Friday daily thread

[bettymamma]

40 weeks tomorrow!
Nothing new here....lots of BH and feeling crapy in general. Anyone else have severe crotch pain!!!!!????????? Last I knew on Tuesday she was at +1 station...who knows now. How low can she go????????

Going to take a drive into the white mountains today. Not really for anything fun, hubby has business there...but it at least gets me out of the house.

Anything new with anyone else? Anything exciting??

[allborntogrow]

The crotch pain is unbearable. Especially after I've laid down.

I think we may need to take a drive tomorrow too. I just need to get my mind off of not having a baby yet!

[bettymamma]

Absolutely....what else can you do???

No one is on the daily thread today...wonder if a bunch of people are having babies!!!!

[Chula13]

I have an appointment with my midwife today , curious to see what progress has been made from last week . I know I have lost atleast aportion of my plug as well as having light bleeding of some sort the past 2 mornings(bloody show?).

[bettymamma]

Originally Posted by Chula13

I have an appointment with my midwife today , curious to see what progress has been made from last week . I know I have lost atleast aportion of my plug as well as having light bleeding of some sort the past 2 mornings(bloody show?).

GOOD LUCK!!

[ComaWhite]

41+2 here. :

Im done. Baby COME OUT!

[redebeth]

I'm still in. I don't want to whine anymore. But here it goes.
I'm 41 + 6 today.
I am over this.
My midwives are doing a NST today and maybe i'll get an AFI ultrasound this weekend. That is not what I want, I feel like that is just looking for a reason to induce. I haven't done any ultrasounds with this one or my last 2 babies so it's out of my range of what feels normal.
If everything comes out fine, and I have the go ahead to wait another week, though, that will be great. It will also be a relief to me because i'm kind of starting to worry.
If something comes up odd, and they (the hospital) recommend an induction I'm not sure the midwives can say no. I know I can say no, but I'm with my midwives whatever they say.

I think this baby is crooked and that's why it's not coming down. It's always felt lopsided, and I'm thinking it wants to come out as much as I want it to. That thought makes me sad.
I can't sleep well and I am tired.

[allborntogrow]

Don't worry about complaining. I'm over it too! If one more person says "oh, but they are easier to take care of inside then out" I'm going to kick that person!!!

I know . . . even the RN doing the NST yesterday said it wasn't fair that my second baby was late. As far as using the NST and AFI U/S to look for a reason to induce, that wasn't my experience at all yesterday. In fact, they were like "yeah, he's so comfortable. Everything is perfect. You can go home!" Which, again, is always great news.

Like I said earlier perhaps we will get a rush of LABOR day babies!

[redebeth]

Originally Posted by allborntogrow

Don't worry about complaining. I'm over it too! If one more person says "oh, but they are easier to take care of inside then out" I'm going to kick that person!!!

I know . . . even the RN doing the NST yesterday said it wasn't fair that my second baby was late. As far as using the NST and AFI U/S to look for a reason to induce, that wasn't my experience at all yesterday. In fact, they were like "yeah, he's so comfortable. Everything is perfect. You can go home!" Which, again, is always great news.

Like I said earlier perhaps we will get a rush of LABOR day babies!

You made me feel better.Thank you

[CathyG80]

Still here 40 + 6, which is officially more overdue than I was with DS... no fair!

My U/S and NST yesterday went well, baby measuring at 8lbs! I scheduled another one for next Tuesday, but midwife assures me that I'll deliver before then... that's what she told me Tuesday!

However, if she is born tomorrow, then both my kiddos will have been born on Saturday the 30th, so that would be pretty cool!

I really feel like she's going to fall out when i'm walking around though... I think I need a sling to hold my poor belly up!

big family cookout tomorrow... can't wait for all the "you're STILL pregnant" and "why don't you just get a RCS" comments! I almost bit the CNA's head off yesterday when she tried to tell me that I'm only 39 weeks! DH practically had to hold me down!

Hopefully this thread will be GONE after this weekend!! Maybe the New Moon will do it for us, since the Full Moon didn't!

[berrybear]

still here too....

had my appt yesterday. she said i've gone from 50 to 75% effaced but still only between 1-2 cm dilated...but my cervix has moved a little more anterior, which i'm focusing on now as my new optimistic sign!
she asked me if i wanted my membranes swept and i figured "wth? you're already in there.."

i had some back muscle spasms but they subsided overnight so DH were able to DTD this morning....fun for DH but i know does feel alittle bit like a sperm bank these days.

good luck to everybody

[LivingforGod]

Still here!

[allborntogrow]

Originally Posted by CathyG80

I really feel like she's going to fall out when i'm walking around though... I think I need a sling to hold my poor belly up!

I think that's a good sign!

[lizzylou]

I'm still here. 41+1 or +2. Had a NST today, baby is doing well.

[redebeth]

So I had my NST and it went okay. Not gangbusters, the babe wasn't moving very much. But variability was good and they got a couple of good accelerations. I made an appointment tuesday for an ultrasound. I will take castor oil sunday if no baby by then, to try and avoid going that far.

She checked me, said i'm not very soft and only a two. Maybe 30% effacement. Not what I wanted to hear, but I am not surprised.

The good news is my friend/ doula will be back from costa rica by then, so I look to that as the bright side. When she left I jokingly said I would wait for her. I really didn't mean it.

[thankfulblessedmom]

41 weeks today. I was SO hoping dh could get the extra time for the Labor Day holiday with the baby already here. I'm hanging in there, but in the evenings I start to feel more frustrated.

[KatelynsMomma]

still here too. tomorrow will be 41 weeks. tonight might be it though?! i'm having contractions (menstrual like) every 2-5 minutes lasting no more than 30 seconds. also some blood tinged mucus stuff. yum. feels like back labor again this time around. ugh! looking forward to jumping in the tub but I don't want to stop it if it is too early! wish me luck and good luck to all of you!!!

[lizzylou]

Ok, if I am completely honest... I feel like there is something wrong with me because this baby is so content to stay inside. I am 8 or 9 days past 40, and I am very sure of my dates. I myself was born 10 days past 40, though who knows about those dates.

As of a week ago I was 2cm, 70% effaced and very soft. So what gives?! I don't know how much longer I can pretend to be patient. I am bored of cleaning my house. My only interests right now are my daily nap, daily walk, and daily meals.

[allborntogrow]

Originally Posted by lizzylou

As of a week ago I was 2cm, 70% effaced and very soft. So what gives?! I don't know how much longer I can pretend to be patient. I am bored of cleaning my house. My only interests right now are my daily nap, daily walk, and daily meals.

That is why I always decline cervical checks later on. I mean, you could walk around three cm for nine days (like one of my good friends did) or be totally closed and tight and give birth the next day. It seems somewhat arbitrary and I just feel like I'd psych myself out no matter what the doc told me.

[Chula13]

Well still no real progress dilation-wise but my baby has become engaged. If he is not here by my next appointment we are going to try do the whole sweeping the membranes thing.

She said I'm her only client that has had bloody show prior to labor.