Still Pregnant: Check in :)

[anarchamama]

Hey,

So I thought I would start a new check in for those of us who don't have our babies yet. There is still two weeks left in January, even though it seems like everyone else has their babies already :P......... There has to be a few of you out there who haven't?

I'm still feeling pretty good and no impending labour signs, even though I'm due on thursday. This would not be so bad, as DS was late and I have prepared myslef for that, but now my DH and mom are insisting my edd is wrong and I'm going to go though till Febuary. I haven't really prepared myself for that! Anytime in the next few weeks would be fine with me.

The baby has slowed down its movements a lot but oddly has been moving to the other side (the left) for the first time in this whole pregnancy. I'm still measuring a bit small but baby is very low. The waiting is a whole different game this time though than it was with DS, I feel like I'm never quite ready so even while I want the baby to come I still can see the benifit of buying myslef a few more days of time ...........

It's getting harder to sleep though and that always annoys me, and I'm starting to swell........Oh well.....I can't complain to much. I'm getting really excited t see the baby and its finally starting to seem real. DS is getting excited to and quite bossy about what you do and don't do with babies, its very funny.

The birth pool we were suppost to rent is busted so it looks like we are back tot he old inflatable kiddie pool we used for DS. I'm kinda dissapointed but it worked ok last time so hopefully it will this time to!

Hope all you other pregnant mommas are doing well, and I'll see you all in the overdue thread soon!

Cheers
Heather

[gsmom]

Hello! I am still here. I was due yesterday according to one due date. It could be Thursday according to another. I have been having more intense contractions, but nothing that gets rhythmical. Other than that, no other signs.

I have been sleeping better in the last couple of nights surprisingly. I am hoping it is my body preparing for the hard work of labor! Baby has quieted down, but still has these huge movements at times.

It has been fun and exciting to read everyone's birth stories and about their babies. I love names, and everyone has fabulous names. My husband just brought up what to name the baby the other night at 10 when we were both trying to get to sleep. I think we have reached a consensus. I figured that once the name thing was figured out, this baby would come. (my husband was completely avoiding the subject until he brought it up) Unfortunately that was not the case. He is not too keen on my favorite girl's name, but I am hoping I can talk him into it once baby comes if it is a girl.

I am sending smooth labor vibes to all the other pregnant mamas out there! I am looking forward to hearing about your stories and babies!

Nena

[hypechick]

still pregnant!

My EDD is 1/25 but anytime now would be good. No real clear labor signs. I've had insomnia for 4 weeks now and i think my body is just adjusted to it now. the birth kit and birth supplies are ready to go and the freezer is stocked up so COME ON BABY!

Saw my MW today and my bp is down from being a bit up. SHe told me i had to do some "soul searching" to lower my bp if i wanted my home birth. I measured 40 cm at 39 weeks so baby is not likely to be small but who knows.

my waddle has moved on to a shuffle. I can't wait to walk straight again. FOr some fun I am getting a pedcure and facial this weeks with friends.

Been loving everyones very inspirations birth stories. Keep up all the good work!

[day_sleeper]

I'm due today, but still here. I, too, would be happy to go any time. It's getting harder and harder to get out of bed to pee, and I'm afraid I'm going to wet myself every time I stand up because of all the pressure. I have a visit with my midwife today, and I think that I won't have to worry about a NST for another week. I doubt she'll let me go past 42 weeks, which would mean induction. Ugh! I know it's still early to be worrying about that, but it's hard not to, no?

[OhMel]

Still here, 6 days pdd. Very bored -- nothing interests me. Blah. I was having quite a few serious contractions last night but nothing happened. We were outside walking today and that didn't do anything either. I saw my mw yesterday and will see her again on Saturday, at which point I may have her stip my membranes. Not quite sure yet.

[AAK]

Still here too. This is the due date that the u/s gave us although we have been using 1/21 as our official due date. MW appt yesterday, measured 40 and I asked her to check me, I was dilated to 1, 30% effaced, very soft, head at 0 station. Didn't matter to me, I was just curious. I really want the baby to come tonight, my parents get back in town tomorrow morning and I would really rather have it done before they get home.

Amy

[rnasmomma]

My due date isn't until Sunday, but people had been telling me I wouldn't make it till Christmas since I was sooo low. Obviously, that didn't happen and I am feeling overdue. I've had contractions on and off since November (real ones and BH) which never happened until the day I delivered with the other two, so that has been an adjustment, too. I don't feel I'm ready (busy-stuff wise) but my body feels pretty beat up and tired, so I'd like to meet this mystery baby (my ds is a Scooby Doo fan, so that's what we call it.)
Actually, we don't have names picked out either, so Mystery Baby may stick for a bit.
I was checked in Nov. and was 20% effaced, soft, dilated low but closed high. When I was checked last week, I was 50% effaced and allegedly not very open, but I must have been dilated a little for her to reach in and bounce the baby's head--which she told me was still pretty high. How can that be when I am carrying so low? This whole end of pregnancy thing is so amazing to me. I just don't know how on earth gravity doesn't just make the baby fall out.
I'm struggling with leaving my other kids while I go to the hospital--I'm hoping I can concentrate on labor and not worry about them. They usually go to my mom's, but she is going to be my doula. She started doula training and needs some births to get her certification. I wish my other births (and the many she attended before) counted. We have different scenarios for the kids depending on when I go into labor. One was that if it was during the day that my in-laws would just stay with them at the hospital if it looked like the birth wouldn't take overly long. My SIL told me today that they aren't even going to be in town tomorrow...would have been nice if they would tell me this! Everything is starting to irritate me and I just don't need the added stress of wondering what to do with my dear kids.
In the midst of all this, I don't want to deliver on Saturday because that is when the midwife I had with ds is on call and I didn't really like my birth experience with her. So, I have to hope if I'm going to deliver that day, it is before she starts at 8AM. Birth planning hasn't worked so far, so I should just probably count on delivering with her again.
Okay, my negative attitude is shining through. I better just concentrate on making it the best birth possible and that it is soon.

