Daily ..... 07/07......

[lorelei]

I've thought for months that this would be the date I'd deliver- I don't know why. Last night I came to terms with the fact that technically, I still have 2 weeks to EDD, and I usually go late anyhow. So, if babe needs to stay in until then, that's ok. I'm just eager to meet her, and so is the rest of our little family.

I've been continuing to have ctx, at least one an hour being strong enough to wake me up, so still not too well rested, unfortunately. I do really wish that they'd either hurry up and do something or F' off for a while. It's so obnoxious to be contracting since Saturday afternoon, and still not have anything to show for it.

Dh and I dtd yesterday after a fair amount of fooling around, apparently I'm still not more than a fingertip dilated. Which isn't what I'd been hoping for, but hey, at least if I have another night like Sat where I think- THIS IS IT!! I can have him poke around down there and see what's up rather than having to call the mw AGAIN for nothing. lmao

I'm supposed to go to the chiro this afternoon, but it's like a 45 min drive and my car has no ac. I'm hoping I can coerce my mom into driving me over and maybe dh can watch the kids for me. That would be a nice break.

Oh! And dh lost his job. He'd sent an email 3+ weeks ago letting them know that he'd be out of town from the 28 June to 5 July, and apparently that email, although the office manager replied to it and supposedly forwarded it to the appropriate parties, didn't get to the road or post captains, and they considered him a 'no show' for Sat night. F'ers. He'd already given his notice since he'll start getting paid as a teacher in August, but we could sure use the extra pay he was bringing in this month.

I'm trying to find the bright side, though- less money wasted on gas driving an hour to and from work for him, he'll be around here to help out for the next several weeks, and he'll get to bond more with babe once she comes. So there are good points, we're just going to be pretty broke this month. Oh, and I had just gone and dropped like $100 at babies r us Sat morning, so then I was feeling guilty. But you know what, I already washed the stuff so it can't go back. So oh well. We'll figure something out- we always do.

[aprilsfools]

Yesterday I had my 40 week apt. (I am 40 weeks 5 days) with MW and everything seems fine- BP good, lots of fluid, etc. She asked me if I was ready to have the baby or would be happy waiting and I for the first time admitted to someone (other than DH and you gals) that I was ready to be done, so she asked if I wanted her to strip my membrane.

She said it would only work if the baby was ready and that she is not one to ever force a baby out before they are ready. So, I agreed. Well, she didn't quite get there. She said that I am very soft and about 1-1 1/2 cm dilated, but just couldn't get her finger in there to sweep. Of course she might have gotten it if I hadn't told her to stop, but it was starting to hurt (rather than feel uncomfortable) and just didn't seem worth the stress.

So, after a weekend of grumpyness over being stuck at home on the 4th (rather than at the lake), intensive walking (that caused major butt pain), uncomfortable medical sex with DH, and a failed membrane sweep, I am back to being happy with letting babe come when she is ready.

That said, I do have a chrio apt. this morning and if she offers to try her hand at encouraging things along, I am not going to turn her down.

In addition to the chrio, I think I will visit the library today and make a cheesecake (special family recipe)!

Happy Monday everyone!!!

[njbeachgirl]

Aprilsfools- on DH losing his job but yay for more time with baby!

My EDD was friday.... still waiting for this LO to make an appearance! I'm hoping for soon, starting to get impatient Feeling a tiny bit crampy today and having some lower back cramps but nothing else. I am really hoping not to make it to my MW appt. on Wednesday!

I think I will take a walk later with my friend and our LOs- adult conversation would help pass the time! (she's due in august and went 2 weeks past edd with #1 so she knows how it is!)

well, off to do some laundry....

[DandeCobb]

aprilsfools - so sorry about your DH, My DH was out of work in April and May and i know how stressful that can be.


I go to the doc today for an NST and apt, so we will see what he is saying. I didn't do much work yesterday but we were outside like all day and my feet got so swollen, more swollen then they had been all pregnancy. so, i Peed ALL night long, seriously every 1.5 hrs - 2 hrs i was going to the bathroom. but, my feet aren't swollen anymore! Yesterday i did not have one single ctx, but i've already had 2 this am and have only been awake 40 minutes. i'll be interested to see the monitor at my NST and see what is showing up.

