Daily thread, 2/10

[steph117]

Ok, I'll start! Since I've been up since 4:45. How's everyone doing today?

In the past few days, I've gotten stretchmarks...and here I was thinking I would be one of the lucky ones who wouldn't get any! But at 37 weeks, they've finally arrived. Ah well They are badges of honor, right? Well, really, I guess they are! I wonder how much bigger they'll get?

I'm suddenly feeling ravenous so I'm off to grab some yogurt & mango. : to everyone...

[Mommy2Austin]

I'm here....still pregnant. Tried all the natural things I could (except castor oil which I'm not going to try ever!) and still no baby although I am having contractions off and on. So who knows when he'll make his way out. *sigh* Lots of hip pelvic pain which might be from the new bed, but who knows. I just want to feel better and have baby in arms.

[RasJi7]

Good morning Mommas!
38+2 today and feeling great. Yesterday I was having hip and pelvic pain like Mommy2Austin but woke up this morning feeling 80% better. Baby feels a lot lower and I'm finally feeling that waddling feeling when i walk. I have to laugh at myself when I get up- it's such a production Was checking the mirror this morning for stretch marks- I still don't see any but was told they could pop up even after giving birth- so who knows? I want to say I want at least one so I can show DS someday- this one is from you... BUT I don't want to be here wishing for them hehe

Hope everyone has a beautiful day and anyone in labor or halfway there I am sending you thoughts of strength. Good luck Mommas- let's have some more babies!!!

[lincap]

ok I think today will be better than yesterday.

Last night I begged DH for a back/hip rub before bed and felt instantaneously better. My word, that really really helped. Then we dtd and I had a good sleep.

Another snowy day here... blah. :

38w 5d


argh- just remembered tomorrow LLL meeting is at my house! Gotta clean!

[Nature]

39 weeks 5 days. Only 2 days until my due date. I honestly don't feel like labor is just around the corner right now. Maybe its this stupid cold I have or something but.. I keep thinking in the back of my mind, maybe this babe was meant to be a March baby and not a Feb baby? Course, I know my OB won't let me go 2 weeks past. I'll be lucky if she lets me leave on Tuesday without talk of induction.

[slgt]

Holy cow, the babies are coming so fast! I'm adding 3-4 a day to the birth announcements, it seems. Wow!

I'm feeling a bit better today, going to try and finish up the nesting once & for all even though I don't really have particular drive. I'm mostly just sick of my house being a mess. DH has finished tiling the upstairs bathroom, so there is a big mess of tools & materials that I can get back down into the basement (currently being stored in the guest room!). Also can get the remaining stuff out of the nursery that does not need to be in the nursery.

I keep finding myself torn between wanting the nursery to look welcoming for a baby, and not wanting to get it set up and looking baby-like until we have a baby, just superstition or something.

Anyways - today is the day. As much energy as I can muster will be devoted to cleaning, cleaning, organizing, organizing, and cleaning!

[kathywiehl]

Still here and still patiently waiting at 38w2d. I have no doubt that it will be at least another week before baby arrives, probably longer.

My hips are killing me. Absolutely killing me. I wish there was something I could take. I had a massage yesterday so that helped some. I will probably go in tomorrow for a chiro adjustment to see if that helps more.

I'd really like to do lots of walking and moving around to try to coax baby to come out as soon as he's ready but I'm just not feeling up to doing anything more than lying on the couch.

[Mommy2Austin]

Yay we have a wee bit of mucous that isn't coming from my chest! lol (I have a chest cold )

I'm hoping this little one will come soon, although I'm trying to to get my hopes up too much!

[Jujubie]

38+2

Same old stuff for me. Pubic pain if I do too much during the day. Still having heartburn so baby hasn't dropped (or not much!) Still trying to get things accomplished around the house and i'd like to get the bag for the hospital packed at some point. I'd be surprised if she comes anytime soon. I'm expecting at least another week.

[zulupetalz]

39+1 here and still very much pregnant. I really thought it would be this weekend because I've been having more contractions that were crampy and uncomf. But, they sort of petered out yesterday and I don't feel like she will be arriving anytime soon.

My cold is finally better. DS is complaining his ear hurts, though, hopefully it isn't another ear infection. Ugh.

[gerlassie]

I'm here too and coming up on 39 weeks! How am I feeling? Pretty achy, pretty icky and very tired but extremely happy to be here! My in-laws and ,my mother are driving me crazy and my boys won't stop running around in circles...and my husband is a nervous wreck. My "practice" contractions are getting stronger which scares me a bit because sometimes I forget how much labor hurts. But, I'm so excited!!!

gerlassie

[lovetobemama]

Hope it's soon, all you mamas who are feeling some movement that way!

39 weeks and 2 days. In recovery from MAJOR prodromal labor yesterday, and enjoying a break in ctx activity. I don't think it will be too long now, but now that I remember what the ctx are like, I don't mind getting a break right now. I am so thankful that I got a pretty good night's sleep!

Hope it's either a quite day, or labor day.

We'll see!

