Daily chit-chat *10/14*

[carolina~mom2be]

Good morning!! I don't think this has been started yet!!! Isn't there a full moon tonight?!?!?!

[mkmb129]

There is.. I hope to goodness it will do me some good! As my edd draws nearer and nearer (Friday) I'm getting increasingly cranky.

On the agenda for today is some house work, maybe some sewing & baking. Lots of whinning

[Astrid1024]

My EDD is Friday too - I sure hope the moon kicks something into gear for me. I've had BH's - nothing serious - but no plug loss, no increase in dishcharge, can't reach my cervix. Last night was kind of exciting because I had two, count 'em TWO, ctx that reached around to my back. I laughed because I was like, "When else am I ever going to get excited about the prospect of being in pain."

Bring on the babies, ladies!

[PassionateWriter]

i actually went to bed early last night (im a night owl so that was much different). DP had to deal w/ all night time parenting and did an excellent job...i was amazed! lol! i woke up around 2am and couldnt go back to sleep...started having more intense contrax that kept me up until around 6:30....and of course ds3 woke up at 7 and came downstairs.

i almost went upstairs and told DP i was going back to sleep but decided against it. i spent a few hours just laying on the sofa while ds3 sat in front of the boob tube. no, im not a proud mom right now but getting 30 minutes sleep (other than the 10-2 sleep i had on and off) just lends itself to some "bad mommy" moments. lol!

i rescheduled my MW appt until 2pm b/c i cant imagine going anywhere at nooon today. its almost 10 here and im still on my first cup of coffee (and yes, after 42 weeks, i think i should have the right to have 2 cups if i want! lol!).

i do hope the full moon helps me out tonight. oh i do so hope. DP is starting his vacation weeks this week b/c he doesnt want to be as far away and i hope he doesnt spend it watching me like a pot about to boil.

[OrchideZ]

Waiting on the results from my liver enzyme bloodwork (I wrote about it in my other thread) so am quite anxious to go into labor on my own. My dd is on Monday the 20th in 6 days but I would LOVE a full moon birth. Plus DH's birthday is 9/21 and mine is 11/7--- I am such a numbers geek so of course this stood out to me that if DS were born today, his birthday would be the missing "link" of 10/14. I love me some consecutive multiples of 7 and the 9,10,11...wheee
Getting punchy here for sure.
Super itchy still- from my palms to my soles and now my face. Lots o pressure when I stand.
Last pm, I took an evening primrose internally plus used another as lube for DTD then finished with another inserted vaginally.
I have been having contrax half the night and some low backache too.
My midwife visit is in a few hours then we have a NST/AFI right afterwards to monitor baby b/c of itch/cholestasis possibility. I would love it if my labor would just kick in while we are over there.

Let's hope for some full moon babies ladies...woo hoo...eLVs to you all! :

[rozziemama]

I have to admit I'm sort of jealous of all you 10/17 EDD mamas
I'm due on 10/29 and feel like its AGES away still.
Any other late Oct mamas out there want to commiserate!?

PW - I was up same time as you & as long as you last night - not b/c of ctx but because I woke up to pee & then suddenly was bombarded with so much work anxiety (so much to get done before babe comes) I couldn't fall asleep.
And I was so tired that after two hours of not sleeping I started to cry.
Then I slept on the couch from about 6am til the alarm went off at 7.
Now i'm at the office, and should be working not procrastinating on MDC - but this is all I want to do! it's awful.

Anyway, I just want to focus on the end of this pregnancy & this little one inside me & not on work anymore. I know its very soon....
Ahhhh.

[Soogie]

2 out of 3 of my kids were full moon babies, so I am hoping that today will be it for me. But I am not feeling anything like I did before my previous labors.

[CrunchyDoula]

Originally Posted by rozziemama

I have to admit I'm sort of jealous of all you 10/17 EDD mamas
I'm due on 10/29 and feel like its AGES away still.
Any other late Oct mamas out there want to commiserate!?

Anyway, I just want to focus on the end of this pregnancy & this little one inside me & not on work anymore. I know its very soon....
Ahhhh.

I am due 10-24, so it feels like it is forever away too, but really it is only next Thursday *sigh*, so I can commiserate with your feelings. Today I think my sister is going to come by before going back down to college and may help me do my belly cast, that I still haven't done

AAM: So I had my midwife appointment yesterday and it went really well. I've been checking my cervix on my own and I was curious to know if what I was feeling was what it was, and it was!! I am 4 cm dilated and 80% effaced. Baby is -1 station. But I think that he may be a little malpositioned, but that I'm not really sure about. But my pubic bone is so sore, which I know can be normal, but I'm trying to see what I can do to get him in better position to apply good pressure to my cervix. I am ready to meet him!!

[lee1203]

Originally Posted by PassionateWriter

its almost 10 here and im still on my first cup of coffee (and yes, after 42 weeks, i think i should have the right to have 2 cups if i want! lol!).

Oh heck yeah! I think you're pretty much entitled to whatever you want right now, honestly. Really really hope the full moon gets stuff going for you tonight!

