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post #21 of 40
2/7/08 at 3:00pm
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I'm still here. Still no trickling. I tried laying down for awhile and getting back up and nothing comes gushing back out. Still contractions, but not getting more intense or anything.

I am exhausted though. I don't know why. I'm just drained. And for some reason I'm really agitated and pissed off. I hate limbo. I hate not really knowing for sure. And I can't just pop in the hospital to find out because its an hour drive and the weather sucks today. So if I go, I want it to be for real. I've never ever gone to the hospital and been sent home, and I don't really wanna start kwim?

I'm totally over thinking things, and what I really want to do is go to bed. I want to stop hearing my kids screaming. I want to ignore them. I want to sleep.
post #22 of 40
2/7/08 at 3:04pm
Good luck Mama! Try to get some rest. I am feeling more crampy today...I am going to lie down for a nap, maybe we will both have babies soon!! :
post #23 of 40
2/7/08 at 3:05pm
I hate waiting too! Maybe having hubby get the kiddos involved in a quiet activity so you can nap would help?

Good luck!
post #24 of 40
2/7/08 at 6:47pm
It sure sounds like your water broke. I hope you can get some rest for the big event.
post #25 of 40
2/7/08 at 8:23pm
11pm here, and a dark, dark night. Sending you many night-time hormone vibes :
post #26 of 40
2/7/08 at 8:40pm
Thinking of you this evening! Hope you have either found rest, or clear labor land!
post #27 of 40
2/7/08 at 10:54pm
Just checking in for an update Nature....hoping things are going well for you Mama!
post #28 of 40
2/7/08 at 11:15pm
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Originally Posted by Nature View Post

How can the 4th baby be the one I'm not 100% sure about?
Um...that sounds exactly how labour started with Terran (my fourth full term birth) right down to the denial when my water broke and him being the first babe who I laboured with and birthed entirely during daylight hours.

It's night now, so maybe you're snuggled up under the covers blissing out with your baby or maybe you're lurking and not talking the way I was during most of my labour.

Terran's little head did the "cork" number for me and I only had one other gush, which came with a stronger contraction and let me know that towels weren't going to cut it any more and I needed something a bit more absorbant to protect my furniture.

I'm thinking about you anyway and sending lots of ELVs and looking forward to hearing about your wonderful birth and your perfect baby.
post #29 of 40
2/8/08 at 12:11am
I hope that everything is working out for you tonight. Either you are snuggling with your little one or will be soon. Sending good vibes your way. :::
post #30 of 40
2/8/08 at 1:04am
Thread Starter 
Just updating. I called the OB's office around 4:30 and I spoke with the nurse in depth and explained that I wasn't still leaking, but was contracting. She called me back and said that the doctor wanted me to go and get checked out at the hospital. So we packed up the kids, brought them to my sister in laws in their pj's and all set for the night.

Get to the hospital with my dh and my 9 yo who is coming to see the birth. I'm cranky, pissed off, and know for sure they're just going to send me home. They hooked me up and see that I'm contracting good every 5 minutes. Well, after they change the monitor out for one thats working, and change the blood pressure cuff out for a working one. I swear everything was messed up tonight.

Finally she calls the OB and she says to check me. She checks me, and says I'm only 1cm. Which is less than what I supposedly was on Monday, where I was told I was 2cms. Okay. Whatever. Then she says that the doctor claims she didn't know the whole story, she didn't realize that I wasn't still leaking fluid. And because I'm not still leaking, they can't test anything...

The nurse said, "You're just in prodromal labor." and they sent me home.

So here I am. Exhausted. Tired, and headed to bed. I picked up my girls, and put them to bed here. My daughter had to finish her homework and get to bed super late.

I'm still contracting, though nothing too painful. A slamming headache. Diarreah. Stuffy nose. And kinda angry I wasted two hours of my night to only be sent home. I was equally upset that I was even sent to the hospital though because that didn't feel right.

However I do know one thing. I didn't pee myself. There is just no way. I never leak any urine. Not even while laughing or coughing. Let alone while just watching tv and lying still. It doesn't make sense. So either a high leak that resealed itself, a second bag, or something like that.
post #31 of 40
2/8/08 at 3:58am
Oh! That's disappointing! I'm sorry for your hassle!

But hey- you will have a baby soon!
post #32 of 40
2/8/08 at 4:00am
Oh- you know, I'm not in this DDC. I hope it wasn't intrusive to post! Your thread title was just so compelling!

Good luck to you!
post #33 of 40
2/8/08 at 4:33am
post #34 of 40
2/8/08 at 7:31am
Bah, what a bummer. I hope you can get some good rest today.
post #35 of 40
2/8/08 at 11:13am
yeah, maybe it was a second bag that re-sealed. regardless, i hate that you had to do all that work to get to the hospital and then come back home tired and frustrated.

have you thought about natural induction sort of things like herbs, nip stimulation, etc?



sending you longer, stronger, closer together contractions!
post #36 of 40
2/8/08 at 12:36pm
Thread Starter 
Honestly? I would have thought tandem nursing still would be enough nipple stimulation.
post #37 of 40
2/8/08 at 1:45pm
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Honestly? I would have thought tandem nursing still would be enough nipple stimulation.
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post #38 of 40
2/8/08 at 3:47pm
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I can't believe I'm not in labor yet, either sometimes. DS still nurses, and I think, if I have to use nipple stimulation to get labor going, what could I possibly add?

So sorry about the rough evening. FWIW, one of my good friends had a very similar experience. It definitely wasn't "the" water bag breaking, that happened in transition right before pushing, but with both her kids, she had a big fluid leak somewhere in the 48 hrs before labor mark that was definitely not pee. Her sister had the same thing with her baby, so there must just be something that can happen sometimes this way.
post #39 of 40
2/8/08 at 3:47pm
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I can't believe I'm not in labor yet, either sometimes. DS still nurses, and I think, if I have to use nipple stimulation to get labor going, what could I possibly add?

So sorry about the rough evening. FWIW, one of my good friends had a very similar experience. It definitely wasn't "the" water bag breaking, that happened in transition right before pushing, but with both her kids, she had a big fluid leak somewhere in the 48 hrs before labor mark that was definitely not pee. Her sister had the same thing with her baby, so there must just be something that can happen sometimes this way.
post #40 of 40
2/8/08 at 4:27pm
not in DDC...but first
Then...i wanted to say that wiht my first labor, i had a trickle in the middle of the night and KNEW that it was NOT pee as i never ever ever pee even coughing, like you said. I didn't trickle any more until my waters officially broke (or were broken by midwife) 20 hours later. So i heard there is something like a "hind" water that can break and just be a trickle? Maybe that was it? Altho my contractions started and progressed rapidly...for 30 hours that is...it wasn't prodromal labor for me.

So maybe it resealed, maybe it was this "hind" water i've read about...

I hope it progresses quickly now for you!!!! being your fourth hopefully suddenly you just kick into gear and its a dream birth. How awesome that your daughter is attending!!!!
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