Who all is left to go? - Page 5

[KindRedSpirit]

I called and complained to my mw today about ALL these contx doing nothing,and she asked if the baby had hiccups a lot.Actually,yas!Like little fast coughs-fast hiccups sortof.She said it sounds like the baby has it's hand up-sucking it's thumb or something,and I could just palpitate,and move the little arm!I've been playing with the baby all the rest of today,moving it all over.We'll see if it helps.Just an interesting thought for any other ctx going nowhere mama's!

[2bpeaceful]

Still here - 40.5

I've tried pretty much everything (see my threads on acupuncture and castor oil) and nothing is starting contractions. Ive had some cramps, but not anything that built or were sustained for any length of time.

Dh is using paternity leave and Im anxious about that.

Im going to start the cervadil on Sunday.

[NurseLaurie]

I forgot to look to see who asked, but the little one's head is very engaged. When the MWs check me the first thing they say is "Wow, her head is really low. I'm surprised you have any room in your bladder" (Which, by the way, I don't)... Baby is doing her part, my cervix just isn't cooperating. I had the first round of "good" sex since pregnancy last night. That stirred something up because I had some good pink mucus this morning, but not a single contraction. It isn't that I'm impatient... well, it is that too, but more than the impatience is that people KEEP ASKING ME! If everyone would shut the heck up about it and stop calling me and stop acting like I would let this child come and keep her arrival like a big family secret.... AAAHHH!!! I don't answer the phone anymore. I'm even avoiding my own mother, something I never do because we get along famously.

[2bpeaceful]

nurselaurie, I feel like we are going through exactly the same thing w/the frustration, comments from friends and family, anxiety about being induced, having solid signs but no contractions.

Im on my second day of trying castor oil--just finished a three-egg scramble w/1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon castor oil. Im going to walk and walk and walk today in the hopes of stimulating some more of the teaser cramps I had yesterday.

It's hard to believe that May is coming to an end. When this month started, I thought--it's the birth month!!! We thought we might have her early. Mothers day rolled around, nothing, edd 1 & 2...nothing. dates we didn't want to have her and dates we did...nothing.

My belly feels so solid--it doesnt feel like there is any amniotic fluid in there at all b/c the baby is taking up so much room. NST shows that she is fine. So fine that she wants to hang out for a while longer.

Pleeease please please baby...come before we have to go to the hospital to go get you.

[guestmama9906]

Gosh, at least you guys are getting some sort of mucous, show, whatever. I haven't even seen that. AND I'm getting daily deposits from DH
However, I'm having lots of Braxton Hicks that make me nearly pee on myself.
Today would be a great day to have a baby. Really.

I have that sinking feeling I'm going to be the last one pregnant here, esp. since I'm not even considering an induction (unless something is wrong with baby, of course!!).

[KatSG]

Right there with you all, again, for another day. Had a good prenatal yesterday. The MWs aren't concerned. Showed me how to keep her head engaged. It did a little yesterday in terms of getting some pressure on my cervix.

NurseLaurie, I'm positive you'll go any second. If the baby is right on your cervix, it's just a matter of time. Nothing is wrong.

I don't want to be induced, either, of course. I don't even think it would work. I already posted something over in the MW/doulas board asking for suggestions on how to get this baby's head against my cervix. I know second babies often don't engage, so then what's the problem??? WAAAAH. I just really, really want my baby. She's such a character already with all her antics and I just want to see her.

[NurseLaurie]

I've been a little afraid of castor oil. I get horrible intestinal cramping from any sort of stimulant laxative. I do have two enemas that I keep looking at for a minute and then putting back on the shelf. I'm crampy and mucousy today. I'm not getting too excited, this isn't the first time. But it is certainly the most mucus I've ever seen. Every time I go to the bathroom I get two or three tissues full. I hope she's out soon just to preserve my love life. This daily game of both of us pretending to be into it... it's starting to wear thin. Neither of us are into it. I'm too uncomfortable and he is just...well... I'm sure the fact that I'm wincing most of the way through it is a little much to bear.