Ok, so I hope it gets stuff going for me too, but I'm doubting that, really. I've been getting an increase of braxton hicks contractions of an evening for... about a week or so now. The past few nights they've been crampyish and I've had a slight backache. Of course, by the time it's time for bed they're all gone. :

[farmerjess]

I am still here at 40+3. I don't even want to get my hopes up about the full moon. I am sooo grumpy it's awful, my poor DH. I keep jumping on him for nothing and he is so kind and patient with me. I haven't had any real signs of impending labor since last Thursday. My birthday is Saturday and it would be such a lovely birthday present to have the baby before then. If not, I am going to stuff myself silly at my favorite Indian buffet.

ELVs to everyone who is affected by the moon today!

[Skrimpy]

Morning ladies! I love seeing all the talk of the full moon! Maybe we'll get some baby announcements in the next few days

to all of you gals still pregnant and feeling uncomfortable!

And to you ladies saying your dd feels ages away... I know how you feel with mine being on the 25th! Though I did wake up this morning and say "it's the 14th!!! How did we get to the 14th already??!"

I'm feeling good today. The weather has gotten cool again and the fall colors are *stunning* - I took the kids to the park and enjoyed the trees and chill wind while they played

At this point I'm feeling better and have gone back to being happy for baby to wait - planning on Boppy shopping this weekend (yes, you can tell I'm planning things to look forward to LOL!) And a friend has gotten back in town after an extended visit to family. She and her DD are coming over with homemade pizza (my choice of toppings!) next week so I'm hoping now babe will hold out for that

Rooting for the moon to get things going for you gals ready to meet your babes!

[lovemysunshine]

Another late October mama here (due 10/25), not expecting anything to happen for another week at least. DH keeps asking me when the babe is coming, as if I can give him a date or something. He was determined baby would be here in the beginning of the month for some reason and I'm glad to have proven him wrong! He actually signed up for a conference earlier in the summer that is being held the weekend of my EDD. When he told me, I looked at him like "WTF are you thinking?" He acted like I was crazy for not wanting him to go up to the Bay Area for this thing (we live in San Diego) because the baby would probably be here by then. What?!? Needless to say, he's not going.

On a better note, DH apologized to DD for "acting like a storm cloud" (her words) yesterday when she woke up at 3 am. He had to talk about what she did "wrong" too, but that's pretty good for him since he does not apologize often at all, so we'll take it.

I'm supposed to have my home visit tonight, but mw may be at a birth; I really hope the mama had her baby during the night though for selfish reasons and also because she'd been contracting 30 hours already and was at 4 cm!

And last but not least, I'm heading to my friend's house this afternoon for her to take some pictures of me before this baby comes. She used to photograph celebrities in her former life and I asked if she would do this for me since it's probably my last pg. I'm hoping they come out well. She took some of me tandem nursing my other 2 when DD started to wean and they are really special to me. DD didn't end up weaning for another 6 months though!

[Bee21]

Add me to the list of grumps! I'm in such a funk and I can't get out of it. I shouldn't be so anxious about having this baby since I'm not due for another week, but I can't help it. DD was born at exactly 38 weeks, so I'm already a week past her arrival date. I feel like I've been pg forever.

But my DD was a full moon baby...so maybe this one will be too! I'm not getting my hopes up though. It's rainy and I'm tired and I just want to go home and go to sleep. I'm tired of dealing with other people's kids.

[Amber Lion]

Morning ladies!!! Hoping the full moon sends some of you over the labor edge!!!

PW - I totally think you deserve whatever you want at 42 weeks too! Enjoy the coffee (mmm, I want coffeee....)

I'll be thinking of you today OrchideZ!!! Good luck!!!

Rozziemamma - my edd is in 10 days. Sometimes that seems forever away and others really close! I will just be satisfied if this is an October baby... that's all I want!

Lee - my friend who I doula'd for had increased contrx every night for about a week before one night they just never stopped. So, hoping tonight's the night they don't stop for you!!!

Early Happy Birthday to you Farmerjess!

Skrimpy - I'm seriously impressed by your planning! I need to do me some of that so I have something to look forward to!

AAM: Well after my wetness excitement and finding out my #s are so good, I'm in the exact opposite mood I was in yesterday! Which is good, b/c I don't *enjoy* being grumpy! And even though I got excited that baby might be here sooner than later, I'm ok today with whenever s/he comes.

Midwives' visit was good. She estimates baby to be about 7-8 lbs at this point and can barely feel the head at all above my pubic bone. I'm measuring at 37 weeks (38 wks4d) so baby definitely had a growth spurt again (which explains the tummy soreness lately!). Only worrying thing is that baby is now in a ROT to ROP position - I don't want back labor!!! I know this is b/c I've been sleeping on my back more and more, but it's the only position that doesn't make my hips scream in pain. So I think I need to be spending more time laying over my birth ball to counteract it.

