More prodromal whine.

[limette]

By the time I go into actual labor I'm not going to care. I'm just going to lay in a zombie like state until it's over.

My prodromal labor started up again last night I barely got any sleep.

It felt exactly like I was about to get my period except punctuated by painful braxton hicks.

Just shoot me now.

[splath]

I had the same thing last night I feel your pain... literally and figuratively...

[Bokoto]

Yep, add me to the prodromal list. Both of my past labors started up quick and out of the blue, so this prodromal stuff is totally new to me.

Crazy BH contractions all day yesterday, lower back aching. C'mon already! Let's just get these babies out! The suspense is killing me!

[spookymama]

Does this club have jackets?

We'll all get through it together..

Mine kicked up last night, and still having some from this morning. I am getting ready to send my husband to work, even though I really dont wanna..

[limette]

I was seriously considering getting dh to stay home so that I could sleep for a bit. It would cut into the vacation time he's taking when I do go into labor so I decided against it.

I keep dreaming about going into labor. I'm afraid it's going to remain a dream.

We definitely need jackets.

[Goddess3_2005]

I'm joining the team. I thought last nigh was going to be it and nothing. I woke up this morning still pregnant and tied after having lots of contractions.

[spookymama]

Originally Posted by limette

I was seriously considering getting dh to stay home so that I could sleep for a bit. It would cut into the vacation time he's taking when I do go into labor so I decided against it.

I keep dreaming about going into labor. I'm afraid it's going to remain a dream.

We definitely need jackets.

Ugh. There should be "your wife/girlfriend/partner" is at term leave. Like, a handful of days they get to stay home when it might be it, or just needing a give said gestating women a rest.

I hear there are some jobs that give men paternity leave that is like a month long.

Here here! It's a beautiful day outside. It's spring, finally. It would be a perfect day to go into labor and have this little one born. Which means of course, no real labor today.

Yay for jackets! And low fat ice cream.

[limette]

He's actually entitled to 50 weeks of paternity leave at half pay by the government. Unfortunately we could not survive on half our income even for a short period of time.

[possum]

Just jumping in to lend some labor vibes : and encouragement.
Last year today I had been having prodromal labor for 2 days and was in for 2 more. I had a wonderful HB on 4/5/07 (missed 4/4/07 by just a few minutes).
Take care of yourselves, mamas. Relax. Maybe take a swim; it worked for me.
Happy birthing,
Melinda

[MissAnnThrope]

Isn't it the truth.

I'm tired of the labor/contraction dreams. I can't get away from it any more. I'm tired of getting up to go pee every hour. At least when breast feeding a baby you can just have them right there along with the diapers and what ever else you need and not get up over and over.

I'm tired of th heartburn, the confused bowels, the nausea, the crankiness, the never ending labor... the list goes on. I would like to pull the weeds in my flower beds... but I can't get down there to do it, and I can't seem to talk dh into doing it.

I want a grilled egg and cheese sandwich... but we are out of cheese That made me want to cry.

I'm supposed to start a class Monday but I'm going to go cancel. AT this point it doesn't look like I'll be going into labor in time to not worry about missing a class because of labor.

I'm stuck in the house thanks to gas prices. It's 60 out side already so it should be a nice day to go to the park and walk... but that takes gas... I wish we had side walks around here. I'm not walking with my two year old down a two lane curvy hwy to go to the park.

I went from crabby to happy now to a cry baby didn't I. I wish I did have some cheese with this whine.

[limette]

Well at least you can see your flower beds. Mine are still covered in snow. No sidewalks here either and the nearest park was bulldozed to build a highschool. I don't drive so that's not an option, not like there's anywhere to drive to anyways.

I'm also feeling sad and mopey. I almost cried the other day when my dh wouldn't bring me curry takeout.

Blah, blah, blah!

[MissAnnThrope]

Snow is the reason I've not moved to Ohio. My dad lives up there and we thought about moving up closer to him, but the weather keeps me here. I'd like to go farther south really.

I'm sorry your still under snow. I think I'd be crying because of that too.