[guestmama9906]

Originally Posted by NurseLaurie

But it is certainly the most mucus I've ever seen. Every time I go to the bathroom I get two or three tissues full.

Well, just a little fyi...when I had that much mucous with my second and third, baby came within a day or two!

[KatSG]

Oh, NurseLaurie, I don't even pretend that either of us are into it. I call it "doing his duty for the cause!" Considering that he has to contort his legs to even make it possible I think it's actually more uncomfortable for him than for me. He'd rather give me accupressure!

[truelife]

I thought I joined this board too late, but it looks like I'm here longer than I intended. I'm now 6 days past my due date, and my husband is about ready to give up on being a "donor." I have had contractions every night this week and nothing has happened - so we wait.

Maybe we'll have some babies this weekend....

[nova22]

Tomorrow is my due date (5/27) and the prodromal labor has pretty much stopped. Every once in a while I feel a very mild contraction, or see a teeny tiny bit of clear mucous (same consistancy as bloody show though), and the baby has definitely dropped. I finally allowed my OB to do an internal exam. She said I'm still pretty posterior, dilated about the size of a fingertip, and very soft. It's not so hard to put up with the wait now that the contractions have stopped. I'm trying to avoid talking to people who will say things like "Haven't you had that baby YET?!?" (while standing face-to-face with me so they can clearly see that I have NOT had the baby yet). I don't mind phone calls from my mom and my doula, and other people who are actually helping me during the birth. My mom calls regularly to see if I need any help with the kids, which is nice, and I talk to my doula daily to give updates or just to vent!

I'm feeling all PMS-crampy today but no cntx to speak of. I'm craving cranberry juice like crazy but all the store had was cran-grape, so I bought it and now I feel like I just swallowed forty pounds of pure sugar. Nasty. That might be why I'm crampy.

[nmm2112]

Hi ladies! I'm just checking in - I'm not much of a poster but I'm a quiet fellow DDC person.

Anyhow, I'm 40w6days and starting to get anxious. My inlaws are here from out of town to help out and they're leaving on the 30th (by plane_ ) soooo, I'd like to have the baby by then because they'll be here to distract my DS and DD but part of me doens't mind if they go before the baby arrives.

My due date was the 21st by conception date that I'm 99% sure of and it matched with an early ultrasound. But I had a U/S 3 wks ago just to check fluid levels and such and it gave a date of June 9th!!! But, I was reassured that those late U/S are highly variable in their DD predictions and can't be counted on... but it still makes me wonder.

I've been feeling super! This whole pregancy - I can't paint my own toes and bend over easily - I'm not too huge at all. The baby is fairly active (there's less and less room in there)...MY DH doesn't like DTD because he has a hard time dealing this his "buisness" being so close to the baby and poking around. But I did get him to participate 2 times last week and didn't notice any type of "improvement" so I'm leaving him alone.
I do get very mild PMS type "twinges" not even contractions sooo, maybe that means something but I've had them on and off the last 2-3 wks. I've had no BH CX with any of my pregnancies.

I'm about 2-3cm and 50% effaced as of Tuesday ....? Oh I've been using RRL tea my whole pregnancy and started EPO oral and vaginal at 37wks and just 3 days ago started taking Black cohosh-- I'm torn about how much more to "do" -- I was thinking about Acupuncture but I don't want to feel like I'm inducing myself..... but I really want to avoid the hospital.


My DS was induced with pitocin at 37wks due to low/almost no amniotic fluid - I then had an epidural
My DD was induded with pitocin at 41wk2days - OB said she was overdue - I had an epidural.

I just feel like this is my last chance for a natural birth and to go into labor myself!

Wishing you all positive labor vibes!!!!

[KindRedSpirit]

Still here too.Today is crampy ctx day-seems like just tight bh for 2 days then a day of crampy ones...YES this has been going on long enough to notice a pattern!SHEESH!!!

