weekly thread Feb 25-March 2 Almost there - Page 3

[nugglemama]

To everyone. These last 4 or less weeks have been so very hard. I am taking it one nap at a time right now My kids are now counting down sleeps and I am secretly praying baby decides that she wants an earlier birthday. I am doing my early evictions, prepping my cervix stuff. I am drinking rrl tea 3X a day, going to sit on my exersice ball while I sew and I am trying to walk as much as I can without causing anything else to hurt. I will probably do one more chiro visit too. Oh and I actually had sex I am getting a haircut, maybe getting a pedicure if I can find someplace. Just basically trying to keep busy for the next 6 days. I am puffy and exhausted and just trying to chill as my 6 year old has taken to saying.

[CherryBomb]

I'm tired and cranky. I made around 4 dozen pancakes today to freeze (pancakes are a huge hit in our house ). I'm going to bake 3 or 4 pounds of bacon to freeze, too, and a few dozen zuchinni muffins. And probably a few cheese lasagnas. i'm tired just thinking about it!

[~ani~]

Originally Posted by yoga_mama88

Does anyone else get worried about not having enough kicking/movement at this point?? Sometimes I get really scared, probably for no reason.

Yeah I think mine is running out of room and their movements are more restricted and hence smaller... so sometimes I worry they're not energetic enough too...

And my midwife also recommends lots of sex for the oxytocin (arousal -> ctx) and prostaglandin (semen -> cervical ripening)

Otherwise I am completely exhausted - the end of pregnancy has hit me like a brick wall! Getting in a little nesting though

[Leilalu]

Glad to see everyone is doing mostly ok for this far in the game!

I think we are blessed to not have any very late miscarriages in the group too.

I was out lots with the kids yesterday. Shopping, library, park, then the mall at night for a bit.
So today is a sewing day. Must sew! Must sew! And write checks, and co-op and interent shop. Gotta get some ducks in a row and a few projects knocked off the list.

Hopefully later I can get the kids to help with loads of laundry. Its a great new game we've been doing. I save up several loads, and they run back and forth for about an hour helping me put stuff away. Sometimes we do smaller loads but it makes sense to knock a bunch at once.And since they each have one half of the dresser, they have 4 drawers each for clothing, and a low hangning closet rod. SO it's fun to watch them learn organization and not have to go back and forth myself!!! I just throw clothes at them and they dash right back.

And I think I may need to do some early Easter prepping, if at least mentally tallying what craft to do or things to buy.

Found out yesterday that IL's are coming several days early before my scheduled c, so that is a big relief. I wanted everyone settled in first so it looks like that may happen!

[Smokering]

Well, wow. I actually thought I was in labour last night. You know how I was complaining about not having had any BHs for a while? That was a mistake. I had nothing but contractions for, I dunno, four or five hours? (And I had to get up 5 times, which is just ridiculous... *mutters*). I kept thinking 'I won't wake DH until midnight... I'm 37 weeks at midnight, so then I can ring the midwives and still have a homebirth'. And I was annoyed, because I was sleepy and hadn't done a lot of the pre-labour tasks I'd been planning to do, and it just felt too soon and too rushed.

Which luckily, it must have been, because I woke up this morning with no contractions and no baby. Thank goodness! I'm starting to worry a little about not getting the birth pool until March 10, though!

Also, I felt backachey last night during the BHs. That doesn't mean I'm more likely to have back labour, does it? Because I didn't enjoy it at all...

[CherryBomb]

I *think* I lost a big glob of my mucous plug today. It kind of slopped out in the toliet when I was wiping. But it was clear so I couldn't really see it well through the water. TMI It was big enough I could feel it coming out. Eww.

Made 3lbs of bacon and 4 dozen zucchini and banana muffins over the last few days.

[Leilalu]

Well, I had super loose stools today, and no tummy ache....so I am nervous. I don't have anything prepared for a homebirth, this would be my 3rd C. I haven't even signed paperwork for my hospital stay or cesarean yet, and I forgot to schedule my appt this week with the OB.
So I am nervous. Lots of pressure and feeling weepy and loose stools makes me wonder. I am very achey too. Trying to franticially finish up loose ends in case baby wants to come earlier than Friday.

[DBZ]

I lost gobs more mucous too. Horray for that LOL. I had looser stools today, but I have been eating lots of grapes, raisins, and drinking apple cider to help relieve constipation, so it was probably that.