I am going crazy here... - Page 2

[mamamilkbar]

same thing going on with me here!!!! i've had contractions like crazy...for about the past couple weeks, last night they were 5-6 min apart for most of the night, was getting things together just in case, then went to sleep and it all went away. have had a couple today but haven't been timing them as i'm working and i'm hating being here...i wanna leave!!!!! lol, with DD i was 2 wks early so i think i'm even more anxious since she was so early they say usually the births are similar? but this baby isn't coming out!! hehe, i just hope i go into "real" labor soon, i haven't been checked at all yet and am planning not to get checked until i am for sure in labor.. i was suggested from a midwife to maybe take some castor oil to see if i can't get the contractions to stay steady and actually make me go into "real" labor...but then again i'm not "due" until the 10th so i'm not sure if i should just wait........... any ideas?????

[grace's voice]

Originally Posted by haleighsmilkbar

same thing going on with me here!!!! i've had contractions like crazy...for about the past couple weeks, last night they were 5-6 min apart for most of the night, was getting things together just in case, then went to sleep and it all went away. have had a couple today but haven't been timing them as i'm working and i'm hating being here...i wanna leave!!!!! lol, with DD i was 2 wks early so i think i'm even more anxious since she was so early they say usually the births are similar? but this baby isn't coming out!! hehe, i just hope i go into "real" labor soon, i haven't been checked at all yet and am planning not to get checked until i am for sure in labor.. i was suggested from a midwife to maybe take some castor oil to see if i can't get the contractions to stay steady and actually make me go into "real" labor...but then again i'm not "due" until the 10th so i'm not sure if i should just wait........... any ideas?????

I would wait, I tell women (and myself) that if you're not in labor, the baby isn't ready yet. I'm feeling the temptation too though! I'm in my 3rd week of prodromal labor. I was SURE the baby would be born on the 3rd, had a dream about it, and when the 2nd came it just felt right all day. Went to the Chiro, went out shopping, came home having contractions (again) which lasted about 6 hours. Next thing I know I'm waking up to pee (its about 4 am) and I'm just sitting there on the edge of the bed all disoriented. Dh wakes up and askes what I'm doing, I say "nothing", but really I was sitting there thinking 'what the heck, I'm still pregnant?!!' I was so sure the baby would be born around 2 am on the 3rd.

Of course I just recently remembered that everyone told me my 1st would come early as well, because of all the contractions I have during my last tris, she came at 41 weeks 1 day! And here I am listening to them again?? Maybe I should just settle in for the long haul... and stop filling the birth tub everytime I have contractions, that thing is a sucker to empty!

[Paddington]

Holly-you truly did make me laugh out loud! I have decided that the hospital due date was wrong and I am going back to *my* due date of June 9cause this baby is not coming out. And just because the midwife said my babe wouldn't make it past today... Well, she can't be right all the time, right? And I am putting away my stop watch. I'm not going to pay attention to all these contractions until they really start hurting! All that walking, did absolutely nothing. Well, I suppose I got exercise. But alas, it does not look like today was meant to be the day *sigh*. And I refuse to answer my phone with everyone calling to ask me if the baby is here yet cause they are getting on my nerves....

Mind you my ds was 4 days later than my due date so I don't know why I thought I might actually come on time or early this time... Just all these crazy contractions I guess....

RE: castor oil--I would say wait as well. Other than walking and squats, I haven't actually done anything to "bring on labor". I really do think babe will come out when babe is ready... But it is driving me crazy....

[grace's voice]

Yes, I too am so done counting contractions! I was actually writing down the time of every contraction and charting them. From now on I'm just letting them come... and go. If my water breaks or a baby comes out of me, I'll know it was time!

[mommy2girlies]

Originally Posted by grace's voice

Yes, I too am so done counting contractions! I was actually writing down the time of every contraction and charting them. From now on I'm just letting them come... and go. If my water breaks or a baby comes out of me, I'll know it was time!

