Daily Check-in 12/20 - Page 2

[cravenab00]

38+6 here. woke up this morning cramping and contracting AGAIN. Went to the bathroom to find a big glob of mucous once again. Diarrhea all day yesterday. after some research, i'm beginning to think that the reason i have the seeming signs of labor in the morning, is because the way i sleep, baby can get into a good position. when i get up and moving, baby always rotates posterior and poof, everything comes to a screeching halt. SO frustrating! Today i'm going to focus on trying to do things to keep babe anterior and see what happens.

we were supposed to get a winter storm this weekend, which i was really hoping for, i thought that would be a perfect time to birth, but now they are saying just flurries. bummer.

DH is off work the next 3 days. how lovely would it be for me to have babe during that time!

[look11]

Originally Posted by starry_mama

I'm here. Nothing going on, vagina/cervix wise. We're getting dumped on with snow, and ya know what? Im not feeling bitter about it. Its the kind of snow that falls slowly, with big puffy snowflakes. Like real Christmas snowflakes.

Ditto! Isn't it beautiful? I feel like I'm in a snow globe!

[mom2liv]

Happy EDD to me! Nothing out of the ordinary, though 2-year-old DD woke up this morning, looked me dead in the eye, and said very matter-of-factly, "Our baby's going to come tomorrow night." Wow, creepy! We'll see if she's right.

And, after some sleep and some sanity, feeling MUCH better today. Thanks to all of those who offered words of encouragement and hugs! You ladies are the best!

[starry_mama]

Originally Posted by look11

Ditto! Isn't it beautiful? I feel like I'm in a snow globe!

Yes!

[kittywitty]

Originally Posted by Elsaraw

I'm actually having a baby....

There really can't be many of us left now.

I would be lost without our ddc. My real life is too lonely

Mine is, too. And everyday I come on here and assume I'm the last pregnant December DDCer. That just makes the feeling worse. I don't think I'll ever give birth.

Christa Your dh needs a swift quick to the patoot.

Originally Posted by Sihaya

Add 6 days and I feel the same way!

41w1d here. Yesterday I ate half a pineapple, drank 8oz of prune juice, and tried nipple stimulation for an hour. Now my mouth is raw, my nipples are sore, and I'm still constipated. : I had ctx all night and am having some dull back pain now, but am pretty sure nothing's happening anytime soon.

Oh man. THAT sucks. I've eaten 3 pineapple by now and I just have made them my worst enemy.

: to Shebear!

2 days overdue or something here.

[transformed]

Originally Posted by MoreThanApplesauce

I asked my chiro about this, and she had no idea what I was talking about!

Hmm...

Well I do know that every time I get adjusted, I do have ctx the rest of the day. I wonder what it does?


BTW Dec mommies-

We are droppin like FLIES today! (Dropping babys anyways...)

How many new's today? It looks like alot!

[HumbleLuna]

Originally Posted by kittywitty

Mine is, too. And everyday I come on here and assume I'm the last pregnant December DDCer. That just makes the feeling worse. I don't think I'll ever give birth.

feel the same way. There aren't many of us left now.
Maybe I will be the one to have the "dreaded Christmas baby" that the Jan DDC was talking about.

[kittywitty]

Originally Posted by mamablueberry

feel the same way. There aren't many of us left now.
Maybe I will be the one to have the "dreaded Christmas baby" that the Jan DDC was talking about.

TWO people called and told me I would yesterday. I was not happy with the way it was said. I don't care a whole lot, but I am sooooo sick of being pregnant.

[ohiomommy1122]

Sending all you mamas labor vibes:

[Sihaya]

Originally Posted by transformed

BTW Dec mommies-

We are droppin like FLIES today! (Dropping babys anyways...)

How many new's today? It looks like alot!

I have no idea how many are new today, but there are 65 babies in the birth announcements thread and 5 others that I know of that haven't been announced here. That's 70 babies so far On the other hand, by my list, I count 76 that haven't been announced as born yet, so those of us who haven't given birth yet are still in good company!

[Lizzardbits]

yeah it looks to me that Dec 17-19 so far looks like a HUGE baby boom. I thought that the full moon was supposed to bring it on or something like that.

Tomorrow would be a nice day to have a baby as either way I write it, it is a palendrome---USA version-> 12/21 UK version-> 21/12. Plus that was the date that *I* had originally figured out as my EDD. Although a Solstice baby is INCREDIBLY romantic for me. Lots of "2s" in the date 12/22/2007 or 22/12/2007.

