Overdue mamas...check in here! - Page 6

[terabithea]

obviously it spoke to me as well. there were lots of lines that are just great! the public library has a copy of this movie that is really good that might be appropriate for children, older ones.

this symphysis pubis thing is really getting to me. i want to be all rested for when i go into labor.

j

[kathik]

Awful quiet here

Am I the last one? Or is everyone else also nearing the end of her rope and not wanting to communicate much?
My dd has witnessed several crying fits at this point...
Have a 6:30 a.m. induction scheduled for monday, but will likely tell dr. to sharpen his scalpels because i'm more terrified of vbac induction than CS. Basically I'm just terrified of everything and want this to be over!!
I know dates are inexact, etc. but the closer i get to 42 weeks the more nervous I am. Plus I KNOW when this one was conceived.
Anyone else feel overwhelmed with responsibility for making decisions?
HOping bjork videos & ice cream make today easier as dh & dd are out running around
Oh well. Thanks for the vent!
kathi

[OhMel]

I'm still here -- 8 days past my due date. I had a mw appt today -- I had her check me and I was 2 cm. She stretched me to 4. Hopefully something will start happening soon.

[gsmom]

I am still here. I was looking at the calendar and technically this baby could be here in Feb. I guess I should head over the the Feb 2006 due date club and introduce myself at some point! I am feeling like that is when baby will come.

[kathik]

OK, I feel a little less lonely. 10 days over today.
Mel, what's this stretching thing? Did it hurt? (dumb question). Hope not too much... My husband keeps offering to do more perineal massage. I know I should take him up on it but even that hurts. He just misses being "downtown"

[OhMel]

The stretching wasn't bad at all, basically just an extended check. She just held the cervix open for a while. I had some mild cramping but most of that was residual from her making sure it was a baby head and not a butt!

And for some good news, I think I'm in labor! I've been having cxs about 10 min apart for the last couple of hours.

[miziki]

Cannot. Believe. I'm. STILL. Here.

......oh, I am soooo still here. :

According to my LMP and long cycles, my EDD was 8 Jan - that puts me 15 days over. My backup OB had me down even earlier for an EDD of 2 Jan - which puts me 21 days over (yes, the OB is having an absolute fit, even though we basically told her at 14 days past due that while we have appreciated her care, we no longer need it since we understand that she must work within ACOG standards of care aka induction which we aren't interested in pursuing at this time - we released her from any liability and know we are going against medical advice to refuse induction, blah blah blah). And according to my dear homebirth mw, who let me choose my EDD of 12 Jan, I am a mere 11 days over. But 14 days over again will come this Thursday. And I've learned that this babe likes to always prove me wrong when I say, "surely he/she will be here BY THEN!"

BUT... the bottom line is that I am absolutely exhausted by the lateness at this point. Not necessarily physically exhausted, though I certainly look forward to being able to move more quickly again and no longer bumping my big belly into things anymore after this baby arrives.

But EMOTIONALLY, I'm just worn out!!! The mood swings suck. The hypervigilance/paranoia sucks too (baby still moving and kick regularly? am I swelling even slightly? is that feeling in my lower pelvis normal or a signal that something's wrong? are my amniotic fluid levels still healthy? is my placenta deteriorating to the point where my baby is suffering?). It's unbelievably tiring... I never, EVER thought I'd be in this position of being OVER 2 weeks late. I was OK w/ going 14 days past EDD, but now I'm just feeling twitchy.

C'MON!!! We want to meet this little babe in the worst way! I want us all to snuggle in the family bed! Get our breastfeeding and ECing rhythms established! Finally have our DD meet her baby brother/sister that we've been telling her is in there for what seems like millenia!

I've been trying to sooo hard (with truly varying degrees of success) to really trust birth by not trying to rush things along. I've been trying to honor this baby's and my body's ability to know when is the right time to begin labor. And UGH! I can't last much longer!!! I am seriously thinking of breaking out the double electric breast pump in the morning to see if I can't at least get *something* going. I've still had NO SIGNS: not one noticeable contraction, no loss of mucous plug, no broken waters, nothing. Babe is, indeed, head down and low and in my pelvis (pubic bone is achey!), but other than that, NOTHIN'.

OK, thanks for letting me vent. I'll stop my bitchin' now.

OhMel and kathi, and anyone else who is left, I'm sending out some gigantic labor/birthing vibes to you mamas!!!