Plans for the day: mopping the damn floors I keep procrastinating on and finish lanolizing my wool covers. I've also got to run to the bank since it was closed yesterday.

Happy Full Moon!!!

[JMarie930]

Happy full moon to all those hoping for a little of its magic! If it works for me, that would be nice - my b-day is 9/30, my sister's is 10/7, and then this LO would be 10/14, so a birthday every week (actually more - my dad's is 9/29 and my BIL's is 10/8)! Not thinking it's going to happen for me though. Contractions are *slightly* more regular today, but still not where they should be. Definitely feel as if my uterus is getting harder each time and they're lasting longer. Since I didn't even know I was in labor with DS (all back labor, nothing felt in the abs at all), this is new to me. I also feel terribly nauseated and at this point, WATER gives me heartburn. Blech. Baby is still too high though, at least from what I can tell.

I've already finished sewing all my receiving blankets this morning, and they're in the washing machine now. I have two thick fleece blankets I'm going to put satin binding on now, and then maybe finish another Boppy cover and the basket liners. Not sure if I'll get to the rest of the crib set, but I'm not planning on needing that anytime soon. We finally got the Amby moved upstairs into our bedroom, so this LO will have someplace to crash for the first few months. It looks so sweet next to the bed!

DH moved most of the remaining items from my sewing room (STB the kids' room), with the exception of my sewing machine, serger, and table, so we'll likely primer the walls today. I'd *love* to get it painted, but I don't think I'm quite that ambitious! I'm just trying to stay busy. If things still aren't progressing by this afternoon, DS and I will be baking up some muffins and making cookie dough to stick in the freezer. Maybe whip up some spaghetti sauce and meatballs too. I think I'm going to need a few more storage containers for the freezer!

ELV's to anyone who needs/wants them! :

[LoveLife]

I hope everyone who is anticipating a full moon labor gets one! I would love to have this baby, but I don't at all think its going to happen.

I'm with all you ladies who are at the end of the month- 10/27 EDD. I have had quite a bit of discharge the past few days, but nothing to indicate labor will be anytime soon.

AAM: My mid-back has been really hurting!! The midwife has no idea why my back would hurt in that place, but it does. So, I am going for a massage this afternoon and I can't wait.

I had my midwife appointment this morning and everything is looking good. The baby isn't very low though, I want him lower and am going to have to see what I can do to move him down. Otherwise he's in great position, heartbeat is great, my blood pressure was good and I'm GBS NEGATIVE! YAY!

I've actually got to get some cleaning done because I keep telling myself that after my massage I am going to do absolutely nothing all day, so I'd better get working, but I just don't feel like it... LOL.

[Amber Lion]

Ooh, Lovelife, you reminded me! I'm GBS neg too! Go us!!! :

[PassionateWriter]

Originally Posted by rozziemama

PW - I was up same time as you & as long as you last night - not b/c of ctx but because I woke up to pee & then suddenly was bombarded with so much work anxiety (so much to get done before babe comes) I couldn't fall asleep.
And I was so tired that after two hours of not sleeping I started to cry.
Then I slept on the couch from about 6am til the alarm went off at 7.
Now i'm at the office, and should be working not procrastinating on MDC - but this is all I want to do! it's awful.

Anyway, I just want to focus on the end of this pregnancy & this little one inside me & not on work anymore. I know its very soon....
Ahhhh.

oh man that sucks! im sorry!

[NDFanatik]

Yay for the full moon tonight! : Okay, so I'm TOTALLY not expecting anything in the next couple of nights, but it would be extra nice I was born on a half moon, my son was born n a half moon, and if this baby is born on a half moon also I guess it wouldn't be that bad... Cause that's right around my EDD (10/21/08). BTW... 7 DAYS TIL I'M DUE!! How exciting!! I'm still hoping and praying that she doesn't decide to make a late appearance like her big brother did. I swear going 5 days overdue was pure hell. I can't even imagine what some of you ladies who are 41+ weeks are experiencing!!

Here's a website in case anyone wants to check out the cycles of the moon.

Poor hubby is getting sooo anxious for our daughter to be here. He keeps rubbing my belly and getting really close to it and saying stuff like "Come on Katherine! Get out!" or "You know, today would be a good day. I can't wait to meet you." He even went out and bought me 2 more pineapples, lmao!! I ate a little over half of one last night and he has "instructed" me to eat the other one today. Also, according to him I'm not allowed to put any less than 2 EPO tablets in vaginally. This man...

Well... Off to go fold my clothes (joy)! You ladies have a GREAT day! *Sending Labor Vibes to anyone who wants/needs them!!! And congrats to those who have had their little ones! WOOT!!

[freedak]

I woke up with horrible cramping today! I sat at the computer for a while and felt better, but then they were just as bad as before when I stood up. I'm also having back pain and those horrible crotch pains (cervix pains, I guess). I don't know if anything is starting, but it's really just making me grumpy! I'm supposed to have my acupuncture "induction" tomorrow, so maybe my body will at least be a little prepared for it.

ELVs to other mamas that are feeling something happening today!