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[steph117]

Ooh! Ooh! Incoming babies! Yay!! : laboring mamas (and poor mamas who are trying to avoid labor because their kids are sick)...

gunther, YES, I am SO GLAD I have this board to rant to. helps me feel sane. i actually left DH a ranty note to find this a.m. when he woke up, expressing all my frustration & then saying "ok i feel better now." and i did. i feel totally fine this morning. lots of sleep helped too, no doubt!

oh, cute little baby feet...how i love these baby feet...(Steph presses baby's foot, it presses back) AAAAAAAAAAHHH SO CUTE! i hope baby wasn't too negatively impacted by all my yucky bad-mood hormones yesterday

going to eat some kielbasa now. hope everyone's day shapes up!

[Theia]

Here, pregnant and barely able to force my feet into shoes. 38+6 today. No new symptoms, baby seems to be quite cozy and content to stay put. I guess I am fine with that in some ways cuz I am a little scared about the arrival, YK, first time Mom jitters. I am tired of always being so hungry :!!!! If I weren't such a freak about medical interventions I would be happy to have a continuous drip feeding me. Supposed to have home visit w/MW and birth team tomorrow.

Gunter! The image of a pregnant woman trying to crawl in a window was too much! Sorry about the cut on your leg, but thanks for the laughs.

And to those in the bad weather..... I am sorry.... I used to live in those places: Iowa, Missouri in particular. So I will send you some of my weather, today in S. Oregon it is 60-ish and sunny! I can't wait to get out for a walk, well I kinda can, not looking forward to shoes.

Sending ELV's for Kathy and everyone else whose little one is coming today.

Have a happy day to everyone else!

[alijased]

I am crabby today! My DH seems a bit on the selfish side. Its amazing that his contribution is that he is "participating' in activites with us. I made my DD a nice breakfast plate this morning and went up to take a shower and he HAD ATE THE SAUSAGE! You are kidding me, said she didn't want it. BUT hello, leave it out for her, she will eat it when she gets hungry.
Does anyone ever look at their husband and he makes you sick?
We have date night tonight, and if it wasn't me wanting to go out so bad, I would go by myself...

UGHH

[gerlassie]

I'm joining in again today!!! I'm coming up on 40 weeks and I'm really beginning to feel it. My husband is getting nervous and my 6 and 3 year olds have the sniffles... and I'm really ready for my In-Laws to fly home ( I like them much better when they are 2000 miles away ).

gerlassie

[kathywiehl]

Originally Posted by peace_laughing

Sending ELV's for Kathy and everyone else whose little one is coming today.

Have a happy day to everyone else!

Do you mean me? No labor for me today. I thought so for awhile, but everything stopped as usual.

[lovetobemama]

Hi all! It's so nice to hear the updates today. I think updates on Sat are usually a little better because, no matter how the day is going, at least it is the weekend!!


I was about to take a page out of Gunter's book and try to reply something to each persons post, but, G, I just don't know how you keep it all straight and find the time! I will just give some general replies:

Crankypants=me too! I love the ice cube tray story and the dropping the phone stories. I am not a "cusser" and don't EVER use the "f" word in real life, but have been letting it fly about 20 times a day in my head this week. Something along the lines of, "Well, that's just F-ing PERFECT!!" at any little annoying thing. One part of pregnancy i can't wait to say goodbye to.

Gunter, I am SO happy to hear about the awesome HBAC! What an accomplishment for that mama! And what a great way to head into your own birth! (And I LOVE the image of you crawling into a window in the middle of the night...it was the first time I have laughed out loud in days!)

Super hugs and love to everyone who is is early labor today. I know there were several of you in the "no 16th" camp, but for those of you who are ready and feel things starting, can't wait to hear baby updates!

When is your appt, operamommy, for the membrane stripping? Hope it goes well today!!!

Thinking of all who aren't feeling well today, and for all with annoying DH's or IL's. (especially the sausage story!!).

Also, SUPER excited for all the first timers who are getting to enjoy the weekend or the weather and cherish these last few days. I was too anxious to have DS and wish I would have relished the end of the pregnancy more! Keep up the good work!

Super healthy vibes to kathy, smokelo, and anyone else who is or might be sick!!! Thinking of you!

Happy EDD lillyblossom!

