40 + Weekers Support Thread! - Page 5

[nudnik]

My official due date came and went earlier this week but I'm not in need of some support unless tomorrow night comes and goes with no baby (it's a special day for us, so I was kind of hoping to have one tomorrow night...).

I honestly wasn't even thinking of the possibility of going over- last one was the day before the "due date." I REALLY don't want a Pesach (Passover) baby.

You'll be hearing me complain if I'm still around tomorrow!

[avaylee]

No one has ever birthed a toddler. No one has ever birthed a toddler. (repeat mantra ad nauseum)

I'm 40w3d today. Like everyone else, was sort of hoping to actually have a babe in arms by now. However, tomorrow is my 32nd birthday, and I'm feeling... well, greedy. I don't particular want to share a birthday with my child. Is that selfish? Mostly I just know how difficult it is to make a special day special when multiple people in the household share said day. (My DH and my families sort of suck at looking nine months into the future, apparently.)

So tomorrow I'm superglue'ing my legs shut.

However, this is also the part where I admit that I have said from the get go that I would go into labor on Apr 1 and have her the morning of Apr 2. It's even a sticky note in my file with the midwives. Talk about your positive confessions coming back to bite you in the butt, eh?

Anyhow, I've started the regime of walking, eating pineapple, drinking RRL by the gallons (was just doing the three cups a day previously), and roping DH in for a little action. If the wee one is still firmly entrenched next week, I'll probably get another prenatal massage and let her actually touch my feet and ankles.

Thanks for letting me vent, rant, whine. I know she's going to come out eventually... because no one has ever birthed a toddler...

[nudnik]

I'm still here

No signs of labor yet, as far as I can tell. I'm not jumping out of my skin (yet), but now any day the baby chooses to be born is going to be a logistical mess, despite my homebirth. No, we don't get to choose dates based on convenience, but knowing about all of the issues with most of the upcoming dates stresses me out. Doesn't help that the midwife thinks I'm likely to go on for another 2 weeks!

Honestly, I was hoping it would be all settled before the holiday.

[avaylee]

Still here myself, and not a single sign of anything labor related. DH keeps reframing for me... "You've made such a good home, blah blah blah". Meh. I'm ready to hold my kid already!

And yes, it's getting to the point where logistics are going to play a part. My parents are coming out on Apr 8. We really wanted at least a week of just us babymooning, so if she doesn't make an appearance until late next week, we're going to offer to pay to change their tickets.

Come out baby!! It's practically palatial out here compared to inside!!

[nudnik]

I'm not overdue until 42 weeks. But I didn't WANT an on-time baby. I wanted an on-MY-time baby! (rational self behind cranky self points out how ridiculous I'm being...)

[Nani]

Ok, I'm officially 40 weeks now, ugh. Last night I had a few serious contractions, I could barely sleep, some menstrual type cramps but no baby. But lots of kicking against my cervix. Monday is full moon, so babies are more likely then. :
Oh and when i tried to get up I felt really sick. But then again, nothing happened.

[~~Mama2B~~]

I'm 40 weeks today too with no sign of anything happening. If someone came in and said, "Whoops, you're only 38 weeks along now," I'd believe it!

Kristi

[nudnik]

Almost 41 weeks and no news...
I am grumpy and cranky and feel stupid blaming the baby.

[avaylee]

41w today. We've started out yesterday telling her about all the wonderful things out here just waiting for her, including milkies, cloth diapers, her Daddy's lovely tie-dye sling, and enough clothes to officially make her a fashionista. When that didn't work, I started debating whether we should tell her that we'll get her a car on her 16th birthday ~if~ she made an appearance in March.

Apparently she didn't believe us.

Full moon tomorrow at 1:15pm EDT. Here's hoping that the moon sends us all lots (and lots) of happy labor vibes!

[Nani]

My dd was born on a full moon eclipse 2.5 years ago, so let's all : for some birthing vibes, and real good ones too :-)
May all of our births be EASY and AMAZING!!!!

Oh, I added a pic of my dd below my siggy : I always tell her she's got "big blue blinkies" and that picture sure shows it :

[lunabelly]

I'm only 2 days past my due date and everyone keeps asking me when I'm going to be induced-- even people who know I'm having a home birth! It's making me feel like I'm a bad person for letting the baby come in its own time. It's also making want to hide in my house, so I don't feel judged.

A couple more weeks of this, and I am going to be seriously cranky.

[risen_joy]

When that didn't work, I started debating whether we should tell her that we'll get her a car on her 16th birthday ~if~ she made an appearance in March.

Us too!!

