-Daily Check-In 12/19-

[*MamaJen*]

Seeing as it's my turn to be the one up with the insomnia, I'll get this ball rolling.
The last three nights in a row I've woken up hungry at 4:30 a.m. I'm feeling such sweet nostalgia for the sleep deprived days of my first trimester when I had to make sure I always had crackers on the nightstand.
Everything else is good. Work is winding down. Unless baby has other ideas, my plan is to spend the next three days working a light schedule, tying up a few loose ends, helping my maternity leave replacement get settled in and hopefully cleaning my desk, which is now protected from organizational efforts by a magic pregnant-nesting-impulse-deflector-shield.

[stellimamo]

No baby. DD wasn't right, this time. She predicted our last pregnancy (a complete oops right before our wedding!), that ended in a m/c. So we take what she says pretty seriously.
I have a MW appt today and not much else to do but straighten the house up. I was motivated yesterday and made 4 different meals for the freezer so the kitchen isa bit of a wreck.

DH should becoming hometonight to so that makes me happy!

[crsta33]

My newfound optimism lasted only until around 3 a.m. and then I woke up, went to pee, and lay back down to worry and obsess *sigh*. I watched 2 episodes of MASH and then went back to bed.

I'm 40 weeks 5 days today. I've got a chiro appt. this morning. I told the baby when I got up this morning that this was a good day to be born and I'm trying hard to convince him to come before midnight. I hope the little fellow didn't take me seriously when I said I was worried about having a Sag baby...he doesn't *have* to stay in there until Capricorn, seriously.

Christa

[starry_mama]

I'm 38 weeks and some days. I can't remember how many. I have a midwife appointment tomorrow, and I really really need to clean my house.

[Sihaya]

41 weeks today. Nothing at all going on that would suggest I'm any more than 7-8 months pg.

[guest9921]

39w4d

Son(27m) woke with moderate fever. Hes completely miserable and sick. Which makes me completely miserable. My poor guy just sobs and sobs.

Baby needs to stay put. Hes also posterior.

[transformed]

Hello.

My MW stripped some membranes yesterday without my consent. :

(Maybe it was an accident. I dunno)

I had some bleeding yesterday, but today nothing,

I told her I am not having the baby till the weekend.

She must have not belived me.

Anyways-it didnt work.

Baby is happy in my belly.






My 2 yr old keeps making me "show her the baby." And then at the same time I also have to "Show her my boobys." (BOTH of them damnit.) And I think she got that line from my dh. :

[Frenchie2]

40 weeks today. My induction is scheduled for tonight. I am trying to be very positive about the whole thing. I am hoping that A) I will go in and will have made a significant change and will miraculously be in labor (unlikely since I havent had any ctxs in days!!). or B) Cervadil will do its job enough that when I wake up tomorrow morning my cervix will have changed and I can start laboring on my own.

I am becoming positive that this is the right thing to do as I am starting to feel a little off with BP issues - headaches that last a little longer and feeling a little more spacey than normal (although that is all relative at this point). Or maybe that is a psychological response the the whole thing to make me feel better about the induction - who knows?

Take care mamas, I hope you all have a marvelous day!!

[mama2rey]

I need a new game plan because I am going crazy. I have decided that I will be a hermit until this baby comes out because people are just stupid. My mother wants me to call her every few hours and gets hurt that I simply don't want to talk to ANYONE!!! But especially her. She actually had the nerve to tell me that an epidural would stop my prodromal labor-I wish it were that easy!!!!!!! Since she does not know what she is talking about-and I don't think she's even listening-I just don't want to talk to her. What gets me is that she claims to be so worried about me-however she has made no plans to come stay with me-despite numerous invitations. She is going to Puerto Rico with her best friend on January 2. I think I would be more of a priority if she were that worried. Anyway she is getting one phone call a day-and I told her this morning not to get hurt if I don't answer the phone. I really don't want to talk to anyone!

I slept well last night-I woke up every hour and a half-but was able to get back to sleep each time. The contractions are getting worse and worse-and I'm calling my MW because I'm now wondering if maybe there is something wrong with my cervix that won't dilate. Or maybe I just am a wimp with no pain tolerance.

