Update thread 6/13

[Halfasianmomma]

Ok, my turn to start this tread, seeing as I've been up since 5:00.

I'm REALLY crabby today, partially due to hormones and partially due to lack of sleep. DH came home later than usual last night after going out shopping with a buddy from work and then going out for a beer. As soon as he got home, he proceeded to pop in his new videogame and play with DSS for half an hour while having a beer, at which time I went to bed. I think he was expecting me to stay up and wait for him, or want to DTD. Riiiiight. Usually, he doesn't want me to fall asleep before him because "he feels lonely". Suck it up buddy; *I'M* the pregnant one. So I went to be peeved and didn't really sleep for much of the night. This morning I saw he's got 2 new packs of cigarettes. I can't even express how depressed that makes me. :

As for the rest, it's all the same. I feel heavy. My belly hurts from being so big. I can't sleep. No contractions in sight. Nothing happening. *whine whine whine*. I have GOT to get out of the house today.

[~*~MamaJava~*~]

yes, you'd better get out of the house! i went out last night by myself to do father's day shopping and it was so nice. painted my toenails when i got home!
hey have you got any cal/mag in your house? helps my sleep immensely.

i got a stretch and sweep yesterday and followed that up with a couple hrs of homeopathic b&b...don't think anything really happened. continuing with EPO. just hoping to get my cervix softer and more ready, since my babies don't seem to want to come out til my water breaks!

[anarchamama]

I am still feeling pretty good at 38+2 but no signs of anything happening yet. The weather here has been crappy and rainy all week which makes the kids hard to deal with, but today is friday and then DH is home for a few days so I'll get a little rest. We are planning on making soap and my belly cast this weekend so I'm excited for that. And the kids are sleeping away sat so I'm excited to spend some time with dh........

Not much else to report........

[sunmamma]

40 weeks... big whiny rant here....sorry!

as much as I know I should leave the house and distract myself, I probably won't because it seems no matter where I go, people have their filters off and are now saying things like "(gasp) OH MY GOSH!! You areHUGE....tell me you are overdue....what a strange sight, you are so low and sticking right out....that looks sooooo uncomfortable, you poor thing......when was your due date?" etc,etc,etc.: I know it shouldn't bother me but I seem to be a bit touchy these past few days! It breaks me down! I literally am biting my lower lip to not immediately open my mouth and say something not so nice! And the other part of me just wants to cry!

I find myself reeeeeeally wanting to have this baby now, even though I know it could be a couple more weeks. Last one was over 42 weeks. I guess I thought this one would come earlier. Maybe I really am a slow cooker....

I am thinking of things that still need to be done, and am going to do them today...what I can. Some things need to be done by dp(like move some way too heavy boxes) and I hesitate asking him to do it b/c he is working his booty off and coming home exhausted to grumpy mama....but I think I just need to put him back to work for a few nights here so I can get the stuff out of the way....figuratively and literally.

Last night he said "if you can wait til NEXT weekend to have the baby, I'll have x,y and z done"....AAAGH!!! That's what he said last week, and I told him its probably his fault I haven't had the baby yet because he is a procrastinator! I said "you can't try to procrastinate on this baby anymore! You need to say to me whole-heartedly that you are ready for this baby to be born TODAY! Stop trying to stall this birth! This is all your fault!!!!"

For the record, I DO know that babies come when they are ready, and that there's not much really I can do to change that. I just have the 40 week blues. End of update!

[butterfly1001]

38w6d.
Well, I was REALLY thinking I'd have baby by now. I was thinking this back when I found out I was pregnant and thought I was further along by a week or so than what my LMP showed, since I just got off the pill and I think I ovulated earlier than what normal schedules "show". But I'm still pregnant. I was hoping for a Friday the 13th baby (yes I'm weird I know), but unless something starts happening SOON, I don't see that happening. Full moon is next Wednesday... maybe then?
I feel very normal today. Nothing much to speak of. A few BHs here and there, but nothing that stands out. I'm going to be pregnant forever!!!! j/k

[PiesandAbrosmama]

This is such a hard stretch of time! It's like waiting for the much needed phone call all day but extends to all month: But really I know we are just so uncomfy because we need to want to give birth and have these babies or we might be content to be preggo forever. . .ok not me but maybe some? Anyway as for my update. . .hubby has extreme work deadlines (were opening our own business and the build is coming to the point where he has to be there all the time) and yesterday he went in at 7:30 to discover $50,000 in vandlizem to the construction workers equipment and the buildings windows anyway he came home for dinner and play/tuck the kiddos in bed before heading back out to *parol the area looking for the jerks to come back* So he wasn't home until after 3am and off again this morning at 7:20. So I guess my days are just LONG with 3 kiddos looking for fun and a way overly preggo mama and no dad around to lighten the load. Ohvey this pregnancy could not have been worse timing, but I STILL want to meet you baby

[*mama moose*]

sunmama, I know how you feel about being in public! And some people try to sympathize by telling me I look miserable or awful! I'm like, thanks that makes me feel really good inside Even my MWs apprentice said last week that I looked tired, which I know she meant well, but geez come on people, do you think I don't realize I look like crap, could one person just one time say "wow you look really lovely today!" or something!