As for me, I posted a thread on the main page about my sickness update, so I won't go into details here, but the good news is that it's the weekend, so with DH home, i have gotten TONS more rest. I went to be last night at 9:30 and woke up today (minus bathroom trips, of course) at 9:30!!! Yep...that's 12 HOURS OF SLEEP/REST!!! And I have already taken 1 nap, and am about to take another!!!! Another day of this, and I might actually be able to get healthy enough to deliver this baby!

Thankfully ctx are still holding off (I think being basically horizontal on the bed or couch for a week straight has something to do with it!!), so I will still be getting some pregnant time! Only 40 weeks and 2 days, so I am happy to keep on going!!

[smokeylo]

We cleaned alllll morning and now I'm sitting here with period-like cramps that are going into my thighs. Hmmmmmmm.... we'll see, right? I'm going to get up and move around, and drink a bunch of water. Probably nothing, but exciting, kinda!!

[rajahkat]

count me among the grumpies! At least I was last night, so it's funny to read today's thread and see so many of you dealing with the same thing!

Right now dh is playing with the kids in the snow. They are having a great time. I'm working on crafts for a swap here at MDC and just basically enjoying the afternoon.

Methinks some baked macaroni and cheese......mmmmm:

39w + some. I've never made it fully to 40, so I figure soon though nothing exciting to report.

[Mommy2Austin]

Yeah...I'm in the grumpy group today. My mom called and asked if I wanted to come over to see some family from up north so I went and I was having fun until my older sister came over.

I was fine with everyone touching my belly and hugging me and sympathizing.

Except her. She touched me and I wanted to shoot her! She kept making the same comments about "being at the birth" and I wanted to scream "You will NOT be at my birth you fat cow!!!" (Now mind you I do love my sister, but today was not a good day...on top of the 50,000 times I've had to reitterate that she is not needed at my birth) Plus the house was all nice and quiet (DS is a good quiet easy to deal with kid 90% of the time) and then her and my nephews (who I do love) show up and now my DS is crying and fighting to play how he had been until they got there and they keep being bratty and screaming at the top of their lungs. Finally I looked at my mom and said "I need to go. Now." So my aunt took me home (DH is at work with the car) and she told me how well behaved DS is compared to my nephews and she can tell how great of a mommy I am. It felt really good to hear.

Now I'm better and timing ctx after my 2 hr. nap. I'm feeling down low in my bum although I don't know if there is a pattern. We'll see. DS is being sooo good and watching Blue's Clues. I'm sitting here on my birth ball.

Any come on baby vibes are welcome my way. I'll take all the no-labor-on the-16th ladies' labor vibe share for the day

[isra1986]

I may be out of the loop, but why do some not want to have the baby on the 16th?

[Mommy2Austin]

Originally Posted by isra1986

I may be out of the loop, but why do some not want to have the baby on the 16th?

Its seems some MILs have today as their birthday and either don't want to share their birthday or reeeeeaaaalllly want to share their birthday and the mommas understandably want to avoid giving birth today

[Mommy2Austin]

Well poo...I was having ctx about 6 min apart and then they petered out

Come back CTX!! Come back!!!

[isra1986]

Originally Posted by Mommy2Austin

Its seems some MILs have today as their birthday and either don't want to share their birthday or reeeeeaaaalllly want to share their birthday and the mommas understandably want to avoid giving birth today

Ohhhhh. Ok. My mom wants my baby to wait until the 25th for her birthday. I am 3 days overdue now, and really don't want towait that long!!!

[mosesface]

39+1.
what is it about today? i am the grumpiest grump of all time! dh has no choice but to laugh, some of the things i'm yelling about are so ridiculous.

the five minute apart contractions i had starting yesterday afternoon continued through the night and when i did sleep, i dreamed i was in labor and even had the baby. but contractions stopped when i got up this morning.

i'm ready to go to bed already. i'm just so done.

[Mommy2Austin]

Originally Posted by mosesface

39+1.
what is it about today? i am the grumpiest grump of all time! dh has no choice but to laugh, some of the things i'm yelling about are so ridiculous.

the five minute apart contractions i had starting yesterday afternoon continued through the night and when i did sleep, i dreamed i was in labor and even had the baby. but contractions stopped when i got up this morning.

i'm ready to go to bed already. i'm just so done.

