Daily 7/12

[delightedbutterfly]

Thought I'd start it I'm up my back aches... DTD was painful but managed to make DH suffer through 2x

Have been sitting on the birth ball blowing up the pool... having contractions but I think I'm going to try and sleep a bit. We decided that if we could have the baby before FIL gets back it's better even if it's with the worse of the two midwives.

I'm still thinking the babe will hold off until Monday tho. I think my body will go all weekend in prelabour hopefully have the baby Monday.

Who knows tho maybe I've still got two weeks... But we got the car cleaned tonight and the carseat installed. And the pool is almost inflated. I gave up for tonight and I'll finish in the morning or DH will finish if I go into full blown labour tonite. We just have a hand pump, it's pretty fast but a bit of work

[Spark]

Whew, hand pumping a pool... but eh, what else is going on!?! I hope the pre-labor picks up soon for you.

So, you're thinking Monday would be nice? I think Tuesday for me. I've said for a while that July 15th sounds like a great day to have a baby. Oh, in fact, I might have picked it for my prediction in the up top sticky. I'll have to check.

4am seems to be my wake up call these days. The house is nice & quiet. So, I'm rather liking it.

I find that after a good night's sleep or a long nap, I tell myself, "THIS is what I want to feel like when labor begins." So, I'm hoping my body is listening. Being well rested for labor is really nice. I don't mind waiting longer, especially if it means my baby & myself get a wonderful glorious birth that we can treasure for a lifetime.

[HidaShara]

39w 4d here...

I went crazy last night. Got totally paranoid about stillbirths and couldn't stop obsessing over it, doing all this reading and looking stuff up online. Now I'm up at 6am because I became convinced that beebs wasn't moving, even though it is totally normal for beebs to sleep through the morning... (s)he isn't usually up until 11am. :/

After much poking, prodding and drinking water, yah, the poor, harassed little thing kicked me a few times to make me leave it alone. :/

Pregnancy makes you crazy. The internet makes you crazy. Pregnant women should not be allowed to look things up on the internet. That's all I gotta say about that.

I need to get back to the patience zone I found earlier this week, but I forget where I left it. :

I see a nap on my horizon in a few hours...

[Spark]

Originally Posted by HidaShara

After much poking, prodding and drinking water, yah, the poor, harassed little thing kicked me a few times to make me leave it alone. :/

Yeah, remember, they're like newborns at this point. Newborns WILL take naps for a couple hours straight in a sling or mama's arms (or those ODD ones that like to be put down in a bassinet or crib). It's hard to rile a snug little newborn.

Originally Posted by HidaShara

I need to get back to the patience zone I found earlier this week, but I forget where I left it. :

Wishing you much much patience! Here's the poem I found this morning that I'm holding close to my heart today.

Yesterday I was clever.
That is why I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise.
That is why I am changing myself
- Sri Chinmoy

To me, this poem is saying that I can not control the outcome of when my babe is ready to be born. All I can do is change how I perceive the process of growing my baby to perfection. So, let the change begin with me!

[aprilsfools]

41 weeks 3 days today.

Yesterday was a mixture of fun and and horror. The fun was my friend came over for lunch with her 1 year old (who was born at home) and brought us a homemade quiche...and than late DH and I went out for spicy Indian for dinner (yummy). The horror was a I had terrible phone conversation with my alcoholic bio Dad (see my Going Underground post if you are interested) and decided that I am NOT going to answer the phone anymore this pregnancy.

I slept pretty good last night except for the usual bathroom breaks and being up for an hour and a half around 3 am. Since I was up, I decided to try something different and stat in the rocker in the baby room rocking and talking to the baby trying to convince her to come out.

I don't think the spicy food or the talking did very much, because I have no signs of anything again today. I am trying very hard not to be frustrated, but it gets harder every day. DH and I don't have any plans for the day, but I am thinking we have to get out and do something to get our minds off of waiting.

Also, I know that I want Buffalo wings for dinner-- I swear I am going to try every spicy food that I love until one works or until the heartburn kills me.

[RubyOrganique]

Hi there,
I had a rough night of hip pain, but I did manage to get some sleep. I've got a lot on my last of errands and chores today, so I'm currently negotiating with myself as to what I can handle and what should be let go of.

Is anyone else wondering about the full moon next week Friday? I'd rather not go that long, but have always thought that would be my time.

Originally Posted by aprilsfools

I am trying very hard not to be frustrated, but it gets harder every day. DH and I don't have any plans for the day, but I am thinking we have to get out and do something to get our minds off of waiting.