And to those overdue mamas who have birthed - warmest congratulations and I couldn't be more thrilled for you! ...can't wait to follow in your footsteps!

[gsmom]

As I was lying in bed from 2:30-4:30 this morning, I thought I should just get up and post on MDC a post exactly like that one!!!! I am only one week past my due date, but I am mentally exhausted (the lack of sleep doesn't help at all) and am feeling at this point like baby will NEVER come. I am trying so hard to not lose trust in my body and baby to know when the time is right. My son was 8 days overdue, but I was all ready for using pitocin to induce him and was not as heart set on a natural birth as I am for this one.

I could vent more, but I feel like feeling sorry for myself is not going to help, so I will stop!

I feel your pain and am sending you what positive vibes I have!!! Babies can't stay in forever (that has been my mantra as I lay in bed at night), so hopefully sooner than later, we will meet these little people.

[ehsclt]

nak....i'm thinking of you overdue mamas and i know how terribly hard it is. i understood every word of your post, miziki! hugs to all of you and i hope its soooooooo soon!

emily

[terabithea]

i keep waking up all night sweaty and dreaming i am in labor. i wake up to pee and am like, was that a contraction? of course when i flop from right to left i think it gets tighter automatically it feels like i am trying to get a whale up. we have a water bed, which makes the image even funnier at 4 am! i dream i lost my plug too. i go to bathroom and wipe just to see if that was a dream or real. i am losing touch with reality fast. i got a ticket for failing to stop at a stop sign out here in the boondocks the other day. i had absolutely no idea i had run it! i was horrifiied. of course, i did the slow down and look and keep going thing according to him but i still can't believe it. i thought he must have gotten me for slightly speeding or something. i was going 55 but thinking if he is behind me with lights on it must be 45 or something thru here. i was shocked when he said i ran a sign! i think they should just take our license away when we are 38 weeks. my mind is evidently on the empending labor and birth. actually my friend said they do that in france, won't let pg women drive. lol! as horrid as that sounds, maybe they have something there. 9 days past due date and still hanging in there!
jennifer

[ozzyemm]

Jennifer--
As soon as I got the "plus" sign, I made DH drive! Mostly it was because my reflexes got supersensitive, so I wanted to swerve for leaves swaying in the wind!

[terabithea]

well my friend who was due 3 weeks after me had her baby last night!

i am so nauseated tonight and burping like crazy! all this from 6 oreos? i thought i was made of stronger stuff than that! so i can't sleep and am up waiting to see what is happening. one of those times you know you should just go make yourself throw up and get it over with. it is inevitable. i want to sleep!

my last dr appt is tomorrow. nst and sonogram to check fluid and placenta. i am doing castor oil thurs night if no baby by then. i'll be 42 weeks on saturday.

i am still fine with being "over" but sitting is horrible! i have to stand in front of chair or couch and just fall into it. getting up isn't fun either.

on a cheery note, my new awesome video camera came today. thanks to the dh for that. he let his boss borrow our other "almost new" one and it came back not working and the repairman said it wasn't worth fixing, would cost $200 to fix. so i have a new camera and a new bill to pay off. but that is ok, cameras are one of the must haves as far as i'm concerned.

anyone else here moving into week 42 other than me?
jenn

[gsmom]

I will be 42 weeks on Monday, Jenn. My friend who was due 3 weeks after me is in the operating room as we speak having a c-section (she had a massive fibroid blocking her birth canal, so had no other choice). I went to my chiro yesterday and she did a pelvic release which spurred many more contractions. I am going back today. I ran into a local midwife on my way out of the chiro and she gave me a tincture to get things going a little faster. She said that she has had really good success with it and it doesn't have the GI effects that castor oil does. It tastes horrible, but at this point, I will do anything. I go in tomorrow for a NST and can choose to induce at that point if I want. I think if all looks good we will wait until MOnday which would put me at 42 weeks and keep our fingers crossed about having a baby this weekend.

Baby is really low and I am dilated to 2+ and my cervix is really soft according to my dr. She couldn't get her fingers up high enough to strip my membranes as baby is so low. Things are happening, just not quickly enough for this impatient mom! I am officially past the time when my son was born (8 days late), so am chomping at the bit to get this thing going.

Thinking of all you other moms-to-be and sending "go into labor" vibes to you all!