Daily ..... 07/07...... - Page 3

[hippie chick]

today is the first day i feel ok about going over my edd. lmp is 7/9 mw is going by 7/12 based on my cycle. the us/ shows 7/8. i have nieces birthdays on 7/7 and 7/11, my son's is 7/17. i really would rather not hit one of their b-day's. if i go over, ok, that just means baby needs more time to cook and i need more time with ds and dh alone. i felt pukey and tired yesterday all day, dh let me sleep mid day, i slept for 3 hours. i couldn't believe it. off to take a nap, i want to be rested when labor day comes. have a great day girls!

[prothyraia]

40 weeks, 6 days....

I'm actually a ton more comfortable than I was at the end with my son (who was born the day before his EDD), so I'm almost confused I've come up with stuff to keep myself occupied and am enjoying being pregnant, though I'm ready to get this belly out of the way so I can move around more/not have to worry about toddler kicks and climbing. And it will be nice to have milk again for my son.

I keep having to fighting off negative thoughts, though. Really silly ones, like ''maybe the reason this babe is hanging in there longer is because s/he won't make it and wants more time with me" (as if that's the only reason to stay in the womb past your EDD!!!). It doesn't help that my blood pressure keeps creeping up, especially since I usually have low bp.

My parents are coming to visit in two weeks, which I thought was plenty of time for the babe to arrive and get a little used to world, but now I'm not sure, heh. And I start school at the end of August, so I wanted Rowan to be as old as possible before that. 8 weeks barely felt like enough time, if it ends up being 5 or something I'm nervous!


In conclusion- I feel absolutely GREAT, unless I start thinking about things, then I become a bit of a wreck.

[Khourtniey]

Today is a great day to be born. Come out and play babies!!!

[pazerific]

things are going pretty well here today. dd was supposed to be going for a visit at my mom and dad's today in NC, but my sister woke up sick this a.m. (she's living at home while back in school), so my mom decided to just stay here for a couple of days while my sister's cold moves out. it really works out nice because while we have a little pre-made food in the freezer, it's not packed nearly as tight as i would like. so we went to the grocery store today and picked up ingredients to make kasha stuffed peppers, spinach stuffed pasta shells, and a quiche to feed the freezer with. : yum!

it's also nice to have my mom here b/c DH has been able to pick up some OT at work (finally--woo hoo!) so i have someone to help me out with dd. dd is under the impression that my mom, dad, and sister are all rock stars. when any of them are around, dh and i are chopped liver. it's so darned cute, but if it was anyone else, it would prolly hurt my feelings a little.

i'm feeling good about being pg today, in spite of my late night boo-hoo post on yesterday's daily thread. i was just feeling so crappy last night! but today is a new day. yesterday and the day before, the babe had settled in to LOA, and i was pretty darned excited about it. this morning the little wiggler was back to posterior. now, if i can just get this baby to turn back to the side (i'll take the left OR right), all will be right with the world!

[so_blessed]

Baby agreed to stay put and give me more time.....so I have been working really hard on finishing my REALLY long list of things to do.

I really want a few days to sit back, read to my children, and enjoy the last days of my pregnancy. I am very grateful for the time, b/c now I am getting more and more excited, and less stressed.

I have a really bad muscle spasm in my shoulder (going on two weeks). The pain makes me nauseated, and I am concerned that I won't be able to relax through my contractions, causing me to beg for drugs! I had a friend massage it, but she massaged it way too hard, so now I also have an abrasion and bruises!

We've tried heat, cold packs, massage.....any ideas?

[HidaShara]

Originally Posted by Khourtniey

Today is a great day to be born. Come out and play babies!!!

Transmitting this to the babe via Morse code right now.

[mama to 2 girls]

This is the first time I have been able to jump on the daily thread....it's hard enough just trying to keep up with reading so I can keep up with how everyone is doing.

My patience is also wearing VERY thin! I am so miserable! I had an appt. today (40 weeks 3 days) and everything is fine ATM. I have not been checked yet....my m/w's don't bring it up and plus I am GBS + so I don't want to "push" anything up closer to the baby. But I do go back again on Thurs. if I haven't had the baby by then to see about starting things naturally, like acupuncture and things like that. I get risked out of my 2 m/w's care if I go even a day past 42 weeks.....so I would rather try something natural (eventhough I know it is a form of inducing) than be put in the hospital on pit.! I also know that none of these things will work anyways if the baby isn't ready.

This is the longest I have been pregnant also....DD1 was induced at 40+2 and DD2 came at 39+5. So eventhough I wanted to make it to my due date, I think I am ready now. I just hope he gets the hint soon!

[Kidzaplenty]

I am still here. Ugh!

I am hoping to have my little one in my arms tonight or tomorrow. But, then I tell myself, it could be weeks. Oh, boy!

But I can hope!

[firespiritmelody]

Came home from work early - it's about 7:15 my time right now and I've been contracting since about 4:00 every 10-15 minutes or so and I have a dull back ach. Lost more brown tinged mucus plug today too so really really hoping this is the start of "it". Nothing thats screaming "THIS IS IT" yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it *is*.

Just paged the mw and waiting for her to call me back. Shes worried that once things start, they'll move really fast since I'm already so dialated and everything just seems ready to go at any moment!

My poor DH - I could kill him right now though. He had grad plans when I left the house this morning that he'd get it all straightened up so I could relax when I got home. Unfortunetly instead of moving a bunch of crap to the garage like he was supposed to and actually cleaning up the house, he decided to clean out our bedroom closet. Now, in his defence, it NEEDED to be done, but it was by no means the most important thing that needed to be done, especially since all the crap from the closet is all over our bed room and there is no room for the pool... Ug. I know he ment well... but come on!

Any way, I'll keep you all posted. Cross your fingers for me - I really don't want to type a "false alarm" post tomorrow!!

[nubianamy]

We had another fabulous day. Today we went to the Toledo Zoo. My midwife came along with her 4 year old and that was great too. It was really just for fun not because I was needing to be watched! DD loved the elephants and carrousel and the whole zoo was just great. It was awfully hot though -- just below 90 when we left around 2:30. DD napped a bit in the car but did not take a real full nap when we got home, but seemed none the worse for wear. She doesn't seem to need much sleep anyway. I bet she'll be up and ready for the day at 7 as usual!!

We finally got a working tent (for the birth pool) last night and my mom & I dumped it on the ground to wait for DH and my dad to help set it up. It started raining this evening though, and we decided to put it up in the rain!! That was fun. :P It's a HUGE steel-pole dealie, but we got it up and it's still standing! Tomorrow I'll run through it with some incense to make it smell fresh and open the windows to air out. My MW suggested I hang some Christmas tree lights!! Now I have to see if the hose will run from the hot water tap to the spot where the pool will be.

My dad goes home tomorrow. No sign of labor. We had a great week anyway. My mom will stick around for another week.

I'm having a few BH but they could be because of the 5W I started this afternoon.