Weekly thread~7-8~yes, there're some still here! - Page 3

[~Demeter~]

Bethany I've had a lot of "activity" all week and just when I start to think timing things might be a good idea they fizzle out too. It is definitely discouraging but also encouraging because I've never felt any of this before... to me it definitely shows things are progressing on their own.


Still losing bits of my plug although that seems to have tapered off a bit for the night.

[SleepyMamaBear]

yeah this week was big for contractions and cervical twinges for me too.
still randomly finding bit of plug on the TP. and still hoping she stays put till after the 15th.

[~Demeter~]

Ugh.. can't sleep. My hands are really swollen at the moment. :

Has anyone heard from Clara today? I don't think she's posted, maybe she's finally had her little one.

[DoulaClara]

No baby yet. Lots of pressure and stuff. This is taking a lot out of me- and my computer room is upstairs where the AC doesn't seem to penetrate the heat! Sorry about the lack of updates, there's just the same old stuff going on. Pacing through the night, nothing but cramps through the day.

Clara

[~Demeter~]

Clara soon mama, soon.

[meagansroses]

[QUOTE= Pacing through the night, nothing but cramps through the day.

Clara[/QUOTE]

I am sooooo there with you.... I am going to join the 3am club with nic. I can not sleep anymore at night. It gets so uncomfortable in bed. We have a waterbed and you should see me getting out of it Lets just say i could sell admission tickets!

I am having friends over for a pool party today and I think it is supposed to be like 100 degrees here in pennsylvania. My husband is on a double shift for the next three days. He is working from 6am to 6pm and then going back to work at midnight tonight. (he works highway road construction) They have a state job that needs finished and since he's the foreman---he has to be there with the guys. I can't wait to see how grumpy and tired he is in about 2-3 days from this: Of course during one of these long days will be when I go into labor since I can't reach him. He keeps joking that he's going to come home and find a baby in bed!! Yeah I can't wait. Well, have a great day everyone...stay cool! Meagan

[DoulaClara]

thanks, Nic. I keep trying to rationalize with myself, and what I really want to do is have a good, loud cry. I feel like I'm beyond crying though, and I can't get myself to cry! Maybe I'm too tired. Last night I was breathing through a semi-intense contraction (compared to the "holy-crap" contractions a few nights ago, most contractions now seem mediocre!) and I just kept thinking- "I could have a few more weeks of this." Maybe I should just expect to do this for a few more weeks, so if I do go soon, it'll be a surprise.

Megan- yikes! A waterbed?!?! I can't even imagine. I'd probably end up rigging some kind of rope and pulley system or something.

Clara

[~Demeter~]

OoOoO.. we had a waterbed when I was pregnant with Jakobi, I wouldn't want to revisit that again and I carried rather small with him supposedly. The regular bed we have right now is difficult for me to get in and out of comfortably. I wish I could sleep... there's just no damn excuse for me being up at 6.49 in the morning. I'm never up this early, dh is going to think I've lost it.

[bdavis337]

Holy cow, NIc, what are you doing up??? I've been up since 6-ish, and the boys are driving me NUTS. I feel like I'm on the verge of heading off the cliff - thankfully T has daycamp in 90 minutes, and I have plans to take MT to the indoor playground and let him run off some steam.

[phathui5]

I'm on amazon putting together a baby registry. It's like window shopping, without having to leave the house.

[Panthira]

Oh, I love window shopping!

Clara - we have the same due date (?). Are you having prodromal stuff going on? The last days of pregnancy are miserable, at least for me.

I'm having a tough time sleeping too. Ugh, getting ready for that newborn stage I suppose.

[bdavis337]

I have had THE worst morning so far. It seems to be looking better, but only b/c I gave MT his pacifier and blanket and sat him in front of some PBS. Ugh.

Tom put Timothy to bed last night, and he always closes the bedroom door completely, which is always a problem, b/c it makes tons of noise when T opens it. So this morning at 6:30, when I had just realized that it was all quiet and nice and happy and MT was still sleeping, T got up to pee. The door sticks, then slams open and of course now we're all up. MT was immediately fussy, as he's just so darn overtired and really wasn't ready to be awake. Tim immediately began clamoring for pancakes, waffles, and everything else I've not made in a few weeks. Within minutes of waking up I felt like I was on some bad tv reality show.

Dropped T of at daycamp and decided MT needed a change of scenery, so we drove through Sonic for some tater tots and a smoothie. He SCREAMED the whole time we were at the drivethrough - 'want LEMONADE, need it LEMONADE". Then he threw the box of tater tots on the floor while we drove to the indoor playplace, and proceeded to cry and whine b/c he couldn't reach them.

At the playplace, he just stood around and whined. Loudly. He fell and hurt himself twice, decided he's now afraid of the slides there and refused to do anything but stand and cry under the monkey bars b/c I just can't lift him up to swing on them anymore, he's too heavy for me right now. After the last round of fussing and tantruming, we left, and he cried all the way home - "need payground Mummy, need payground...". I tried to sit and work on some knitting while he played in the living room at home - he grabbed my yarn and ran around whining "Mark knitting Mark knitting Mummy no no no". Refused to sit on my lap, refuses to eat anything and refuses to sit and watch a calm movie or even PBS apparently, so he can just chill out.

Now he's walking around whining and crying, and I have to pick T up from daycamp at noon, so there's no time to let MT have an early nap. T has swim lessons this afternoon, and soccer this evening, so we'll be on the go all freakin' day.

