Daily thread 2/26 (for those few of us still needing it)!

[steph117]

Hey all! 39+4 here. Babe seems to be anterior now - I've got this big butt-like thing sticking out of the top of my belly (usually I feel the butt over on my left side). Might not stay there, but that's the first time I've really felt this, so that's something!

Darciedoodle - re your post from last night! I can't believe a houseguest would actually plan to stay for a few DAYS around your due date. ACK! That's not cool. !!! Maybe he'll see the error of his ways & go get a motel or something...

& to the remaining Feb mamas...who's still holding fast? Who's gone into labor since last night? Do tell!

Sarahn & Calebsmama & any other mamas who've been silently checking the daily threads... thanks, nice to know y'all are there for the stragglers

[OldFashionedGirl]

Darn it, I wanted to be the one to start the daily thread today

Obviously, I'm still here. 40+4. Not that I'm counting I had a couple contractions last night, but nothing of any real importance.

I'm getting annoyed everytime I feel the baby move, b/c I remember reading somewhere that they don't much as much just before they're born/you go into labor. I'm like, "Hey! Kid! You'll never come out if you don't stop moving!"

I finally decided it's my fault the baby isn't coming, b/c there's too many thing I intend to do first. So I'm doing them. I got my hair cut yesterday, getting my eyebrows waxed today. I cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom, except the floors, last night, DH vacuumed for me last night. I'm going to wash diapers tonight and scrub the floors, and possibly dust. I'm sure it's just that my babe is so considerate s/he doesn't want to inconvenience me, right?

Bit bummed about about my dr's visit yesterday, b/c my doc, who has been very vbac friendly thus far, is now talking about inducing me. I got hooked up to the monitor yesterday (can we say "overkill"?) and the baby was fine (of course--my uterus does not explode at 40 wks). Friday I go back in to do another stress test and have an u/s to check my fluid levels. But THEN he thinks we're going to set up an appt. to induce me Monday. Apparently, 41 wks is his cutoff. I didn't argue with him yesterday, in hope that I'll go into labor before then and it will be moot. Friday, though, I can see we're going to have to have a chat. (Rather than re-hash it all, you can read it all here in the VBAC thread: http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=854420 )

How's everyone else doing?

[True Blue]

Still here. Feeling a bit better after some sleep. MW comes this morning, in 45 min (maybe I should be showering instead of on here LOL). 2 more days til my due date! This baby should be OUT within a week going by my other births. I bounced on my birthing ball and rolled my hips and whatnot for over an hour last night while I caught up on General Hospital. I get contractions while I do that but nothing lasting. But at least it's something, right? Baby seems to be settling LOA, which is perfect. Head's not engaging, but that's common after the first baby. I keep telling him or her to please please hurry up and come out.

My belly is getting huge. I mean, that full-on sticking out into next week huge. I'm really going to miss my belly and feeling my baby move in there...but I'm so ready for the rest of pregnancy to be done! I usually go into labor at night so it's kind of disappointing waking up each morning still pregnant.

[True Blue]

Whoa I just thought of another reason the baby needs to hurry up! We're moving to FL like April 7 or so...if this baby doesn't hurry I'm going to have to drive 1200 miles with baby barely a month old...I'd been hoping for a 6 weeker. Please come baby!

[steph117]

Hi Amy! I just woke up from a nap in which I dreamed that I came here to check and you posted that you were in labor... so for you...we don't have our next appt with Miriam til Friday. I hear you on the belly thing - I posted my latest here.
Yaaaaa!

Oldfashionedgirl...yuck on the inducement talk. For some reason I can't open your other thread to read it - MDC won't let me - so I can't get the details. Are you doing all the natural stuff already? (Probably a stupid question, but...) to you too!!!!

[alijased]

39 + 3 days

I am just feeling so anxious! Everyone is calling asking how I am doing, just adds to it. When I wake in the morning I have to pee really bad, I think it is a contratction becuase it hurts.

I have a ob appt on Thursday. To sweep or not to sweep, that is the questions!

[steph117]

Originally Posted by alijased

I have a ob appt on Thursday. To sweep or not to sweep, that is the questions!

Oh! A march person! (I sort of am too - Feb 29 really is March 1 every other year)

Our of curiosity, were you considering having your membranes swept this week? Is your OB suggesting you should?

