Progress..........

[bdavis337]

Well, it's nice to know I'm not insane. I DID get in to see my OB today, and her very first comment was "wow, you LOOK ready to have that baby". Her second comment, during the internal (which I was ready for and not opposed to at this point) was "you went from nothing to 4 cm in 6 days - are you SURE you're not having real contractions yet?"

FOUR CENTIMETERS?? Well, that certainly explains how uncomfortable I've been at night, AND how my bh ctx have felt "different", but not like I remember the real ctx from last time.

He's still posterior, otherwise I probably would be in full labor at this point. Timing does kind of suck - everyone's left town, AND my OB leaves town tomorrow morning through Monday. I'd like to let him sit until Tuesday!

[~Demeter~]

How exciting!


Can I say I'm just a little jealous.... I so want my body to do something already. I suppose I should say that I wish it was moving a little faster... this very minimal progression every week is starting to feel a little discouraging.

My anniversary is next Wednesday, I think that would be a lovely day to pop. :

[Panthira]

Originally Posted by Mumof3Nic

How exciting!


Can I say I'm just a little jealous.... I so want my body to do something already. I suppose I should say that I wish it was moving a little faster... this very minimal progression every week is starting to feel a little discouraging.

My thoughts exactly.

But how exciting for you!

[bdavis337]

I just made the boys dinner, washed dishes, swept the kitchen floor and bagged up recycling (that Timothy took out). I can honestly say that all the activity has made me quite uncomfortable, and very crampy. I have to wonder if she didn't sweep my membranes a bit - it took her a loooong time to find my posterior cervix, and she poked around a lot. I will be unhappy if that's what indeed happened, although I know I had told her I wanted to pursue that next week, not today.....

Tom's a bit freaky. He wants to call his mom, and I reminded him that we aren't calling her until we're ready to ask her to come over and stay with the kids, otherwise she'll park in our living room and stare at me for the next however many days until Baby Boy actually arrives.

I kind of want him to wait until Saturday, as that's Lisa's wedding day, and I think that would be special.

[bdavis337]

He's not in any hurry, this kid.

I had contractions all afternoon, most likely in response to my internal exam. By late dinnertime they were really strong, and quite regular, and I began to wonder if we should make some phone calls. But after I climbed into bed they disappeared quickly. Some of them were pretty intense though, and I found myself breathing through them, visualizing my uterus pushing the baby downward, all that stuff you do during labor, and I realized "HE'S COMING!". It was quite a wakeup call - I need to spend some time today mentally preparing myself for what's coming. So far all I've got today is a seriously painful stabby cervix area, and a few bh's. I'm still holding out hope that he waits for my family to get back into town. While we'd be just fine relying on friends to help us out, I'd really love for my folks to be here when he's born.

[jee'smom]

Good luck honey, no matter when he decides to come! (I'd be going crazy if I were you!)

[bdavis337]

I'm getting a little loopy, to be honest! I lost my plug in the shower this morning. Tom's out working in the garden, Mark's watching PBS and I'm trying NOT to do anything to encourage this. I just made a few important phone calls, and unless he comes RIGHT FREAKIN' NOW, the people we have lined up to help us out aren't around tomorrow! HELP!!!!!!!!!! I've got to THINK THINK THINK, b/c I really want someone who will watch both kids, I don't want to deal with splitting them up. I don't care if Mark gets a nap, I don't care what time they get to bed, but I don't want to fool with having them in multiple places.