[Spark]

Originally Posted by lorelei

Oh! And dh lost his job. He'd sent an email 3+ weeks ago letting them know that he'd be out of town from the 28 June to 5 July, and apparently that email, although the office manager replied to it and supposedly forwarded it to the appropriate parties, didn't get to the road or post captains, and they considered him a 'no show' for Sat night. F'ers. He'd already given his notice since he'll start getting paid as a teacher in August, but we could sure use the extra pay he was bringing in this month.

Ugh, I'm so sorry! It sounds like they were looking for a reason to get him out earlier than what he asked for. Sometimes places do that - like if they know too far in advance of the employee leaving - hence the "two week notice". I know a LOT of people who tell their bosses well in advance that they are leaving and most of them end up losing their jobs over some dumb technicality well before their planned departure date. It totally bites! But, in the employers mind, once they figure out how to do the job without the employee, they cut ties to save time & money since they're leaving anyway.

Everyone going to the chiro makes me think I should go, too. I don't know if we have $50 laying around though. I'll have to check our accts.

Oooh, having some good ctx in the last 10 hours here. It's not active labor yet (despite being more intense than regular and holding perfect time durations)... but I'm hoping it leads to active labor!

aprilsfools & njbeachgirl - I hope it's soon for you two. It can be really challenging to "go over". You are both so wise to plan to do something nice for yourselves. Your babies are doing so beautifully & your bodies are so strong.

[punky monkey]

I am 3 days away from my due date and am having some pretty strong contractions this morning. I am hoping this is it but if its like every other time i get timeable regular contractions they always stop so I am not getting my hopes up.

[HidaShara]

I'm 38w 6d now and after a rough weekend, I don't feel at all like labour is impending. :/ But I'm also a lot more comfortable for some reason, so I'm gonna spend my week off trying to get some good stuff done - groceries need buying, laundry needs washing, etc!

Saturday I got it in my head that the one thing I wanted to do most in the world is veg out in front of the TV and watch nature documentaries - so that's the other thing I'm doing! I rented all of David Attenborough's Planet Earth series and it's exactly what I needed. Relaxing, beautiful way of passing the time!

It's weird being up on a Monday morning, but not at work... but I'm trying to learn to just relax and take it easy.

[sunnymw]

, DH was unemployed most of my pregnancy w/ DS1 and it was very very tough financially and emotionally. At least he has something lined up soon, though!

I lost my mucous plug last night... well I'm pretty sure it was. It was clear, but it was jellosnot. Very unlike all the discharge I usually have. And there was a *ton*, like I had to keep getting more TP and I kept wiping away more. Of course this was at 11pm and here I am with no baby, so it's probably regenerated by now. It was certainly interesting, though! I'm having mild contractions every now and again, but nothing timable or painful. So we'll see. Today would be as good of a day as any! And DAY would be better, since I'm always SO exhausted at night.

[finnegansmom]

I'm 38w6d and am borderline miserable the last day or so.
Last night, I started getting extremely uncomfortable contractions every 25 minutes or so. I rocked on the yoga ball for a while drinking lots of water to try to make them go away. I ended up in bed and could barely sleep all night. They seem to have subsided, of course, but I'm just so SORE down there. Crazy pressure like I feel like my pubic bone will eventually snap.
I'm working today, and it's hot here. I hope the day is easy for everyone.

Shai - I'm sorry about your DH. My DH lost his job unexpectedly a few weeks before Christmas, right when we were going to tell folks we were expecting. Talk about a downer - BUT - he has a better job now, with a shorter commute, and spent alots of time with our son which he had never done before. We learned to be "super savers" as well. It all works out.... hang in there.

[catnap70]

Originally Posted by lorelei

I'm trying to find the bright side, though- less money wasted on gas driving an hour to and from work for him, he'll be around here to help out for the next several weeks, and he'll get to bond more with babe once she comes. So there are good points, we're just going to be pretty broke this month. Oh, and I had just gone and dropped like $100 at babies r us Sat morning, so then I was feeling guilty. But you know what, I already washed the stuff so it can't go back. So oh well. We'll figure something out- we always do.

Good for you for trying to find the positive in this. I am sorry you are going through it right now but what a great way to face it!

