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Originally Posted by mataji4
 I'm sorry, but aren't you not even due yet??? And this is your first baby, right??? Just to put a word in that being anxious and your midwife being anxious feels a little premature. Most likely, everything is fine.
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Definitely soak in that ability and maybe even try for 12 or more hours, maybe you can stockpile hours of sleep for later in life.. I wish 
I'm not effaced or dillated or anything, but I have been having some mini-contrax of the BH variety. They're getting more frequent now.
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Originally Posted by brendon
*laughs* I am getting a vision of baby going "O.k., on three, 1, 2, 3...kick out."
I think dd2 tried to corkscrew her way out. I swear if felt like the was turning, like you would turn a screw. My midwife said that labor can start when baby "hits" the cervix which can release oxytocin(?..very long convo, I hope I have that right) which gets labor going. So, yeah, it sounds plausible for the baby to be kicking to get its head down to start labor. that or baby is trying out kick boxing. : |
Thanks. I'm hoping the cervix gets hit pretty darn soon...
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Originally Posted by ~~Mama2B~~
My midwife is also trying to prepare me for the chance that I might not be able to get the baby out how I want to. She's afraid that in a pool she won't be able to get her hands in there... She thinks she's going to have the chance. She's also predicting that since I'm not singing with delight everytime she tries to shove her hands up into my cervix that I might not be able psychologically to open my legs and let the baby come out, which will injure him/her. Of course this all had to be said while DH is in the room (the 2nd time he's gone to one of my appts.) and now he's panicking again. She thinks she'll have to get me out of the tub and onto the bed and they'll all have to force my legs open to let the baby out dso I don't kill him/her. Great. Thanks for the image.
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you are right. babies come when THEY want to and getting fresh with your cervix isn't going to tell you when.
Mama~ sounds like a lot of unnessecary stress and worry she's shoving on you, not to mention some scare tactics to get you to be a good little patient. "Forgetting" to go to your next appointment might not be a bad idea, especially since you do not plan to have her present during the birth.
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Originally Posted by ~~Mama2B~~
So, I'm 40W6D today. I'm sick of not knowing what's going on. I don't know what these sensations I'm feeling are. Maybe contrax, maybe nothing at all. It's frustrating!
My midwife is trying to talk my into getting my membranes stripped net week. I don't know how I feel about that. She's also preparing me to lie to the Drs. if and when I hit 42 weeks and I "have" to go in for a stress test and/or induction. I'll fake my own death and vanish into the mountains before I do in for any of those idiodic tests. Blah. My midwife is also trying to prepare me for the chance that I might not be able to get the baby out how I want to. She's afraid that in a pool she won't be able to get her hands in there... She thinks she's going to have the chance. She's also predicting that since I'm not singing with delight everytime she tries to shove her hands up into my cervix that I might not be able psychologically to open my legs and let the baby come out, which will injure him/her. Of course this all had to be said while DH is in the room (the 2nd time he's gone to one of my appts.) and now he's panicking again. She thinks she'll have to get me out of the tub and onto the bed and they'll all have to force my legs open to let the baby out dso I don't kill him/her. Great. Thanks for the image. I think if anything, all my discomfort stems from foreign objects and people entering in my body when they don't belong there. I can't imagine any reason that I won't be able to let my body work and produce a baby when the time is right if I don't have people hovering around, freaking me out and putting things in my vagina. Blah. Very frustrating. Next time I WILL NOT go to a midwife regularly. If anything I'll go in, get the test I want done and then vanish. The whole reason I wanted a midwife as opposed to a Dr. was so that I could avoid pressure, guilt and fear. I should have listened to my instincts at the begining and just continued my UP. Thank G-d I did it myself for the first 7 months or who knows what I wouldn've been talked into. I've already had a u/s, internal cervical checking- neither of which I wanted. Grrr... Well, I'm trying to be positive and just hoping this baby comes before my appt. is scheduled next week. If not, I might just "forget to go" so I don't have to be pressured about the membrane stripping. I'm just not sure anymore. A part of me feel like I've been pushed further than I wanted to go anyways, so I might as well let her do it, but another part of me is standing by my long-time belief that babies will come when they're ready. I don't know... Kristi |
and went anywhere from a week to two over...depending on what one you used. 
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Originally Posted by ~~Mama2B~~
Today is 41W3D with still no sign of labor. I'm trying to be patient and positive! Kristi |
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Originally Posted by shoes
I'm in the same boat!! I'm thinking it's been a good thing (me going over) so far because I feel like I've made some HUGE strides in working out my fears these past few days. I just hope I don't have the baby this Friday..... it's the 13th!!
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: but I am glad Noah is here because it was getting quite uncomfortable.
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Originally Posted by DayDreamer
Kristi,
Just wanted to let you know I'm thinking about you and wishing you a wonderful birth. I supposedly went to 42w3d but when Noah was born his placenta looked really healthy (no calcification or anything) and so I'm guessing I wasn't as far overdue as my dates showed. It is hard to not try to bring labor on but I think you'll be happy with your decision to wait it out. I already miss being pregnant b/c I know I'll never have that feeling again... : but I am glad Noah is here because it was getting quite uncomfortable.Hang in there. |
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