DH and I are home together tomorrow and Monday and hoping for things to kick in sometime after tonight. I do think that while encouraging it with certain activities is great, getting your mind off watching the pot boil is also a very good idea.

Enjoy the day, mamas!

[xixstar]

morning ladies, another weekend, woot. DH is heading off to the Eastern Shore and is going to be a couple hours away as long as their is no bridge traffic. I want to call my doula and make sure she isn't going anywhere out of town today. Of course, it's probably just me being over-imaginative that anything would happen today.

[lorelei]

Morning, all!
I actually got a decent sleep last night, which was a nice change of pace. DH and I are going out this afternoon to catch a matinée of Hellboy II, his last time for a movie out for a while, likely. lol

So after we get home from that I'm planning to take a dose of castor oil and hope that's enough to get things going.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

[JennaW]

Hey everyone. Ah, still here, still pregnant.

I have a NST at 10am this morning that I AM NOT looking forward too.

But the good news is that I got a good nights sleep and I am feeling like I am in a better space this morning. I was thinking about all the things I want to talk to the CNM today and this is what came up in my mind:

-The reason I want a natural child birth doesn't have to do with being trendy or impressing my friends, to me my #1 reason for wanting natural is SAFETY. I feel at this point, given the information I have, the SAFEST thing for me and my HEALTHY baby is to leave us alone!

-I am not even 42 weeks yet. This is what all the CNM's have been preaching, the risk goes up at 42 weeks. I am not even there yet. I would doubt they are seeing anything in me that is not typical of other 41 week Mom's, I don't think my risks are really any higher then another 41 week Mom.

-As their own HEAD CNM told me at my 40 week appt, "The fruit will drop when it is ripe" and "Baby movement is baby well being". My baby moves, several times a day. The movements are quite strong. I don't think my baby would be moving like that if there was a problem with the placenta.

-From what I am seeing, some calcifications on the placenta at this point are NORMAL. From what I saw on the u/s images the other day, my placenta is in the GRADE II range.

-I think the "risks" of the decels we saw on the NST the other day are being blown out of proportion. From watching the monitor I would say my babies "baseline" was about 155, when she was active it would jump up into the 160's. The decels they saw were about 148. Those are all excellent rates and really I think that type of decel could be easily caused by the baby shifting (and the doppler not picking up the heartrate as well for that second) or maybe the baby pressing on the cord for a second.

-I do not think my body is ready for labor. I have been having sex with my husband, stimulating my nipples, taking EPO, drinking castor oil....my body isn't going into labor. At this point an induction would most likely fail and end up in a c/s.

-I am not willing to have a "preventative induction" in my specific situation, as stated earlier, I don't think we are seeing anything that warrants putting my body against the risks of induction. I have a healthy baby in there. At this point I feel like the attitude is "We want to induce while everything still looks good." I know they think the placenta doesn't necessarily look "good" but at the same time, overall, things do indeed look good. Inducing at this point so the CNM can "sleep better at night" is not my priority, she may sleep great. I on the other hand would probably sleep awful because with the information I have at this point, my intuition is telling me "don't induce."

So, there it is. I am sure I have other things too but those come to mind first. Of course, if something is very different today I will need to re-evaluate but I felt cornered and put on the spot Thursday and I don't think I articulated myself well. I don't want that to happen again today.

[finnegansmom]

39w5d
I'm starting to get bored with this pregnancy, how awful. All I feel good doing is sitting in bed on the computer reading other people's birth stories. Laying down feels good, standing up hurts my pelvis and bladder. I'm partially convinced my bladder pain comes from a UTI, not the baby, so I'm off for some cranberry juice today to see if that helps.

I'm tired this morning, I wish I could sleep in but my 21 month old will not allow that....

[Emily12581]

37W6D here...

I was up all night last night...every 10 minutes my body just had to be moved, I'd look at the clock and it was only 10 minutes later. Baby's movement has slowwwwwed down dramatically, so I might call in later to have them check here just for my peace of mind. Other than that I feel weird. Not sick, not tired, not anything, just not right...if that makes any sense.

[Spark]

Originally Posted by JennaW

I have a NST at 10am this morning that I AM NOT looking forward too.

I will be thinking of you & sending you peace, comfort & strength!!! I've heard that eating a high protein breakfast followed by a couple donuts just before the NST is a good way to make the baby all perky. I don't know if it works but a friend of mine who's mom is a L&D nurse always suggests it before NSTs.