[steph117]

Originally Posted by True Blue

Whoa I just thought of another reason the baby needs to hurry up! We're moving to FL like April 7 or so...if this baby doesn't hurry I'm going to have to drive 1200 miles with baby barely a month old...I'd been hoping for a 6 weeker. Please come baby!

Oh, and also... : on that. Come out, baby, come out!!!!

[Fletchersmama]

41+3 today, and a bit grouchy! I was pretty grouchy yesterday too.

I don't know where all my good feelings, and "Baby will come when ready" thoughts have gone. I went to bed last night thinking," this can't go on" and woke feeling just normal!

Gonna try to be positive today, I'll see my midwife tomorrow.

I don't know why I am so upset, I originally thought I would go till march - I always thought my due date (16th) was a week early.

I keep "preparing": shop and fill the fridge, clean the house, get all laundry done and put away. In my mind it's now time - everything is ready. Then no baby - and I have to start preparing all over again! shop, clean, fold. Am I loosing it?

I am ready to hold this baby, dh and I are both on edge. And I am ready to stop answering the phone, "did you have the baby yet?", "when are you gonna have the baby?"

to everyone else still in waiting land. I'm going to go do some affirmations......

[shanniesue2]

Long, depressed, rant

Well, whether my little gush while I was peeing yesterday was my water breaking or not... I'm still preggers. 40+2. Or right at 40, depending on which due date I go by. And honestly, the last two days, I've been in pretty good spirits... but today I'm feeling kind of depressed and lacking in self confidence. I went to bed last night with some period like cramping and hoped that I would go into labor over night... but overnight, nothing... except very little sleep (I had to pee every 30minutes or so. Had to get up to get something to drink every hour or so. Then I would lay back down and get heart burn from what I had just had to drink. Bleh) I did have a dream that I gave birth to Christopher, though. In my dream I was at work. I left early and went into labor on the way home. Called the MW on my cell phone and she met me at home. Had the baby 20 minutes later, without even having a chance to call DH first. I didn't get a chance to call him until Christopher was already nursing... and the last thing I remember in my dream is being on the phone with DH telling him that he had missed it.
Anyway, I woke up with more period like cramping... but it's stopped now... I've had a few BHs... but that's it.

I'm just sort of beginning to be scared that I'm not going to know when I'm really in labor. After last week, I've gotten to the point where I don't even want to tell anyone (not even DH) about ctx I've had or about that little gush I had yesterday. Because I'm so afraid that it will put everyone on alert and then all of a sudden, nothing is going to happen and I'm going to get disappointed again. So I've become really secretive about what's going on with my body... even with my MW, which I know is not a good thing. I didn't even call her about my small gush yesterday. So in a way, I'm kind of hoping that it wasn't my water breaking... b/c then everyone would get all bent out of shape over my water being broken for more than 24 hours. I have an appt with MW today. I don't know if she's going to to a VE or not, since she just did on eon Saturday. But if she does and discovers that my water is broken, I know she's going to ask questions. I'll probably tell her about the gush at the beginning of the appt... I don't know.

I'm just feeling pretty down today. Don't really know what I want. Don't really want to be around anyone. Kind of just want to mope, but I know that wouldn't be helpful.

Last night, I asked DH if he would do some nipple stim... and his response was, "Do I have to be the one to do it? Can't you do that?" His response really bothered me. I think if I weren't feeling so discouraged, I'd probably be really pissed off about it... but instead, it just makes me more depressed. So this morning when I first woke up, I tried to do some nipple stim on myself, but that made me even more upset because of DH's response last night. And of course, that means it didn't work.

So anyway, still here... still pregnant...

[alijased]

I am not sure about the membrane sweep. I was GBS +, so I worry about that. I am going to see what the doc says. I have tried everything but castor!
And my friend who is a L& D nurse said she has seen some horrible cases of the poops from that!

[steph117]

Originally Posted by shanniesue2

So I've become really secretive about what's going on with my body... even with my MW, which I know is not a good thing. I didn't even call her about my small gush yesterday. So in a way, I'm kind of hoping that it wasn't my water breaking... b/c then everyone would get all bent out of shape over my water being broken for more than 24 hours. I have an appt with MW today. I don't know if she's going to to a VE or not, since she just did on eon Saturday. But if she does and discovers that my water is broken, I know she's going to ask questions. I'll probably tell her about the gush at the beginning of the appt... I don't know.