Yeah, I'm 41 weeks - still waiting....and waiting. As posted in another thread: I wouldn't mind the wait except that my mom leaves wednesday and was supposed to be here a week to help postpartum...now I'm wondering if she'll even get to SEE the baby!!!

[avaylee]

Waiting... waiting... I'm starting to feel like the watched pot that hasn't boiled yet.

So far we've done the NST, and she's totally happy and fine in there. Actually still has room to run away from the doppler, so clearly she's in good health. Not doing the ultrasound until Friday. I basically have until Sunday night to go into labor and still be able to birth at the birth center, so feeling a little bit of time pressure at this point. If it comes down to that, we'll probably do some more "drastic" things, like castor oil. But I'm really hoping to avoid that.

It's the emotional exhaustion of waiting that's getting to me, not the physical stuff. Trying to frame this as having made a good home for the kid, but honestly, I'm ready to meet her already!

[lunabelly]

My dd is really worried that the baby will be born on Easter and interfere with her egg hunt.

I've decided that the baby is a boy because he doesn't know how to get out, and he won't stop to ask directions.

[Nani]

I just had my baby on Monday! She was 40w3d, so not much overdue. However I wanted to share with you what I did the day before she was born. I went on a longer hike in the woods (after not being able to work out for most os my pregnancy, getting contractions all the time). I felt so good and right. I went to the top of a hill, sat on a bench and decided I was going to be fearless about this birthing, decided that I was done with all my preparations and just rested my mind. When I was done with my little process and my self-blessing I hiked back down, and I walked as if I wasn't even pregnant, it was amazing, I felt refreshed and new. That night my water broke and in less than 12 hours my baby girl came to be here.

Good luck to all you mamas in this 40+ week thread. Hang in there and let go, whatever it may mean to you. hugs to you all.

[avaylee]

41w4d today. Another NST today, and an acupuncture appointment after. Tomorrow is a biophysical profile, which hopefully won't be needed. With any luck, this child of mine is just waiting until it's my Grandma's birthday (tomorrow) to make an appearance.

Quick question about contractions/cramping... People keep asking me if I'm having any. I don't really feel like I'm having contractions in the sense that it's an ache I feel in an interval. What I do feel off and on throughout the day is what I would define as menstrual cramps, which is a dull ache that lasts for an extended period of time (30-45 minutes). Is that still my body doing work? Or is that just my body being tired of carrying a baby around for 9+ months?

[~~Mama2B~~]

I wish I knew what contrax felt like... I have this sensation in my groin area and comes on and off, but it doesn't hurt- it just irritates me. I feel my stomach/abdomen tightening up and the baby moving, but I can't tell if it's tightening because it's a contraction or if it's tightening because tha baby is pushing around in there. Plus, I keep getting this shooting pain in my left leg- right below my groin that comes and goes. I can't tell what the heck's going on. This will be so much easier next time around... I'm 40W6D today.

Kristi

[MotheringHeart]

Okay...I'm a gonna join this club. I didn't want to have the baby until its acutal due date because I wanted to be sure we weren't going to have a passover bris in the event it was a boy. Well, that danger has passed now. I'm only 40w1d, but feeling quite impatient. I had a TON of regular contractions on Tuesday and thought that it might be time, but no such luck. I can't decide if I want to go in for a stretch and sweep today or not. I think I don't. I'm really just wanting to be patient and let the baby come when it wants to come. Blarg. I hate being patient.

I hope all our babies arrive soon!

[lunabelly]

Originally Posted by avaylee

Quick question about contractions/cramping... People keep asking me if I'm having any. I don't really feel like I'm having contractions in the sense that it's an ache I feel in an interval. What I do feel off and on throughout the day is what I would define as menstrual cramps, which is a dull ache that lasts for an extended period of time (30-45 minutes). Is that still my body doing work? Or is that just my body being tired of carrying a baby around for 9+ months?

My contractions always feel like menstrual cramps but they come about 10 minutes apart. While I'm having them (nightly) I feel a lot of constant pelvic pressure and lower back ache. I don't know if that answers your question.

I would say your body is working!

I just found out that I'm 100% effaced and 2 cm dilated! Yay! My mw thinks I'll have this baby by Saturday at the latest. I really hope she's right!

[avaylee]

I'm now at 3cm, after a sweep and strip. Acupuncture later this evening. Can you tell we're ready to be done? The wee one has gone from -3 to -1 station, so maybe, just maybe, she's ready to be done too.

Thanks, lunabelly, for the info. That may be what I've been feeling, but just couldn't seem to accurately describe.

Here's hoping it's a productive few days for both of us!