Past your due date moms..let's chat - Page 3

[coco4cloth]

Originally Posted by chiromama

Vietnamese food and Al Gore's new movie... then watched Office Space and ate Strawberrry shortcake.

Then at 2:30 this morning... my water broke.



Now... we wait No contrax.. just some cramping.

yay!!!!!

[chiromama]

Yes... apparently I can break my water.. but nothing else is happening! 17 hours... not that I'm counting.

My MW just called to check in, and said to rest the rest of the night. Hopefully I'll get to sleep at some point - I tried napping eariler but couldn't fall asleep. I did watch harry potter tho.

I'm just glad I'm not at a hospital, or seeing an OB. I know I'd be on Pit by now, or they'd be threatening a c-section. Maybe something will kick up now.. we just had super spicy thai food. If nothing is happening tomorrow we'll get out the breast pump and go for walks. but tonight I'm gonna rest. hopefully get another nights sleep.

[eco_mama]

Well I've been trying different things throughout the day. Nothing has changed.

I'm scared/worried in the back of my mind because I know that I have exactly ONE week to have this baby. My mw's can't see me after 42wks. I'd have to check myself into the nearest hospital and I'm sure be induced. I'm REALLY trying not to think about it but it's just lingering in the back of my mind.

[rikiamber]

okay so I am not due till the 21st but this is my first baby and I am so freaking anxious to meet him...I know I will probably go on my due date, its just his personality to do that, or go the typical 10 days over. I have been cleaning like crazy only cause if i do go into labor I will be so irked if the house is dirty (we are having a HB). I have been grumpy and dreaming that I am having ctrx, and having cramping. I am scard that I will go like my mom...she broke her water and then 30mins later there was a baby in her arms. I dont want to go that fast. Ack I am so impatient!! Oh where Oh where can my labor be!!!!

[grace's voice]

Originally Posted by rikiamber

okay so I am not due till the 21st but this is my first baby and I am so freaking anxious to meet him...I know I will probably go on my due date, its just his personality to do that, or go the typical 10 days over. I have been cleaning like crazy only cause if i do go into labor I will be so irked if the house is dirty (we are having a HB). I have been grumpy and dreaming that I am having ctrx, and having cramping. I am scard that I will go like my mom...she broke her water and then 30mins later there was a baby in her arms. I dont want to go that fast. Ack I am so impatient!! Oh where Oh where can my labor be!!!!

With my frist I thought that too, I was sure I'd go nuts and not be able to relax if the house wasn't spotless (obsessive compulsive neat freak here). But you know, I could have been in the middle of a war field with bombs going off all around me and not noticed a thing when I was in labor. I was so focused inward, in a place I didn't even know existed. After the birth I walked out to the kitchen... I have NEVER seen a kitchen THAT upside down before (my doula was appearently very speed oriented lol), and for the first time in my life I looked at that mess and said to myself, "you know, it won't hurt to leave it for a while." I turned right back around and went back to bed with my baby girl. This time, I'm trying to keep up on the chores, keep things decent looking. But, I know that after a HB the house will be messy in ways I never knew possible, and it will be okay to just let it be that way. The baby and my rest are more important. I'm trying not obsess too much.

My first labor was fast too. My water broke and 3 hours later she was born. 30 minutes... I don't even want to imagine! I had expected to go through the "putsy putsy" stage and the excited stage, and all these stages. I figured on at LEAST 12 hours. Nice, slowly building contractions. Time to do my relaxation. Yeah right! It was POP, sploosh, WHAM!, double peak contractions, triple peak contracions, transition, then an hour of pushing (cuz I was scared of pushing and was really trying hard not to). Then WHOA! There's a baby in my arms... where did she come from? Took a few days to wrap my mind around that one and I'm still processing it to this day! I'm afraid it will happen again. : On the other hand, it may be better to get it all over with in one big intense whirlwind than to have a long exhausting one.

I really want to be done being pg, and I really want to meet my little man, but I have to confess I'm pretty nervous about labor/birth... WAY more so than I was with my first.

[Caroline248]

Happy due date to me!! Well, my LMP due date. Nothing. Nada. I am fine with that, just surprised. My last baby was two weeks early, and the one before that was four weeks early. So this is a bit odd to me. Maybe today, Father's Day is a good day!!

