How are you today? Update 06/08/08 - Page 2

[neomia]

40+3...

I was feeling really depressed last night and today am just bleh. Not even sure why. It is like I have all this energy, but all I can do is sit around. I am feeling bored and worried about how much longer. I am staring to feel like I was "induced" both other times and will need to be again. (Hospital at 42 first time; acupuncture at 41.5 second time). Guess I can always go back for acupuncture when I get really late.

[BaMo]

Neomia ~ hope you are feeling better.

37w1d
Feeling okay. I've started taking my EPO and drinking RR tea. It's so hot here and the humidity is not helping at all. I'm headed to the pool for some relaxing.

[BirthFree]

38+0

I have over 1/2 my small diaper stash done, going to finish the 16 remaining tonight. Real close to being done with that and I'm feeling good. My best friend came over yesterday and deep cleaned both of my bathrooms and the boys' rooms (steam cleaning and all) with me, and I feel FANTASTIC about that. I have meals frozen, all of my laundry done and folded (not put away ) and our birth supplies ready for... whenever.

I have had NASTY, and I seriously mean really nasty, sciatic PAIN (those fast, lightening like feeling, shocks that go through your butt or leg when baby moves) and oh my gosh I am soooooooooooooo over those! I get them so much at night that I almost can't stand and even sitting is not relieving them. It's B.A.D. I'm not sure what the heck is up but OW! You'd think if baby was lower (which is why I think I'm getting those?) that they'd keep their feet out of my ribs, but um, not so much .

Getting some nasty contractions that are pretty darned long - a minute + - at night or sometimes during the day. Started getting them while I'm sleeping too. I think it's going to be a while still though, but I'm trying to take them as they come and not see them as a sign that labor is going to go lightening fast (again). We'll see... but I don't have an expectation either way - I'm strong enough... I know I can do it...
(That's my mantra ).

Blessings ladies, I get excited to check in every day and read how you all are.

[LacieD]

38+1

Feeling like crap today. I'm hot and food makes me nauseous. Read back in my journal from DS's pregnancy and I wrote that I felt 'off' and nauseous 2 days before his labor started. Keeping my fingers crossed that it's a hopeful sign. We're heading to the mall in a little while to walk.

[BaMo]

Okay screw my earlier post. We went to the pool and it was closed because of possible thunderstorms in the next county. With my preg-o hormones, it about drove me up the wall. 3 hours later - still no thunderstorms :

[greenbeing]

37+3
Feeling pretty good for the most part. The last 2 days, I got to go swimming and that just does wonders for me!
We finally got ds's dresser put together, though it doesn't match his bed as well as I thought it would. Oh well, I guess that's what I get for ordering it online. I'm very excited to cross something off my list of "to do's" and hopefully tonight I'll work on some diaper liners and reading.

My only excitement is deciding which fabrics I want on a BabyHawk I'm going to order later today. Because I want to, and at this point, I deserve it.

How fun!! I was all set to order one this weekend too, but then talked myself out of it. I really want to try a wrap, so I'll order one of those. I have 2 slings I'm finishing up and maybe I'll attempt to make a mei tai or 2. Hopefully I can stick to my decision because I've been dreaming about color combos when asleep .

[BlueMoonBean]

37+3. (Today I really mean it, lol... it took me until almost midnight last night to realize that I had miscounted in yesterday's post. Duh.)

Not much happening around here... just checking off the last bits and pieces of my to-do list. Still hotter than I can believe. Had nasty prodomal labor last night. Ctx 3 minutes apart and about a minute long for hours last night, just not getting stronger or closer.

So, the absolute highlight of my day today: at around 3 o'clock this afternoon I was lolling on my bed, knitting a baby hat, enjoying some chocolate, and watching my DH of his OWN accord scrubbing out the cabinets in our bathroom and reorganizing all the stuff under there. If bliss exists in late pregnancy, I was approaching it this afternoon!!

Really enjoying seeing all the births popping up all over the place... can't wait to have our own to snuggle!!

[neomia]

Thanks Brenna, and sorry your pool plans were foiled. : I left my bathing suit at the pool on Thursday! And it was my only one. I really hope I don't go another 2 weeks. That was my only exercise! I should call and see if they put it in lost and found.

I made my husband watch Business of Being Born with me today. I saw it months ago, but he has been avoiding it because he doesn't like Ricki Lake. Hahaha, he cried through every birth. He is such a softy.

And now a friend will be here any minute to bring me Indian food. So today wasn't soooo boring I guess.

[*mama moose*]

done. done. done. Talked to my MW about the cottonroot, she basically said it could go on for weeks like this, that we're trying to encourage baby to come along so I just gotta deal with the cramps. I know thats true but UGH!!! I have been so bitchy to everyone lately, to my DH, to my DD, to the general public. Mostly because I'm in pain, and it makes me irritable. Its not even real contractions, just like a really intense really painful bout of period cramps. All. day. long. We went swimming and even that made it worse!
I'M DONEEEEEE!!!!!! :

ok. thats all. You guys are probably very very sick of me huh?

[balancedmama]

38+2

Not much going on here! Got a few things crossed off of my to do list today so that's good. Finally managed to get up the guts to DTD so maybe that will help things along.

[klink2]

I felt really great this weekend and got a lot done. I'm ready to hang in there until July as long as I feel like this. (Knocking heavily on wood right now.)

[mamatosaskia]

I will be 38 weeks on Wednesday. I have my last paper finished, just need to format my biblio and send it off! I spent most of yesterday at the zoo with dd and didn't drink enough water. Watched "Into the Wild" last night with dh and then spent 3 hours talking about the movie...it is sooo good!

Today I did dishes, scrubbed the shower, mowed and weeded the front lawn, went grocery shopping, and then passed out on the coach. Just tried to wrestle my overly tired dd into bed (no nap!) and had to endure her literally scream she was so tired. You know those moments where they lose all sense of reality. Like as adults, we know that if we are tired it means we need to go to sleep, why does that escape a child's logic? Anyway...

I am totally clueless about when this baby will arrive. Dh still thinks it will be Wednesday, but then I will only be 38 weeks so I don't think so. I still predict it will happen around the solstice, but who knows? Excited to hear about all the new babies, but haven't had a chance to post my congrats!


Jacqueline

[franjapany]

Originally Posted by aswbarry

All the births are making me feel like my babe is taking her sweet time even though she's not "due" until the 20th.

That's how I feel... especially after my mw told me yesterday I still looked to comfortable for anything to happen soon. I am 38+2 and it could still be another month... I really don't like that idea So I better get less comfortable soon.