OK, I'm officially miserable!

[Plaid Leopard]

Can I have the baby now?:
I was doing more or less ok until today. Impatient, but physical and emotionally ok- if not a bit grumpy.
But today my back hurts, I have heart burn, everyone is driving me crazy. I just wanted to lie in bed and eat chocolate all day. I have no patience. I'm tired. The baby is so low that walking is uncomfortable. Every little noise sets me on edge. My kids keep climbing on me and bumping me. They actually want me to do things like make meals and play games and read to them (the nerve!) and I ...just...don't...want...to ...do...anything.
AAAAAGH!


ok, rant over.

[AdalynsMama]

I know how you feel mama... Just remember- not too much longer. You can do it!! I was worried because my due date is this Saturday and I hadn't had a big emotional breakdown yet so I knew I wasn't ready to birth. Well this past Saturday I had one. A good one. I'm now ready I think sometimes that's what it takes!

[AbbieB]

Well, you must be ready then!

It is my personal theory that I have to be completely miserable and uncomfortable before I will go into labor. And what stinks is my due date is looming and I know I am not uncomfortable enough ('cause I'm not saying I'm not uncomfortable at all). DD was 3 weeks over due so I could be looking at another month.

Hang in there. Sending labor vibes your way.

[mighty-mama]

I've found too, that I was an emotional/ exhausted/cranky wreck right before birth...

I hope it's a sign of impending labor..

[J-Bean]

Oh my goodness, did I write this in my sleep or something?!?!?!?
I've been expecting labor any minute now for like 2-3 weeks....and alas, I'm still huge, uncomfortable, annoyed and now, am actually in teh mode of, gee, whenever. I'm tired of thinking about it. You aren't alone mama! My DD is about to tear my dress in two if I don't stop now...so I'm off. Good luck! May births come our way very very soon. I neeeeeeeed exercise again! (both for the emotional and physical results).

[IntuitiveJamie]

Here!Here!
I'm in the miserable boat!! So much so that I've started to get mad at this baby in me. Like why is he doing this to me? Why won't he make it better and come out?! No wonder he won't come out already...he's afraid of me. :
I try to let him know that I love him and I am just grouchy, but please please come out already!
*sigh*
And everyday I find a reason that today or tonight might be his birthday. whether it's thru some astrology deal or numerology, or just because. He doesn't seem to interested in what I think about it apparently.
I am definitely miserable too!

[sunshine's mama]

to everyone...

I had a huge breakdown 2 days before my ctx started......HUGE...I basically cried ALL day over EVERYTHING....a fly in the house that wouldn't leave dd alone, the cat trying to paw on me, the wind blowing my hair across my face...

Then 2 days later....whamo......ctx that didn't stop....

I hope it means the same thing for you!!!!!!

[alyrie]

I'm with you, mama. If an emotional breakdown is a sign of labor, I should be having contractions any second now! I had a HUGE breakdown yesterday... I found out a friend of mine who is about 3 weeks behind in her EDD went into labor yesterday morning, and I was REALLY upset about it. DH didn't know and yelled from the other room "are you going to have your membranes stripped this week or are you going to chicken out again? You really should have gone into labor already..."

I completely lost it.

I hope we have our babies soon, mama! For all our sakes!

[gina871]

I am with you. Althought a trip to chiropator did wonder for my back pain and I wish this baby was lower. My kids are driving me crazy especail the climb on me etc.

[Onemagicmummy]

im miserable too adn i still have 7 days till due date. DS2 was born by now already!!! (DD was 8 days last DS1 was 10 days late)
i ache, im tired, my bump hurts, im getting contraction on and off for days and they always stop after an hor or so and they do hurt.

im so worred about going to hossy cos i had a false alarm last week and i felt so so so stupid cos i had been contracting for 5 hours and NOTHING had happened and i fels to stupid as i should have known. the MW was not very sympathetic. im not going to trust myself again and i know im gonna be thinking im not when i am and refuse to go to hossy if its middle of night as i have to call my dad to come over and then get to hossy and taxi fairs are not cheap and im worried about alsorts, the smell of the hospital strikes fear into me, the memory of the taste of gas and air scares me, i want this baby but i knowonce thigns start im gonnabe begging for it to stop and im not gonna be able to do it (yet i have done it 3 times already and 2 of those had Pit and i did it with jsut Entanox)

im freaking out!!!

