Daily Thread, 2/12

[bloominmamas]

Well, I am wide awake, which is highly unusual for me at the this time. Been have contractions since 11:30 (since they died off around 7pm) about 4 minutes apart but they last only 30 seconds if not less. I think I will try to go back to bed and try to sleep, we'll see how that works Hope everyone has a great day!

[steph117]

Good mornin' all. The sleep changes are really fascinating me. Some nights I wake up almost hourly, others I get three hours at a stretch, and I randomly wake up feeling WIDE awake (not having to pee or anything). I just had a sort-of-breakfast (at 6am) but now I'm starting to feel sleepy again, so maybe I'll go back to bed for a while... for the past week, loooong naps have been the norm. (A luxury, I know...this is our first child, so I can still take naps!)

Yesterday's new thing was some cervical pain. Effacement? Baby hands? Only time will tell.

Oh, and babe seems to have shifted more anterior. I haven't felt those cute little feet & knees sticking out of my belly since early yesterday - now I'm just feeling squirms. So that's good, I think! (Though I do love the feel of those little feet; they're so cute!)

: to all the laboring mamas...

[RasJi7]

38+4
Not feeling labor-y. But then again this is my first so I really have no idea what to expect, aside from what I've learned in birthing class and all that reading...

I've woken up 3 nights in the past week sweating which I''m hoping/guessing is hormone surges- I know it's not because the house is too warm- my Mom keeps it so cold! I keep telling her when the baby is here we have to turn up the heat. She agrees now- but she also promised my husband before I left that she would keep the place warm but once I was here she would tell me- put on another pair of socks- or put another layer on- sweatshirt, etc :P

I am hoping that my little caribbean baby doesn't decide that this place is too cold to be born in and stay in there forever haha

bloominmamas: maybe today is the day?! Hope you have your baby in your arms soon!

steph117: First baby for me too and I love taking my daytime naps! I have to remember to turn off the house phone though- that thing always gets me an hour into a nap.

[lincap]

39 weeks for me!

Bloody show last night. Other than that nothing is changing. Same as I have been for the past 3 weeks, crampy, back ache, contractions off and on!

Already looking forward to a nap is DS will take one today!

[smokeylo]

Mornin' all, 38 weeks today, bad period cramps this morning (also had them for a few hours last night before bed). Who knows!! BTW if you missed it, Isra1986 is in labor!

[Gunter]

hey fellow mamas,

slept well last night, thankfully. i had a massage and chrio appt yesterday so those two things surely helped me rest! my massage therapist is a good friend, was at ezra's birth and is planning to attend this birth. nothing like a good massage therapist at labor time!!!

DH went out with some friend last night. i was so happy for him to hang with the guys while ezra and i watched birth videos until we fell asleep snuggled in my bed.

i woke up to her peeing on me this morning around 4:45am though! she uses the potty but wears dipes most nights. we had just woken up and asked her if she wanted to use the potty like an hour earlier. night peeing can be a challenge for lil ones, i guess.

thanks for all the comments about my mother's blessing. it was soooo fabulous! i am so encouraged and supported and grateful for it all. here are the pics, again for those of you who didn't get to see them yesterday. they make me so happy that i just keep looking at them.

[Teenytoona]

Morning all!! Nothing much going on here. I"m working from home today as we're supposed to get a boatload of snow throughout the day, and I just don't feel comfy driving home from work in a blizzard and being after 40 weeks.

40+2 today, and nothing really going on. I wonder if that's because I sit at a desk all day long? Today since Im home I'm going to try to be on my feet or the ball for as long as possible. I tried to see if I could feel my cervix - ha! fat chance, but Mr Toona gave it a go and he said all he could feel was a nub of some sort, didn't think I was dilated at all. : We DTD and I told him we will need to be doing it daily! hee hee, he's ok with that, as am I, it's just that sometimes we get tired these days (something about winter does that to you, doesn't it). Though I'm not positive, I have a feeling I will be joining you mommas who are due later in the month... but I don't know, maybe the baby and I will have a talk today.

[steph117]

Originally Posted by Gunter

slept well last night, thankfully. i had a massage and chrio appt yesterday so those two things surely helped me rest! my massage therapist is a good friend, was at ezra's birth and is planning to attend this birth. nothing like a good massage therapist at labor time!!!

Ooh! Massage & chiro in one day! I've made lots of bodywork appts during this pg too - I think it's a huge part of what's kept me feeling so good overall.

And I agree about having a good massage therapist around. DH is a massage therapist

[Mommy2Austin]

Still here....still pregnant Send any and all do-not-go-into-labor vibes this way. Yeah me. The one who has been griping about getting this kiddo out can NOT have a baby today. We have no water A pipe in the septic system had finally rusted itself through and so the landlord has been having it fixed since yesterday afternoon. I can deal without having a waterbirth if I have to, but I don't think clean up from birth would be very easy w/o any water. So no baby today please (at least until we know that it's allll fixed)

I was worried because we ran errands yesterday (took DS to the park too!) and then we went to the grocery store and trying to walk around the grocery store I had a ton of contractions and pain. It was crazy!!! Thankfully they stopped when we got home because I was worried about the no water thing!

