Anyone feeling that birth is NOT imminent?

[PrairieBohemian]

Sigh.
I am 38.5 weeks or so and really birth feels eons away. I don't have any signs at all of labour getting close and am feeling like I will be pregnant forever. This is baby #3 for me and its been my pattern to go a week or so over.
Is anyone else out there feeling the same way? If you have previous children, do you remember when you started to feel like birth was around the corner???

[AmamaAgain]

Dont worry. Thats how i felt monday morning but by 3pm that day my LO was in my arms. Its coming.

[Skrimpy]

I absolutely feel the same as you. I'm having good strong braxton-hicks but... that's been happening for weeks. Been doing lots of nesting but... that's been happening for weeks

I really feel that this baby is just going to stay put until his due date (the 25th) or go over.

And with all of mine it felt like things were happening just before they were born - typically I wake up in the morning and notice the bh's are coming regularly and have an edge... and I have my LO in the night that night or the next day. So I'm expecting that again this time.

[starzz]

Yes-I have given up on even thinking "this might be it" when I feel a contraction. I just don't even want to try to get my hopes up. They have been let down so many times. I am resigned to wait till this baby is a teen ager to have it (at least that is what it feels like).

So strange.

But the rational side of my brain says SOMETIME It has to happen sometime in the next few days/weeks. Just out of the blue you know :

[NDFanatik]

One minute I feel that way... like I'm going to make it to or go past my edd, but then I feel like it's right around the corner. So I've given up on trying to figure it out, lol. With my son though I was feeling that it was "time" right at his edd... Only when I completely gave up and said "I'll be pregnant forever!" was he born... 5 days late, lol. 10 days til my edd... come on Katherine!

[ibusymomto5]

I felt like this right up until the day before I went into labor. I had absolutely no signs whatsoever before that and totally felt like there was no end in sight.

[myrmom]

I don't think this baby is coming anytime soon....I will be 39 weeks on Monday, but I was 41 weeks with ds1 and 40w1d with ds2 so i'm sure it will be closer to my due date if not over.

I have had no contractions
I have no mucus
No extra discharge
no cramping
no blood show

So yeah I don't feel baby is imminent..

That being other then losing my mucus plugs a few weeks early with my ds1 I haven't had any signs with my boys either.

I wake up early in the morning to contractions and ds1 was born the next afternoon and ds2 was born later that day.

[Alison]

I don't feel that birth is coming anytime soon either. DS was induced at two weeks overdue, so that's sort of what I'm basing things on. However, this baby is lower than DS was at his due date (I'm 37w6d), so hopefully I won't go over. However, I'm definitely not feeling like I'm about to go into labour anytime soon!

[mkmb129]

Even with the crampiness and painful bh's I don't feel like the baby will be here any time soon. Seems like weeks away still. I felt the same with ds, like he would never come. I even blogged about how frustrated I was and how he was never going to come the day before he was born. So I will be very surprised when this one comes, whether it be tomorrow or in three weeks (which let's just say is a really SCARY thought considering how much pain I am in and have been in for the last 3 days.. and since I'm just over 39wks now, blah!).

[Baby_Cakes]

When I was where you are, I felt the same way. Besides all the bh's, I didn't have any blood, no mucus, no nothing. I was figuring I'd go over and was so bummed! But then, at 39+3, Nora had other ideas! Your time will come soon! Hang in there!

[LoveLife]

I feel this way too. I will be 38 weeks on Monday. I lost a TINY bit of mucus this morning and felt the excitement of "Yay my body's changing, this baby won't be in forever". But then nothing else all day, so I'm back to feeling like its going to be a while before he shows up.

[neveryoumindthere]

I feel like this too...For a minute, I'll *think* I feel something that is more than a BH and then it's gone...I'm REALLY REALLY at the point where I want to jump out of my own skin. I feel like I'm in a straightjacket and can't get out...how awful is that. I'm so *done* and I'm just 39 weeks now...The thought of possibly going another 2-3 weeks is just agonizing.