Quite honestly, I'm really afraid to have Mark AND a baby at the same time. I can just barely maintain my sanity and control managing Mark. A lot of the unpleasant, whiny, fussy, horrible behavior I was having trouble with a few months ago has returned, and I've been so careful to keep the yucky foods and such out of his diet. I can't deal with this when I have a baby here also.

[meagansroses]

bethany I hope you have a better day tomorrow. Good luck--it will all work out.

and yes ladies the waterbed thing is not so fun. It was very comfortable up until about 4 weeks ago. The only way I can get out is to do a barrell roll onto my side and sling my leg over the edge. Then I have to push myself out using my hands on the side rails. Hard enough when overweight and very pregnant...but with a screaming sciatic nerve it feels like hell. Sometimes I'm not sure if I will be able to move once I stand up. (every 1 1/2 to 2 hours) Dh has lovingly called me his "water buffalo": I think I will smack him next time.. if I have the energy.

I'm off to finish picking my green beans. I have one row left and that will top off my third canner full for the day. I'm not quite sure how I'm going to keep up with a garden once the baby is here!!

[becoming]

to you, Bethany. That all sounds very stressful. I'm fortunate that my strong-willed DS has decided to give me a break over the last week or so. He has been amazingly calm and cooperative. I'm starting to worry about him.

[bdavis337]

After his nap, the day was much more agreeable. Still a terribly busy day, and Tom worked a few hours of overtime so we were without him until 8pm this evening. But overall it was better. I wish MY big kid would mellow for a week or so, he's SO wound up all the time.

[jee'smom]

Ds had me up every hour last night. So, I ended up sleeping in his toddler bed with him most of the night (are you freakin' kidding me?!!! My hips killed me!!!) I woke up at 4am, couldn't get back to sleep. So, got out of bed around 4:45 and went nuts in the house. Potted about 3 or 4 plants, cleaned off the decks, rearrranged the living room (then of course had to clean it over again), watered the garden, etc., until about 10am. So, I'm tired now (it's after midnight). Freakin' pg insomnia SUCKS!!!!!

Question guys: you know how babies don't move much in the last month b/c they're all crowded? Well, tonight, Kalia was moving like a nut (like she use to) for like 3 hours!!!!!! I kept asking my MIL if she was OK. Why did she move so much? It wasn't spastic movement (like something was wrong), but ALOT of crazy movement, where my belly was jutting out all over the place. MIL said that maybe she's getting into the right position (she's almost posterior right now). Then, I felt a little pain in my sacrum and remembered that b/c this baby is posterior, I might not have a labor like the last two (period cramp feeeling), that I might have back labor. The pain went away, but I called my midwife to ask her what I should be looking for, if it's back labor. I felt bad about calling so late (10:30pm), but she said that she was glad that I called, b/c that means I am paying attention to my body and my baby, which is a good thing (I LOVE midwives!!!) She told me to do a kick count to make sure everything's ok with the baby (10 movements in 2 hours). We'll see. I'm going to go lie down in bed and focus on movements. What do you guys think. Why was Kalia moving around so much? Has anyone had their 38-40 week baby move arond ALOT for a couple hours all of a sudden? Oh, and my feet are so swollen, and my hands too (my fingertips are tingly and numb!) Anyone else? What am I suppose to do about that? I never got swollen before (had 2 winter babies). TIA!

(I feel so nervous and antsy... I can't stand myself.)

[bdavis337]

Geez, I'd kill for that kind of movement! I'm lucky to feel 4 or 5 pushes and swooshes every hour and a half or so now, it really has me nervous.....

maybe she was just exercising!

Isn't the swelling and tingling together something you need to call your mw about?

[Panthira]

I agree with your MIL.

I had that same thing happen to me today, with the baby moving for HOURS. OMG it drove me nuts, and I think I already started a thread about the Whole Foods incident. I did not have the energy bursts that you had today however. I was tired as hell all day long. Dragging.

[bluebird68]

Hey, Keri... I had a similar bout of crazy activity with my little one the other day. It was cracking me up, as my belly was jutting out all over the place. I was wondering if he was trying to reposition, too (he's been on the R side, not anterior or posterior, but somewhere in between... my DS1 was posterior after my water broke!). Who knows? It sure felt funny, though. Oh, and I would call my midwife, too, about the swelling, especially if it is in your face, too. Always good to be on the safe side, and it sounds like your midwife is welcoming of calls and awareness.
Hope all of you got better sleep last night! I sure was restless, and have been up since 4:30. I did go walking in the rain this morning at 5:45, and it actually was wonderful. Nobody out but the birds. I love the quiet of morning, although it's nicer when rested! Off to see my nurses at the OB practice, as he is still out of town for 5 days. Feels weird to not be taking my EPO, RRL tea, etc, hoping to not speed up this babe's arrival... the good news is that DS1 finally quit throwing up and having a fever by yesterday, after 3 long days.
Well, I am sending good thoughts to all of you mamas and hope you have good days full of some kind of nurturance for yourselves.

[Racecar]

I slept well last night but woke up with a sore throat! : I am so p.o.'ed. I keep thinking if I'd had the baby a few days ago (I am still only at 38 weeks so I'm being a *little* irrational but such are the ways of the previously preterm mamas, sometimes.) then I'd have AVOIDED this sore throat and whatever ickiness I am now looking to fight.

Back to guzzling Emergenc-C and being vigilant about taking it easy. I do think I'm going to go to yoga tonight. Not exactly a full schedule, which is very nice!