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post #1 of 63
3/20/06 at 2:44pm
Thread Starter 
How is going for those of us not even due yet? Who's left? I know I'm not alone and babyless!

I'm getting kind looks from strangers, and I feel that the grocery store checkout lady really meant it today when she asked me how I was. And old friends keep e-mailing for no particular reason, apparently to see if they'd missed a big announcement? It's kind of cute.

The post office employee who weighed and shipped a box for me today looked at me over the counter and helpfully said, "I don't think you should be carrying this." : Because if I hadn't carried it in, he'd have come to my house and picked it up?? I thought, geez, what's it going to do, throw me into labor? Because THAT would solve a few problems I've got going lately!

DH and I are TV-free except for a little 13-incher we keep in the closet and pull out to watch movies or the occasional special TV event. We were hoping our hospital stay would coincide with the NCAA tournament so we could watch on the hospital TV, but now all our teams are already out, shoot!

Oh well, I'm sure Baby will come when she's ready. I've been 2 cm dilated for weeks, was 70% effaced at my last appointment, have lost my mucous plug, and am cleaning the basement today!

Hope all you other late-March mamas are doing well! Check in and say how you're doing!
post #2 of 63
3/20/06 at 3:17pm
The frustrating part for me is that I don't know exactly when my due date is, so I have no "goal" to focus on. I'm just now starting to get impatient. Every time I go to the bathroom I'm hoping to see some blood or something. I am tired of obsessing about this. I can't wait for him to come so I can obsess about something else for a change...LOL!
post #3 of 63
3/20/06 at 3:36pm
Still here! Not "due" until the 30th. Had my MW appointment this morning, I walked in and she said "You look REALLY pregnant" um... thanks? I guess that means I'm getting close.

I've been having cnx since last Thurs every night, so I know it's just a matter of time.
post #4 of 63
3/20/06 at 4:50pm
I'm still here too! I was "due" Saturday. dh checked me last night and can get two fingers in my cervix and open them up so he could feel the edge - he also felt her head. He was very excited to feel our baby! I'ts exciting to know that there is something happening down there - now if some contractions would start, we'd be set!
post #5 of 63
3/20/06 at 4:52pm
Still here due tomorrow or next Tues. DH wants her to come in April! That way he will have one child born in March, one in April and one in May. Then again, he isn't carrying her around, peeing every hour, having her kick him all night long, etc....

No signs of labor here lately!

DH has started nesting....I spent $100 at the grocery on Sat. and DH thinks we need to go back to stock up...just in case. Guess if he is going to be doing the cooking for a while, we should get some foods that are easy for him to cook. I'm the type that I start with ingredients that could end up being anything; DH likes to start with boxed foods that are pretty idiot proof. LOL
post #6 of 63
3/20/06 at 5:21pm
I'm still pregnant too. Not due till the 30th (which matches pretty well with when I know we conceived....) so unless I go early its not likely to happen any time soon. Haven't lost my mucus plug, no real contractions, have no clue what my cervix is doing, and I am such a lazy bum that I doubt I will get a nesting urge. I am finally ready for this baby to be here though. She could make her debut anytime now.... *sigh*
post #7 of 63
3/20/06 at 5:41pm
Still here also. Been 1cm/50% effaced for the past 2 weeks. I am still working and still getting things ready at home. :/

I am feeling quite ready to go. I am trying to be patient - but I just wish I had an eject button!
post #8 of 63
3/20/06 at 5:49pm
im still here, but hes coming tommorrow!!!!!!. nervous but excited. Wished he would have come early so could have tried for a vbac. but i am just glad to be getting to meet him tommorrow.
post #9 of 63
3/20/06 at 6:11pm
Still here also. Not due until the 26th. I don't think she wil come until April though. Nothing exciting going on. Midwife said last week I was 1cm and 50% effaced but that it really didn't matter because the baby is still so high. I feel fine for the most part except dd has had a nasty cold for the last few days and now I think I'm coming down with it as well.
post #10 of 63
3/20/06 at 7:19pm
I feel ya on the cold thing. *sigh* I have been sick off and on since the end of January and I am so done with it already. I prolly could take some abx and knock it out....but I am still loathe to do that. I just hope the babe chooses to come on the few days between colds that I feel semi-human.

