Daily Chat - Wednesday October 22nd!

[Skrimpy]

Looks like there's no daily thread yet so I'll give a go

Hoping we get some good baby announcements today :

AAM Had a LLL meeting last night where I got to have some mama-chat time and got fawned over for being "lovely and pregnant" lol, so that made me feel good. I also got to see a sweet babe born on Oct. 1 and now I really want my baby!

Today the kiddos and I are painting boxes I've been collecting from our co-op shopping trips to make a "box town" for them to set up and play with after the birth. We have enough boxes to make a good sized little town for their toy vehicles and smaller stuffed animals. I'm going to paint the flaps of the boxes to be roads for them to set up between their "buildings" too

Also have a friend and her DD coming for lunch and I'm looking forward to that. Just trying to keep busy and not be too anxious for baby....

[Cindy-Lou]

I'm still here waiting for this baby to come out. I'm now 5 days past my due date. I'm getting worried because I'm planning a VBAC and although my OB is really supportive and positive, she's going to want to talk about scheduling a c/s at my next apt (Friday) if I go past 42 weeks. She won't induce me (not that I want to) because it increases the risk of uterine rupture.

I also told my mom to stop calling me and that she was driving me nuts. I said it jokingly and she laughed but I think she got the message.

[Mamja]

AAM: Carolyn will be 5 weeks old tomorrow! Her birth is starting to fade from memory, I already feel like she's been here forever.

This morning I got up to find that DH had swaddled her in a fleece blanket... and I guess she must have been able to get out because he secured the blanket with a snappi! I dunno, I just found that really cute. I love seeing him interact with her.

[Amber Lion]

allibut - that is too cute!! Swaddled with a snappi!

AAM: Ugh. Had the worst. night. ever. First off, I decided to give EPO a try, so I bought some at the store and massaged some vaginally before bed. (On a different note, how on earth are you supposed to get it to your cervix?! I swear I got plenty all over my yoni opening and just inside, but I've no idea if any made it where it's supposed to go) Second, I convinced Dh to DTD. It started out well, but quickly became really painful. There was not a position I could find that didn't hurt SO bad and I kept hearing this weird clicking or popping sound. I was also getting some really intense contractions. Finally we got up to try me leaning over the birth ball and I could NOT walk. It was my hips that were popping!!! OUCH! The birth ball... worked out... but the damage was already done. Excruciating lower back and hip pain combined with some good post-dtd contractions. I was seriously having to work through the pain; in the shower, walking (I mean hobbling really), on the birth ball. I also had about 3 very loose and painful bowel movements. Felt like I had to vomit too. It took a good 2.5 hours before I could get back in bed and then doze between contractions, each contrx my sacral/hip area would flare up. I just kept thinking, "I am such an ass if I put myself into labor while totally throwing my hips out of whack!!" I never timed them, but eventually they started to space out and my back/hip pain eased up.

I'm still hobbling around today, but luckily not in active pain. No birth ball sitting for me today though, the only thing that feels good is my legs together (its not SPJ pain though, it's in my sacral area).

[heidirk]

Ouch, you poor thing! Try a heating pad, maybe? Warmth always feels good to me, especially in labor.


Where oh where is Lee? Maybe today is the day!

[rozziemama]

Ahhh Amber Lion that sounds AWFUL, I'm so sorry!

I would say a hot bath/heating pad as well in your situation. Yuck.

I just got back from the chiro, so I am in MUCH better spirits now than I was this morning. I love the chiropractor. I feel so much better now that I've been adjusted.

Last night was rough for me too. My heartburn is terrible. It comes on at about 11:30 or midnight every night, no matter what I eat. It feels like acid burning my chest the second I try to lie down. Last night I ate two tums and felt a little better but it was just REALLY awful.
I am ready to not be pregnant anymore.
I feel like this third tri heartburn is my punishment for not having a bit of first tri morning sickness... I know I'm not throwing up, but I honestly think this is just as bad. If not worse, because it keeps me awake & then that stresses me out because everyone keeps saying to get lots of rest to prep for labor. ARGH. :

39 weeks today.
Let's go baby - get ready to come on out & greet the world!

[rozziemama]

Oh - I forgot to mention that this woman actually walked half a block to catch up with me today just to ask if I'm having TWINS.
I wanted to punch her in the face.
Instead, I said, calmly, "no just one." she didn't believe me. I really am ready for this to be over.

[Amber Lion]

Feeling better this afternoon. I've just been sitting watching television on netflix and veggin' out. I never do that, but today it's been exactly what I needed. I haven't even gotten dressed and it's almost 4!

The worst part about last night was I knew it was all my own fault! I obviously responded well to the EPO and dtd... I was just too stubborn to stop dtd when it started hurting and then I had to pay for it.

[Skrimpy]

Battling frustration here because I feel like my body is doing nothing. I know it's silly because I'm having good braxton-hicks and feel pressure, etc.

But I keep checking the tp when I go to the bathroom and getting sad that there's nothing there but "normal" moisture. It's even worse than when I was checking for EWCM when we TTC'd.

Urrrgh this is baby #4 and I should know by now to be patient but geez.... And he's not even due til Saturday...

/whine off...

[Amber Lion]

Originally Posted by Skrimpy

It's even worse than when I was checking for EWCM when we TTC'd.

Dude, I know! I'm checking the TP all the time too and thought the same thing. Even to the point of *almost* turning on the light at night in the bathroom for my million pee breaks... but I never have gotten that obsessed cause I'd be blind finding my way back to bed if I turned on the light. And so far I haven't been rewarded with anything all that interesting!

[carolina~mom2be]

hey mommas! I haven't posted yet today. We're dealing with our fridge that just decided to break today!!!! I guess baby was waiting for me to be able to take care of that Thanks baby I'm pretty stoked because we found an awesome fridge for a great price on Craigslist....and it's stainless!! WOOHOOO....we would have never been able to afford stainless new!! : So, I had lots of BH last night and they were getting pretty crampy and staying really close together but they never got painful....I really think my body is trying to rotate this little one. I'm still having pretty regular BH contractions but they aren't too painful anymore....maybe they'll start up again tonight after Carolina goes to sleep That would be AWESOME!
AmberLion...I hope you're feeling better.....I remember the popping and clicking from DTD last pregnancy right at the end and it was PAINFUL and WEIRD feeling which explains why DH and I haven't DTD in a few weeks It freaked us both out and didn't feel good AT ALL! I hope that you're feeling better after watching movies and taking it easy today
Rozzi - my heartburn was pretty bad last week too....I found out that red wine triggered mine. I had a little tiny bit with dinner every night and the next thing I knew...HORRIBLE HEARTBURN!! No more wine for me until after I meet this little one!!! I hope that you have some relief tonight!

[mkmb129]

Originally Posted by Amber Lion

Dude, I know! I'm checking the TP all the time too and thought the same thing. Even to the point of *almost* turning on the light at night in the bathroom for my million pee breaks... but I never have gotten that obsessed cause I'd be blind finding my way back to bed if I turned on the light. And so far I haven't been rewarded with anything all that interesting!

You know what's worse then waiting for it? Having it happen, in huge, ridiculous globs, KNOWING it's mucus plug, but nothing coming of it!! Three more huge globs today, and still not a darn thing (this is a little over a week of regular mucus crap at least once a day, but day 3 of a huge amount several times each day). :