Daily 07/02

[so_blessed]

Good morning, everyone!

I woke up at 4 am ravenous, so I heated up some chicken soup, drank some tea, and took my vitamins. Now, I am having some light contractions! :

I am excited, but actually would love for them to taper off, as I still really need a few days to finish what I would like to before the baby comes.

I have my 39 wk MW appt. today, then after that I am supposed to pick up six 5-gal. bucketfuls of wheat berries from a local farmer for families in our church! I would really like to do that for everyone rather than come back with empty buckets!

Wishing everyone a great day!

[kalamos23]

Mmmmm wheat berries - we used to get grain and grind it ourselves and it made THE best bread.

Went to the OB yesterday because I tried to get out of my 39w appt by just not scheduling it, but they tracked me down at home and since I was coming in to town anyway, I came in. The OB stripped my membranes without my permission!!! *really kind of mad* All that does for me (or at least in the past) is start up really painful contractions that don't do much.

This time it actually *might* have thrown me into labor though. I keep getting woken up with rhythmic back pain and I've been in a hot tub twice to see if I could make it go away and it keeps coming back. Fortunately, it only hurts when I am laying flat on my back though, so I'm sitting on my birth ball now. It's interesting being a first timer though, not really knowing if this is it. I'd venture to say that at the very least, this is VERY different than the other prodromal labor I have had before.

DH's grandma told me tonight that she wants me to hold out until July 6 because that is her birthday... I said I didn't really want to last that long! She replied with doesn't the baby determine when she comes? And I told her that the baby DOES determine - NOT you or I! I'm fed up with her telling me I have to wait until July 6 every time I see her. If she is going to be doing all this prodromal labor and not eating much because of the horrible heartburn, then sure, have at it. But since she is camping out on easy street with no preggo symptoms, she needs to keep her trap shut. I feel horrible thinking this about his grandma of all people though... /rant

[Kidzaplenty]

I just can't believe it is already the 2nd! And soon Baby will be in my arms!

Seems like time is just evaprotating before my eyes. But what a thrill!

[samuelsmom]

Up early this morning...I think labor is starting. I woke up at 4:45 with contractions wayyyy down low (definitely feeling it in the cervix). Just got a shower and the baby has definitely dropped, plus the colon cleansing has begun... So maybe July 2 will be Lucy's birthday!!!

[njbeachgirl]

Oh wow, I think there will be more babies soooon! :

No signs here. Maybe I will have another stealth attack baby (labor comes on with no warning!) I don't know what to do all day with DD today. She is getting so bored in the house, yet spending the day outside running after her is so tiring for me. I'm hoping my friend who has a 2 year old will be up for a morning walk with the kids this AM and maybe then I will take her to the playground. There is grocery shopping to be done but no money till Friday. I'm sure baby will come before then though because the fridge is totally empty!

Oh and have the calls started for anyone else? I don't know what it is that annoys me so much about people calling re: the baby. I think it's the fact that it's not even my EDD yet! Not everyone goes early you know! Last night someone was already asking me how long they will "let" me go before inducing and all that. I was like.... Baby will know when it's the perfect time! I'm quite confident that the baby will show up within the next couple of weeks even though my EDD is Friday.

OK, I will stop being crabby now, I am going to really try to get out and enjoy these last few days with just me and DD!

[yamilee21]

Originally Posted by njbeachgirl

...Oh and have the calls started for anyone else? I don't know what it is that annoys me so much about people calling re: the baby. I think it's the fact that it's not even my EDD yet!...

That is why I did not disclose my due date; people really seem to act as if it is an expiration/eviction date instead. We've been so evasive about dates that even my husband didn't realize when it came and went!

[Kidzaplenty]

I told everyone IRL that baby was due in August! So I am hoping to not start receiving any calls until baby is here!

[Kidzaplenty]

Originally Posted by samuelsmom

Up early this morning...I think labor is starting. I woke up at 4:45 with contractions wayyyy down low (definitely feeling it in the cervix). Just got a shower and the baby has definitely dropped, plus the colon cleansing has begun... So maybe July 2 will be Lucy's birthday!!!

Very, very exciting! Keep us posted! And sending good labor vibes your way!

[njbeachgirl]

Originally Posted by yamilee21

That is why I did not disclose my due date; people really seem to act as if it is an expiration/eviction date instead. We've been so evasive about dates that even my husband didn't realize when it came and went!

I was going to add some "padding" and tell everyone it was 2 weeks later! But the date was July 4 and I thought that was pretty cool so I told people.... having forgotten how annoying all the calls can get!

[aprilsfools]

Today is my EDD!!! ::::::::

I don't really have any plans or any updates, just wanted to AW a little bit more.

Have a great day ladies!