[smokeylo]

I went a little nuts with the nesting yesterday and went on a huuuuuuuuge shopping trip to stock up on all the daily essentials (TP, paper towels, etc), then I put EVERYTHING away and cleaned out...

underneath both bathroom sinks
the pantry
the linen/medicine closet

and did 3 loads of laundry including my pp cloth pads (they arrived 2 days ago, woohoo!)

and started organizing the diapering stuff

Between that, my constant hunger, my extra leaky boobs, and the increase in BH/ctx, my husband is convinced the baby will be here before the due date. He's placing his bet on next weekend. I wouldn't be too upset about that it would be nice since he has 3 days off! But who knows.

Midwife appt and chiro tomorrow.

Re: stretch marks, I didn't get mine until 34 weeks. They're all on the bottom, absolutely nothing above the belly button line. They're actually in the only spot where my belly has a wee bit of fat built up :eyeroll:.

[bloominmamas]

40+4 and still here...Had contractions (about 4-5 an hour last night) that were really painful but I was able to sleep in between and then they stopped when i got up for the day although been feeling crampy and alot of pressure on my bottom. This might be TMI but when I woke up this morning my perineum was poofed out a bit, a good sign I hope? Anyway, really want the baby here soon...Hopefully before Friday, my parents are coming into town to celebrate ds's b-day and to help me out while dh is gone next Mon and Tues. Really hoping for a baby soon...

[slgt]

ps--39 weeks today! I'm trying to keep the mindset that I'm officially on borrowed time - anything I can get down now is bonus. Have to figure out a huge training for work tomorrow for the folks who are going to be filling in for me while I'm gone. Tricky b/c my position is a new one and my project hasn't even fully launched yet..."Here's how you do a job that doesn't quite exist yet." Hm.

Yay, 39 weeks. This head cold can go away, though. That would be fine. I can work for about 40 minutes at a spurt, and then I have to lie down for a while.

[AlwaysByMySide]

37+6

Still pregnant. Don't want to be pregnant anymore, and at the same time, not ready for baby to get here yet.

No sign of him coming anytime soon.

[Teenytoona]

40 weeks today, the magic day hee hee. But that really doesn't seem to mean a whole lot except a way to freak people out. Everyone at work is so sure I won't be back tomorrow (which would be nice, I have such senioritis!). The only thing that makes me think maybe today is the snowy-windyness outside. I feel certain that this baby will come during heavy snow, but I could be way off.

Baby is engaged, my bp's abit up, but the MW's not worried about it yet. SHe said eat alot of cucumber (apparently that helps with bp, who knew?) and walk alot and just do my normal routine. I'm terribly tired today, didn't sleep well last night, got up to pee ALOT, so the routine today might be some laundry, reading and naps, heh. But other than that, I'm ok. We did buy some fresh pineapple last night, it was on sale for like 1.50 a pineapple. I discovered that I don't hate fresh pineapple, only canned apparently, because I ate about half of it yesterday. We were going to do a snowy walk today but OH! the wind is biting, maybe it's the mall for us again. Not much in the way of contractions, which doesn't suprise me, it's only been occasional for me.

Heh as for stretch marks, well, I've had them since puberty, but now I've got some stretch marks, just some, along my waist line. I was pretty well stretched everywhere else it seems! My SIL is jealous because hers are all over. I told her I was already stretched already due to girth, so you just can't see many of mine as they've faded. heh heh. My nephew is still soooo cute, the longest fingers and toes I ever did see, but he's like my Bro in that. I was holding him the other night and joking that his little cousin was kicking him in the booty - because s/he was! :

[guestmama9972]

You gotta love the stretch marks. I had none until 39 weeks with my first pregnancy. Now by the third pregnancy I wear them like a badge of honor.

40+5 here. I have been in *prelabor* since 37 weeks and am getting very tired of it.

I stayed home by myself from church today because I am way past the point of being civil to well-meaning people who ask me stupid questions like *Haven't you had that baby yet?* DUH!

So I am checking out our ddc posts then will take a leisurely shower and hope that today will be the day that we get to meet this baby.

[SamuraiMom]

38 weeks today! Nothing new to report.... but I feel like baby could be moving down, or maybe just squishing into a new position. Last night I dreamt that his/her little head was heading up the left side to turn breech and I caught her just in time to push her back down. I said to someone next to me, "see what s/he just tried to do, that little punk!" Why am I already trying to discipline my unborn baby???

[mosesface]

38w2d.

i know this sounds pathetic, but i just don't think i can be pregnant any more. i am SO ready for this baby to be born. i am trying so hard to stay positive and keep moving...but i can't fathom another two days, much less two weeks...and 4 weeks? that just sounds like a cruel joke.

i know there are many ladies who are overdue, and here i am, still 12 days from my edd whining. but i can't help it. i don't know what happened, but a couple days ago something in me just cracked. i went from being happy go lucky pregnant lady to insane, get this thing out of me lady. it's kind of sad.

i want so much to just stay excited that the baby is coming soon, instead of miserable because i'm pregnant.