I'm just feeling pretty down today. Don't really know what I want. Don't really want to be around anyone. Kind of just want to mope, but I know that wouldn't be helpful.

shanniesue... ... moping may not be PRODUCTIVE, but it's like a good cry, sometimes it's just necessary.
re: telling your MW about the gush - I would DEFINITELY tell her about that before you let her do an internal on you. Because at least according to my MW, the 24-hour infection countdown starts once you put something in your vagina after your water breaks. So if there's a chance it did break - you should let her know before she sticks anything in there, otherwise you may be risking an inducement or something (not sure what her policies are). and also... about the husband/nipple stim thing!! That would really bother me, too. I hope that today your mood ends up turning around a little, or that even better, labor actually starts for you!

alijased - maybe you'd be better off waiting than letting him sweep - especially since you have the GBS worries & you're not even much past your due date yet... (she says, as if she knows anything ) and I've definitely heard lots of castor oil horror stories from MDC!

& fletchersmama - hope those affirmations work for you! :

[Septagram]

I'm hanging on. Due the 29th. Feeling strange. I don't know when it's going to happen since they induced me last time. I'm paitent and don't want to rush, but I'm also so nervous about it all!!!

Good luck to the mamas who will be having their babies today!!!

[OldFashionedGirl]

Originally Posted by steph117

Oldfashionedgirl...yuck on the inducement talk. For some reason I can't open your other thread to read it - MDC won't let me - so I can't get the details. Are you doing all the natural stuff already? (Probably a stupid question, but...) to you too!!!!

I've been inserting EPO for the last week, and apparently that's working, b/c he said I'm very soft. But I'm still at 2-2.5 cm....where I've been for a month now. I just started drinking RRL tea in the last week or so. I told DH that if I haven't had the kid by Friday we can try sex . (I'm just SO not in the mood, you have no idea how little that appeals to me.) I was going to try nipple stim, but read that it has to be for 15 mins continuous to do any good. True? (And no, I don't have a pump .) Anything else I should be trying?

I should be walking, I know, but I'm in South Dakota. We just got a bunch of snow and ice yesterday, and knowing me, I'd just fall on my ass. Although, I did suggest yesterday that maybe I should go sledding--going over a couple big bumps might get things going

[mamabutterfly]

Hugs to all of you hanging on here. I'm at 39+5. Have been through a roller coaster of moods in the past day. Had contractions from 4am in the morning yesterday, through the day and into the night. Woudn't stop, wouldn't progress, back pain, menstrual crampiness, then in the night the strongest contractions came with nausea and chills and were 5 minutes apart from 2am til 3am.
Fast forward to finally getting up at 5:30 and everything stops. Lovely. So now I've had 20-some hours to wear me down [which I suspect were trying to turn this OP baby of mine], and not near to active labor.

I was so discouraged!! I had my doula friend over for several hours of yesterday, and since I've been a doula for several years myself, I felt like I knew all the right things to do and wanted them to be "working." Dh took off the evening from work, the doula spent hald the day away from her kids, my MIL made calls to everyone that I was in labor [Guess who's idea that was not? Yes, mine.].
So now this morning I felt like a "failure," knowing that it's ridiculous.

The good thing was then ctx slowed so much after breakfast that I just had a 3 hour nap! Then a big lunch. So now I don't care so much what happens, whether labor today or not at least I am not wiped out - that was my fear, entering active labor too tired for it.

Hope this is the day for someone!

[operamommy]

Big hugs to all of you mamas-in-waiting.

[True Blue]

Steph, so funny about your dream!!! Maybe it will come true. Well, I mean, I guess it will eventually LOL.

My mom booked her flight to come today, I am so happy! My grandmother was released from the hospital, so she knew she could come. And I had no idea but she is coming Friday for 11 days! I'm so happy! I had no idea she was coming for so long, the help will be fantastic!!!

[Mama2-4]

Just checking in here to see how you all are doing. Your babies will be here before you know it! Enjoy the last few days of pregnancy! s: