~*~12/23~*~

[Lizzardbits]

Today is my EDD.

I was certain that I was in slow labor part of Friday, and alllll day Saturday. Contrax were 10 minutes then 8 mins, then 6, then 4, and I was dealing well with them. I was in a good mood. We called the midwife over for a check (no VE's) and she said by feeling on my belly that baby was at a 3 station into my pelvis. She left and we decided to rest and Hubby and I laid down to sleep. I slept all night and so far this morning I have had ONE noticeable contrax. What the &^£%$£*^&$%*$ happened??? I should have babe in arms. I feel so frustrated with my body, and feel like I am "failing". My Goodness! I woke up this morning thinking about packing my bag to go to the hellspital. For F*(k'$ sake--might as well knock me out and section me and while they're at it give baby some formula. I am starting to feel "distanced" from my baby, body, and labor that even baby's once joyfull reassuring kicks have become more of an annoyance.

Hubby is beside himself with distress and worry as he has never been through this and throughout the entire pregnancy he's been looking to me for calm guidance--I have none of that to give. He is great to cry to and on, but his frustration level is about at the breaking point and I think we may end up fighting if we aren't careful.

Sorry to start the day on such a down note--hopefully things will look better later.

[starry_mama]

Hi. : My MIl is coming over for dinner tonight and then my mom is coming over tomorrow morning and spending the night. The Christmas day afternoon, my FIL is coming over. So I'm hoping this baby stays in until that is all over with. I'm 38w6d today I think.

[Momma2DoubleCuties]

Well I think today is my day, I've been up for a few hours with regular contrax about every 10 mins, I came down stairs to move around and see if they continue and they do. So I thought I'd check in and then I'm about to phone my mom.

[mrsrayray]

40w 3d ...no sign of labor for me.

[stellimamo]

40w today. No baby. Oh well. My FIL is coming w/ his mother today so wish me luck. It's the last set of ILs I have to host before this baby comes.
Nothing else to really report... imagine that.

[transformed]

I am still pregnant. 41.1.


I would *really* like to have a snuggly squishy little newborn to cuddle while my other kids open their presents from Santa.

How precious would that be?

My dd was born 2 yrs ago on the day after xmas. :

This is my chance to have an xmas freshie!!!

[guest9921]

40w1d here

Nothing to report. Lots of babycork falling out and replenishing itself. Headcold almost entirely gone, just a stuffy nose.

[Quindin]

Powerful contractions (the ones you can't talk through) every 8 minutes from 6:30 AM to 7:30 and then every 5 minutes until 9AM. Was about to call the midwife to let her know, and then they began weakening and spacing out

Getting some pretty darn strong ones right now again, but I am afraid to get my hopes up. It is really depressing being teased like this...

I am 40 weeks + 5 days

[wife&mommy]

Originally Posted by Quindin

Powerful contractions (the ones you can't talk through) every 8 minutes from 6:30 AM to 7:30 and then every 5 minutes until 9AM. Was about to call the midwife to let her know, and then they began weakening and spacing out

Getting some pretty darn strong ones right now again, but I am afraid to get my hopes up. It is really depressing being teased like this...

I am 40 weeks + 5 days

Mine did this several times the day I had her, there is still hope! Good lucK!

[wholewheatmama]

Good luck Aimee - ELV! :

Hang in there everyone else.

[kittywitty]

Originally Posted by Momma2DoubleCuties

Well I think today is my day, I've been up for a few hours with regular contrax about every 10 mins, I came down stairs to move around and see if they continue and they do. So I thought I'd check in and then I'm about to phone my mom.

Yay! :

And : to Quindin!

Karin, I feel 100% the same way. I feel like a failure. I keep having false labor and it stops. I feel like I'm letting everyone down and maybe my body just won't do it on it's own. I've been induced with my last two dc b/c of stupid doc reasons and now I'm terrified that my body doesn't know how to do it on it's own. I wasn't afraid of this until the last couple days. It is not normal for me to go overdue and I am just miserable.

I guess I'm 40+5 or something? Mucous still a-flowing, contractions every day consistently. I am pretty much not expecting to ever give birth at this pace, though.

