Anyone else still pregnant?

[BurnsideMommy]

According to my LMP my due date was the 22nd. I ended up with an early (9 week) ultrasound which said due date April 27th. So I don't really have a EDD I guess.

Both the boys were late (2 days, then 4 days), so I didn't figure I'd have baby yet, but I remember losing my mucus plug a few days before the births (like 2 days before?). I have yet to lose it. So now in my mind I keep thinking that I still have yet to lose my plug then wait 2 or so days after that to have baby. I'm making myself crazy 'waiting' for her, when I know she will arrive when she is ready and it could be weeks.

ANyone else still pregnant and getting anxious? I don't know why I'm getting so worked up about it, when I know she'll arrive soon enough. Crazy hormones.

Is it also possible that I could go into labor without losing my plug, or lose it the same day I birth? I don't know why but I'm psychologically tying together all these events from my past pregnancies thinking they'll be the same with this one too. I really am making myself nuts. :P

Doesn't help that everyone keeps saying 'you haven't had that baby yet', and MIL and my Dad keep calling to check, and now DH is getting anxious to meet baby too (and get out of work!) - on top of Austin asking me when baby sister is coming daily (we said she'd come for his birthday - so he's waiting for that too - LOL).

I don't remember how I survived the last little bit of pregnancy, I just feel so on edge about everything these days. Tell me I'm not alone...

[FreeSpiritMama]

Still here, 41+weeks. Feeling good today after spending most of yesterday in tears , I think I needed the emotional release

No sign of mucous plug here but its quite common not to loose it until active labour. Baby riding very low but still quite happy in there, I hope s/he comes soon though its hard to wait! Going to keep busy with DS this week and try not to keep thinking every little twinge might be it!

[Carley]

41+ weeks here too, you are so not alone Oh how I hate the 'you haven't had that baby yet'... how about stating the obvious in the rudest way possible? I think people forget how emotional the end of gestation is for women. My stepsister insists on emailing me every other day with things like "you're never having this baby!" Thanks for the encouragement lady! Guess who's emails go straight to the spam bin!?

FreeSpiritMama: I hear ya on staying busy busy busy! My house has never been so clean & organized! I guess there is a plus side to postdates I bought a ton of nasturtium seeds yesterday to plant in the big hole where our garage used to be... until they're all in ground I'll be out in my back yard on hands & knees (my floors are so scrubbed I'm afraid to scrub them anymore! )!

Happy labor & baby vibes to all of us!

[AdinaL]

Still here 40+4.

[KerriAZ]

I'm still here, but not overdue as of yet!

I hear ya on the driving myself nuts! Every contraction - is this it? Every twinge - is this it? Comparing my pregnancy with DD with this one, etc. (And we also told my DD that she was getting a bby for her birthday - her b-day is today...) and so far, no baby yet! But it IS only 9:10 am! :

And I am getting tired of the "No baby yet" comments, too! BACK OFF! I am already hormonal and wanting my baby to be here and I am in a lot of pain and still have morning sickness... I want this baby here MUCH more than you do, so BACK OFF OF ME! I will tell when he the baby gets here!

Kerri

[slora8anne]

Hi all- today is my due date, and still no labor. I did lose my mucus plug last week, but it was right after a vaginal exam so it might have been premature and not due to my body really being ready. Last week I was 50% effaced and dilated about 1 cm. I'm really hoping the baby arrives soon. My mother is visiting from out of town and she showed up Thursday. We were all so convinced the baby would arrive early because all growth signs were about 2 weeks early throughout the whole pregnancy. I've finally stopped going in to work today because I am so sick of everyone saying "you are still here?"

I hope he comes soon!

[Mom2-4Gs]

I'll be 40 weeks Wednesday. I'm tired of the" Is the baby here yet? Yes I gave birth and I'm pregnant again."

I don't know how you are cleaning house that's the last thing I feel like doing.
My MW is going out of town Thursday so I'd like to have the baby before then.
I've started the EPO and trying to hit some pressure points. I'm hoping to have sex tonight to see if that helps. How exciting


Allison
Mom to 4 daughters and ? due end of April

[mamameg]

Still here, 42w2d. *sigh*

The phone stopped ringing for about a week, but first thing this morning, it's started again. Round two of "just checking on you... still no baby?". : I KNOW people don't mean to be annoying, but, well, they are.

I'm going to have my membranes stripped tomorrow and my MW has offered castor oil as well. Still wavering on that... might wait until later in the week. I'm not thrilled with the idea of it and I'd rather give the the stripping membranes a change to work first.

[FreeSpiritMama]

Good luck MamaMeg stripping membranes will be our first plan too if baby is still in at 42weeks (41+1 today). My MW is happy to go to 43weeks for our homebirth, just not sure I am! I'm actually pretty scared of the castor oil too, I hope the membrane strip works for you :

[EmilyS]

Ugh! I am beginning to feel like I'm going to pregnant for the rest of my life. The strange things is that I feel less like I am going to have the baby any day then I did two weeks ago. I was SO uncomfortable by my 38th week and the midwife was convinced that I was going to have an early baby so I kind of thought "well, any day now..." but now I developed this PUPPS thing where I itch like crazy and everything, including the baby and labor are fading into the background. All I can think about is my itching and how to get rid of it! I think I'm getting depressed, but I don't really know what to do about it. With the rash I don't want to go out anywhere and have anyone see me but on the flip side I'm driving myself crazy at home just reading and cleaning! Sorry to gripe...I feel a little better though...

[surfmamato3]

I am in good company...

I am 40w2d. Living on a campus and having to get all my meals at the food line and walk to my table (we are served and eat outside) makes me the topic of conversation everywhere!! Enough already! Today I think I will use the comeback to "haven't had your baby yet!" , "actually yes I have had it and I am pregnant again." : (thanks mom2-4g's)

I am glad I am not the only one...

[Titus2fam]

No longer pregnant but SO HAPPY to see a newer, shorter thread so I can keep up with y'all! You 42+ weekers are AMAZING! It just CAN'T be too much longer~right? (((((HUGS))))) sandi