42 Weeks Update post #28 - Page 3

[Sandrine]

Congrats!!! :

[Teenytoona]

Thank you everyone!! I'm so excited. I don't know how any of you find time to post and take care of baby! Right now my little peach is securely wrapped to me and napping. I'm still having a time getting to put her pictures up on flickr, so maybe it will be a while yet.

How do you all do it...???

And when do the hemmeroids go away! Eeek!

[SamuraiMom]

congratulations mama!!! I am so happy for you, & Happy Birthday little one!!!! My little man is wrapped to me right now, I was wondering how anyone had the time to post too!!! If he's not eating I just want to lay next to him and watch him!

[flapjack]

Teenytoona, check my blog. When the noise in the rest of the house gets too much, we come sit in here, talk to you lot and he slurps milk in the front of his mouth and straight out down the side so I have a soggy spot on my trousers right over the belly flubber...then when I can bear to, he gets put down in the moses basket in the fractionally-quieter room.

[Theia]

Congrats Teeny! I have been thinking about you this past week. IKWYM about trying to find time to get online while having a newborn around. I don't know how moms with more than one get anything done! It must be an art.

Our babies were nearly the same size, mine was 7 lbs 10 oz and 21 inches. Pretty cool.

So anyway, enjoy your babymoon and I look forward to hearing more from you.

[Beverly]

Awwww, congratulations! Glad you're home and feeling well!

[hibiscusgirl]

I can empathize

I too am 42 weeks. monday I will be 42 & 1/2. it is so hard hearing all the comments from family & random people etc about having too big a baby (mine is 9lbs probably now), that I should induce, baby is not safe, when are you going to have that baby etc....?

I have had a great pregnancy so far. this is my first one & can't complain. we are planning a home birth & i feel so ready for it. I do daily affirmations & don't feel anything is "holding" me back. Thursday our midwife had to consult a physician (by law) and the plan is to do a biophysical profile (detailed ultrasound) and if that is well we can hold off induction. we have our next appt on monday to reasses.

we have been doing ALL the things recommended to get labor started. Sex daily, drinking rasp leaf tea (been doing that since 34 weeks), oral & vaginal EPO, walking a lot each day, visualizations, we did the "midwife castor oil cocktail" on tuesday, went to altitude, long bumpy car rides, got the breast pump out daily for nipple stimulation, hot spicy foods, spumoni ice cream.....what else??? I'm sure we've tried it all. even watched the business of being born twice last night as some inspiration!

it's hard not to get discouraged right now. I'm confused on what to do. The thought of going to the hospital (I work there as a nurse) just makes me want to vomit & being artificially induced does as well. I dream of going into labor spontaneously & laboring on my own as nature intended. a lot of the signs are there, contractions daily, increased discharge, pains in groins etc....the biophysical profile turned out great & I knew baby was fine, but to silent the naysayers it's nice to have proof with technology.

so I can total relate with what you are going through. it's funny to me that our OB system/culture puts so much emphasis on due dates when they are just estimations. every woman's cycle & child are different. what did they do before the 42 weeks cut off date? did women not have children? it's ridiculous. I know a lot of people that have gone well past due & have larger babies & do just fine. anyway...just wanted to share my feelings with you. hope you are doing ok! hang in there!

[Septagram]

Congrats!!

[Dea]

YAY congrats! I started to comment and MDC ate it! But reading your story was so surreal to me, like mine kinda. (perhaps 'cause it was the first I read since I've been home.)
Anyhow so happy for you!

[Mary-Beth]

hibiscusgirl, at this point with everything you've done I'd say now you just have to let go. I mean, as much as you possibly can stop trying to trigger labor!! Sounds crazy, I know. But honestly, sometimes all these efforts can block it. The fact is your baby and your body WILL go into labor at the perfect moment.
I'll be thinking of you. I have bee there so I know this is a huge thing to ask...Try to embrace it and have fun being pregnant a little while longer!!

[smokeylo]

Congrats!!! Wow, your 42 weeker was teenier than my 39 weeker! Just goes to show. Sounds like things went pretty well for you, or at least you sound positive about the whole thing. Awesome.