So I'm grumpy, in pain, and just miserable.....

[Momma2DoubleCuties]

Still here 38w4d no contractions or anything to report, besides feeling his head last night.

[Nic 1103]

40 weeks and 4 days ... im still here too, nothing happening ... i totally agree with Steph, nothing to suggest i was anything more than 7-8 months pregnant! :

[kittywitty]

Originally Posted by transformed

My 2 yr old keeps making me "show her the baby." And then at the same time I also have to "Show her my boobys." (BOTH of them damnit.) And I think she got that line from my dh. :

Good luck, Colleen!

I wonder how Zjande and Redeyedvireo are doing?

40+1 here. Baby's head is insanely low. In fact, even dh noticed and was a little freaked out by the lack of...space while we were trying to urge things along last night. But no baby yet.

We are supposed to have a winter storm thing this weekend. This may sound weird, but send me some winter storm vibes so that my in-laws will change their mind about coming!

[DucetteMama21842]

39+6 today...

Went walking yesterday to get my contractions to get closer together. They did.. and then petered out.

Woke up this morning a definite moistness... I'm thinking it was only mucous plug as I haven't had any leaks for an hour now. I'm off to buy a pineapple and walk some more. Hopefully baby will make it's entrance in the next couple of days! I'll be kind of sad if baby doesn't come on my due date because it's my sister's birthday and she's so hoping that will be the day. I just wanted to share her excitement. Oh well, babies come when babies are ready...

Rinse and Repeat...

[DucetteMama21842]

I too am dying to hear from Zjande....

[Lizzardbits]

39 and 3
After 4 days full of contractions and "impending labor signs" everything petered out and now-nada. I *knew* better than to get my hopes up, and getting my hopes up, got Hubby's hopes up which all came smashing down something horrible yesterday. We both were nearly in tears when he had to go to work last night because we were so bitterly disappointed. Then to top it off, Hubby had an utterly cr@ptastic shift at work. So we just curled up into bed, watched some TV for a bit and both just crashed.

I had such a happy fun dream last night that I couldn't help but to wake up in a good mood. Hubby even said that one time when he looked over at me while I was sleeping that I had a big smile on my face. In my dream, Freddie Mercury was still alive. Hubby and I were at a movie theater, and he knew about a special thing happening. Curtains open and Queen is on stage! They started out by singing "Somebody to Love" and Freddie jumped off the stage and started singing with people in the crowd as he walked up the aisle. He came round to Hubby and I, put his arms over our shoulders and I told Freddie that I couldn't sing, couldn't carry a tune. He told me that he didn't care, he just wanted to hear my heart sing. So Hubby and I sang with Freddie Mercury to "Somebody to Love" in my dream! How cool was that!!!

This morning when Hubby came and woke me up, I told him, and I asked him to get his Queen CDs so we could listen to the song. He played it for me, and I just glowed happily through the entire song. What a great way to start the day

I hope that Aubrey and Redeyevireo are ok and have babies in their arms soon!

[bumblebeej]

Karin that is a cool dream! I love Freddie!

I have everything crossed for Aubrey and Redeyevireo, why else wouldnt they check in? They must have babies! woot!

[mama2rey]

Originally Posted by kittywitty

We are supposed to have a winter storm thing this weekend. This may sound weird, but send me some winter storm vibes so that my in-laws will change their mind about coming!

I hope they change their minds too! If you want though you can hide at my house -If you go into labor-my basement is a great place for a birth pool-and I'll be insanely jealous because I just realized that I could have had a home birth there!

Originally Posted by Lizzardbits

39 and 3
After 4 days full of contractions and "impending labor signs" everything petered out and now-nada. I *knew* better than to get my hopes up, and getting my hopes up, got Hubby's hopes up which all came smashing down something horrible yesterday. We both were nearly in tears when he had to go to work last night because we were so bitterly disappointed. Then to top it off, Hubby had an utterly cr@ptastic shift at work. So we just curled up into bed, watched some TV for a bit and both just crashed.