MIL called while I was taking a much needed nap, I saw who it was on the caller ID, and just let voicemail pick it up. Message was basically making sure that I was ok and if I had baby yet and that ANOTHER baby was born to So-and-So from church's granddaughter's co-worker. Why, oh, why do people think that they will be forgotten to be called when baby is born?! "Oh, yeah, MIL and FIL, oh ye who are MORE excited than your son and I put together about the newest member of the family, we had the baby a few weeks back. Oh, I thought we called. Sorry, better luck next time!" So, naughty me, I'm not calling her back tonight.

I am going to go take a long hot bubble bath, and read my Patricia Cornwell book.

[*MamaJen*]

Ooh, SheBear's having a baby today!
I'm 39 weeks. Um...don't hate me...I feel really good. ::
I had a good midwife's appointment today. She kind of cheerfully told me, "Well, I'm pretty sure you'll have your baby sometime in the next three weeks." I truly don't feel in a rush. I'm sort of enjoying doing last little things to get ready, though there's nothing left to do that's totally imperative. And I'm enjoying the connection of having the baby inside of me. It's a sort of sweet and reflective time in my life right now and I'm not in a hurry for it to be over.
I'm almost on maternity leave, just doing a little bit of work over the next couple days.
I saw wake_up's baby today. He's so adorable he should be a controlled substance.

[seaheroine]

39 weeks 1 day here.

I'm feeling the posters on the emotional mess post. I'm going absolutely CRAZY here all day. Don't want to leave the house at all but then I'm getting cabin fever in here with the three dogs and cat. They're driving me nuts by just staring at me. Or shaking hair all over the sheets I just washed. I'll be lucky if there isn't a dog death by swiffer by the time this is all over. Kidding, really, but I'm starting to have the mental imagery. I begged DP to stay home from work with me today, I need some human company! No such luck.

I've decided to take it somewhat easy, it's dreary and I'm tired of walking. I started making vegetable soup, near cried because it wasn't what I really wanted and made onion soup instead. Did all the laundry and lanolized some of the babe's wool soakers. I don't think I did that correctly, of course.

I just want the days to end! I'm so mad at myself for feeling this way - I'd be enjoying my time off so much more if I wasn't completely physically incapacitated. I can't reach/lift stuff to clean the closets and can't clean out the gardent, which I'd really like to do. No more signs, other than lots and lots of contractions.

All day I look forward to DP coming home and watching Gordon Ramsay on Kitchen Nightmares! Of course, then I want to go back to work and sharpen the hardcore management SKILLZ. Micromanaging the menagerie here just isn't cutting it.

:

[look11]

Originally Posted by *MamaJen*

Um...don't hate me...I feel really good. ::
I truly don't feel in a rush. I'm sort of enjoying doing last little things to get ready, though there's nothing left to do that's totally imperative. And I'm enjoying the connection of having the baby inside of me. It's a sort of sweet and reflective time in my life right now and I'm not in a hurry for it to be over.

Ditto. Feeling VERY tired, though. DH has taken the rest of the year off and is busy doing projects around the house. Sometimes I wish he'd stop and pay more attention to me, but I'm glad these things are getting done and it's really nice to have him around! We're all eating dinner together for the first time in forever!

[*MamaJen*]

Originally Posted by seaheroine

Or shaking hair all over the sheets I just washed. I'll be lucky if there isn't a dog death by swiffer by the time this is all over.
:

Come meet my German Shepherd. I didn't realize it was possible for any creature to lose so much hair and not be bald.
OMG, and she's such an 85 pound mamas girl. I think she knows the baby is one the way, because she keeps on begging to sit in my lap (well, as much of her as still fits) and cuddle. I totally relate to some of the toddler posts.

[transformed]

Originally Posted by *MamaJen*

I didn't realize it was possible for any creature to lose so much hair and not be bald.
.

Wait till about 3 months PPD. Dont look at the floor after you brush your hair!!!!!!!

[Belleweather]

38 weeks 3 days-ish... is that even right? I've totally lost count and for some reason don't trust my lilypie counter. It just seems like it never moves!

Midwife appointment today, baby is VERY low and I'm 75% effaced with a soft cervix and just a little bit of dilation. I'm still thinking next week... so I tried to waddle around the mall to buy DH's Christmas/Stocking gifts which just resulted in contractions, exhaustion and complete frustration (although I did get some Cashmere-lined gloves for him for $15).