Weekly Update thread. 3/31-4/6

[MissAnnThrope]

Ok ladies...

What is this weeks update?

[paphia]

I'm at thirty six weeks so I feel safe birthing this baby at home whenever. So I guess I can come off self-imposed pelvic rest (the last couple of times dh and i got together it caused mega bh's for the whole next day)... except now I don't wanna let him anywhere near me! Don't tell him I said so! LOL.

My house is nearing completion but they haven't mentioned anything about getting done early, so boo about that. Though, we just got some coupons for four free nights at a hotel so even if I'm in labor before the new house comes into our possession, I might have a nice space to birth in.

I have to go give dd a bath now. It's so hard to lift her in and out of the tub.

[mkmama]

Just got back from the doctor. I'm 36 or 37 weeks.
baby is 3/5 engaged, whatever that means. i mean, i know what it MEANS but i doubt it is any indication of when i'll go into labor. Still ??? about my due date. It'll happen. I'm ONLY stressed about it b/c of my mom's visit from the USA, and she wouldn't want me to stress. They scheduled an induction May 9. I said i will not be there for it as i will have my baby much earlier. Optimism. Or denial.

Physically feeling fine other than tiredness. Still not quite sure if the tightening i feel is the baby pushing up against me weird or bh. another I am boring, (and that's good!) b/c i have no prego side-effects to complain about (except one hemmroid that reared its ugly head )

Second guessing my name choice with no back up. Nora...i love it and then it doesn't seem right...i have to see her first.

I have REALLY wanted to deep clean but have held back b/c i wanted the place really clean before my mom comes/baby. So i was able to officially start (until now i've just been organizing like a mad woman). So i spent 3 hours on the stove/micro/freezer/fridge yesterday. They weren't even that dirty but there i am with toothpicks (SERIOUSLY) and unscrewing parts to get in the nooks and crannys. I had the oven OUT and everything. Feels sooo good. I'm doing piece by piece as not to exhaust myself (altho its exhausting me anyways). Got all the cupboards cleaned out today...tomorrow is deep cleaning DS' room. And so it will go until my mom comes and then i can relax.

My mom comes in exactly 1 week. Its been 7 months since i saw her so i'm very excited.

[ltk]

okay, well, we are done with EVERYTHING! MY EDD is thurs. sigh....felt like it should have been two weeks ago!

We have a clean house, new furniture, baby stuff out and washed.....bags packed, birth instructions, toddler care arranged.....

A bunch of people are calling and texting to find out what is going on. Can I just IGNORE THEM? Why do people think it's okay to bug us like this?

Playing w/ DD a lot and have closure in my mind about these being our last few days as a trio.

We even made a video for the baby, and I wrote her a letter. If anyone has other project ideas let me know!

[MissAnnThrope]

I just hit 38 weeks today.

I feel pretty good today. I'm starting to feel a little sick right now, but it might be because I was just scrubbing the kitchen floor. That is hard work.

My appointment isn't until Friday this week. I hope I don't make it to it.

I think after cleaning the kitchen today I should get to sit back with my feet up while Ds finishes his nap... Ahhh.....

[pixiepunk]

37 weeks here, and fighting a little bit of a head/chest cold. it's totally sapped my energy. i just want to curl up on the couch and sleep. but i've got to teach a class in less than 2 hours so that's probably not going to happen.

my mom visited this weekend. it was nice to stock the cupboards and get a chance to visit. she's so great with the kids.

after she left we did my belly cast. that was a lot of fun, DD was very helpful. can wait to get it sanded and gesso'd so we can hang it up with the other two!

while i'm still not mentally ready to have a baby yet, my body's getting more and more convinced all the time. i feel like i'm really starting to get uncomfortable, and am counting down the days till my next chiro appt. i always feel much better for a couple days after that.

and still trying to turn this stubborn posterior baby.

[amaayeh]

Hey ladies! I'm fairly new here, but I would like to get involved so here's my update!