I had such a happy fun dream last night that I couldn't help but to wake up in a good mood. Hubby even said that one time when he looked over at me while I was sleeping that I had a big smile on my face. In my dream, Freddie Mercury was still alive. Hubby and I were at a movie theater, and he knew about a special thing happening. Curtains open and Queen is on stage! They started out by singing "Somebody to Love" and Freddie jumped off the stage and started singing with people in the crowd as he walked up the aisle. He came round to Hubby and I, put his arms over our shoulders and I told Freddie that I couldn't sing, couldn't carry a tune. He told me that he didn't care, he just wanted to hear my heart sing. So Hubby and I sang with Freddie Mercury to "Somebody to Love" in my dream! How cool was that!!!

This morning when Hubby came and woke me up, I told him, and I asked him to get his Queen CDs so we could listen to the song. He played it for me, and I just glowed happily through the entire song. What a great way to start the day

I hope that Aubrey and Redeyevireo are ok and have babies in their arms soon!

That does sound like a great dream!! I'm going to go listen to some Queen now!!

I really hope Aubrey and Redeyevireo have their babies today! Why else wouldn't they have checked in by now????? Here's to rooting for them!

BTW-I'm feeling much better. I spoke to my doula who gave me a great pep talk. She is really the best! I then chilled out in bed and read birth stories from Ina Mae's Guide to Childbirth. It will be OK!

[cravenab00]

warning, long whine ahead.

I. AM. DONE.

i have been trying so hard to hold it together throughout this miserable prodromal labor sh*t, and i cant do it anymore. i am so tired of the pain. i have been in near constant pain since Dec 6th, when i pulled my muscle coughing. it has not healed. i do not want to take any medication, i dont want it to effect the baby. so i have constant pain. not only from that, but from my SPD, from my back hurting, and from my ribs hurting. today was the 4th morning in a row, that i woke up with tons of cramps and regular contractions and mucous. and then, once again this morning, as soon as i got up and moving, baby rotated posterior and poof, all gone.
i can feel this baby RIGHT on my cervix. i can feel my cervix stretching, i can feel this contractions right in my vagina. i know this is not braxton hicks or anything. i tried checking my cervix (i'm sure it would have been amusing to a bystander) and i couldnt tell dilation, but my cervix is SO soft i swear i could just cough and baby would fall out. its like mush. i'm hoping that if baby ever decides to hold its position for long enough, i will have a very fast labor.
all i know, is i want the pain to stop. NOW.

[mom2liv]

kay, this post is so going to be a downer, so be warned.

39 + 6 here, and having a lousy day. Not feeling well (crampy and emotional--very PMS-like symptoms). Had MW appt this morning and we decided on checking cervix--not that I was surprised, but no progress. Nada. Baby is in position behind pelvic bone but still -3, cervix is soft, but no dilation, no effacement. Same as with last baby. But what's really got me down right now is dh is way stressed (who knows why--he has issues, and this happens from time to time where his anxiety goes off the charts) and causing a lot of stress in this house. He and I were having problems when we *accidentally* conceived with this one (like the only time we DTD that whole month) and things have been better throughout much of this pg but REALLY bad in the last 2 days. And what's got me most stressed out today is he's a SAHDad and our 2-year-old DD is going through a rough patch right now. Well, this morning he seems to be handling this by just losing it on her, which I cannot tolerate. So I'm working from home, stressed out and swamped and trying to wrap job stuff up this week so I can go out on maternity leave, and I can't focus on anything because I keep going downstairs to diffuse the yelling I hear. So between the hormones, job stress, no sign of baby anytime soon and feeling like things are falling apart here at home, I'm pretty much a wreck and have spent all morning crying. I'm sure I'll feel better by this afternoon, and to be honest the two of them seem to have made up downstairs and things have been fairly calm for the last two hours (last I peeked down to check she was curled up on his lap and he was reading her books), but I'm still feeling stressed and weepy. Hate days like this. Thankfully, it's been a while.

[Lizzardbits]

Oh Kristyn and Cravenab00! If I could hug you and love you and feed you and name you George, I would!!! Here's hoping things turn around SOON!!!