*hugs* I'm right there with you. DH doesn't get off work until 8: So until then I have to stay up....

[Nymph]

39w2d

Slept good last night and only woke up once to pee! It's a record!

No signs of impending labor to report. I got a massage from my midwife today that was heavenly.

Made some lists and ran some errands today. Got a sports bra that fits to wear in the water birth pool, knee hi's for the herbal after birth bath, gifts for my coworkers (see ya suckers! ) and stocked up on organic chicken and wild caught salmon.

Now I'm chilling with some chocolate and trying to think of ways to convince DH that he does indeed want to take me to the grocery store on Saturday night (more errand stops to run tomorrow-so I'm trying to spread it out a bit).

Oh and later we are headed to my parents' house to watch the Taylor vs. Pavlik fight. Jermain Taylor hails from here, so we gotta support our local boy! My ulterior motive...he is also very HOT. And that just makes it all that much more interesting.

Gunter-no more pregnancy Olympics stunts!!!!! Ouch!

Hugs to all you grumpy grumps today. I wasn't quite there today, but DH's driving was about to make me come unglued. I tried my best to tell myself it was the hormones and let go...HEY KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD!!! Ha!

Off to read birth stories!

[Gunter]

i love that i am giving you all laughs about climbing in the window at 4am. my leg is fine and healing more than i thought. it was fun of indentions last night from all the pressure i put on it. har har.

i will try to come up with some more things to make you laugh tomorrow. or maybe someone else could..

[MommyHammy]

I am 41w1d today and although I have been having contractions fairly often (every 30 minutes or so) for the last several days they are not very strong/painful and don't seem to be getting any stronger or more frequent. On last check (on the 12th) I was 50% effaced and 2.5cm dilated and I have felt some weird twinges in the area of my cervix so maybe things are progressing and I am just not aware of it.

I am pretty sure the reason that I am stuck, so to speak, is that people will not leave me the heck alone. My husband asks every 15 minutes "Are you in Labor?" and family and friends call everyday "Have you had the baby yet?" like I would not let everyone know. Also our best friends, who live across the street are always here. This is not anything out of the ordinary, as we always spend tons of time together but always having people around is definitely not allowing me to be relaxed as I need to be for things to start moving along.

I am so frustrated and scared at this point that I don't know what to do. I had to go with an OB (because the closest MW is 2 hours away and my hubby was just not ready for a UC) and I while he is very sensitive and supportive of my desire for this to occur naturally he is still discussing the 'facts' about increased mortality after 42 weeks with me and my husband (the numbers I have found are about a 1 in 1000 increase in stillbirth and NICU admissions) so my husband is getting a little anxious. We have an appointment on Monday and I have agreed to discuss the possibility of "stripping membranes" and will probably end up doing it just as a means of stalling (both hubby and OB). I want to avoid a pitocin labor if at all possible.

So, that is the frustration of my life these days. I do really enjoy hearing about all the wonderful labors that women in this DDC have had and all of the adorable babies that have come so far. I can't wait to tell my own and show off my LO. If I can just relax enough for it to happen

[lovetobemama]

kela, sounds rough! Hang in there, this baby will come! First timers are so often later! Hope everyone around you will lay off!!!

[CalebsMama05]

wow for all the grumpies! I must have given all my grumpy feelings away as I've been feeling very *together* with my girlie and trying to enjoy the last few days of my last (probably) pregnancy.

there's only about 45mins left of today...but I'll update anyways...

my headache did go away with me laying on the couch begging my 3y/o to be a good boy and be quiet and covering my eyes with my arm to keep the lamp glare out. I have had headaches like this before they were called cluster headaches I believe and my former ob said they were more like migraines than not. the tylenol helped a very little bit. I ended up taking my headache medicine that is basically tylenol with caffeine in it. hopefully a good nights sleep will keep it from coming back tomorrow!

gunter-yeah dh dug out rock band and the boys LOVED it. I need to upload their new pics soon...I dug out my fb's and took pics..you can see their new haircuts in them oh and on the couch it is HUGE I love it...but it was out in the snow for awhile so it still smells kind of musty. I'm paranoid its moldy and will kill us all in our sleep. I want to find a different couch that doesn't scare me witless.