[rootsandwings]

hi all! 39w 3d. not a sign. i have had lots of contractions at night but only one feeling of, this might be it...

i also got the paranoid feeling that babe wasn't very active at 1am. dh poked around and found the heartbeat with the fetalscope. after that the babe put on a song and dance for the next 2 hours as if to say i am here.


one moment i feel so ready the next, i feel like i can wait a few more days.

the 18th sounds really good to me.


i am having lots of guilt because my midwife has tickets to a music festival next weekend and won't be able to go if i have not gone in labour. i am trying to let it go but i can't. it is her vacation every year.

i am glad to hear that how i am feeling is about like all the rest of you restless/content.

[JennaW]

Originally Posted by Spark

I will be thinking of you & sending you peace, comfort & strength!!! I've heard that eating a high protein breakfast followed by a couple donuts just before the NST is a good way to make the baby all perky. I don't know if it works but a friend of mine who's mom is a L&D nurse always suggests it before NSTs.

Wait, did you just give me a legitimate reason to eat donuts?!! I am so doing that. I was planning on bring some apple juice with me too. Even though I dislike apple juice, it really gets her going :

[Spark]

Have you all noticed that in the real world, everyone and their brother is SO geeked up for us to have our babies AT ANY MOMENT. But, here on our EDD group, it's like, "Oh, you're only 37 1/2 weeks. You have a LONG ways to go still."

Here I sit at 40w1d and all those around me are watching me like a pot. Meanwhile, I'm just hanging out thinking, the 41 week mamas need to GO before I do!

Originally Posted by JennaW

Wait, did you just give me a legitimate reason to eat donuts?!!

Mmm, you make me think I should eat some FOR you!!!! I wish I had a Krispy Kreme anywhere near me! But, I do have a Tim Horton's within a mile... hmmm... I think the vanilla creme chocolate dipped one is calling my name. Do you hear it calling you??? "Jennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnna! Jennnnnnnnnnnna! Just a biteful of donut makes the apple juice go down!!!"

[xixstar]

oh man, donuts sound awesome right now -- too bad it would require driving somewhere. if dh were home I'm sure I could get him to go for them... I just hate driving anywhere at this point.

[Red Sonja]

Oh, now I have donuts on my mind!

37w5d here. DH, the kids and I are all sick with a summer cold. A beautiful Saturday and we just all feel like crap.

[pazerific]

: today's my edd! : i don't expect anything spectacular in the way of babies being born today, but it's quite alright with me if today is the day. it's funny how sometimes you just get a date in your head though. i've kinda hoped this LO would be born on 7/16 (wed) because it would be easy to remember. our wedding anniv is 12/16, dd's b-day is 2/16, so it would only be logical for this baby to be 7/16, right?!?

funny the conversation went to donuts. that was a big craving of mine while pg with dd that i rarely indulged. this time around they haven't been such a big deal (i'm more into ice cream, specifically carmel pretzel flavored klondike bars) but my mom and her bff brought a fresh box of krispy kremes home yesterday. i've already eaten one this morning, and i'm digging for an excuse to go for a second. : i think today being my edd sounds like the perfect excuse!

[huskermommy]

Donuts do sound nice! :

Well, here I sit... Swollen today and yesterday for some reason! I've been wondering about the full moon for awhile now too! Although if that happens DH won't even be able to take off a week.

All night last night I had bits of plug w/pink in it. Still having it this morning and I've noticed a few wimpy contractions. I'm sure its NOTHING! Every time I get my hopes up, don'tcha know, they get miserably shot down. So weird to think I'm "due" in a little over a week. I've never been this close before!

One thing has got me wondering though... W/ds I was charting and knew the day I ovulated which was a week late. This time around, I wasn't charting so I'm not sure when I ovulated. I wonder if I'm really a week behind myself? My positive test was on Nov 15th or 16th. Either way, baby will come when baby is ready.

[delightedbutterfly]

Originally Posted by Spark

But, I do have a Tim Horton's within a mile...

OK so jealous... that was the biggest disappointment when we moved we were surrounded by the Tim's and didn't own a coffee pot as it was just as easy for DH to walk the 2 minutes to one grab coffee/tea for our guests and walk home

Now I'm a 30 min drive from one: I could totally go for a couple cheese croissants right now

I only got like 3 hours of sleep last night in between contractions and DD getting up and me having to comfort her back to sleep... But I got sleep and the contractions have slowed/stopped again... So I'll probably get a few more on and off all day until tonight again.