Still Pregnant Check In: 5/11-5/17

[alegna]

Thought we needed a new thread

-Angela

[SumnerRain]

Oops, did not notice the dates when I did my little rant. Thanks for starting a new one! Hope we all "graduate" soon!!

[alegna]

I didn't notice the dates for awhile either... hey, a new thread means we're all that much closer, right? Right?

-Angela

[mommy2naomi]

Still here and still very pregnant! Midwife adjusted my due date so instead of 41+3, I'm 41+1. It buys me two more days but I don't feel any better. I'm having an ultrasound tomorrow morning to check on baby and fluid. I've decided to find out the sex of the baby just to make myself feel better. I don't want to wait anymore, I had a crying fit this morning at 4am. Can't help but think that I'm being punished for something... this sucks!

[birdie22]

Is it really May 11? I never thought I'd be around this long. I didn't even mail my mom's card because I assumed I'd be seeing her before today. (OK, I also didn't buy it until Thursday, but I really thought baby would be here by now.)

Here's a dumb question: If I'm having frequent, strong BH, should I bother to time them? Is that how labor starts, or should I continue to ignore them until they get truly uncomfortable? I was getting them like every 5 minutes for a couple of hours last night.

[alegna]

Remember- you're not overdue until 42 + 1.

Hang in there!

-Angela

[alegna]

Originally Posted by birdie22

Here's a dumb question: If I'm having frequent, strong BH, should I bother to time them? Is that how labor starts, or should I continue to ignore them until they get truly uncomfortable? I was getting them like every 5 minutes for a couple of hours last night.

Nope, sorry. BH is just BH. When it's the real thing it's a whole different ball of wax....

-Angela

[PerkyKP]

Happy Mother's Day! Still pg, and still 4 days away from 40 weeks. My parents arrived yesterday for a 3 week stay. Here's hoping they will get to spend a fair amount of time with DD on the outside!

[SumnerRain]

3 weeks? That is nice! My mom is coming for 1 week when I am 40+1 and I am so worried I will go past 41 weeks and she will spend a week saying "Is TODAY the day?"

Hope you get your LO into your arms soon so she can spend some time with her grandparents!

[bubs8]

Officially 40 weeks today. I cried last night because I really wanted to be able to hold my baby on Mother's Day. DH reminded me that I'm still a mom, my baby is just on the inside. However, my thoughtless mother had to remind me that I'm not a "real" mother yet because I haven't gone through labor. :

[Breeder]

Originally Posted by bubs8

However, my thoughtless mother had to remind me that I'm not a "real" mother yet because I haven't gone through labor. :

I guess your mother would not consider me a "real" mother either since I never went into labor w/ DS1 (he was breech- coerced into c-section at term).

I think my DS would have a different opinion though.

[Intertwined]

Still here, still pregnant. I'm 37+2 and having a lovely mother's day. I was able to let it go a little this morning. I could feel Ben practice breathing this morning against my ribs, so I know he's not ready. I can be patient so my little love bug can breathe, you know?

I am zen. I am peace. I will make it through another week.

[Beeblebrox]

I'm here . I'm 39 weeks today. Feeling pretty good. I'm impatient in that I know it'll be any day now so each day is a surprise to me and that can be both exciting and annoying. But I'm not feeling panicky or rushed or anything. I figure I won't be pregnant forever .

[Naomismom]

Originally Posted by SumnerRain

3 weeks? That is nice! My mom is coming for 1 week when I am 40+1 and I am so worried I will go past 41 weeks and she will spend a week saying "Is TODAY the day?"

I am in a similar situation. Wouldn't that be so frustrating?!?

Well I am still pregnant, though I haven't even hit 38 weeks. I'll hit it tomorrow. I had been feeling pretty great for the entire pregnancy until yesterday afternoon. I've had it. I went shopping with DH and had to go sit on a bench while he finished. I have no energy, no patience with DD (who is testing me every second of every day), but I also don't want to have this baby for another week. DH has a crazy work schedule and the more he can get done now, the better his time off (which is a lousy 3 days ) will be.

[SumnerRain]

Originally Posted by Naomismom

Well I am still pregnant, though I haven't even hit 38 weeks. I'll hit it tomorrow. I had been feeling pretty great for the entire pregnancy until yesterday afternoon. I've had it. I went shopping with DH and had to go sit on a bench while he finished. I have no energy, no patience with DD (who is testing me every second of every day), but I also don't want to have this baby for another week. DH has a crazy work schedule and the more he can get done now, the better his time off (which is a lousy 3 days ) will be.