Korin..I hope things are happening for you! Is your midwife saying any kind of time frame? The nipple stimulation really worked for me when my labor stalled....it was intense, but it got things moving.

Ecomama....I know this is easier said than done...but TRY to relax. For whatever reason the babe is just not ready. A week is a long time in baby world!!


ETA: I hit send and had one nice long hard cntrx...maybe my water will break in church?????


~C~

[earthmama369]

So last night, without my having mentioned the strawberry shortcake idea, dh said -- let's make strawberry shortcake!

We didn't get to a movie, but we had some shortcake (and it was sooooo yummy), took a walk, and DTD. (Happy Father's Day. )

About 45 minutes later I started having some honest-to-cod real contractions. Building up across my uterus, PAINFUL peak low in my cervix, then ebbing. Every 3-5 minutes for 2.5 hours. I was debating calling our doula and doctors, but while strong, they weren't getting stronger, so I kept telling myself I'd call in another half an hour.

And then they eased off. :

I went to bed around 12:30 and this morning I'm back to having normal prodromal-type contractions -- uncomfortable but not really painful.

Argh. I got my hopes up on giving dh a really special Father's Day present!

At least it was a ramping up of what I've been having for the past few weeks. Baby bean must be getting closer to deciding it's time to come out. Any time now, kiddo.

[applesaucepants]

Oh man, it's so good to hear other folks in the same position. I was due June 15 and I'm alternately going nuts and being really peaceful about the whole thing. It's like sometimes I feel ready to accept being pregnant forever -- it's the normal state of affairs now -- and then other times, when the hip pain is major and the pubic pain is intense, I start to feel like crying. Why is the wee one not coming out to see us?

I talked to my mother yesterday and though I always knew that I was three weeks late (maybe a miscalculation), I found out that my brother and sister were both 2-3 weeks late! Is this genetic?

But my daughter wasn't really late. I went into labor the day after my due date and she was born 38 hours later.

I was having tons of minor cntx over the last weeks, but now they're just occasional.

I'm hoping for happy labors for all!

[littlemama06]

Hi applesaucepants, glad you have joined us.

I am starting to go stir crazy here. I just feel so huge.

Labor vibes to all of us!
Kaitlin

[kellid]

very happy to have found you ladies. due on the 16th, not that late, but frustrated. not so much now that i see I'm not even close to the only one. ds was one day late, but i expected to go sooner on this one. so many more pains and ctx's for months. strong ones lately. thought Thursday was the day, strong ctx's 8 min apart for a couple of hours. we were ready to go to the hospital, but they didn't hurt, just very intense. i can't remember how they felt the first time to go by that, and it was only a couple years ago. : I'm trying not to fret but i don't know much. how long you should/could go over before they intervene and what do they do to intervene? oh well, I'm waiting patiently, but all the best to you all. i will follow to see what happens.

[bratmobile]

Thank Goodness for this thread! I haven't checked in with the due date clubs really at all this time but I was due the 11th or maybe the 14th. The ONE request I made to my parents while pregnant was, "please just do not be here for the birth." My mom is ok, my dad makes me NUTS! Just his presence is really overwhelming for me, total personality conflict. So they are now in a motel 3 blocks from my house And of course they are coming over daily to hang out since we don't see them often as they live far away. I just wanted to really cherish these last days with DH and DS and not be scheduled to do anything in particular. Now we are kind of forced to hang out and figure out what to do for breakfast/lunch/dinner and in between with my parents.

My total fantasy birth used to consist of things like: catching my own baby, having DS be present and even going into labor when I wake in the morning so I'm not totally exhausted!

Now my fantasy birth consists of: going into labor at all. And preferably at night after DS goes to bed, and then having a baby by morning without having to ask anyone to help watch him since that involves telling people and a bunch of folks waiting around for me. I'm sure I'll be too occupied to worry about it but right now the idea of my duplex-mates, parents, MIL, etc. all waiting for me really bugs me.

