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[BelgianSheepDog]

Well I slept about 6 hours after the mw left and have been having some light, irregular contractions...this could be an interesting long weekend. Still early to tell.

Good luck, cymbeline!

[grace's voice]

Originally Posted by cymbeline

I am so glad things are moving slowly for you. With my first, my water broke and the next thing I knew a monster ctxn hit me like a frieght train. Then another, and another. It was awful. I hope you experience a peaceful and gentle labor!!

That's EXACTLY what happened to me... and why I'm so scared to go into labor now. Everytime the baby moves while I'm sleeping I jerk awake in a panic thinking my water broke and I'm about to be hit with the big ones.

I went into labor AGAIN last night, 4th time in a week. I was SO sure this was it. Dh filled the birth tub, we put dd to bed for a little rest expecting we'd be waking her up soon. As scared as I am to go into labor I have to admit I was sad to wake up this morning without a baby. Dh wanted to DTD to get things going, but I was so scared my water would break and I'd go into crazy pain and I was doing so well with the way I was handling contractions. Maybe tonight I'll get brave and DTD, kind of hard to get into it when you're having a panic attack though! But I want my baby!

[rolenta]

Gee, listening to all this is making me jealous. I'm not showing ANY signs of labour, but I sure am miserable. This last week has been the toughest of the whole pregnancy. But I guess I shouldn't complain too much, I'm only 37 weeks! We can't all be early!

[cymbeline]

Originally Posted by grace's voice

That's EXACTLY what happened to me... and why I'm so scared to go into labor now. Everytime the baby moves while I'm sleeping I jerk awake in a panic thinking my water broke and I'm about to be hit with the big ones.

If it makes you feel any better, my water didn't break with my 2nd. It was a nice, slow labor until my mw broke the bag at 8cm (and then there were those HUGE nasty ctxns again! at least I pushed him out in 20min : )

Things are moving slowly here again. The ctxns are strong enough that I can't sleep through them, but I've been trying to nap on and off all day. I'm hesitating climbing in the bath because I don't really want it to crawl to a stop.

DH is taking care of the last minute details and I am secretly hoping that things will pick up speed tonight after the kids are in bed. I told DH I think it will be tomorrow, but might be Sunday... Thank goodness things are moving slower this time!

[grace's voice]

Originally Posted by cymbeline

If it makes you feel any better, my water didn't break with my 2nd. It was a nice, slow labor until my mw broke the bag at 8cm (and then there were those HUGE nasty ctxns again! at least I pushed him out in 20min : )

Things are moving slowly here again. The ctxns are strong enough that I can't sleep through them, but I've been trying to nap on and off all day. I'm hesitating climbing in the bath because I don't really want it to crawl to a stop.

DH is taking care of the last minute details and I am secretly hoping that things will pick up speed tonight after the kids are in bed. I told DH I think it will be tomorrow, but might be Sunday... Thank goodness things are moving slower this time!

Thanks! I keep wondering if this one will be less... uhh... violent? (What a horrible word, shame on me!)

I wished for a slower labor with this one, and I've been in labor off and on all week. I don't know if this is a good thing or a lesson to be careful what I wish for! I've had moments when I almost (but not quite) wish it would happen like last time just because I want this baby out of me! On the upside, at least those crazy hard contractions don't last too long.

[Caroline248]

This is the first pregnancy where I have had NO early labor stuff. Nothing. I started way early with my other kids, and they all came about 8 weeks AFTER the labor stuff started. I am just about 37 weeks now, if nothing starts up does that mean I have at least 8 weeks to go?? Oh, I will die. I only started to feel crappy yesterday, but ok, I am ready!

~C~

[MyLittleWonders]

I've never had anything happen before going into labor - with either boy and what seems to be with this one too. Currently I'm about 2 cm, which is how far I get before labor kicks in. With ds#1, I lost my plug in labor and my water broke at about 5 or 6 cm. With ds#2, I never lost my plug (well, that I can remember) and my water was intact at 10 cm. So, I just am playing the waiting game. Last night I had a horrible night with acid reflux, burning throat, coughing, and throwing up and I kept telling the baby, "You can come out now ... really, we are completely ready for you to be born ... it's okay to come now." I only have 1 week but the fear of 7 more nights like last night freak me out more than anything to do with l&d.

[Beansmom]

Originally Posted by rolenta

Gee, listening to all this is making me jealous. I'm not showing ANY signs of labour, but I sure am miserable. This last week has been the toughest of the whole pregnancy. But I guess I shouldn't complain too much, I'm only 37 weeks! We can't all be early!

Ditto. Nothing going on here, other than me being very crabby, crying at the drop of a hat, and having no patience for anything. Can't wait to get this over with. I think I am going to have to stop working a few days earlier than planned, I just can't deal with anything anymore.

[MyLittleWonders]

So, last night I got a "trial" run. : Contractions were 10-20 minutes apart, achy/sore lower back, diarrhea ... just like it started with both boys. I couldn't sleep and finally woke dh at 4am just to give him the heads-up. He freaked out (he's a teacher and hasn't finished sub plans for the week following the 2nd - my due date), got the furniture moved over in the bedroom and set up the pool, and then went into work at the litral crack of dawn to get ready. I finally fall asleep at 5am, wake at 9:30, and POOF, the contrations are GONE. So, I'm back in the waiting game ... with both boys, labor started like that, progressed, and then they were born ... nice and easy. So, I'm going to get all the laundry put away today and take care of a little cleaning that I wanted done, and hope that the baby is still going to make his/her appearance SOON.

