Who's still pregnant now?

[Miss Juice]

So we have just one day left before the remaining July babies become August babies - who's still here? I know ice_chick, and I think kstsmith... Mama Poot are you laboring? I haven't seen puddleduck, or carliec76, or a few others around - what are y'all doing? Birthing, lurking, sulking? (I've been sulking, which is why I add that one.)

I'm soooooo grumpy. My poor kids keep asking the baby to come out - I think they miss their mommy.

[momsmyjob]

Your babe will be here before you know it.

[TanyaS]

I'm still here, and not as excited about it as I was last week. I've turned into a really cranky mama. I don't know how much longer I can physically handle being this big. I feel like my muscles holding up the baby belly are giving out. I'm having trouble walking around the house with this belly! Still having contractions, but nothing that is the real thing yet. Last night was rough. I got very little sleep, but not because of contractions. It was a combo of dd waking and being restless all night, insomnia, and peeing 5-6 times.

And if people don't quit calling me I'm going to scream!

[coleslaw]

I'm here, but I don't think for long. My little guy turned breech a few days ago and so tomorrow I am going in for a version (after some quicky chiropractor work). If the version is successful, I am being induced right then. IF it isn't, we have to decide on c-section vs. waiting a day or two to see if I can get him to flip on his own. I will be 41 weeks and he has turned breech 3X's now. Add to that my late-term loss from last year and we really just want to get this baby out while he is still healthy and, quite frankly, alive. So I may have a July baby if the timing on everything works out.

Good luck to all you strong mamas waiting and waiting....

[Mama2ABCD]

[ice_chick]

Originally Posted by kstsmith

And if people don't quit calling me I'm going to scream!

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I hear ya on that one. Everyone is calling just to make sure I am still here. I've started telling people I'm in labor, gotta run & hang up. Hey, if I keep saying it enough, maybe it will come true.

[TanyaS]

This whole past-the-due-date thing is new to me. Both of my other two came before the edd. Logically, I know that my edd could be off because I don't know my LMP (had just moved and living with SIL while house-hunting). The edd is based on the early u/s, which I know can be off by 1-2 weeks. I also know that the average pregnancy is 41w1d. I know that there are variations of even this average.

Despite that I KNOW all of this, the waiting after the edd is emotionally hard. I keep telling myself and everyone else the baby will come when she's ready. I know I sound like I'm whining, because some mamas waited 2 weeks or more after the edd for their babies to arrive. It is hard to wrap my head around the possibility of being pregnant another two weeks!

[ice_chick]

Tanya,

I feel the same way as you. I have never made it to my due date before & now here it is, my due date & the day is slowly dwindling away. The wait is so excruciating. I was in the drugstore today & the lady in front of me in line was also pg & she looked much bigger than me. I thought for sure she was due any day also, but the clerk asked her when she was due & she said 2 months. She then commented that she just carried big. Then I came up & the clerk asked, "And when are you due?" & I proudly said "Today!" Her jaw just dropped. She commented on how great I looked & how I looked so much smaller than the other woman & she couldn't believe I was walking around. I really can't believe it either, but I don't think I could take another 2 weeks, no matter how good I feel. Let's all pray together for some more July babies. We have one more day!!!!!!!

[trebleme]

I'm still here, too, two days past due. I guess I shouldn't have anticipated I'd go early considering I went 10 days past due with my DD (with an induction no less) but something made me think I might. Of course, now that our ducks are in a row, we have someone here to watch DD, and most everything is done to prep for the new arrival we just sit and twiddle our thumbs....just like last time. *sigh*

Looks like my little ones will have birthdays in different months most likely. Okay by me!

Here's hoping we all have happy, healthy, late-comers to our parties. Maybe they'll just be the laid-back babes of the bunch.