Why do people ask you to your face if you had the baby????Can they not tell?Come on!I'm knocking people off my call list,forget they have to go to the bottom.They will not be informed.HA.Are they not aware that there are kind,considerate ways of finding out?And do they really think we would not call them,after calling to announce every kid for three kids?They've asked for it,and they are off my list.(namely MIL and a SIL.)

I'm so sorry for those on a tight timeline!Using paternity,and having support leave in so few days must be SO stressful!BIG HUGS(if we can reach past our bellies)to you!!!!Are you pretending it's vacation in the mean time?Seeing movies,going out for dinner or having take out/delivery...visiting friends and family?

Doing anything crazy fun,like oh, I dunno,maybe taking a ride on public transit and hiding an alien puppet in your shirt,so when baby kicks you can have the puppet rip out...(an entertaining idea I've had.I could laugh myself into labor doing that!)You know,just little fun things...calling all your harrasers to tell them you really have a kidney disease,not a baby....and please not to call anymore....Boy, I am evil! Blame it on the hormones...

[JuicyPakwan]

Still here as well. I got checked yesterday and aparently the baby's head is a little tipped and not fully flexed. We believe that is the only thing holding up my labor. Her head is well engaged just at a cocky angle. So we are working on getting her head in good position. I am having a few good contx today I hope they really are it as it is my daughters b-day she would love for the baby to come today.

Hope you all birth soon!!!

[nova22]

Today I got a couple kicks out of people's reaction when they asked when I was due, and I said "today." I was buying some crayons and paper for DS and the cashier asked...when I said I was due today she started moving in super-time and saying "Good grief, I had no idea! I better hurry up!" as if I was going to suddenly give birth in her line.

[KatSG]

I'm getting so tired of people asking me when I'm due that today I just told some woman "September." She got wide-eyed and said, "No kidding." I shot back, "Of course I'm kidding." And she then started chatting up my dd about how she was going to be a big sister, blah blah blah. Dd loves the attention so I just let it go.

When I was getting my pedicure today all the women in the salon were talking about me, sometimes to me, about my belly. I told them all I was due next week. So, so tired of talking about this with strangers. I'm trying to keep out of public as much as possible and staying to mama-friendly places as much as a I can.

[nova22]

(((KAT))) That's so frustrating. I don't mind so much when people ask when I'm due, but I can't stand when they look me up and down and declare "You are ready to go!" or "now THAT is a BOY!" or some other presumptuous statement. Today at the playground a really nice older man who was standing near me said "Congratulations" without offering any further comments, and that was refreshing. I wish people wouldn't feel the need to comment on every single pregnant belly that walks by, especially the woman who have kids...it seems like they would remember how annoying that was.

[Peppamint]

Originally Posted by nova22

Today at the playground a really nice older man who was standing near me said "Congratulations" without offering any further comments, and that was refreshing.

OMG, that is so sweet!


mamas!

[KatSG]

That is really sweet! That man has class.

I left out the worst part about the salon. The owner, who I mostly like though she has NO TACT, asked me if I was having a C-section. When I said "no" she just looked at me and said, "How do you know?" GAAAAAH. It's like someone going in for a filling and saying, "But how do you know they won't pull all your teeth?" I mean, what was I supposed to say to that?

I asked dd when this baby is coming. Dd tends to be psychic, she sees spirits, etc. She said, "In 20 minutes." A little while later I started having all this low back pain, that really hurts, though it doesn't feel like contractions. Dh wants me to call the midwives, but I won't because I'm not actually having contractions, no show, nothing. But I do sort of remember this feeling from last time, soo.....

Who am I kidding?

Anyway, all of my friends have called today, embarassed b/c they don't want to be obnoxious, but were all totally supportive and sweet and I feel so lucky to have such great women friends.

Okay, I'm getting all crazy teary and hormonal. Can I just go have a baby now? PLEASE?