No change for me. 40 weeks on Thursday. DH got home last night from CA and, as we expected, nothing happened while he was gone, so we are glad he went to this wedding he was in. My mom and step dad arrive on Friday. My doula told me yesterday that she will be out of town just for 24 hrs on Friday--oops. At this point, I have no strong attachment to who is here and who isn't. (except my MIL--not invited)

My a/c is on the fritz--have to get that fixed today. The same thing happened at about the same time with DD. No darn fun being big, pg and really, really hot! Other than that, we are just waiting for Godot.:

[Lorette]

39w6d
The last few days I felt much better than I did a couple of weeks ago.
I went to bed at 7pm last night and woke up at 6am (with about 7 times of getting up to pee of course).
Today I feel just tired and sore.
I hope it means something.
This is the most pg I have ever been (which is kind of cool if I think of it that way).
DS was born at 39w4d.

I am already feeling so antsy and wondering when it's going to happen and thinking about it all the time. I really wonder how women who go 2weeks+ overdue stand it at all.

I am also thinking about the whole induction talk at the mws.
I think they let you go to 41 1/2 weeks before they mention it-- so I just really hope I go before then.
I am so against induction and really really scared of it.
At 41 1/2 they suggest non stress test and u/s. Then I'm not sure what happens if those test turn out ok.

Lorette

[RubyOrganique]

Lorelei - that sucks about your DH's job, but good you are looking at the bright side.

No consistent ctx for me yet and I'm 2 days from my edd. I have a mw appt later this afternoon and then we're going to a friend's pool, which here is absolutely priceless. I'm grateful for the change of pace. Ever since I've been off from work, I've indulged in what I thought would be fun/nice (camped out in front of our newly installed cable). I'm actually becoming interested in the lives of the guys on Deadliest Catch... But I find that my energy is depleted and I'm kind of crabby after all that television. I may have to rethink the structure of my day until the baby comes (no tv until after 5pm?)

Hidasarah - I agree; it's strange not being at work today. Don't get me wrong - I'm grateful not to have to endure the commute, but it was nice to have something else to focus on. Maybe I'll get my nesting energy today and do some deep cleaning.

This is my third day straight of feeling a little blue. I wonder if it's my version of an emotional event that I've read some on the board describe as a pre-labor sign.

Waiting for Godot - that's a great way to put it.

[HulaJenn]

37w 3days.
Seems like everytime I move I get a good BH! I lost more plug but no blood (and like a pp said it has probably regenerated! LOL). So I am trying to resign myself to the fact that it may not mean baby is coming this week and it is just getting my body more ready for when he is due. (Although with a lot of BH in a week that is how my water broke with dd#2 - why can't all births be the same?? LOL)
Extremely tired even though I slept well, and my appetite is really low.
Nice and cool here today though - actually slept with the a/c off and the window open last night!
Have a good day everyone! ELV to those on the brink!

[AmyC]

I'm 37w3d with the twins (we share an EDD, Jenn!) and nothing much is happening. I am caught between wanting to go and go on, and wanting them to come spontaneously sometime soon so I can avoid intervention (mainly, induction.)

I also am feeling very disconnected or afloat, in the sense of things feeling unreal. I mean, the pregnancy feels so real (can't miss that one!) but the reality of holding two little babies soon seems distant, and I feel extremely out of touch with the concept of BIRTHING them (the process of labor, mostly.)

I've done this before (4 years ago), but I still find myself wondering how I will know, and what I'll do....what positions I'll use for early labor and just what we'll do when. I have done so much research for twin pregnancy that I feel at a comparative loss for the birth.


WARNING--upsetting dream content:



Had my first birth-related dream in the early morning hours, today. I'm sorry to say this, but in my dream, twin B was born still. It was a bizarre dream....twin A was born first and they cut the cord immediately and I know that typically, they'd be all about trying to turn twin B and get him out and all, but it seemed like nobody did anything--no checking of heart beat or anything....there was a lot of surreal stuff going on, and I waited until I had the urge to push (wondering all along about the shared placenta and the first twin's cord having been cut and what was up with baby B) and there he was. The other weirdness was that I also had twin girls to birth (quads?), and I chose a girl's name similar to twin B's name for one of the girls, but I felt so much grief about losing my little L. It's not like I woke crying or anything....I just felt creeped out by the whole vibe of the dream.

Ugh.