[spookymama]

We're also stuck in the house today. DH took our car just incase I do go into labor and he needs to get home really quickly. . Not that the parks out here are much of an option.. I mean, the sun is shinning, but because of all the snow we've had it's still wet and gross even though it looks dry.

There are no sidewalks where we live as well (I didn't realize how common that is!), so there is no where to walk with boy. The side of the roads here are really atriocious 'strips' of gravel that like to level off into ditches, and there are lots of twists and turns. :/

I don't think I am going into labor today (I mean, come on. It is my due date.. why would I go into labor? . I feel good about the 3rd. Then again, I felt good about the 23, and the 27th. There is a reason that I don't allow myself to play Keno whenever I am in vegas. I always lose!

Too bad you ladies don't live closer. We could have a prodonomal labor- organic pizza party.

[limette]

That would be good, some pizza and some virgin dacquiris.

Does anyone know what a mucous plug looks like? I might have just lost some of mine but I have nothing to compare it too.

[ltk]

hey ladies, thanks for making a space to whine on hear. prodromal land sucks! every night I think it's the night!

and we just had a beautiful taste of spring here in CA, and now it's gonna rain today. boo hoo! hungry and don't know what for!

[spookymama]

Dont eat and read!

Originally Posted by limette

That would be good, some pizza and some virgin dacquiris.

Does anyone know what a mucous plug looks like? I might have just lost some of mine but I have nothing to compare it too.

Wanna describe it to us?

Uh, I've never seen a whole one intact. The pieces that I lose generally look very mucous like, probably about the quarter or dime size.. Kinda like. Uh. Your congested in your lady bits, and you gave a good blow..

..

?

[spookymama]

Originally Posted by ltk

hey ladies, thanks for making a space to whine on hear. prodromal land sucks! every night I think it's the night!

and we just had a beautiful taste of spring here in CA, and now it's gonna rain today. boo hoo! hungry and don't know what for!

Oh lucky!! Where abouts in CA are you? Are you close to SD by chance?

[celestialdreamer]

Add me to the club, I should get a varsity jacket I did this exact same thing with my last pregnancy. I had 5 weeks (yes WEEKS) of increasing amounts of intense prodromal labor and seriously thought I was going to lose my mind. I'm apparently one of those ones that does tons of prep work before labor. I remember joking to everyone that I wouldn't know what real labor felt like when it started (I was induced with my first). The funny thing is when real labor kicked in it was SO different (didn't feel like ctx at all at first) that I didn't know I had such a fast labor that the MW arrived 30 min after he was born I'm thinking I'm in for the same thing again this time *sigh*

As much as the quick and easy labor was wonderful, the weeks of feeling like it could be 'it' any moment were torture. My only thing giving me hope right now is that the false labor seems to be a lot stronger this time around much earlier. Also, last pregnancy I was drinking lots of RRL and not taking my cal/mag regularly which I think contributed to the contractions. This time I'm not taking any RRL and I take cal/mag daily...so maybe there is hope for me! I'm trying to prepare myself that I may have up to 4 more weeks of this and trying to make sure to get plenty of rest to cope. But the idea of 4 more weeks of this makes me want to throw my ginormous self on the ground and throw a fit like my 2yo. :

In my attempt to keep calm I'm going with the same philosophy as I did last time around...unless I'm absolutely sure that a baby is about to fall out, I'm not timing contractions. Timing false labor contractions will make you go nuts!

[limette]

It looks like thick yellow snot. Pretty gross really.

[paphia]

I don't understand why I'm having so many uncomfortable BH's. Last time they weren't uncomfortable at all. I had a day of them one month before birth, and then another day of them two weeks before birth, where they were really regular and I could time them but they never got intense. This time they are all the time, more intense but they aren't doing anything special.

I've also been getting woken up from them, having to get up to pee. And then I go back to sleep and have these crazy dreams that I had the baby and it's in bed with me but I fell asleep and forgot to nurse the poor thing for over 4 hours and I get all upset that I'm not taking care of it. Ugh.

I don't want to have the baby yet, I wish I could just "hang out" and be comfortable at the same time. I think once our bodies stop feeling comfortable it's so much harder to want to stay pregnant, even if it's not close to our EDDs.