ANYWAYS, sorry about the lil rant there....

38 weeks today, MW apt at noon. And of course I was up at 5:30am, as usual....
I did soak in the tub last night though, and it felt soooo good.....I think I could have fallen asleep in there if DD wasn't in there smacking me with a rubber duck
heres a picture, we're wearing our swimming suits too lol
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/...09596888_b.jpg

Didn't lower my BP any, not that I was expecting miracles or anything. 136/77 last night, 134/80 this morning. As long as its under 140/90 we're good for homebirth, but we'll see what my MW says today. I wish it would go a bit lower so I can at least have some wiggle room when it shoots up at my apt like it always does....

[beanmakes3]

37w4d. honestly, the countdown is helping, I know it.

feel pretty good today, although my right hip is really sore. It's supposed to be back to hot, humid weather today, so I'm planning to take it pretty easy.

MW came for the home visit yesterday in the late afternoon. Everything looks great! Baby went from ROA to LOT in a week (little squirmy in there?)...I'm measuring at 36 this week, and I'm not sure if that means this LO is smaller than the big brothers, has dropped a bit - no change on heartburn, so i doubt it - but I have *never* measured under before!!! I have always been consistently 2 cm over my dates, so this is totally weird.

I think I have passed through the stage of wanting to not be pregnant anymore b/c of discomfort (not ready for actual baby), to really wanting to meet this LO and know that everything is okay. I believe the next phase is the "true realization" phase where you remember that babies really do have to come out in no-so-comfortable circumstances, and I get scared. yipe!

[Summertime Mommy]

39 weeks 3 days

I really thought something was going to happen yesterday, but I'm still here. I am feeling really crappy. The baby is insanely low, I get cramps down my legs constantly, and standing up is a huge chore. I am still trying to walk nightly and have been getting some good cntxs going at night, but they are always gone in the morning. Everyone is driving me crazy today, especially my 3yr old. I am just ready for this to be over and baby to be here.

[neomia]

41+1

Sunny, I am SO with you. I used to not care about the comments, but they are bugging me now, although I do relish telling people I am a week past due for some reason.

I am a pretty big ball of grump after very little sleep. I think I fell asleep for a short time putting DS to be, but then was having contractions that got me up. Then I was wide awake til after 3! (Contractions had of course mellowed out). When I finally went to bed, it was in hopes I would sleep until about 10. hahahaha DS will probably sleep that long, but I was woken up again around 6 by what felt like almost nonstop contractions. Up and they are gone again - classic prodromal. I have GOT to get a nap today. I am too old to do this for more than a night or so!

On the up side, I lost a huge chunk of plug this morning. I was all disappointed when I wiped and didn't see anymore, but then when I got up from the toilet, there was a big glob in there! LOL pregnancy TMI. I didn't even feel it fall out. It has been brown up until now, but that was red. Not sure if that means anything.

AND, I am all excited to realized it is a Friday the 13th. That is a total Goddess sacred day in my book. I think I will take a nap then whip out my cohosh tincture to see if I can get anything going.

[kltroy]

40+1 today for me too. Actually I agree with you, Neomia, there's something fun about telling people you were due X number of days ago. Yesterday I ran into a neighbor who said, "Hey I thought you were supposed to have a baby today!" I said, "that's what the doctors tell me, but the baby must not have been listening..."

Going to go see my acupuncture guy today... I'm not planning on this baby coming until the 17th, though.

[lmonter]

Double post, sorry

[lmonter]

41w3d.

Discouraged. Started losing some mucous plug yesterday/last night. Could have gone into labor like 3 times, but was shut down by having to deal with the kids. My kids have turned evil lately. Just not in the happy place I was the other day.

I'm going to go crankily garden with the kids underfoot. And possibly even haul out the wheelbarrow and haul stuff around as need be later on if hubby gets some compost. Not like it'd hurt my cause.

