~Daily Check In 12/16~ - Page 2

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Originally Posted by look11

How do you breathe through contractions when you can't breathe?????

39.3 today.

Tracheotomy?

[Quindin]

Nuffin...

39 weeks 5 days

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Originally Posted by Beppie

40+2 days. And nothing has changed in how I'm feeling.

Went to church this morning, and lots of people stopped to talk to me... "still haven't had baby?" and "weren't you due last week?"

But just about every woman in this town that I've met has a scheduled c/s. It's RIDICULOUS. A woman whose due date is Dec. 18th came up to me, talking about how she had her baby by c/s "two weeks ago" blah blah blah, "yeah I thought you were due before me" blah blah. What is wrong with these women, having repeat c/s and being so happy about it? The other thing that really made me wonder... her baby is 2 weeks old, and she left her home and came to church...

As a nursing mom, I can't imagine ever going anywhere without my baby! I imagine my little one will be attached to me (in the pouch, nursing away) constantly, even when she's ne year old! I never went anywhere without dd#1.

Also, I have never seen a breastfeeding woman in this town, and have yet to meet a woman who has delivered vaginally at the hospital here. (c/s rate is somewhere between 40% and 50%. They don't allow VBACs). But we only moved here last April. (I'm trying to think positive!)

I do have some good friends who do extended breastfeeding, VBACs and homebirths, but they live in other towns 10-30 minutes away.

sorry, enough ranting!

"Oh so your baby and my baby are actually the same age!" "Um, where is your baby?" :

My town is the same way, And the LLL is closing down now which I am so so so so sad about...We need more advocates here.

I guess I could understand wanting to get out of the house at 2 weeks PPD but 2 week old babies arent THAT much trouble to just wear in a sling!? (My toddler is another story. If they were born toddlers, I wouldnt have had a second child. )

It is no wonder that society is so desensitized. Thats how we raise our young.

I am guilty all the time of this.
Like at bedtime last night...both kids totally needed some attention, but I was in such a hurry to get alone with dh....or just alone, I moved QUICKLY through the whole bedtime routine and HURRIED up to put them to bed!

They totally needed more of me and I should have given it to them.

But today is a new day! (And its beautiful day too!)

[Sihaya]

40w4d. Snowstorm hit us last night, too - we got 7-8 inches. Very glad baby decided to stay in for the time being. However, our family and friends all decided they needed to call and make sure we knew it had snowed We got about 4 calls this morning all to say "Just wanted to make sure you know the roads are bad" like we don't have windows or something

I am so sorry for all of you who are getting interrogated at church! I dragged DH to church last night when he didn't really feel like it because I so badly wanted to see everyone. I told him there was no way I was missing out if I wasn't in labor! No one there was really surprised that I was "still" pg. There was the lady (complete stranger) who cornered me in the bathroom and wouldn't stop asking me questions even after I went into a stall and closed the door , but everyone else was great.

We have my dad's family Christmas party this afternoon. I'm not looking forward to the drive, but it shouldn't be too bad.

Signs of impending labor: none. DTD this morning but nothing much came of it. Fully expecting to go at least until Wednesday, probably until next weekend.

[Frenchie2]

Still here 39w 5d. Thought I may be leaking this morning, but dont know now, I could have just peed myself too - I have lost control of everything at this stage in the game.
Celebrating my moms birthday today, will be good to get out of the house and keep mind off being a ticking time bomb - plus I cannot wait for her to open her present. I have had it for over a month and am dying to see if she likes it - it is a mug with the world on it and when you pour hot liquid in it the world shifts to look like what is happening with global warming.

[Nantucket]

Hi Everybody... haven't been here in awhile trying to get everything done and wrap up work before the little one's arrival and now I'm just waiting and waiting.... I'm 40 wks + 3 days and getting anxious... this is our first so i;m trying to stay positive and relaxed but the calls asking if the baby's here is not helping!

reading this thread makes me feel a little better... on the one hand i'm nervous about becoming a mom, the change in our lives, the prospect of raising another human being, the work, etc.. but at the same time, i'm so uncomfortable and want to spend as much time with the baby before going back to work that I just want to get it over with already!

getting contractions, some strong but they just seem to peter out.... how discouraging....