My original guess on when the babe would be born was April 3rd...I really hope my second guess of March 21st if more accurate though. hehe
post #11 of 63
3/20/06 at 8:29pm
I'm still here, too...LOL...but not for long. I am going in tomorrow AM to have her...FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
post #12 of 63
3/20/06 at 10:37pm
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Lori Ann, I'm cracking up about your DH!

Glad to know I'm not the only one out there just hanging out and waiting! I'm actually pretty okay with it, not as impatient this week as I was last week for some reason, but tonight I felt pretty insulted when a dollop of grease landed on my shirt and burned my big ol' belly. : That hurt! Now I am getting blisters on the spot. DH said, "wow, if your belly hadn't been there, that grease would have just landed on the floor!"


No kidding!
post #13 of 63
3/21/06 at 1:10am
Lurking from another ddc, but if one more person tells me "Oh, you look miserable" I will beat the tar out of them. Seriously. I am not walking around frowning all the time. I think they mean "Oh, it looks like you would be uncomfortable" - but that's not how it sounds!
post #14 of 63
3/21/06 at 1:52am
I was due on Sunday and so now every little thing is surely a sign of labor! It's hard to keep getting my hopes up and then feeling let down only to get my hopes up again. Tonight I've been having some actual contractions though...although they appear to have stopped now. Patience is not my strong suit!
post #15 of 63
3/21/06 at 2:13am
Well, went in today for a follow-up NST and amniotic fluid check. I finally found out that I'm 1-2 cm dilated. With my first daughter it took me 14 hours of labor to get to 3 so I'm thrilled about the 1-2 cm!! The fluid check was great-back in the normal range. The NST showed the same heart rate variances as last week so they were going to induce me. After I talked to the LDR nurses and on-call doc some more they did more NSTs and then gave me a shot of pitocin to do a Contraction Stress Test (CST) and sent me home! The baby reacted perfect to the contractions so we know she's not in danger--and that has been the first piece of good news in a long time.

So, we're still brewing and all of the scary things that they told me about last week were ok today. So, I'm happy so happy to be huge and uncomfortable... I just don't want to go to work tomorrow. But, I'm still having contractions and it's been at least 4 hours since the pitocin.
post #16 of 63
3/21/06 at 4:33am
I haven't posted on this due date board yet...just on the cloth diapering board.

I am due 3/23 with my first BOY. At last check I was 2cm/80% and I don't think I have changed despite about 10-12 days of false labor. :

I would LOVE for someone to tell me how miserable I look! I must be small because I don't get those types of comments. If I say something about being miserable they ask me when I am due and look at me like I am crazy because they think I can't be *that* miserable because they say I look *soooo* small.
Argh, I just want people to share in my misery or at least acknowledge it! LOL
post #17 of 63
3/21/06 at 9:56am
Now THIS is pathetic... The night before last, I actually managed to hurt my shoulder REALLY bad while I was sleeping. I was up all night last night in pain, and the little sleep I did get, could only be done one one side. Then my hip was killing me.

This is the most pain I've had in my body since I pulled my knee ligament skiing years ago. I swear, if I go into labor before this heals, I'm gonna cave to the drugs. Oh this sucks....

Other than that, I feel great! LOL
post #18 of 63
3/21/06 at 2:06pm
Aw Carrin! that stinks and a half.
My dh had to start getting up at 3:30am to go to the gym for training to pass a physical test for his future job. Our schedules are totally flipped upside down. I have a hard time sleeping when there are other people awake in the house, so I wake a 3 for a usual routine pee haha, but have a hard time getting back to sleep.
post #19 of 63
3/21/06 at 4:30pm

My big huge monster baby....

Well had my final ultrasound today. 38 weeks...Doc told me from the last one, that baby was in the 90th percentile and was probabaly going to be a 10 pounder. Today, he measured in the 75th percentile around 7lbs10oz. So, with error margin, that puts him now between 7 and 8 1/2 lbs, just where he should be. What a beast eh? LOL...

My dad got to go with me to the ultrasound, that was a very cool thing. He got all excited to see the baby's heart beat. Baby has a big huge belly (like mom), chubby cheeks, and hair!!!! Was a good day! Now he just needs to decide to join us out here where it's more fun.

Hope everyone is doing well today...
post #20 of 63
3/21/06 at 11:53pm
Oh Carrin! What a great appointment! Our babes will be here soon! My first baby was 8 lbs and 10 oz and she still was a fragile tiny baby to me.
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