~Daily Check In 12/18~

[Quindin]

It is my due date today!!!

Had A LOT of good contractions last night + very loose stool (sorry, TMI...) and I remember those are always the first signs for me. Still crampy a little, but the contractions have gone away.

I am crossing my fingers!!

How is everyone else?

[Friday13th]

Really excited (hence the being up at such an ungodly hour)

Last night DH finished the classes he was taking and we attended our last Bradley class, came home DTD and I've been cramping ever since.

Then this morning, after waking up ravenous at 5 am, had some bloody show-finally!!!

So we'll see...I'm going to attempt to sleep and/or watch TV and relax for a while.

[CowsRock]

39 weeks, nothing too exciting going on. Tons of BH but that isn't new. Hips hurt, not new. Low back hurts, not new. Chiro keeps taking the edge off but there isn't much they can do at this point.

Hubby and I finally (guess we like pushing our luck!) got out the birth pool to do the trial run and discovered our rechargable electric pump requires being charged for 10 hours, ooops. But we also read in the instructions that you can fast charge it with the car charger for an hour so we decided to go drive around and look at Christmas lights and get hot chocolate. Got back started blowing up the pool and realized there was no way it would blow the whole thing up with the charge it had. So we just ran it until it pooped out and it blew it up enough that I could see how big a piece of plastic we needed underneath and I was able to get in and decide where I want things to be placed around it, etc. At least I win the decision that once it is blown up it stays blown up, there is no way he'll go through all this again. So tonight we'll blow it the rest of the way up and do the water trial run, I can't wait. Even sitting in it empty felt heavenly. If I had known what a comfortable hang out spot it would be, I would have blown that thing up months ago.

I see my midwife this morning which is always fun, but not really too exciting. I'm pretty content to just hang out and keep working on organizing things. I'm hoping today will be pretty productive but I know I'll need a nap so ultimately I will probably just run out of time today.

Went to the pool yesterday and had almost an hour of pain free time I'll be headed back there again today and every day I can until baby let's me know that the time is now.

The only thing that bugs me is this weekend I have two holiday family parties and I usually have to mentally gear myself up to go out of the house for something like that...even if it is people I love and that I enjoy. But I have no way of making the decision to go or not go really until it is time to walk out the door. I know that if baby hasn't come and I feel the way I feel now, then we'll go to the one on Saturday. And I may just say no matter what I'll skip the Sunday one, it's farther away, close to two hours and after being out without a nap on Saturday it will probably be way too much. Plus my poor hubby should get a break.

Guess I better put my unusually chatty butt in gear and go shower so I can get out of here on time. I hope everyone else is doing great.

[starry_mama]

Hi mamas. Still preggo here. I ate about a pound of twizzlers and mini chocolate bars last night. I was, uh, doing an experiment to see if those foods induce labor. They do not. Neither does cheesecake ice cream. :

Today I'm feeling more patient about being pregnant. Some days I feel the overwhelming urge to cry because I want my baby NOW! Today I'm feeling very at peace with being pregnant forever if thats what I have to do.

We have about 2 feet of snow here. We sort of forgot about our bikes, and left them outside in during the snowstorm over the weekend. Now the only thing you can see of them is the tippy-top of the handlebars. :

[miss_nikki]

I'm still here and feeling a lot more patient all of a sudden.

Lastnight my best friend came over bringing me tons of RRL tea and some EPO capsules because I ran out and have not felt like driving much of anywhere. She also brought me tons of cloth diapers, which was a relief because I'm still working on my homemade stash. So now I don't have to worry about that. She even went so far as to sort through them and make a downstairs stash and an upstairs stash for me AND put them away for me. She brought me some Jasmine stuff that is supposed to help relax you. It really worked. I drank my tea and took some EPO lastnight and ended up not sleeping very well though. Between having to pee and just feeling very uncomfortable with all the belly action, I ended up on the couch in a partial sitting postition because I couldn't lay down comfortably. The best thing though was feeling all that friendly love. It helped me to just relax and feel calm and not worry so much about baby coming. Friends are awesome.

I just wish I didn't feel so obligated to drive DD#1 to school. I really don't feel like driving anywhere until after I have baby. I did already tell her she doesn't have to go on Thursday though since her class party is Wednesday so I see no point in her going after that.

[transformed]

I'll check in later and read everyones post.

Right now-its Breakfast with Santa at Ds' school.

Have a good day ladies!

[stellimamo]

Originally Posted by starry_mama

Hi mamas. Still preggo here. I ate about a pound of twizzlers and mini chocolate bars last night. I was, uh, doing an experiment to see if those foods induce labor. They do not. Neither does cheesecake ice cream. :

You know I think you need a larger sample size for your study. It doesn't seem like its good science for only one person to try your induction "routine". I'll take one for the team and eat a pound of twizlers and chocolate bars and see if it works for me. Oh and what type of cheesecake icecream do I need to get since we are being so scientific??

Nothing new to report here. I have a MW appt tomorrow.

OH and my MIL bought "Baby's First Christmas 2007" stuff for the baby so I think she pretty much guarenteed that he won't come before Christmas. :

[Lizzardbits]

39 and 2. Hubby and I were soooo hoping that all the bazillion contrax that I have been having over the last 4 days would have come of something--especially since he had a 4 day weekend. He starts on the night shift tonight, and we are both worried that my water will break and he won't be able to get back home in time. (although both were artificial ROM, 3 hours after my waters were broken with my son he was born, and within 30 minutes after AROM with my daughter, she was in my arms. So with my history, we are a bit worried)

I have had lots and lots of bloody show yesterday and the day before, I even started timing contrax, and I knew better than to get my hopes up, but I did....now I feel grey, poopy, and disheartened.

