give me some hope (everything is about ME these days ). I'm pulling for you, XM!!

[kellywhalen]

Still here too!
DD was yesterday (1/6), so there go my hopes of delivering early.
We had a "false alarm" Monday, it seemed like the realthing to me, but disappeared once we reached our birth center.
Oh well, not like I haven't had that happen before! (once with DD1, 3 times with DD2!)
I was a mess yesterday, but got some "time" today to feel better.
I just didn't feel "ready" until today-now I'm set.
I've had irregular contractions for awhile, so we'll see.
The big kids are ff at grandmom's house for the night, so my plan is to watch a movie, eat and RELAX!