[crsta33]

Kittywitty, I'm right there with you. Could have written your post.

I boycotted church again (of course I made the decision to quit going weeks ago, mostly b/c I have to wrestle the kids by myself through the whole service). Dh called and asked if I was coming to the Christmas party after church. 1) I didn't remember that there was one 2) the house it's at is very kid unfriendly and 3) I don't wanna be around ppl. I'm feeling guilty for not going, but I'm still not going.

Went for a walk. It's beautiful and sunny and way freaking cold. My nose is still frozen. Gotta talk this little fellow into a better position and myself into a better mental state (I've still got the "I don't wanna do this feeling" and can't shake it) and see if that won't get him here. If not, maybe the threat of intervention will (I have always been able to go to great lengths to avoid needles and unpleasant procedures).

I want to make scarves. :

Christa

[Momma2DoubleCuties]

I got up early cause I'm wanting to get a Wii for Christmas/Anniversary and went to Target got there right at 8 and they were already done giving out the tickets for the amount they had. Bummed I stopped at the bakery and got a dozen doughnuts and some chocolate milk. I'm still upset I didn't get to Target earlier, I had been up since 5am!!

[Elsaraw]

I'm here 39.4. Things are happening, I'm not sure what, but dh and I have taken the hint and are getting everything done now. He just blew up the pool and we are doing my bellycast in about an hour. I've been wondering the last month or so how I would know when I have contractions for sure, because I can't feel BH very well. . . it's like my whole body is really calm about everything. Well, yesterday I started to feel wierd tightness in my lower back and the top of my thighs that was uncomfortable but not really what I would consider painful. And I have mucus (not bloody though) and am dilated a lot. I'm worried I'll just keep truckin along in my day and suddenly feel a desire to push then there will be baby I keep making these involuntary vocal sounds that surprise me. . .
But, maybe it's all nothing

[Lizzardbits]

39 weeks. Last night, Hubby and I got quite....aah.."vigorous" last night and we went to sleep thinking that I'd wake up in labor. Hubby woke me up several times asking me if I was ok. I guess I was breathing differently than normal and that concerned him, as well as him having "not-so-good" dreams, the poor guy hardly slept. We got up early so that we could clean our place because the In-laws were stopping over after church. It turned out to be more like both of us finishing up any nesting that we had planned.

I have had some different feeling contrax today. They start in a lower place than my regular BH contrax that have been pretty consistantly 45 seconds long, but the spacing goes from 2-5 min to 10 min, and I have had some bloody show....sooo it could mean something's up....or my body just teasing me yet again. I am betting on the teasing, because that is the way things are with me.

So here it is, 7pm in Jolly ol' England and I am ready to go to bed for some sleeeeeeep!

[starry_mama]

My DH and I got busy last night too. I had contractions all night long but not now. I wonder if he will feel used if I ask him to do it again in a little while..... :

[zjande]

Originally Posted by RedHen4

40 wks 4 days. <sigh> Not really looking forward to going to church today to deal with all those well-meaning women who are aghast that I am STILL pregnant. Of course, I never imagined I would still be pregnant at this point, either. Aren't you supposed to get a break with your 6th baby??

LOL. I'm hoping that goes for #4 as well! I'm so hoping this baby comes before my due date. I mean, it's baby #4, my pelvis is practically broken in half, I'm dilated to 3 - isn't the kid just supposed to FALL OUt now??

Originally Posted by stellimamo

39 or so here. No baby. I went out and shoveled our 6inches of snow this morning... Now I'm getting ready for MILs visit.. yeay (note sarcasm)

I'm so jealous of you guys with snow! I'd so love to look outside & see all that cozy, quiet whiteness. : <--- Pretend there's snow on that tree.