Congrats to all the new (and repeat) mommies Enjoy your baby mooning

[AlwaysByMySide]

38 weeks. Nada.

My grandmother is coming up at the end of the month. Every single day, she asks me if "the doctor" has told me yet when the baby is coming. It has gotten so old that I've started to respond with, "Well, my midwife sent him an email, and he said he'll be here next Tuesday by 9am." She says they should be able to tell me if I'm close. I told her that I AM close; I should have a baby anytime in the next 4 weeks.

She is adamant that all of her children were born when the doctor said they were coming, because that's how it was done "back then." (50+ years ago!) SIGH. (I was induced with my first two - one late and one early - and she never said any of this when I was pregnant with them.)

Other than that, nothing new/fun/exciting to report!

[True Blue]

Good morning all!! Just hanging out here. Washed dipes yesterday so I need to get those folded and put away, and put the car seat back together (washed that too). I'd like to get everything set to go today maybe for the baby so that stuff is ready...have an outfit ready, first dipe, etc. Baby's hanging out nice and content, as I need him/her to be, since Daddy's away til the weekend sometime. Plus I really need to be practicing my Hypnobabies more...it's just hard when I'm home alone! We're supposed to get a little bit of snow this afternoon...I really wish the storm would turn a little and dump 6 inches on us, we've had hardly any and the kids are dying to go sledding. It would be a nice change. I mean, if it's going to be freezing we might as well have snow instead of rain!

[steph117]

mommy2austin...eeek! : to stay in there, baby, til that pipe is fixed!

alwaysbymyside...love that response! haha! that must feel so frustrating though...

True Blue - I forgot to tell you that a few days ago I dreamed your baby came early! hee hee...

[LawrenceDoula]

39 weeks and 3 days here. Everyday I think it could be the day. Started having decent contractions last night that woke me up every hour or less. Still no 'show' though. I'm just hoping all these contractions are getting early labor out of the way.

My husband and I tried to hook up the hose to fill the tub and of course something is messed up and water leaks out the back of the sink! We rent and lately it seems like something is breaking/screwing up at every turn! Our land lady lives next door and tries to get to things quickly, but doesn't always do the best job....I just don't want to be stressing about it during labor. That's the last thing I'll need!

This baby is so low I don't know how it's staying in. I have tried to check myself once or twice a week for the past couple of weeks and can't reach a darn thing. Patience patience patience...

[Jujubie]

38+4

Nothing new with me. Agenda for the day is to do laundry, dishes, and maybe get the bag packed for the hospital. I'll probably only get 1/2 of it done, moving so slow... LOL.

[True Blue]

Originally Posted by steph117

True Blue - I forgot to tell you that a few days ago I dreamed your baby came early! hee hee...

Oooooh....that would be so nice....it didn't come while DH was gone though, did it???

[steph117]

Originally Posted by True Blue

Oooooh....that would be so nice....it didn't come while DH was gone though, did it???

Nope! I just know I was reading about it online & thinking, "OH, now she's done with Miriam!" (of course, Miriam might be with one of her zillions of other late Feb clients, ha!)

[True Blue]

[lilyblossom]

39+3 today and no real action yet....although I think the baby may have dropped a bit - it's easier to breathe, it seems smaller and I'm starting to get up more at night to pee and am more and more restless at night. My pelvis gets sooooo sore sleeping on my sides so I toss and turn a lot but I'm usually able to get right back to sleep.

My appetite is getting voracious, and I love it! I've not been hungry much through this pregnancy so I'm thrilled when I get it back.

I'm thinking today might be my last day at work...I took yesterday off due to car trouble and it was SOOOOOO nice to relax, take a nap during the day, not feel so exhausted by the time I get home and so sore from sitting all the time. The major difference for me was that I was SOOO happy yesterday. Not that I haven't been happy, but I felt good physically and emotionally, elated even. Maybe it's because I was able to do something specifically for me that made me feel so great. But the bags under my eyes are almost gone and I just feel like I'm glowing. Time to have some more me time before this LO is born I think .

A bunch of folks at work seem to think I'll have this baby on Valentines day...the one day we've asked her NOT to be born (LOL) but there is supposed to be a storm tomorrow and I've been saying she'll be born during a storm so maybe tomorrow will be the day - but with no signs yet, I doubt it, LOL!.

[applecore]

37+ weeks, and having some bloody show and a few contractions this morning. So SOMETHING is happening, although who knows what that means. Dh is working an hour or so away from home today with the roads not being great, and my midwife is sick with what folks around here have termed "the death plague." Apparently it is a really nasty flu, and having her come would be not terribly smart. She called another midwife to give her a heads up, and that midwife was at our last birth, but also over an hour away. So maybe I'd just better hope this baby stays in for a few more days, but I am so ready that it's hard to think that way. I wouldn't mind going unassisted, but dh is way freaked out about that. Oh, well. We'll just have to see how things go, I guess!

[Jujubie]

Originally Posted by applecore

and my midwife is sick with what folks around here have termed "the death plague." Apparently it is a really nasty flu

Applecore, I think this is what my FIL and MIL have. He called on Sunday upset hoping the babe didn't come this week because he wouldn't be able to see her until he was better. Where in Michigan are you? I'm about 30 minutes north of Ann Arbor.