Overdue September Mamas In October Support Thread

[RainbowsMum]

Well, this may be slightly premature as it's still the 30th of September, but I'm not seeing myself having bubby before Midnight tonight, so as I feared I indeed made it into October.... I did joke on the predictions thread that I would, I didn't think it would actually happen!!

So I know we have a lot of "Who's left" type threads but everyone seems to be going into labour and I can't actually keep up with who really is left...!!! So who is still here??

(Take this as the venting and getting out frustrations thread as well )

[blissful_maia]

You're in New Zealand right? Cause I've still got 26 hours for a September baby, I'm holding out hope!

I am very, very frustrated. I knew I shouldn't expect babe around EDD since DD1 was 19 days post-due (by conception), but I have had false labour every night for the last 4-5 nights, and lighter prodromal labour for a few weeks. It's been so crazy that Wednesday night we even blew up the birth pool. What a disappointment.

I am a midwifery student and I need to have this baby, recover a bit, and get back into my studies. Not to mention I just want to see, love and hold the little one. Come on, baby!!

[TurboClaudia]

sending you hugs, mamas... my edd was the 22nd but considering our first child was 8 days after his edd, i was fully expecting to be waiting along with you right about now. our little one had other plans (as you can see by my siggie) and decided to come a week BEFORE edd instead. totally threw me for a loop. glad i told everyone i was due at the end of september, though.

your babies will be joining you soon... breathe and relax and try to enjoy these last few days with your little one inside...

with love,
claudia

[mamajody]

Welcome to October from someone who keeps sneaking into September. Wishing you all speedy and peaceful births.

[littleteapot]

Got my first phone call today: have you had the baby yet? Why not? :

[unitytree]

Gotta love those phone calls!! Folks usually ask before even saying hello these day!! Ah well, they're all more impatient then I am. I'm not feeling rushed,,,,,,,,most of the time. For any Sept moms who haven't spent time on the oct DDC, they are a FAB group of ladies. I figured I'd most likely birth in Oct dispite EDD so I've been spending time there for months. SO, offically, Welcome to OCTOBER!! crispy Autumn blessings!

[ComaWhite]

Still here too, due on the 23rd, expecting to go on the 2nd! (But not getting any hopes up)
My body doesn't even feel ready! No contractions or false labor, It must be cozy in there

[littleteapot]

I've been hanging out in both DDC's since the beginning, because initially I thought I was due in October... although new evidence showed me I WASN'T, I was actually due in September. Still I stayed there because they were cool.
I also kept on telling everyone I knew in person that I was due in October to throw off the "Pregnancy police" when that time started rolling around.

Although apparently even that didn't work!!! Even though these people are under the impression I'm due in mid-October, they're starting to give me phone calls and emails!! Since posting that I received a phone call, I also got two emails! : : :

[RainbowsMum]

: Yeah I really have learnt that you tell them you're due after you really are. Babies father works part time where I used to work, so instead of me getting it from them all he does whenever he goes in, and in fact they're getting that bad they're asking his friends who work there too if I've had the baby : and these are people who never gave a crap about me beforehand, they're just nosy. Grrr.

Originally Posted by blissful_maia

You're in New Zealand right? Cause I've still got 26 hours for a September baby, I'm holding out hope!

Haha yeah, it's 5:07pm on the 30th here....!! You still have heaps of time to go so good luck making it in September!!!!!!

I just got back from hanging out in the hospital for 3 hours while they monitored baby and got different people to ooh and aah at the results and turns out her stomac isn't growing?! So they want to induce me I'm not so keen on the idea but they wanted to do it tomorrow cos they're that worried but decided to opt for 8am Monday morning... : And normally they do inductions in the evening but with the risks with her (EG shes so small, although I didn't think she was that small, and the fact she may not be absorbing enough food to give her energy for labor) they wanna do it during the day so that there are more people round if something goes wrong.

So baby will (Fingers crossed) come out healthy and happy on the 2nd!!

[quinbearzmama]

Still here...8 days overdue and might be having my bag of water artificially broken today due to some concerns with lack of baby movement. So glad this thread was started- I was about to do a similar one since we are heading into October in just a few hours. Be well, mamas!

[mojumi]

Happy to say I'm not still waiting but I feel for all of you who still are and are anxious! Good thing is, babies all come out eventually, right??? I was looking at an induction today or tomorrow if Genevieve hadn't come Thursday, and I was so on edge last week. Deep breath! Rest while you can!