I don't feel physically that uncomfortable, I know it could be much worse. But mentally I feel like I'm really stuck and stressed out. I just would like everyone to go away and don't have a way to tell them that. I'm getting tired of having to laugh and smile for strangers, neighbors and acquaintences that I see around town as they comment on my body. I don't have a lot of patience or good will regarding this at all. I know that I need to relax and be a little more positive.

ETA: I just read the second page on hip pain! Oh god how I had that the first time. Mine was from sleeping on my sides and the added weight I guess. It was horrible in the mornings, nothing that could be massaged away, just a horrible painful ache that dulled a little until I layed back down. After DS was born and we needed a bigger bed we got a tempurpedic mattress and I haven't had any real hip pain this time, just a little, but manageable. I did have some when I went to visit my parents this time around 7 months and had to sleep on a futon on the floor (which was what I slept on my first pregnancy). I haven't run into that many other pregnant women who complained of hip pains but I totally feel y'all.

[patchouligirl]

Looks like i get to join the overdue club too!
My original due date was on the 16th, but i'd had two ultrasounds one at 16 weeks and one at about 32 weeks putting my due date at the 6th because of babies size. So i sort of assumed i'd be having this baby sometime between the 6th and 16th if not earlier. i honestly cannot believe i am still pregnant.

My son was born two days early and surprised everyone by weighing in at 9lbs 3 1/2 oz. So i admit i'm really concerned about this babies size. Pre-pregnancy i'm only 94lbs and 5 foot tall, very petite. So the fact that this baby already appears to be large and is now overdue is really a bit upsetting. i had a very difficult labor/birth with my son because of his size.

About three weeks ago i had a nasty stomach virus that caused me to have contractions less than 10 min. apart for about 12 hours. i was certain i was in early labor. The contractions we not especially painful, but they were very regular and increasing in intensity. When the Dr. checked me i was dialated to three, and have been ever since. Babies head was also in place, and is right at the cervical opening causing lots of pressure and sharp pains.

So i'm definitely feeling a bit anxious. i've been trying everything mentioned to get labor going, including going for a car ride down a seriously bumpy country two-track. i started getting some pretty intense contractions last night, but they never got closer than 25 min. apart. Some of them were quite painful though, starting in the lower back and spreading into the front...i really thought tonight was going to be it. Hmmpphh. Now it's almost 4am, and i got up to pee but am just feeling really frustrated that i haven't had any contractions in over three hours.

Maybe in the morning....

[Keeta]

I had four due dates, and today is the last of them. (6/12 for my LMP - I have a really long cycle, 6/15 according to the u/s, 6/17 according to my charting software, and finally, 6/19 according to my midwife when I told her my ovulation date .

My mom just arrived yesterday for a month (which is great!) but I really had hoped to have a baby by now! I've been having LOTS of BH ctxs, some of them painful, and a marked increase in very sharp painful menstrual like cramps in the nether regions. What is the deal? How much practice does one uterus need? And I know everyone's just going to say "you'll just know", but I'm wondering how these sensations actually compare to "real" contractions? Ugh. At this point I'm just sick of wondering about things and am ready for some action! Physically, I'm not feeling *that* bad, just normal pregnancy unwieldy-ness. Also my brain thinks I can do more things than my body can actually do. Which is hilarious and disappointing, and probably a feeling I should get used to with my first baby coming, no?

Eh. Baby will come when baby will come and all that crap. :

[MidwifeErika]

<sigh> I am 41 weeks today and tired. I am tired of being pregnant, tired of constantly hearing from stupid neighbors about how I haven't had this baby yet (yes, I realize it!), tired of knowing that I can't call any of my family to chit-chat because they all answer the phone with that expectation in their voices. Fine, this baby has 1 weeks to get borned or I am going to evict it I have a bottle of castor oil and I know how to use it! Seriously though, my husband has said that at 42 weeks is his cut-off for feeling comfortable with a UC and so I would really like this to take place this week so that we don't have to explore what to do outside that comfort zone. Besides, this heartburn is killing me

[mamamilkbar]

I'm over due 9 days today from conception due date.... I'm starting to get uncomfortable--have had a lot of swelling and leg/calf cramps. Plus contractions for a while now. I work also and having to keep coming to work wears me out... I'm just hoping any day now!!!