Joe had asked me yesterday (when we were talking about induction vs. not) what is the worst case scenario with monochorionic twins if we keep going past the "nadir" of complications (which they say is 37 weeks.) I had said, well, I guess we run the risk of acute TTTS starting during labor (which is a risk at any point in the late 3rd trimester--not like it WON'T happen before 37 weeks) and one dying and the other sustaining brain damage even if delivered via c-section within minutes of the first twin's death. But that is such a long shot (I've never found real statistics on acute TTTS with onset during labor, actually) that I've never been sure it justifies elective delivery at a certain point. Or, maybe at a certain point, but not necessarily at 37 or 38 weeks?

Anyway, maybe that had something to do with my dream.

Tomorrow morning, early, we have an ultrasound and consult with one of the perinatologists on the team we've been seeing. Two weeks ago, the peri had nothing to say as far as recommendations....he just asked if we had a delivery plan with my OB (I knew my OB was waiting to hear THEIR recommendations before coming up with a "plan" with us, but I didn't really say that) and said to come back in two weeks if I hadn't yet given birth, and my OB could call if she had questions. Cord flow, fluid levels, heart rates, fetal well-being, and growth all were fine, so he was pretty mellow. I think he assumed my OB wouldn't be "letting" me go much past 37 weeks, though.

So, talking to whichever peri I happen to get is on my mind, too.


(TTTS is twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, which can be chronic or acute. It only happens with MZ/identical twins who share a placenta, and therefore share some vascular connections that may or may not lead to disequilibrium in the way they share resources. We were monitored for chronic TTTS throughout pregnancy, with no signs of problems.)

[rootsandwings]

i am 38w 5d today and nothing is happening here. i have had lots of contractions on and off the last couple of weeks but, like a lot of you, they die down.

i am glad to have a little moe time. i want to relax with dd and dh before we bring another life to the house.

dd moved to her own bed last night, so bitter sweet.

i feel o.k. other than not being able to sleep because it makes me so uncomfortable!

i am glad to hear updates from everyone. it is nice to know where everyone else is in their final stages!

[yamilee21]

41 weeks and 5 days today, contractions are picking up (it's about time!) but they are still fairly easy to get through... or maybe I just have so much I still want to do that I am in denial?

[JennaW]

Shai- I'm sorry about your DH's job! What a total bummer. Is it possible to get some unemployment benefits to carry him over to his next job? I agree with Spark.

I'm 40w6d over here. Still feeling fine. I do want to have the baby soon because I really don't want to have the "induction talk". I know I have the right to refuse and feel very confident doing so until 42 weeks but I just hate being in the "hot spot", KWIM? But I am being patient, knowing that the true way to have a healthy baby is to trust her to come when she is ready and not the other way around.

My wrist really hurts. I iced my wrist and shoulder for a good bit last night and that helped but it is hurting again now.

I slept just awful last night, I pretty much just didn't sleep. We had the AC blasting but I was still hot. Having to be positioned around all those pillows just traps the heat in.

[blessed_mama]

I've reached my EDD today! I'm 40 weeks today and officially more pregnant than I've ever been! I've always been holding my LO by now, so it feels kinda strange still being pregnant. Anyway, I have a chiro appt today for the first time this pregnancy. Hoping that once everything is lined up it will get things going.

I'm actually more peaceful now than I've been in the last 2 weeks. I've accepted that this babe is going to come when ready and my anxious thoughts will just stress me out more. So, I'm content and happy today to still be pregnant. We'll see how long this lasts

Hope everyone has a great week and looking forward to more babies this week!!

[jenniepaige]

Today is my due date and still no baby. So after today I will officially be 3/3 late. I feel like it's never going to come and I am going to be pregnant forever. I just don't know how much longer I can do this. I really don't. I am planning an HBA2C and am just feeling so down about even being able to it. sorry to grumble. i just hate this part.

[madiesmommy]

I am 37 weeks today by my count. I've emailed the doc's office to let them know I am going with midwife only for home birth... I just have this feeling that I am here for a while. I had a rough couple of days and then I got to feeling better, like I felt 2 weeks ago. Last week my mw said the bugger had dropped some - evidenced by my lack of heartburn and my lower belly shelf... I am very very tired though. I could nap twice a day now, quite unlike me. But at least I'm feeling good!

I feel for you mommas so close to due date or going over. I know I will be climbing the walls if that is me...and if you find any tips to get through it please pass them on!! I will be quitting work the week of my due date if he isn't here by then. That will make going over worse, alot worse...