[butterfly1001]

You know, I'm not even 39 weeks yet, and when I'm at work and someone asks me when I'm due, and I say "Next week", they look at me like my water is going to break all over them. I think it's because they can't believe I'm working this far into things (I have an active job, walk all over the hospital, climb underneath people's desks, climb on small step stools to reach wires I need to get to... not a desk job by any means!), and are impressed. Then, since I work at a hospital, they say something like "Oh, it's nice, just make sure you do all your jobs up in L&D", and I tell them I'm not going there, they look at me slightly surprised. Then say "Oh, I guess you wouldn't want to come here anyway... what hospital?" Then I say "home".... well, I'm sure you all can imagine the looks (especially considering these are all people that work IN a hospital!). I like stirring the pot a bit!

[elfinbaby]

Halfasianmama

H.A.M. ~ I wanted to pass along something my mw told me awhile back. I was talking to her about my dh quitting smoking before the baby came - which he did thankfully - but she told me that to make sure anyone who smokes washes their hands before handling the baby. A nbs skin is very porous and can absorb any toxins/chemicals that are on the hands.

I've never heard that before and have no documentation but it makes sense to me.

[klink2]

Originally Posted by neomia

On the up side, I lost a huge chunk of plug this morning. I was all disappointed when I wiped and didn't see anymore, but then when I got up from the toilet, there was a big glob in there! LOL pregnancy TMI. I didn't even feel it fall out. It has been brown up until now, but that was red. Not sure if that means anything.

AND, I am all excited to realized it is a Friday the 13th. That is a total Goddess sacred day in my book. I think I will take a nap then whip out my cohosh tincture to see if I can get anything going.

Sounds like your body and your mind are on the same page. I'll be sending lots of labor vibes your way today!

[BirthFree]

38+5
I have only been this pregnant one time in my life and he is less than a month shy of 6 years old. One of my close friends sarcastically told me how sad it must be to get so close to my due date - I laughed - she's right. Expectations are busted, and all I am doing at this point is waiting it out. I'm not in control and I don't have a pattern like I thought I did... ah well... tough cookies for me.

That said, I cried this morning when I was praying - this pregnancy has been quite difficult for me and with baby stubbornly staying posterior no matter what I do (after just turning last week to that spot) and a myriad of worries or thoughts I won't go into here (I'd be writing so long you'd get sick of reading it all) - I have some things I need to work out, or trust God in, in terms of this baby and birth and it's just really not been easy. There will be no "do over" for me. It doesn't have to be perfect, I don't expect that, I'm just afraid of it being the hardest birth yet (and that would have to be plenty hard b/c my first seems like it could be un-toppable).

I have things to do. I'm uncomfortable (but what else is new). I'm not sleeping well (but again, par for the course) and am feeling just weird, but I have a little person here that I love already and am enjoying every day of - even if I prefer this little person were on the outside.

I have a massage scheduled for Sat. and I'm going swimming (trying to change baby's position) with my sister (in my bikini no less - I don't own a maternity suit and what the he!l. ). Hopefully it's a beautiful day and if nothing else, helps to pass the time.

I'm blessed. That's all there is to it.

[klink2]

Last night was the first time BHs have woken me up at night. It kind of freaked me out how strong and frequent they were. DH is traveling today, so baby had better stay put!

[Halfasianmomma]

Originally Posted by elfinbaby

H.A.M. ~ I wanted to pass along something my mw told me awhile back. I was talking to her about my dh quitting smoking before the baby came - which he did thankfully - but she told me that to make sure anyone who smokes washes their hands before handling the baby. A nbs skin is very porous and can absorb any toxins/chemicals that are on the hands.

I've never heard that before and have no documentation but it makes sense to me.

I'm TOTALLY with you on this, which is why I told DH that if he doesn't quit, he will NEVER touch my daughter after smoking until he's washed his hands, his face, changed his clothing and brushed his teeth and tongue. He also won't ever get to watch her because I won't be able to trust he won't smoke around her. I thought that by giving him TONS of advance notice that this is how I feel it would give him time to figure out how to quit, but here we are, June 13, EDD is June 27, and he's still at it, saying he knows all about how he's supposed to quit. Jeez, you'd think he'd want to quit for his child's sake. I'm getting all worked up just writing about it so I'll stop, but I'm definitely going to reiterate this to him today when we meet for lunch.

[suzysprite]

Haven't posted in the DDC for a while.. doubt if anyone remembers me. Anyway, today is my last day of work. i really thought I'd be able to go right up to my due date (6/27), but I ma just so pissy and uncomfortable that it's not happening. The past week has been the longest of my life, and I'm tired of having to give constant updates to everyone I know. I swear to god, if something important happens, word will get out. They don't have to keep calling me and bugging me all the time.

Sigh. I can't believe I could go another month like this.