Its as if you read my mind!!! I told dh I'll know its time if the babe is crowning Im sick of wondering if this is it! And they're (cntxns) are really starting to HURT!:

[Caroline248]

Ok, now I am annoyed. I had cntrxs from yesterday afternoon until 5 am this morning. They never got any closer than 10 minutes apart, stayed more like 30-45 minutes. Just enough that everytime I started to doze off, I was woken up. How frustrating. Now we are back to about one an hour.

I am happy to wait for this baby..but not like this!!!

~C~

[littlemama06]

OMG Caroline, that is just what I am dealing with! I had contractions every 7-10 minutes ALL DAY yesterday and into the night( they woke me up 5 or 6 times),i woke up this morning and they are gone except for a mild one every hour or so!!!!!
I see my midwife in a few hours, not sure whta she can do but i will fill her in.:

Kaitlin

[Caroline248]

Well, I have decided my house needs to be CLEANED. I was thinking last night I would be so embaressed if someone came to my house right now because I was in labor. Maybe that is why it never picked up, I was willing it not to until I could clean some!!

~C~

[eco_mama]

Originally Posted by grace's voice

Yes, I too am so done counting contractions! I was actually writing down the time of every contraction and charting them. From now on I'm just letting them come... and go. If my water breaks or a baby comes out of me, I'll know it was time!

Same here!!! I am so DONE w/ counting these darn things.

[Paddington]

hey fellow non-counters. i was rereading one of my birthing books last night and it reminded me that i am getting through quite a few cm of dilation without having to really work for them and i should be greatful for that. so, that is my attitude for the day.

[BelgianSheepDog]

That's a totally great attitude. I was whining about my horrible experience of a week and a half ago to my mw and she said "but hey, you got 4 cms from the experience! Women work hard to get that far!" Very true.

That said, after 36 hours of "wow this must really be early labor, any minute now it will pick up and I will have to call the mws!" and two nights of sleep interrupted by contractions, I'm still sitting here with a baby inside...and the contractions have dwindled down to "when we feel like it." Grrrr.

[grace's voice]

But what about those of us who are still at barely 1 cm after 3 weeks of labor?

I guess I could be more now, I've been trying to check myself, I won't have my mw do it again until I'm in active labor. I just keep hoping its getting things ready so they'll open up easily when labor does really come.

I'm soooo tired too.

[Paddington]

holly, you could be totally effaced and not even know it. last midwife visit, she told me she had a mama who had been at 4 cm and was having a really easy time, didn't seem like she was close at all. she left the room to go back to clinic and not 10 minutes later, her assistant ran to come get her because the mama wanted to push. your body could totally be preparing and you don't know... especially if you are not being checked until active labor begins. i'm trying to be less : . this is my first day in a week in a half when i haven't been anticipating going into labor any second and you know, i feel so much better without the let down of contractions and no baby. of course, later tonight or tomorrow i might start my b**ch fest again (i haven't had any steady contractions today so i guess that makes it easier to not get my hopes up about it...). especially since it is so hot and i really hope my dh gets home soon so i can take a nice long shower.... oh, wait, i'm supposed to be positive.

and belgiansheepdog, i feel your pain as that was my weekend!

[cymbeline]

Originally Posted by grace's voice

But what about those of us who are still at barely 1 cm after 3 weeks of labor?

I was like that with my first! Didn't dilate or efface at all until I was in labor--and it was a fast 4hrs! This time, I've requested not to be checked. It either gets my hopes up, or gets them down. Either way, I end up putting too much into it!

[grace's voice]

Originally Posted by Paddington

holly, you could be totally effaced and not even know it. last midwife visit, she told me she had a mama who had been at 4 cm and was having a really easy time, didn't seem like she was close at all. she left the room to go back to clinic and not 10 minutes later, her assistant ran to come get her because the mama wanted to push. your body could totally be preparing and you don't know... especially if you are not being checked until active labor begins.

Oh, that would be so nice (to be that far along and not even know it)! I keep waiting for my water to break and hard labor to begin out of nowhere like it did with dd. I have to admit, its rather scary!
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