Kiz

[SweetTexasgal]

Here...here....add me to the emotional breakdown list.....it has to be a sign.

I have officially become incredibly uncomfortable. I sleep sitting up on the couch, because it is a joke to try and lie down on the bed. Walking "any" distance is a chore.

Went to my OB's office yesterday because I was SURE I was having a blood pressure spike due to my feet looking like elephant's feet. Nope it was totally fine....they told me "honey....you are just so close to being done." That should have made me happy....I was still cranky.

I slept "well" last night so this morning is "better" I hope the day stays that way.....but it takes very little to set off the preggo lady....

[lactivist]

Sending lots of labor vibes to those who want them. I hope none of you are miserable much longer. I am also in the huge breakdown crying mess a couple days before birth group.
Wendi

[jazzybaby9]

yeah, me too. i actually cried alot the other day while thinking about MY MOM and all she had to go through with raising ME. not so much my current situation I think it was more me beginning to understand exactly what she had to go through to bring me into this world and raise me like she did, it was more of a cry of appreciation.....
i've also been finishing up some last minute organizing but am so uncomfortable and frustrated all the time. i keep wanting to do laps around my apartment at night cause i can't sleep. it's really beginning to : me. and it's not only feeling physical discomfort, but emotional as well. everyone constantly asking me if the baby is here yet and telling me WEEKS ago that i would "pop early" is extremely annoying. asking me what day the babe will come like i'm some flippin psychic or something. i'm just overwhelmed/frustrated and irritated to say the least. and these constant "false alarms" are putting me over the edge. i'm so ready. so so ready.

[beautiful_mama]

I have been miserable for WEEKS (physically and emotionally...)...but I know for me that is no sign ANYTHING is happening anytime soon

Thats neat that its a sign for some though, and I can totally relate to this post. My kids just do not understand why I am so outta the loop right now..."well, mommy why can't you take us to the park today?" *sigh*

It's soooooo hard to deny them those things because *I* feel out of it :/
GL mama, I bet you'll be popping anytime soon

[beautiful_mama]

Originally Posted by jazzybaby9

yeah, me too. i actually cried alot the other day while thinking about MY MOM and all she had to go through with raising ME. not so much my current situation I think it was more me beginning to understand exactly what she had to go through to bring me into this world and raise me like she did, it was more of a cry of appreciation.....
i've also been finishing up some last minute organizing but am so uncomfortable and frustrated all the time. i keep wanting to do laps around my apartment at night cause i can't sleep. it's really beginning to : me. and it's not only feeling physical discomfort, but emotional as well. everyone constantly asking me if the baby is here yet and telling me WEEKS ago that i would "pop early" is extremely annoying. asking me what day the babe will come like i'm some flippin psychic or something. i'm just overwhelmed/frustrated and irritated to say the least. and these constant "false alarms" are putting me over the edge. i'm so ready. so so ready.

I just wanted to say that that is such a ebautiful sentiment to your mother You ought to write that on a card and send it to her so she knows how you feel

I know with my first my awe of my mother changed immensly as well, and I know it did me alot of good to realize what my mom went through all the years of raising me.

[Plaid Leopard]

Insomnia! That's what is driving me crazy now.
I am soooo tired all day.
By 8 or 9 I am in bed, reading or watching TV or doing word or number puzzles. By 10, I turn off the light, close my eyes, oops - have to pee. Get up to pee. Back to bed, can't get comfortable. Toss and turn for 15 minutes. hmm, maybe I'm hungry. Eat something. Pee. GO back to bed. Sleep for 15 minutes and then am awakened by killer heartburn. Toss and turn. Heave myself out of bed to go pee again. Read some more, do puzzles until my eyes are falling out of my head. Turn out the light, toss and turn for a couple of hours. FInally fall asleep around 2am only to be awakened by a crying child, or the need to pee...

[jmhammond]

I know it sounds absolutely crazy, but I honestly feel like I'm going to be pregnant forever.

I'm barely overdue. I think my EDD was yesterday or today, but...