Originally Posted by Lizzardbits

I have had some different feeling contrax today. They start in a lower place than my regular BH contrax that have been pretty consistantly 45 seconds long, but the spacing goes from 2-5 min to 10 min, and I have had some bloody show....sooo it could mean something's up....or my body just teasing me yet again. I am betting on the teasing, because that is the way things are with me.

So here it is, 7pm in Jolly ol' England and I am ready to go to bed for some sleeeeeeep!

Hey we're supposed to deliver on the same day remember? So don't get started without me! You know what's so silly, I'm sitting here having my morning coffee, thinking about a shower & starting my day & you're on your way to bed & I actually had the thought pop into my head "MAN, I'm jealous, I wish I was DONE with this day. The faster I can make it through the coming days the faster I can get to labor & baby day!!"


Well I'm 38w5d here with no sign of anything exciting. I'm still seething over issues with my dh. I even laid in bed from 4-6am crying & being angry. I think I'm past trying to communicate my frustrations by mouth & am going to write him a letter today. I have serious issues of my own. I have ALWAYS had this horrible terrible very not good habit of keeping things that bother me inside, collecting them. I do it over & over & over until I have 8,963 things inside me that have built up into a mountain of frustrations that all come exploding out at once. I wish I would learn to speak up at the time things happen that bother me. My dh never told me that I'm beautiful during our entire honeymoon (2 weeks in Europe) almost one year ago. I've been carrying this around for a year! Thinking about it & getting upset! I am so lame for carrying all this baggage around with me. I need to learn to SPEAK up at the moment, not a year later.

Sorry for my non-labor related venting.

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Originally Posted by starry_mama

My DH and I got busy last night too. I had contractions all night long but not now. I wonder if he will feel used if I ask him to do it again in a little while..... :

My Dp feels used. And he loves it.

[vagabonder]

Still here. Still nothing.

[starry_mama]

Can someone say something to me that will help me be less bitter? I'm not due for 2 more weeks, but I'm still feeling annoyed by everyone else having their babies when I'm still pregnant. Maybe I should start hanging in the Jan DDC for awhile, I don't want to kill anyone's buzz.

[miss_nikki]

Originally Posted by Katfka

My Dp feels used. And he loves it.

I wish my DH would let me use him...

[MCKH]

Originally Posted by starry_mama

Can someone say something to me that will help me be less bitter? I'm not due for 2 more weeks, but I'm still feeling annoyed by everyone else having their babies when I'm still pregnant. Maybe I should start hanging in the Jan DDC for awhile, I don't want to kill anyone's buzz.

LOL. Just remember that the first few weeks postpartum are not ALL lullabies and sweet gurgles and plush bunnies and basking in the glow of your precious little one I mean, there is that......and then there are pads the size and density of phone books....

[waiting2bemommy]

I'm daring to get excited now....I've been having contractions all day & they've been about 5 minutes apart since around 9 or so. The doula came out for a while and timed them with me....she can feel the whole contraction on my stomach but they're not that intense yet so I only feel the pain in my back. She expects me to be needing her sometime tonight, though. It's my due date AND my little-sister's half-birthday today so it would be awesome if he came today.

[HumbleLuna]

Still here cleaning frantically.Mom flys in at noon tomorrow...so far it looks like the baby will hold out for her. I am so not emotionally ready for baby yet..almost though......finish cleaning first. I don't want to go into labor all pissed off cause my house is a mess,but we all know house cleaning is a never ending battle....which you have to do over everyday.. It is so much easier to keep house clean during the week when Dd is at school.


Good Luck Elsaraw and Waiting2bemommy....sounds like you guys are up next. Blessings and ELV to you both!

[LaLibertad]

So back from the midwife. I have a yeast infection? I use a "?" because I have never had one in my life and AND I have no itching/burning sensations. Just a bit, uhm drippy but not discharge-y. Got a rx for it (one pill) and hopefully that should take care of it.

But now that we are home there was a tiny bit of a pink tinge. However, since the MW was in my hooha a bit (no cervical check but did use a speculum) it could be from that.

All this toying with our heads!