I'll be 38 weeks on Thursday. Baby is really low (midwife said -1 station?, but that was 2 weeks ago) and there are certain days when I have some pretty good contractions, but nothing consistent. I'm not getting checked again so it's just a matter of wait and see. I had DD at 40w0d.

I've been having an upset stomach occasionally lately and no appetite for days. Other than that, no 'signs'.

[ChristyH]

37 weeks here now and a couple of days. I have another appt with my OB on Wednesday and find out the results of my GBS test and still hoping for a negative. They don't start doing internals until after week 38 so I have no idea where I'm at, and I'm ok with that. I've been taking my Evening Primrose Oil and I sure hope it's helping!

[nutbee]

38 weeks now and I had my weekly appt today. The only news to report is I lost 4 kilograms this past week - I'm hoping that means that baby will be here sooner rather than later. Oh, and the doctor keeps talking about my super huge baby, but I'm just ignoring that part right now (I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing). My doctor is on holiday as of tonight so if babe comes before the 14th it'll be luck of the draw at the hospital. Damn, wish I could do a home birth.

A bunch of people are calling and texting to find out what is going on. Can I just IGNORE THEM? Why do people think it's okay to bug us like this?

Sucks being a miracle sometimes I got people to stop phoning me by giving them waaaay tmi: dilation did it for my father (I'm sure he doesn't believe I have a cervix ), mucous plug talk for my mother, and having sex to get labour started with dh for my mil (well, okay, I haven't talked about the sex yet, but as soon as I get up the nerve...)

[~ATenthMuse~]

38 weeks, between some time today and Thursday. Take your pick. Saw my midwife on Friday, I believe. She checked me and everything was soft and mushy, but my cervix is posterior (as usual, it seems). I've been nauseaus for about a week now. Had a lot of contractions on Saturday, and waves of nausea that night. Feeling like it's soon, but I'm not betting on anything. I'll see her again tomorrow, have to meet the back up midwife still.

I slept on and off throughout the whole of yesterday. The weather here is better today, so I took ds & dd on a march down to the coffee shop. 2 miles there and back, so hopefully, bringing him down even more... Although, I'm not sure he can get much lower, without just falling out!

Just waiting...

[cubasianchica]

Originally Posted by ltk

okay, well, we are done with EVERYTHING! MY EDD is thurs. sigh....felt like it should have been two weeks ago!

We have a clean house, new furniture, baby stuff out and washed.....bags packed, birth instructions, toddler care arranged.....

A bunch of people are calling and texting to find out what is going on. Can I just IGNORE THEM? Why do people think it's okay to bug us like this?

Playing w/ DD a lot and have closure in my mind about these being our last few days as a trio.

We even made a video for the baby, and I wrote her a letter. If anyone has other project ideas let me know!

Im on the same boat. Me edd has moved around quite a bit so my due date is anywhere between wednesday and sunday. I agree with you that it feels like it should have been 2 weeks ago. at my last appointment I was only 1 cm and baby had not dropped yet and on top of that he was face up and on top of that they tell me he is around 8 lbs! sheesh.

[meli-mello]

38 weeks for me (or 39 depending on which date you are going by). I just had a crazy 2 1/2 hour nap with no pee break - I think that is the most sleep I have gotten in a long time! I woke up because babe was jumping around so I tried to do some stuff to give it space to flip over (baby is breech and I have a c-section schedule) after a while of that I had to get up (the blood rushing to my head was getting to me) and the little one decided to get the hiccups just to let me know that it is still in the position it has been in for the last 6 weeks! Oh well - I'm trying. I had all these plans that I called "Operation Get Baby Out" for this week but now I just want it to stay in until the 8th (when the section is scheduled for) so I don't have to rush to the hospital if it isn't going to flip and because DH has to go away from the 3rd to the 4th and I would hate to have to do this without him!