[finnegansmom]

I have no indication that this baby is coming early. I have 13 days before my due date although I'm think the the baby will be late, maybe by a week? I don't know, I'm fine with being pregnant for a few more weeks. I just hope it's not 100 degrees every day.

No one is calling me! HAHA, I guess I have no friends. I can't even remember if we told everyone I was pregnant, our family lives 4 hours away, so they can get news from my mom. That's fine with me. I'm still working, although off today. (I work from home).

We're planting a tree or bush or something over the placenta in our yard. Any suggestions? We live in Maine so it needs to be hardy. I was thinking lilac...???

[xixstar]

Beth and Cindy, hope things are moving along for you. Well, Beth you said you'd like a couple more days first, so maybe things are tapering off!

I've got some serious cervix pains going on this morning, walking seems almost impossible. DH and I've been joking that I've got another "stick baby" inside -- dh loves this early picture of dd where she's 1 years old and chasing someone with a stick with this crazy expression, it's kinda just obvious that her personality has been defined from birth so clearly.

I've got tons of cleaning to do today, but am making a crazy list to make dd do it. She dared snap at me that I'm somehow responsible for keeping her awake after she gets up (she slept all day yesterday) and so I will today and she also also to work off a $50 library fine that I just paid for her yesterday. Sometimes child labor has it's plusses. I need her to work this fine off soon because I really hate not letting her get books from the library! Life gets little boring without more reading choices, though she still has tons of book options.

ETA: Holy movement batman!!! This baby is seriously moving today, feels likes it's been nonstop since about 5am with some serious kicking and what not. Pretty odd since most movement has been very muffled for the past week or so since all the space ran out. Wonder if the baby has rotated a bit posterier at this point to be feeling these so strongly. I'm gonna have to go lay down a while until it stops because sitting is just way too painful. Aren't these things supposed to sleep sometimes! sheesh.

[Tenk]

So last night I had what I'm guessing is "Prodromal labor??"

I was contracting on and off all day long. I noticed them in Babies R Us while buying the rocker, again when getting my pedi (I treated myself for once) and didn't feel like eating all day long which is weird for me. Then around 4is I noticed they were more consistant than I thought. I got up and made hamburger patties (I never touch meat either BTW) waited for DH to get home (he's hurt, so he's working 8's instead of 24's) and then I laid down. I noticed they were coming every 3-4 minutes, and pretty intense. I told him about them, and then I couldn't eat the darn food I had just made. I decided to go for a walk alone. It was only about 78 here so it wasn't too hot to be out. They were still coming every 3 mins, and I would have to stop walking to get thru them. For about 2 more hours they were that regular. I was afraid to get my hopes up, but how can you not....ykwim? I came home, and showered, and they slowed, but didn't stop. I continued to do 'things' outside with the kids, and moving around. they still slowed. At bed DH did the ankle/leg/foot massage for me, and I was still having them they were just very sporadic. I went to bed and only had a few all night long. Boo, I was so excited for us (me really, to go into labor naturally for once in my life???) Oh well...

Oh and let me say THANK YOU to all you mamas here!!!! If I didn't have MDC I would have gone to the darn hospi when DH wanted to instead of following my instinct (that I got from you all) to stay home until I couldn't take it anymore. Good thing I guess eh?

[Tenk]

Originally Posted by samuelsmom

Up early this morning...I think labor is starting. I woke up at 4:45 with contractions wayyyy down low (definitely feeling it in the cervix). Just got a shower and the baby has definitely dropped, plus the colon cleansing has begun... So maybe July 2 will be Lucy's birthday!!!

This is what I was experienceing yesterday/last night. This was VERY weird for me b/c I've never had ctx like this before (normally it's the whole belly and tightening and well I'm not sure) this time it was hard/tight belly, but it hurt SO bad in my back, cervix, hips etc. and I went to the rest room like 4 times yesterday too. Oh well, I'm still pregnant so it must not have been real.


Oh I told my neighbor/girlfriends that I checked my cervix and there was no change. I thought they were going to have a heart attack. They both were like, how the hell do you do that.....LOL....I just laughed. This morning tho, It seemed to be lower. I didn't have to touch my tonsillis to find it and it's mushy and I could reach inside it with my finger. Still very NOT open tho....maybe a finger tip but that's it.

[devilish_fetish]

This morning is starting off all wrong. Dh is deciding that since it's his birthday, it's OK for him to go back to being high needs - throwing temper tantrums etc and just generally being an ass. I'm just really not in the mood to have anything to do with him if he's going to be acting this way. At what birthday do you decide to just grow up? *sigh* If he keeps it up, he can just go celebrate his birthday all by himself tonight. :

In other news, I think i'm starting to lose bits of my mucus plug. The last two days, I've found a few *tmi* "gobs" of mucus in my underwear. It was a bit creamy though... is this mucus plug? Some people have described theirs as being more "egg-white". Does it just vary? I'm trying not to take this as a sign that the boys will be coming soon, since I know that you can lose your mucus plug over weeks, and that it can even keep reforming.