Sharon

[tigress]

oi--i'm here too, now 7 days past my due date.

i'm doing lots of lurking b/c i feel so impatient and don't want to sit at my desk longer than it takes to scan through to find out how everyone's doing!

i know this is normal, but i want to meet my baby! and the comments from strangers are getting wierder and waaay less appropriate (i don't want to hear birth horror stories right now, nor do i need to be lectured on the benefits of breastfeeding from outside my stall as i pee at the grocery store!!!) i know strangers are excited and only mean well, but when my answer to the first question, 'are you tired?' is 'yes', it is not so fabulous to continue asking so many questions... !

and okay i know everyone means well and is excited and doesn't want to be left out, but i am also getting irritated by all the phone calls--mostly i think because i am irritated that i can't say, 'yes we had the baby and it's a....!

it's hard to believe it is ever going to happen since i don't seem to be showing any signs, am still running around and throwing balls with my poodle at the beach, the nesting is done and when at home all i want to do is sleep, and i don't even know what a contraction feels like (has everyone in the world been having contractions for days/weeks/months before labour??) i thought i'd be right on time b/c i had my conception date so accurate...

but s/he could come any time....and despite being a bit of a sourpuss about this last little stretch i am still veeerry excited!!!

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by tigress

and the comments from strangers are getting wierder and waaay less appropriate (i don't want to hear birth horror stories right now, nor do i need to be lectured on the benefits of breastfeeding from outside my stall as i pee at the grocery store!!!)

Hang in there ladies, it can't be long now!

[puddleduck]

I am still here!
Thought i was going into labour last night but it was just a combination of braxton hicks and needing a poo
11 days over today - sure he'll arrive by the end of the week - i'm just soo bored - can't face leaving the house with a toddler - getting him to get dressed is stressfull enough!
anyway he's just worked out where i've run off to and is coming upstairs to hit all the keys

good luck to everyone

vikki

[Miss Juice]

Originally Posted by Quagmire

Hang in there ladies, it can't be long now!

See, this is what I keep thinking, and then...it keeps being longer.

I'm actually going back to work today (just for a couple of hours to see some desperate folks) just to take my mind off it all.

[carliec76]

I am still here 9 days OD...got super depressed last night...slept in the guest room and cried off and on thru out the night...pathetic I know.:
Super depressed..I guess the theory of 2nd babies come early is bunk...I really just wnat to close my eyes and sleep I feel so mentally crummy...physically I feel great though could be worse.

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by Miss Juice

See, this is what I keep thinking, and then...it keeps being longer.

I'm actually going back to work today (just for a couple of hours to see some desperate folks) just to take my mind off it all.

Good plan. I worked until the baby was born and it really helped take my mind off of the wait factor. My coworkers were very annoying but my phone kept ringing at home too...

Just remember that no one is pregnant forever. That was my mantra for the last 5 days!

[Miss Juice]

Still hoping for a July baby. Not particularly optimistic at this point, but still hoping. I went to see my chiro this morning, and felt the baby really shifting around after the adjustment. Baby's been super quiet ever since (not worrysome quiet, just quiet). I went straight from my chiro's office to MY office, where I saw a couple of people and noticed a fair bit more pressure down low. Something? Nothing? Who knows? Since my adjustment I feel much better emotionally, though, so I'm game to just see what comes next.

My BabyHawk Mei Tai came today, in case that's what the baby is waiting for Four guys came and put up the frame and roof of our new garage today, in case that's what the baby is waiting for I have the diaper laundry in the dryer, in case that's what the baby is waiting for and I have the next 3 hours without my kiddos, so I think I'll go sit on the couch with some yummy wool and the first season of Survivor on DVD.

ANY TIME NOW!

[MrsSurplus]

I'm still here - and no signs that that will change any time soon. However, my 2 youngest have pigs in the county fair this week - so this isn't a good week for the baby to come...so I figure he will!

[SillyMommy]

I'm still here... I visited my MW today - seems all that prodromal labor DID do something! She checked me, I was at 2 and she was able to stretch me to 4! So she said I'm 3, stretchy to 4, baby's at 0 and my cervix is very thin. She stripped my membranes and said she expects me to call her by 4 - LOL.

Mercury is in retrograde until today or tomorrow - all of her August clients have delivered in July and now all of her July clients are overdue, spilling into August - craziness!

[ice_chick]

Yikes, a few more hours & we will all be having August babies! Well, off to lurk in the August DDC.

[PancakeGoddess]

I promise, your babies will come, mamas! Somehow I think I'm still actually the latest so far? I would have never predicted it, but two weeks past my edd, he REALLY DID COME!