Yeah, I am only 37+2 and done as well. Grocery shopping yesterday was murder, all of the kids (and DH) are driving me insane and now I have this cold... :

I am mentally trying to prepare myself for another 5 weeks, but I am just not able to wrap my mind around feeling THIS bad for THAT long. I keep telling myself though that she can't come until the 23rd, my older boys finish school the 22nd and I really want them home when she comes to help out with the 3 yr old and so I am not having to pick anyone up from school.

My DH's boss is coming in from TX this week, so I would really like for DH to be at work, not at home for his visit. DH is taking off a week, MAYBE 2 (with week 2 being half days). HOWEVER if she comes less than a week before my mom comes, I am fine with DH going back to work early, and he is too, he just wants me to have some "adult" help for the first week or maybe 2.

So. I want her NOW, but I NEED her to wait, but I DO. NOT. WANT. TO. GO. OVERDUE. AGAIN!! (Yeah, yeah, I know 41+0 and 40+3(induced) were not "overdue" since that does not happen until 42+1, but any day past the guess date is torture for me).

[Molliejo]

My due date was Thursday, making me now 40 weeks and 3 days. Everyone seems to want to crawl up my butt about when I think I might go into labor or if I'm having any 'pains'. My mother keeps asking me if my midwife has examined me, despite the fact that I have told her a million times that my midwife does not do cervical checks and even if I WAS dilated a few cms I could very well stay that way for a week or more.

I hate the fact that induction is so normal in our society and that it seems so crazy not to go get hooked up to pitocin the second that you reach 40 weeks.

Blegh.

[SumnerRain]

Originally Posted by Molliejo

My due date was Thursday, making me now 40 weeks and 3 days. Everyone seems to want to crawl up my butt about when I think I might go into labor or if I'm having any 'pains'. My mother keeps asking me if my midwife has examined me, despite the fact that I have told her a million times that my midwife does not do cervical checks and even if I WAS dilated a few cms I could very well stay that way for a week or more.

I hate the fact that induction is so normal in our society and that it seems so crazy not to go get hooked up to pitocin the second that you reach 40 weeks.

Blegh.

Oh yeah, my mom started asking me at 34w when the midwife thought I was going to have the baby. I told her she thinks I will go overdue, but we have NO WAY of knowing. Then she kept saying "well, if you had switched to the OB instead of going the homebirth route and he set an induction date, then I could be there for your delivery". Yeah, because I will take THAT huge risk for your convenience. They were already micro-managing managing my care with weekly vists, u/s's and NSTs from 28 weeks on because of my "gestational diabetes" I just KNEW I was going to post my birth story and have to say that I ended up forced into a cesarean.

I totally agree with you, what has happened to our society that has made them forget about NORMAL pregnancy and birth? I mean our moms were not pressured into a lot of these interventions, and it was a lot more common back then to have babies without inductions, without scheduled c-sections, without pain medication.... yet they seem to forget all about that and think that it is normal just to circle a date on the calendar and know that THAT is the day the baby will come, because that will be the cesarean/induction date. How is that an improvement??

Ok, /end rant. Stepping off my soap box now.

[Patrick's mummy]

Still pregnant here too. My dates have been vague - somewhere between 4/25 and 5/8 so I have no idea really how many weeks I am, I just know I'm still pregnant and have had no signs that baby is coming except that in the last few days there have been a few more BH than usual.

My LO seems to switch from being left to right anterior all day and night and doesn't seem to want to settle as either. His/her head is engaged but not super low, although I guess that's normal for a third baby.

I'm still okay with being pregnant as my due date was always so vague I had no "date" in mind anyway. However, my midwife is away the week after next and we don't have back up, so sometime before then would be convenient

[Mary-Beth]

My due date was May 10th so I'm just 1 day past the estimation...
But I have to admit that despite having 2 kids who were 10 and then 14 days after the estimated due date I still thought this one might come a little early. I'm measuring ahead and just so huge I thought maybe this one would need less time...as much as I love being pregnant I am still holding out hope that baby will come the early part of this week. This is my last pregnancy though...I'm as sure of that as I can be. So I'm trying to slow down and just enjoy every moment.
It's amazing though that this year for mother's day we are all excited to see and smell and hold (with our arms) our babies for the first time. And this time next year, these same babies may be talking and walking (or close to it!). Such an incredible rate of growth and change.

Tomorrow we're going strawberry picking. What are you doing to keep busy?

[majormajor]

still here. blech. i have been having period-like cramps with backache since noon on friday. a few really good, painful ones here and there, but nothing settling into a regular pattern or picking up. but, i feel like baby has moved lower, so it's good. took a long walk to a park on the river today with DH and DD, so i feel like i've done what i can to encourage labor if baby and body are ready. also making a lot of plans for the week so DD and i have something fun to do every day. she's as anxious to hold her little sibling as i am, so we both need the distraction.