[AugustineM]

Same here -- with my first I had very little prelabor signs. I basically woke up feeling fine one morning and then at 10 am started having contrax. Started loosing mucus plug at 1pm then at 3pm was 8cm!! Crazy!

I've been feeling more this time... guess maybe I'll have the baby within a week? I don't want to get too excited/anxious when it could still be a while.

[BundleFishMama]

Nothing going on here either - some of you better stick around because I don't want to be the only one still here in late June!!

I'm impatient but honestly, I still have a lot I hope to get done before this baby comes. Today was a big day and I'm pretty tired now - had a huge 2nd birthday party for dd2 - about 25 kids at Chuck E. Cheese - it was crazy but awesome! I looooove birthdays and parties for any occasion....we had such a blast, the look on dd's face was amazing, I've never seen a toddler having so much fun!! DH and I had to drag our girls and the last few straggling friends out after we were about to pass out!

So....lots of distractions to help me forget I probably still have close to a month left in this pregnancy while you all start going into labor!

[Selesai]

I"m with you, bundlefishmama. I'm not due until the 27th, so I might still be hanging out here in July! I hope I'm not totally alone!

[mommy2girlies]

bundlefish and jessica, Im with ya gals! Im not due till the 25th and Im pretty sure I'll be hanging around another 4wks.....it just sounds so far away!

[ckhagen]

I'm not due until around the 21st, but I really hope I can go a little early. I was overdue last time and had a 10.5 pounder... every day is going to count when it comes to weight again with this one!

[Caroline248]

Well, I am also technically due the 19th, but I went early with my last two. One at 36 weeks, one at 38 weeks.

I am aiming for 39 weeks, that would put me at delivering on June 12th..sounds good to me!!

~C~

[mum2tori]

I'll be around for a while. I'm not due until the 30th and I have never gone early.

[Satori]

This is going to be another fun day here, little over an hour ago my body decided to clean itself out and I started contracting every 2 min for at least 30 seconds, hardest contractions yet and I've been contracting off an on all week all day long. Baby's gotten a lot lower this morning, she literally feels like she's sitting on my anus (way TMI ) I'm feeling crampy in the lower uterine part along with low back and hips/thighs. All I know is I'm really PO'd at dd because I've been working my butt off for 3 weeks cleaning this house to get it ready and its a friggin pig sty because of her in the last 12 hours! I can't sit on the couch and I can't even get into the bed room right now because of all the crap/toys she's dragged in there. I've given her 1 hour to get it cleaned up and then I'm going to do it with a great big trash bag! I've been after her for days to do it and I'm tired of it, I'm supposed to relax and enjoy early labor not be cleaning up friggin toys so I don't fall and break my neck! I can't even set up the pool because she's dragged so much crap in the living room too!

[grace's voice]

Originally Posted by Satori

This is going to be another fun day here, little over an hour ago my body decided to clean itself out and I started contracting every 2 min for at least 30 seconds, hardest contractions yet and I've been contracting off an on all week all day long. Baby's gotten a lot lower this morning, she literally feels like she's sitting on my anus (way TMI ) I'm feeling crampy in the lower uterine part along with low back and hips/thighs. All I know is I'm really PO'd at dd because I've been working my butt off for 3 weeks cleaning this house to get it ready and its a friggin pig sty because of her in the last 12 hours! I can't sit on the couch and I can't even get into the bed room right now because of all the crap/toys she's dragged in there. I've given her 1 hour to get it cleaned up and then I'm going to do it with a great big trash bag! I've been after her for days to do it and I'm tired of it, I'm supposed to relax and enjoy early labor not be cleaning up friggin toys so I don't fall and break my neck! I can't even set up the pool because she's dragged so much crap in the living room too!

I'm so sorry!
Deeeep breaths!
We had to do the trash bag once too. We hid it in the closet and told dd we'd sent her toys to a poor boy in China. Eventually she earned them back, I don't remember what we told her about how we got them back from that boy in China though!

Still no baby here either. I'm feeling more pressure in my bottom and crotch. Its uncomfortable to sit on the toilet. This morning DH saw my parts and asked why everything is big and "hanging out"? I guess all the pressure?

[MyLittleWonders]

I think my dh is scared to get anywhere near me ... after my night of what I thought was early labor contractions, he told me it was all his fault because he wanted sex! So, last night he fell asleep really quickly! I'm hoping though that we can possibly get some time together tonight ... maybe this time it'd work for real. Not only do I just want to meet this little one, and I'm getting more and more anxious to know if it's a girl or boy, but I really, really, need him/her to come out so the horrendous acid reflux can stop. (I woke up again last night with the burning/gagging/coughing/vomitting thing ... ) I keep rubbing my belly and saying, "Come on baby, you can come out now ... we want to see you."

[BelgianSheepDog]

Well that was very weird.

Seemed to be moving through early labor into active labor Thurs and Friday...then Saturday it all just stopped. We tried everything to get it going stronger over those three days, breast pump, blue and black cohosh, castor oil (OMG),walks...but it just STOPPED. So I was freaking, my midwives were freaking (it's generally standard to transport after 72 hours of water breaking) and argh. It was horrible. We ended up deciding to transport, even though my heart was completely broken and I had to force myself out the door. That was tonight.

At the hospital they did a ferning test to check for amniotic fluid...nothing. So they sent me home. So now I am here, healthy me, healthy baby...still pregnant. The hospital says it was a false alarm, I and the midwives think it was a small leak and it sealed itself.

But I'm at 4 cm so all that stuff this weekend was good for something, I guess!