Between this prolonged/prodromal labor, my muscles actually getting sore enough to feel fatigued, the pressure/heaviness in the crotch area, suddenly not being able to sleep for any longer than 2 or 3 hours at a time (I used to sleep through the night til a few days ago)......Between all that, and Junior's little internal "look what I can do, mom!" episodes today, I honestly feel worn out/pooped.....
Today's contraction entertainment included a new stunt from the baby----Fighting against the contractions! Instead of being immobilized for a minute or 2 during them, Junior apparently decided they'd had enough of being squeezed, and kicked, punched and stretched (and still is) through every contraction. The kicking/punching is one thing, but the stretching??? My god, this kid's freakishly strong! Is it normal for a baby at this point to even be able to achieve that kind of movement??? And every internal spot those little feet/fists were planted is sooooo sore, I feel like I was jabbed with a broom handle or something....I've had it with this new stretching stunt, it hurts worse than the contractions do
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DH and I decided to run over to the corner store and grab a few things (the cats needed food anyway) today....At that point, I figured a walk was going to do one of 3 things----Intensify things and maybe speed them up, calm things down, or do nothing at all. Ironically, it was a combo of the 3, the contractions slowed a little, crotch pressure intensified, baby actually calmed down, but overall throughout the rest of the day and night, nothing's really any different one way or the other
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One of the cashiers in the store, an older lady maybe in her 60's, looked at me and said, "Oh honey! You look more than ready for that baby to come out!" I got the feeling she wasn't saying it to be rude or anything like that, I probably had "ENOUGH! I'M DONE!!!" written all over my face
I just said, "I've been ready for a while now!"
Oh, and I was talking to my mom in the morning, and she really kinda derailed some of her previous comforting comments' effectiveness......First, she's a little oblivious---"Oh, that's probably not contractions, I bet the little load just shifted and is straining your muscles.": She uses a lot of "blonde logic", so more often than not when she said something that qualifies as outright dumb, I ignore it, and I ignored that one.
Second, I really didn't want to know she had lengthy week+ long early labor with all 3 of us kids. So you're saying this extended PITA contraction crap is probably genetics, then? Thaaaaaanks mom, of all the things to inherit from you, why THIS?:
And to top it off, it's about a quarter to 2am, and it's December 1st! And I'm still pregnant!!!! The only thing keeping me sane is remembering since my DD was calculated with the start of the LMP formula, I'm more than likely really only 41-42 weeks, not 43......But still.....This baby's definately a first on both sides of the family, no relatives to either one of us have a birthday past the end of November, so this is DEFINATELY going to be the first December baby between 2 families! DH is Italian, and his family....Well, it's frickin' huge, but even with all those countless relatives, December's the only month no one was born in. Everyone in my family (somewhat large Irish family, but not as big as DH's) was born between January and September, so I was actually REALLY hoping for an October baby--specifically a Halloween baby--but Junior here has other ideas.
Today's contraction entertainment included a new stunt from the baby----Fighting against the contractions! Instead of being immobilized for a minute or 2 during them, Junior apparently decided they'd had enough of being squeezed, and kicked, punched and stretched (and still is) through every contraction. The kicking/punching is one thing, but the stretching??? My god, this kid's freakishly strong! Is it normal for a baby at this point to even be able to achieve that kind of movement??? And every internal spot those little feet/fists were planted is sooooo sore, I feel like I was jabbed with a broom handle or something....I've had it with this new stretching stunt, it hurts worse than the contractions do
:DH and I decided to run over to the corner store and grab a few things (the cats needed food anyway) today....At that point, I figured a walk was going to do one of 3 things----Intensify things and maybe speed them up, calm things down, or do nothing at all. Ironically, it was a combo of the 3, the contractions slowed a little, crotch pressure intensified, baby actually calmed down, but overall throughout the rest of the day and night, nothing's really any different one way or the other
:One of the cashiers in the store, an older lady maybe in her 60's, looked at me and said, "Oh honey! You look more than ready for that baby to come out!" I got the feeling she wasn't saying it to be rude or anything like that, I probably had "ENOUGH! I'M DONE!!!" written all over my face
I just said, "I've been ready for a while now!"Oh, and I was talking to my mom in the morning, and she really kinda derailed some of her previous comforting comments' effectiveness......First, she's a little oblivious---"Oh, that's probably not contractions, I bet the little load just shifted and is straining your muscles."
: She uses a lot of "blonde logic", so more often than not when she said something that qualifies as outright dumb, I ignore it, and I ignored that one.Second, I really didn't want to know she had lengthy week+ long early labor with all 3 of us kids. So you're saying this extended PITA contraction crap is probably genetics, then? Thaaaaaanks mom, of all the things to inherit from you, why THIS?
:And to top it off, it's about a quarter to 2am, and it's December 1st! And I'm still pregnant!!!! The only thing keeping me sane is remembering since my DD was calculated with the start of the LMP formula, I'm more than likely really only 41-42 weeks, not 43......But still.....This baby's definately a first on both sides of the family, no relatives to either one of us have a birthday past the end of November, so this is DEFINATELY going to be the first December baby between 2 families! DH is Italian, and his family....Well, it's frickin' huge, but even with all those countless relatives, December's the only month no one was born in. Everyone in my family (somewhat large Irish family, but not as big as DH's) was born between January and September, so I was actually REALLY hoping for an October baby--specifically a Halloween baby--but Junior here has other ideas.
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