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post #1 of 12
5/9/07 at 9:30am
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Jenn today is your day right??? I know you dont want to be induced but still - its almost time!!!!

I have a mw appt this morning...
post #2 of 12
5/9/07 at 10:15am
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Originally Posted by MommytoTwo View Post
Jenn today is your day right??? I know you dont want to be induced but still - its almost time!!!!

I have a mw appt this morning...
yeap, today's the day I go in. I know I won't have him until tomorrow though since I'm going in evening. We're going to leave here around 5:30pm. I'm really scared about it all and am disappointed. This isn't what I wanted at all, but on the other hand, I'm so ready for him to come. I woke up this a.m. to having lil' sausages for toes and my feet feel weird from all the swelling. It's been coming and going. I just didn't want to be stuck in the hospital for days all hooked up. Plus, I don't even know what to expect. All my OB said was they'll start the gel....

Post us on how your mw appt goes. I'm anxious to what they say.

I hope when I come back home, prolly on friday, nobody will be left waiting...and everyone will be holding their new lil' bundles!
post #3 of 12
5/9/07 at 10:44am
Still here - but with contractions. I was having contractions yesterday at the midwifes office and they told me to stay in the city for a while. I was 4-5cm so I thought things surely were getting started. Not so. We came home around 2 am because the contractions faded away and I just wanted to be in my bed. So they are starting again with a little more intensity but no real pattern. We will see. Dh has grown very impatient. He was getting on my nerves a bit. Not so much what he said but just that I know him so well, it's like I can read his mind sometimes. I think it kind of put me off a little and may have stalled things. I'm sending him off for a while today to see if I can relax a bit. No u/s yesterday but the baby seems to be doing well which is great.

Good luck Jenn - it may go faster than you think. I can't wait to hear about your little one.
post #4 of 12
5/9/07 at 11:26am
velvet005....sounds like you're ready to go! That's good that you're 4-5 cm. Isn't it at that point that you're considered to be in active labor and out of early/prodromal labor? BTW, I know *exactly* what you mean about DH. Sometimes when they're silent, you still get ticked b/c you know what they're thinking and sometimes I wish he'd just come right out and say it! I've told my DH that I wish just for 1 hour that he'd be in my shoes, being so pg and miserable. THEN see how much they complain or sympathize with us!

One other thing that got me upset about the induction is that I found from my past 2 experiences is that I cope better with the labor pains when I'm by myself. That includes no DH. I just HATE people staring at me, wishing the pain away, but meanwhile, they have NO idea what we're going thru. But, I won't be able to avoid anyone, as everyone knows when I'm going to the hospital. UGH...and they'll be bugging me. I'm annoyed and irritated at them already :

Can't wait for the hormonal roller coaster to end....
post #5 of 12
5/9/07 at 1:12pm
I think things are starting. I am having regular contractions and I have to breathe through them. I'll post an update later...........
post #6 of 12
5/9/07 at 1:27pm
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Originally Posted by Velvet005 View Post
I think things are starting. I am having regular contractions and I have to breathe through them. I'll post an update later...........

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Believe it or not, but I'll be thinking of you later tonight hoping you're in active labor too!! We have the same EDD, and maybe our babies will have the same Bday!!

Try to get lots of rest. God knows you'll need it.
post #7 of 12
5/9/07 at 1:29pm

mommytotwo

how'd your mw appt go this morning?
post #8 of 12
5/9/07 at 1:53pm
Sending you all positive baby birthing vibes. Soon you'll be holding your babes!!!!
post #9 of 12
5/9/07 at 2:25pm
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oh my god I am so jealous... good luck and keep us posted!!!!!


My mw appt was ok .. she has to transfer care at 42w which is Friday. So she stripped my membranes again. I have been cramping and bleeding since then but that happened last time too. I will take castor oil tonight... last time I took it with OJ .. I dont know if I can do that again without gagging so I have to look up some recipes. (That was with my last pregnancy)

Anyway the good news is that I will definitely have this baby by Saturday. If he doesnt come before then she has to transfer me to the OB and I will go in Sat to have a c/s... though she did say we might be able to talk them into an induction. We'll see. But the other good thing is that she goes with me to be an advocate. Thank god for that because I need one. I have a panic attack just walking into a hospital and this morning I had a breakdown in the shower, imagining climbing up onto that OR table again. :

But at least there is an end in sight and I will have the baby before Mothers Day...
post #10 of 12
5/9/07 at 2:41pm
Hang in there ladies...I am still hoping for the best deliveries for all of you!

Jenn ~ I had to be induced as well and was disappointed too, I hope all goes as smoothly as possible for you! You'll do great!
post #11 of 12
5/9/07 at 5:02pm

mommyto two

well, at least there's hope that you might be able to persuade them for an induction. LIke I said before, I'm not familiar with csections and inductions, so I don't know.

Next time I come on here to read about the last couple birth announcements, I'll be holding my new lil' one...prolly on friday.

Good luck ladies!

.......dang is it HOT!!
post #12 of 12
5/9/07 at 6:25pm
Thread Starter 
Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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