[*MamaJen*]

Good luck, everyone, and hang in there. Y'all all sound really close.
I'm not close, I don't think. If I had spent the last four months in a coma and woke up and someone told me I was 20 weeks pregnant, I'd believe them. Well, at least until I looked down at my ginormous belly. I got my first stretch marks this week. It seems a bit unfair that I made it this far free and clear and they pop up now. But they're not too bad, so I shouldn't complain.
This morning I may have had a few contractions, but not strong enough that I was certain. It's funny, it felt sort of like a stomach ache. Then I remembered that my watermelon-sized uterus has evicted my stomach from its former residence. So if anything hurts in the place typically occupied by my stomach, it must be my uterus. Right? Does that logic hold up?
Last night Aaron and I walked around for about four hours shopping. It was actually really pleasant, and we had a nice time together. I told him I hope he understands how lucky we both are that my feet/cervix/emotional sanity/general sense of well-being is holding out so well at 39 and a half weeks preggo.
The birth music mixes are finally complete, and I just finished the big pre-baby stock the pantry grocery shopping.
Babycork. I like that. We should start a petition drive to officially rename the mucous plug.

[Belleweather]

Today is not my day either.

39 weeks 6 days, there's a huge snowstorm on it's way so our holiday company (my mom and sister) night be cancelled. Which, considering that I've got a 6lb roast in my fridge would be kind of a mess. But I wouldn't have to worry about going into labor while they're here which would be kind of a mess.

I'm also generally completely exhausted. I wake up, do one or two menial chores, like wrap 3 presents or bake something, and then I need a nap again. I'm thinking this is high progestrone... but doesn't progestrone need to dip before labor can start? At this rate, I'll be pregnant until 2009.

[Elsaraw]

40.3. Nothing to report. Just wobbeling along.

[Lizzardbits]

Big, Huge, Ginormous HUG

Thank you Kittywitty!



I am doing a bit better. The midwife on call came out and talked with us, and she thinks that the "slow watery trickle" that I had been having really was NOT my amniotic fluid, just normal (but extra) pregnancy juiciness being squished out as baby's head is decending into my pelvis. Baby's heartrate is good and movements are super. I have been having contrax again, but I refuse to time them as it seems to jinx me.

so we impatiently wait wait wait wait ad infinum....ad nauseum...:Puke

[mom2liv]

40 + 3 here. Was up most of the night counting ctx, which went from about 10 minutes apart to consistently 5 minutes apart and painful for 3 hours. Then....nothing. ugh. So not used to this--the last labor started with membrane rupture and just went, fast and furious. Feeling a bit frustrated today, and exhausted from lack of sleep, so big, BIG to all you ladies feeling the same.

[guest9921]

Originally Posted by Belleweather

I'm also generally completely exhausted. I wake up, do one or two menial chores, like wrap 3 presents or bake something, and then I need a nap again. I'm thinking this is high progestrone... but doesn't progestrone need to dip before labor can start? At this rate, I'll be pregnant until 2009.

I had a few days of what I believed was very high progesterone, just complete body/mental exhaustion and had a hard time catching my breath though baby has dropped. Maybe it means it soon for us? Or another few months?


./off to do research

http://rnceus.com/hormone/progest.html

Decreases sensitivity to oxytocin. Oxytocin (a hormone from the posterior pituitary) increases the frequency and strength of uterine contractions. During late pregnancy, the progesterone level may drop to 250 mg/day. As progesterone decreases, sensitivity is increased to oxytocin.

[Kealli]

40 + 1 and nothing to report. just some very mild period style cramps in the middle of the night.

re: "baby cork"

I cracked up when I read this because just last week my husband and his friend called it that after the wives (me and friend's wife) were talking about the mucus plug. i'm all for "baby cork"

[guest9921]

Originally Posted by Kealli

40 + 1 and nothing to report. just some very mild period style cramps in the middle of the night.

re: "baby cork"

I cracked up when I read this because just last week my husband and his friend called it that after the wives (me and friend's wife) were talking about the mucus plug. i'm all for "baby cork"

A friend suggested it when I mentioned my DP can not tolerate the depth of grossness 'mucous plug' brings to his mind. Placentas and pushing-poo hes fine with, just no MP. Her DP is the same way.

[*MamaJen*]

If my little Capricorn happens to care about such things, the entire house top to bottom is ridiculously clean.