[terabithea]

i'll be 41 weeks saturday. go tomorrow for non stress test and afi (eyeroll) but my midwife is in my ob's and i refuse most everything while pg so figured i'd give on this one if it will keep everyone off my back. this is my 4th baby and everyone has been 42 weeker's, even then i was induced with pit with my first one and i did castor oil with the other two. i'll do castor oil next thus night, just before i am 42 weeks cuz that is when my sister can come. she is my "doula" and has been with me at all births and did bradley method as well. even though my husband is great during my labor, i have to have my sister! we really trust each other and i helped with her vbac. so unless something strange happens this time i don't see why i won't go 42 weeks with this one. i am really fine with that. gives me more time to strengthen my thoughts. i tend to get more nervous with each birth. esp about trasition. once i am in labor i am fine, but leading up to it all i can think is "oh no, how will i handle transition??!"
jennifer
p.s. anyone else get more nervous with each one? i mean, how many great 4 hour labors with 5 pushes can i be blessed with? lol!

[fireshifter]

Still here, still pregnant.

Am due in 8 days. Am trying to get baby out in 5. Going in for Webster at my chiropractor on Tuesday, he's had great success with it, everyone so far has delivered w/in 72 hrs of having it done. I hope to keep that trend.

Actually my sleep has gotten tons better in last two days. I'm getting over a shift rotation from work (going from 5pm-3am shifts to 7am ones) and learning to sleep a little more at night is really hard. Dropped from 40 hr wks to 32 hr wks and just can't handle 8 hr days anymore so am going to start only working 4hrs.

My round ligaments are really hurting more than anything. If I sit for more than 1/2 hr, I'm in excruciating pain when I stand. I can barely walk at first after sitting. The only thing that has helped so far is laying down, which I HATE doing!

Will probably start walking a lot more this week and then bouncing around on the ball while reading in the house. My house is almost clean and ready for baby.

My mom is coming Saturday so baby can come anytime after that, the sooner, the better, as far as I'm concerned.

Jen

[rnasmomma]

Originally Posted by terabithea

p.s. anyone else get more nervous with each one? i mean, how many great 4 hour labors with 5 pushes can i be blessed with? lol!

I was just thinking this last night. I am not so afraid of labor itself, just concerned something is going to go wrong right after I deliver and I am not going to be there for my children. Being all hormonal, I end up crying about it and then get even more worked up.
With my last delivery, I passed out before pushing, so there were concerns about my heart. I was waiting to have tests done so that I wouldn't have to "pump and dump" since I was nursing DD, but then found out I was pregnant again, so we are waiting until I'm done nursing again. I really don't think it has anything to do with my heart (I think it is hormonal), but just knowing it could be a heart thing scares me. We have so much heart disease in both sides of my family. I guess I should be thankful for a hospital delivery rather than jealous of all those doing HB. (Honestly, unless this baby comes too quickly and we are at home, I'm too afraid to do HB with the hospital 40+ minutes drive away.)
So, after much rambling, yes, I am more fearful before each baby.

[VikingKvinna]

"Still pregnant." That's my default response when anyone asks how I am! But that's to be expected, I guess, since I'm only 38.5 weeks. My neighbor said yesterday, "It seems like you've been pregnant forever" to which I replied, "Tell me about it!"

I've been nesting like crazy, and everything's pretty much ready -- dipes washed and stacked, freezer full of meals, my bag is packed, all the relatives on high alert -- except for, well, the one crucial element in this whole thing. She seems to be having a fine ol' time in utero. So we're just waiting...

I'm pretty stiff and sore and uncomfortable these days, especially after running around cleaning and cooking all day for the past week, but I'm going to try to take it easy from here on in. Must...save...energy!

Take care, Mamas...
~Nick

[pinkmilk]

I'm feeling better since I found a new doctor. I'm not so panicked about going to the hospital anymore now that I know my legal rights and I'm not being bullied into a birth that I'm not comfortable with. It's amazing how our minds change with education. 2 months ago ignorance was bliss...
My body is so sore. The pressure I have downtown makes me think this baby is about to fall out!!And the false labor is sometimes so intense I have to breath through them and just jently rub my tum. They are always ten minutes apart...never 9, never 11. How does my body stay so regular like that??
My sister comes tomorrow! . Then I will start trying to go into labor. Lots of sex, drugs and rockandroll!!! O.K. well no drugs. But sex and music sure.Maybe some dancing!! Actually I have been sooooooo tired the thought of dancing just exhaustes me!! My nesting has taken a backseat to my resting. I think that's a good sign that baby is very ready to pop out and say hello!
Anyway...
Goodluck to all of you.Love and Light. Angela