I will be on the : to see if any babies come today!

[ekblad9]

38 wks 5 days today. I'm so impatiant. I'm sick of being tired and uncomfortable. I went to my m/w appt today. Still dilated to a 4. Lots of contractions (painful) all of the time. M/w gave me a script for tylenol w/codeine so I wont' feel the contrax. I thought that was odd. I wont' be taking it. Other m/w wants me to come in on the 7th and have my water broken. Baby has been breech but is head down now. I really, really don't know what to do. Last baby my water broke (i planned a homebirth) but 8 days later baby still wasn't born and no real signs of labor (just contrax like I'm having now). I went to the hospital, was at a 6, and was induced. She was born quickly. I was told then to wait three years before having another baby as I had uterine prolapse and that my uterus would probably stall if I had to go through labor earlier than a few years. Well, we didn't wait (but didn't plan it either, KWIM?) and now I'm really nervous. I don't know if I should wait, go in and have my water broken, etc. I haven't really said anything to my IRL friends b/c I want to do this with a clear head. I know I wouldn't do it if I wasn't dilated at all but I am. I'm so torn. The m/w today wasn't helpful at all and just offerred the tylenol. That is not helpful.

[devilish_fetish]

Oh, and I'm 37 weeks today! : I knew I would get here, but it feels like an "IN YOUR FACE" to the family (and some friends) who kept telling me "Twins *always* come early". : Well to that!

[JunebugsMom]

38wk3d today. Saw my perinatologist this morning and everything is ok. My bp is still slightly high and my fluid is still on the low side (7.7). But he is ok with waiting. I'm supposed to take it easy (to keep my bp from going up anymore) and hope that I go into labor sometime in the next 2 weeks! The nurse asked if I wanted him to check me and I told her no--I don't think there's anything going on down there. She agreed--she said that I look a little too comfortable

[JennaW]

Good Morning Everyone!

Well I am 40 weeks today, yay! Feeling good. I have been trying to get a good walk or two in every day. I am still spotting since Sunday but it's not too bad. I have a CNM appt tonight, so I will get her thoughts. I am thinking about getting checked but leaning towards not getting checked because what's the point? KWIM? People are starting to call/e-mail. DH was so sweet, he told me yesterday "I just want to let you know that I am here to protect you from people pestering you. We both know Caroline will come when she is ready and I don't have a problem protecting you from people being nosy and impatient." I my DH. He is the best!

I have been trying to keep up with the house. I pretty much look at the state of the house every morning and say "If I had the baby right now, would I feel stressed out about anything in terms of cleanliness?" And then whatever I think would stress me out I clean. It works well. The house is clean. I am trying to keep up on having food in the house and making sure we have supplies for the pets.

I am a little concerned about my MIL. She is coming up for a week starting on the 16th. She wants to be around to help cook and clean, which is sweet. The problem is that there is no where in town for her to stay. She is staying with BIL who lives about 1 hour away. She has made mentions of staying at our house on the couch. I just don't think that is a good idea. Our house is 660 sq feet, it has 5 rooms total (bedroom, living room, dining room, bathroom, kitchen). The only rooms that can be closed off are the bedroom and bathroom. I just think if MIL stayed here I would feel trapped in my own house. If I wanted alone time I would be stuck in my bedroom. I love my MIL and we do get along but on a recent trip to visit her I found myself exhausted by her company 24/7. I don't think she would expect me to host her, I think she would actually be very helpful, I'm just not sure if that help is worth losing my space, physically and emotionally. So, DH has told her that we don't want to make a decision about her staying her yet because we don't know how we feel about it. I just tend to over-think these things...

Also DH told her she could borrow one of our cars for the whole week she is here. I kind of wish he hadn't said that. I don't drive much at all but I don't know, I want the option of doing so, especially with a brand new baby, what if I need to get to the hospital immediately for something? I know, unlikely, but still..

[firespiritmelody]

41.1 today. still no signs of baby coming anytime soon. Last night though - OMG - she was soooo active. I swear she was trying to find the exit. Rolling and punching and kicking. My hubby just kept saying he was sorry - I was giving him a hard time about *his* child being so uncooperative I thought his eyes were going to but out of his head - he didn't realize my stomach could strech that much! Neither of my other girls were so strong (that I can remember) in utero. But all in all I'm feeling pretty well. Tired. Trying to rest a lot but still have so much to get done. I'm really hoping she decides to make her appearance soon!