...And I am still waking up at 2am, 6am, and midmorning nap absolutely ravenous. What is up with this hunger all of a sudden?!

[mom2liv]

39 and 5 for me. Not much happening here. My goal for today and tomorrow is to finish up all deliverables and projects for work, get my house clean, and be ready to go! Wow, I say that like I have SOOO much more energy than I actually do (and don't have a toddler who gets up all night, which recently, I do.):

[crsta33]

39 and 4. *sigh* Midwife appt at noon. I hope they don't suggest sweeping membranes b/c I'm just not ready for "intervention" yet, although I am ready to get this done. And I'm afraid if they suggest it, I'll give in even though I feel like it shouldn't be done yet. I want more time.

Scheduled a chiropractor visit for tomorrow morning to see if he can relieve some of the hip pain and maybe encourage LO into a better position or even encourage labor.

Christa

[mama2rey]

39 and 1 here. It felt good to get up and not have to go to work today. The vicodin the MW gave me-helped me sleep-even if it was only in 3 hour chunks-I'd sleep get up for half an hour, fall asleep again for 3 hours. I think I'm up for the day-but I don't know if I need a nap later I'll take one. The only thing about vicodin that I don't like is that it makes me nauseous-but I think the effects wore off. I did puke 3 times last night-but the sleep was worth it. I know why people get addicted to that stuff-and it's no more vicodin for me! I won't take it PP because it will make me puke-I don't think BF and puking is a good combination!

I am finally washing all my diapers today. I have a big pot where I will boil them (it's heating as I write) and then I am going to run them through the washing machine a couple of times. My IL's are coming over later and I have decided to recruit them in rearranging the bedroom so that we can sidecar the crib.

I'm still having contractions-but I've decided that unless it's a new feeling that I will ignore them. But I am going to continue doing the exercises that my chiropractor and doula gave me for turning the baby. But I am off to wash diapers!

[Momma2DoubleCuties]

Ughhh still here....38w3d

[cravenab00]

38w4d here.

last 2 entire mornings were filled with regular contractions and cramping. and then by afternoon, poof, gone.
still contracting this morning. i wish they'd either do something or go away. they arent that bad, just enough to make me crabby.

i didnt sleep well at all last night. have no idea why.

depending on how i'm feeling, i may go to town later and finish some shopping. at least that will be one more thing off my mind.

I so wish i could afford to have someone come help me get my house in order. i get tired so quickly.

[DucetteMama21842]

Hey ladies! Thanks for the laugh... I'll have to bow out of the experiment though... I'm just not into chocolate all that much... skittles on the other hand...


39+5 and nada.

EPO massage, DTD, RRL, etc... and nothing! Bleh... getting tired of these cramps that don't go anywhere... they hurt so bad! :

[guest9921]

39w3d

Not much going on, and with the blah office politics going on at DPs work, I really want/need to hold out for another week. I'd be thrilled if baby came tomorrow or in 2 weeks.

OT- DS(27m) walked up to me last night with half of a broken cheerio and exclaimed, "Mama, its a penis! A penis!"
Toddlers are so great.

[kittywitty]

It's my due date.

Happy due date to me.

I'm obviously not in a good mood lately. This child is never coming out. I am honestly starting to believe that. After finding out about my in-laws coming this weekend, I have fallen into a pit of despair of sorts. So I go to the chiro today. Hopefully that will make me feel at least a little better.

I ate some spicy Mexican food last night. So hot my ears went numb and my hearing was muted. And tried nipple stimulation again. It takes literally 5 seconds of someone touching my nipple for a hard contraction to start. But nada.

[redeyedvireo]

Still here.

I have some adhesions from a laparoscopy five years ago, and one of them has been really tender for the last few weeks, just like it feels before a period. Last night, I woke up with stabbing pain in that whole quadrant of my belly during a contraction, and ended up on my hands and knees on the floor trying to deal with it, feeling a little panicky. I really, really hope that was it tearing loose from whatever has been yanking on it, and not it getting ready to make my entire labor painful in a pain-means-something-is-wrong way, as opposed to a this-is-my-body-working way.

Also, I've had one continuous BH for the last forty minutes. Argh!

[mrsrayray]

Originally Posted by Lizzardbits

...And I am still waking up at 2am, 6am, and midmorning nap absolutely ravenous. What is up with this hunger all of a sudden?!

39w 5d-
i've been waking up starving, eating snacks after dinner and STILL waking up starving! whats up with the hunger? anyone have any idea? all i could think of is that PERHAPS the baby moved down a little giving my stomach room to expand and giving me more of an appetite???

what does it mean?

[transformed]

Originally Posted by Katfka

Toddlers are so great.

It's good to be able to say this sometimes.

It is also very hard to stay in that place for very long, mentally.


:

[transformed]

I take it as "You need to eat."



I always try to have something with lots of protein...in case I am starving because I am about to start labor!

But sometimes I cant help it cause I am a candy junkie. And with that said, I am going to the store right now and getting some candy.

Originally Posted by mrsrayray

39w 5d-
i've been waking up starving, eating snacks after dinner and STILL waking up starving! whats up with the hunger? anyone have any idea? all i could think of is that PERHAPS the baby moved down a little giving my stomach room to expand and giving me more of an appetite???

what does it mean?