[~Stephanie~]

Yes, I feel that way too. For weeks I had pretty regular BH contrax. They stopped completely Thursday evening and haven't been back... I'm 39wks 2 days with #5. It's so difficult to care for my other kiddos including my 18 month old with this huge tummy and all these aches and pains. I really hope she decides to come soon. My OB mentioned the "induction" word at my last appt.:

[mkmb129]

Originally Posted by ~Stephanie~

Yes, I feel that way too. For weeks I had pretty regular BH contrax. They stopped completely Thursday evening and haven't been back... I'm 39wks 2 days with #5. It's so difficult to care for my other kiddos including my 18 month old with this huge tummy and all these aches and pains. I really hope she decides to come soon. My OB mentioned the "induction" word at my last appt.:

Oh, yuck! Why is that something that is offered??? Mine won't even consider induction unless there is a problem until 42wks! I was 41wks with ds, and induction was not mentioned once! I hope your little one comes soon! I can relate to the having trouble doing things for your little one, though I'm sure your 18mo old is a little more demanding then my 23mo old. Thank goodness for daddy these or I don't know how I'd make it through this with my sanity!

[yogamonkeyjo]

: I've felt from the beginning like I'd go to 41 weeks (I just turned 38w) and I remind myself of what a gift it is to let my LO tell me when he's ready and cute and fat instead of rushing him. I think it's good practice for all of the 20 minute shoe lacing sessions and such. I just tickle his feet and talk to him about birth and this big outside world so he'll feel as ready as I do.

[Skrimpy]

I've found that when I start wondering over a group of braxton-hicks, just reminding myself that I will know without a shadow of a doubt when it's the "real thing" helps me to stop saying "is this it, is this it, is this it?!" Also, telling myself going to sleep tonight is probably going to let me know if it's the "real thing" seems to help.

I also find myself checking the toilet paper every time I wipe now lol. I feel like I'm waiting to TTC again with all the checking And again it helps me to remember that I'll know when it's time!

[audsma]

I'm with you mamas too. Lots of bh, a few very irregular ctx, but nothing else imminent. I could have written myrmom's list. I'm just waiting for that mucus plug. I believe I lost it on the "today" of my last pregnancy-- 2 days before my DD was born at 39 w 1 day. We'll see. I've yet to plan anything for next week, aside from the MW. This is my last day w/ plans-- gulp. Not a good way to start another week. Oh, I do have 3 items to get washed.

[PrairieBohemian]

Originally Posted by neveryoumindthere

I feel like this too...For a minute, I'll *think* I feel something that is more than a BH and then it's gone...I'm REALLY REALLY at the point where I want to jump out of my own skin. I feel like I'm in a straightjacket and can't get out...how awful is that. I'm so *done* and I'm just 39 weeks now...The thought of possibly going another 2-3 weeks is just agonizing.

I am right there with you. Its the acid reflux I really can't handle another day. What is also frustrating is to see my belly as so much smaller than it was with DS2 (but about the same as DS1). I keep thinking it means I have a lot more growing to do; however, DS1 was 7lbs3oz. and DS2 was 9lbs8oz...could it really make me look so much different? A few extra baby pounds???

[PrairieBohemian]

Well I had a really strong bout of contractions this morning after "expressing my love" with DH, but alas, they really haven't turned into anything to get excited about. I've decided to change my EDD to Halloween; both my other kids were born around holidays so I will expect a similar pattern. Maybe I'll see a few of you over in the Nov ddc?

[Amber Lion]

I'm feeling this way too. I get good strong BH when I take a walk, but as soon as I'm done walking they go away. I get good strong crampy BH after DTD, but after about an hour they go away. I know this is all doing "stuff", since my cervix has moved anterior and I can get a finger in, but it doesn't make me feel close to going into labor. I think I might even have lost parts of my mucus plug at different points, but still... doesn't make me feel any closer. And at only 38w3d, I could still have a loooong way to go.

I like what Skrimpy had to say, at some point I'll know beyond a shadow of a doubt that "this is it" so I don't really have to spend my time wondering if each BH bout will be it. I just really want to be done and holding my baby!!!