[splath]

I'll be 38 weeks tomorrow and no real changes yet. My BH are becoming more intense, but that's about it. My midwife appointment isn't until Friday. Dh says the baby can just stay in this week, as he has a busy work week I think he just doesn't want the baby's birthday to be so close to his own (which is today). :

[GISDiva]

Midwife appointment on Thursday at 38 weeks, but I doubt she'll even check for anything unless I think something is going on. And as of now, nothing is going on. I'm starting to get that "bowling ball" feeling, so baby's on it's way down, but nothing too drastic. No contractions - maybe a bit menstrual-crampy over the weekend when we were out walking, but nothing I'd call a "contraction", BH or otherwise. So a really boring report from me then...

[chely7425]

Nothing new here really... I have an appointment tomorrow though so if anything interesting happens I'll let everyone know!

[oyinmama]

37 weeks now... the window of opportunity has officially opened.

braxton-hicks-ing all over the place. baby is dropping lower & then scrambling back up again. when he's low i get to experience the lovely and oh so comfortable waddle action! so, that's fun. midwife appt on wednesday, where i'll get my GBS results and all the normal MW stuff. i think in the last two weeks, i've gained like 5 pounds!! what the heck!?

done with childbirth class. had a [fabulously amazing] shower. haven't nested at all, still in the list-making process. wanted to wait until post-shower to get our last few items. will probably do a load of baby laundry this week, as my concession that this baby is actually on his way.

[milosmomma]

My EDD is Saturday. I have an appointment tomorrow...I guess I'll know more then.

I'll tell ya, I feel like I had more signs of labor and stuff going on LAST week. This week has been pretty quiet (aside from the constant chatter of people asking "you haven't had that baby yet???")

[mama_ani]

I'll be 40 weeks on Saturday. I'm not in a rush for baby to arrive but I'm ready if she/he does.
Saw my m/w yesterday. After her finally dropping the "you're too fat to tell if baby is head up or down" (and of course me knowing baby is head down doesn't count ) for a few weeks she started yesterday. I felt totally blindsided. Until now they kept writing that the baby was head down in my file... but yesterday "she couldn't tell.' I had said I didn't want any internal checks until labour was well established but she said if she did one she could tell baby's position without sending me for an ultrasound. So I consented. Baby's head is still floating high, because this is baby #5 I'm a bit dilated and effaced already but nothing exciting since baby is too high to help things alone. And shock of shocks, she said it was too high to feel for sure that it was head down.
She insisted on an ultrasound, going as far as saying that if she arrived at the delivery and I was 8 cm and there was a bum first she'd have to hold the baby there and it'd be an ambulance ride/c-section, the whole works. This totally freaked out dh, who isn't okay with doing an unassisted breech birth even though the only alternative would be a section.
She scheduled the ultrasound for that day so that if baby was breech she could send us immediately for an external version. It totally felt like things were snowballing out of control.
So we had an ultrasound. Baby is head down. What a shock. It's like I knew my baby's position all along.
I am so frustrated and angry and ready to bash my head in the wall that 1) I gave in 2) she acted like she was okay with us deciding the best care for me and then basically waited until it's "almost too late" and then wham! plays the same card over again. The whole thing just makes me want to cry, or scream.
ANYWAY, baby is head down, all looks good. They said ultrasounds are more accurate now than they were 10 years ago when I had my youngest girl when they were off 2lbs-ish with their weight guesstimates. They guesstimate this baby is about 7lbs 10 oz - if you average the birth weight of my four children it's 7lbs 9oz so I can see them being close.
My next m/w appointment isn't until April 9th so I can relax and breathe until then... and then the fights can start over refusing a biophysical profile and induction.
I'm not feeling very positive about my whole m/w experience, I'm really not.

[~patty]

37 weeks here and still hanging on, although sleep is rough :-(

[GardenStream]

I'm a few days over 38 weeks. My doctor is pretty hands off, so she said she'll do an exam next week to find out if anything is happening. If nothing is happening we will have to start the RCS discussion. She'll let me go a week over, but that's it.

Baby and I have already had discussions about how he cannot come into the world yet. He has to wait until Saturday when someone can come watch his big brother while DH and I go to the hospital. Yesterday my mother had breast cancer surgery and she should be going home sometime today. I need a few more days without an infant to help her out.