[vloky]

Friday morning the hospital sent me home and said I was in early labor and she should be here in a day or two. I think she's cozy though and doesn't want to come out. Silly baby. If she's still in ontuesday when my next doctor visit is,I think I'm going to have my doctor strip my membranes. It seems girl babies are more stubborn at staying in then boys. I was born two weeks after my due date my brother was born before his, and 3 people on my lj friends list who were due after me already had their babies, all boys. I've been having contractions for weeks now and my feet are so swollen and it hurts so much to walk around.. And when they checked friday morning I was 1 cm dilated.. All that stabbing cervix pain only produced 1 cm? Yargh.

[RainbowsMum]

Ya know it really wouldn't suprise me that girls are more stubborn As someone said futher up though they can't stay in there forever!!! Although some of them sure try :

Less than 24 hours to go now and I'm getting so nervous I want to throw up...! Me and nerves have never been so good together..... Doesn;'t seem to be that many September mamas left now!!!

[mamajody]

Happy October Mamas! Welcome to the October crew. Happy birthing vibes to everyone still waiting.

[gwinith]

i'm still here too

add one more to the list of september mamas going into october. saw midwife yesterday, did a vag exam, baby has come down somewhat since wed however is still quite high up... he's only engaged to about his eyebrows. but she is reassured that my pelvic opening is ample to accomodate him, just has not descended fullly yet which means my cervix is still pointing WAY BACK which makes it impossilbe for her to do a membrane sweep. but each time i see her she does a check and a bit of a cervical 'massage'. she says majority of babes come within 42 wks +3 days and since all tests and checks are good, she will support me to wait if that's what i want... but her 'next natural induction' advice if i wanted to try to coax things along would be 'castor oil cocktail' that she has an age old recipe for... but i'm afraid of encouraging meconiam... however she says the stats cannot be conclusive since meconium is higher in post term babes, which is when a mama would be doing the castor oil...

so monday is a non stress for me and babe, another exam and decision about castor oil on tuesday or to wait a few more days.

today i will walk down hill to get a bit more gravity effect and try to LOOSEN my belly muscles while walking. i'm starting to think my 10 years of strong yoga asana practice has left me with some pretty supportive muscles in the lower groins and babe is just hanging out on those.

so at 41+1 today... thinking i'll wait a few more days ... apparently my MW has no time restrictions on delivering my babe (i hear in some US states that a MW has to pass you onto an OB after 42 weeks.) it's just the stats of delivering past 42 wks that worry me a bit... but my MW is good at informing me of all these so i can make 'informed choices'. so each day will be a new day to see where things are at. i'll be having non-stress tests mon, wed and fri this week coming to check in with babe.

[qjraven8]

just wanted to pop in and say i'm thinkin about you waitin mamas if it helps, i had an appt with my mw the day before felix came along and was told that he had dropped just a little more but that his head was dropping kinda behind my pelvic opening. was given some stretches to do to encourage him to move up and then possibly resettle down into my pelvis ... i only had the chance to half-way try the stretches as i worked 10hrs that night and figured i at least had another week -- edd was the 27th and it was the 15th -- anyway, i woke up the next day thinking i was having preterm labor and that my body was just practicing .... had him at 6:45pm on the 16th. labor went pretty damn smooth, in fact, didnt think i was even really in labor. i had had no signs ahead of time, didnt lose my mucus plug, and my intestines didnt even do their clean out thing until i had been having strong timeable cx for 3hrs or so!!!
point of the ramblings ... HAVE FAITH!!!! your precious little bundles will be here before you know it and here's to wishing you all wonderful labor vibes

[wasswifey]

I am 42w1d today ! No signs at all either!

[jenmamahen]

Add me to the list of "overdue-ers"! I was due on Sept 28th, but both my other babies were almost 2 weeks late, so I figured this one would arrive in Oct. I've been hanging out in both DDCs just in case. See you all in the October club!

[urmysunshyn]

The lungs aren't ready!

I'm also over my due date of Sept 27th. (puts me at 40 weeks 4 days)

And as some others mentioned as well, I have decided to wait a little longer for a vaginal exam and membrane sweep.

Since my water broke early and my labor didn't start for more than 12 hours with dd1 I wanted to wait as long as possible.

Last night we were watching the "life in the womb" on discovery and they said that the when the babies lungs are ready to support being outside the womb, she will produce some hormone that in turn will cause the placenta to make oxytocin that will start labor.

So there's a reason they are still in there! Hang on!

[msnadia]

...still here.... I was due on the 26th but every since the beginning I thought I was going to go early or he was going to come on the 3rd...lets just see what happens with that. I hope he comes eventually because this back pain is kicking my butt.