I have to come up with a "plan" for what I want to do for after being 2 wks over due for my visit tomorrow. My DR. (whom I think of as a male midwife, haha) is very easy go with the flow but we need a plan he said if I don't wanna go with the whole "induction" with drugs etc... ANY IDEAS???


Anyone know of any natural ways to iduce? I've tried a lot but any other ideas would be appreciated!!!! I'm thinking of going to an acupuncturist today to see if that helps. Anyone ever done that or know anyone who has to help get things started???

[kdabbler]

Today is my official due date. Maybe if I join you ladies in this thread today, I'll look foolish enough to have this baby. If this was dd#1, I had her 7 days ago!: I haven't yet joined the very overdue club but feel like I'm with you in spriit.

This baby is definitely working herself out to being my problem child. I've had lots of issues during this pregnancy, my latest is a UTI. Throughout it all, she has been super healthy, thank God. Meanwhile, whenever I go in for a NST and ultrasound, the nurse gets pleasantly frustrated because this baby never seems to slow down and take a break. She is by far the most active in comparison to her big sister. With that, I thought for sure she was going to be born at 37 or 38 weeks. The only upside about all this right now is that I still have 2 1/2 more days of antibiotics to take for the UTI. The abx aren't supposed to be the safest if you're nursing a newborn.

So now I need to refocus my thinking and think about what I do and don't want in reference to induction methods. I'm okay with with the membrane sweeping. (Already had it done at my last appointment on Wednesday.) I'm okay with them breaking my water. What I'm wrestling with now is if I do go to 42 weeks, do I really want to allow pitocin? With the pit, can I really handle no pain meds or epidurals? This is a real blow to my ego since my first baby was 4 hours of labor, drug free. I fully admit to thinking an epidural was not a bad thing and started asking about getting one last time. However I carefully researched it and knew the point of no return was 7 cm. Before they called the anesthesiologist, they checked and saw that I was sprinting past 7 cm. So I had no more say in the matter, thankfully. But with the pit, I don't know if I'll have the mental and physical stamina to overcome the pain. I really want to go drug free again.

Originally Posted by bratmobile

Now my fantasy birth consists of: going into labor at all.

: All I can say is, "Amen to that!"

[littlemama06]

I have mulitple due dates too. June 12th from the 7 week ultra sound. June 16th from when I THOUGHT my lmp was. So i am either 8 days overdue or 2 days over due. either way,iam beat.
My midwife called thsi am and has ordered an ultrasound for today to check on fluid levels, size, presentation, cord and placenta. I am freaked a little.She said the baby's cord could be keepingher from droppping, HOW? if she is wrapped in her cord what will the do? C-section i guess!My dh and mom are going with me cause i can be a push oversome times.I just dont want them to say, "this baby is huge, huge shoulders, placenta looks like it is wearingout, lets just section you TODAY!!" I am so worn out ,if i was alone i would most likely say, OK.
I will comeback and post as soon as i know someting.
Kaitlin

[eco_mama]

Originally Posted by haleighsmilkbar

Anyone know of any natural ways to iduce? I've tried a lot but any other ideas would be appreciated!!!! I'm thinking of going to an acupuncturist today to see if that helps. Anyone ever done that or know anyone who has to help get things started???

Making Love
Bumpy car ride
Castor Oil
Blue/Black Cohosh
Spicy Food
Walking/Exercise in general
Relaxation
Fresh Pineapple
Sweeping Membranes
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[chiromama]

Well... my edd was the 8th. My water broke over 48 hours ago. I keep having contrax that stop when I get up and move around. COME THE ON!!!!

My MW just left... I had acupuncture thismorning, and have been on the breast pump off and on... I'm doing some herbs and am going to have a castor oil smoothie.. time to bring out the big guns.

Lets get this show on the road.

[coco4cloth]

Originally Posted by chiromama

Well... my edd was the 8th. My water broke over 48 hours ago. I keep having contrax that stop when I get up and move around. COME THE ON!!!!

My MW just left... I had acupuncture thismorning, and have been on the breast pump off and on... I'm doing some herbs and am going to have a castor oil smoothie.. time to bring out the big guns.

Lets get this show on the road.

oh mama i am thinking of you. try setting a blanet outside and meditating. talk to your baby.