How many of us are left? - Page 2

[Mom2Ellis]

Me. I haven't really posted much this time around, but I'm due on the 16th. I'm not progressing at all. Not effaced, not dilated...nothing. I had my first at 38 1/2 weeks and my 2nd at 37 1/2. So as of today I'm 39 1/2 and getting pretty anxious!

[hislittlelambs]

yep. still here. duedate is tomorrow. i seem to have kids that like to compete with who has the longest gestation! (thanks to who wrote that! it made me LAUGH!)

#1- 38w, 6d
#2- 39w,4d
#3- 40w,2d

each one has come 5 days later than the last birth...so all pregnancy i was completely okay and prepared to go to 41 weeks with this one...

until i started having great prelabor signs around 37-38 weeks. signs, that btw, now that i am almost 40 weeks, have completely, totally, and thoroughly STOPPED! :

and this: First excited, then serious and a little cranky, then REALLY irritable, despairing, and convinced that I don't want to do this anyway. Ha!

YEAH! totally took the words out of my mouth!! SO TRUE! : I was telling a friend the other day..."so I don't want to be pregnant anymore, but I'm a bit nervous about having a newborn in the house again (I'll have 4 kids under the age of 6, and we homeschool)...and there's not really a middle ground there...well, except labor which i don't want to spend too much time in either!!"

my last labor (my 3rd child, first HB) during descent phase his head was hitting my spinal nerve, sending shooting lighting bolt "shocks" from my tailbone straight up my spine to the back of my skull at the peak of each transition contraction! i was NOT prepared for it! and because it was NERVE pain and not muscle or joint/bone pain like normal labor, there was nothing we could do to combat it...no pressure points, no massage, no counter pressure, NOTHING! I have already told our midwife, If i get those same Nerve shocks again, I am going to need the gas and air during that time because it was a pain i have never ever felt before in my life and unlike anything i can really describe. so yeah, i'm afraid of that happening again...i can take everything else in stride compaired to it. at least this time i will know what it is though. last time i was afraid it was an old epidural injury that maybe had effected my spine and it really, really frightened me. at least this time i can tell myself,"it's only the baby moving down and this doesn't last long...it IS normal and I will be fine."

[thechuzzle]

Still here, still here. Today is 39 weeks 6 days, due date tomorrow. I am really hoping that this will be over soon, I am extremely uncomforatable, and the prodromal labor is getting really old, especially since it is not getting me anywhere. We'll see what the midwife says today. DP and I have a concert tonight, I am hoping that the loud music will get things going and we will have a baby tomorrow. Otherwise I have three nights of acupuncture scheduled for next week.

[LaurenAnanas]

I'm still here, due this weekend.

Yesterday, we were so sure that it was early labor. Contractions increasing in intensity and frequency, loose poo, etc... I called the midwife and he was all "yep, sounds like labor!" Then as the evening progressed... nothing. Slept all night, only waking to pee once. This morning, I feel fine. A few BH, but nothing else. Bah.

I have a scheduled midwife appointment this morning, where I'll probably ask for an internal, just to see if ANYTHING is actually happening.

Come on, baby!

[~Charlie's~Angel~]

Im the most discouraged I have been all pregnancy. I was SO SURE I was in labor yesterday. All the signs were there. So I call the nurse, give her my symptoms, after a few calls and check ins, she tells me to go right in. They hook me up, Im DEF having contractions, and they really feel like they are doing something. Check dialation, NOTHING. Still 1cm. They do an US to check fluid levels, all looks good. So they tell me to start walking, and that they will check me again in 2 hours. I walk like Ive never walked before, NOTHING!!!!! They send me home. I want to CRY right now. Matter of fact, I did cry. I know its silly and that I will have this baby eventually, but I just FEEL like its time, and cant understand why my body doesnt think so. SO FRUSTRATING!!!!!!!! So here I am, 39 weeks and 6 days. No baby

[kgrands]

I'm still here! Due 11/23 so I'm 38w5d.

I've had a nutty past two weeks with docs telling me that I would probably go into labor soon - and then nothing! I'm 2cm dilated, lost my plug, head is engaged, had my membranes swept, random contractions, tons of BH. But, no labor.

I've now determined that she'll probably come late.

[nurnur]

Im here, 40w1day! Trying not to have any expectations.

1st ds: 41w5d
twins: sched. rcs@39wks (no labor)
4th dd: 41w water breaks ~ 41w3d she arrives

Im going to walk the mall today with my mom and 3yo. Ive had some good ctx or is is gas and bowel issues?....I guess I'll follow my own advice, ignore it till you can't anymore.

from my own checking Im about 50% effaced and 1.5-2cm dilated
Im putting in epo each night and taking it orally when I remember. I saw chiro yesterday, and I feel good about my alignment, Ive done all I can to position baby just right, but Im still not convinced that he/she is OA. Im visualizing a nice head fitting right on thru this here pelvis! Cannot wait to see what gender this baby is. I can not imagine a wait as hard as waiting for our sweet babies to arrive.

[yogagirl]

I'm at 39 weeks 1/2. DD was born at 38 so I'm so surprised in a weird way I'm still here!

[Jamie19]

still here.

41w 6d.

[Nautical]

Jamie wins the prize so far.

[Phoebe]

Wow, Jaime...3rd baby and almost 42 weeks? Yikes. How long did your other 2 go?


There seems to be alot more of us than I thought!

[micah_mae_]

I'm 39+1 today. I had my membranes stripped on Wednesday. I'm 3 cm, 90% effaced, 0 station and anterior cervix. I've just been cramping with some nausea and diarrhea (sorry tmi). I had a blowout with my DH last night and ended crying on his shoulder for like an hour, but he was great and I feel like the last emotional block has been removed so now labor can start. However, I am emotionally ready to wait another 3 weeks if I have to.

[Rosegin]

I'm still here. I'm 37 weeks 6 days today. I'm hoping to go to 41 weeks because my high school reunion falls on my due date. All of my kids have been late.

#1 40w2d
#2 40w4d
#3 40w6d

I want to get through the holiday and my reunion and then she can come. lol

[brenda-sw]

still here...just w a i t i n g!!!!!!!!!!!!

DD came exactly 14 days late (I went into labor at 41 + 5 days). I am hoping for a VBAC this time and hoping for the baby to come closer to due date- wishful thinking I guess!

Yesterday I was very crampy all day- but nothing....so waiting patiently!

Brenda

[UnassistedMomma]

Originally Posted by titania8

im still here, and going nowhere fast!

i am right at 38 weeks now, and starting to feel like that too. emotional, cranky, tired. overwhelmed by everything i still have left to do. ready to be done with this, but at the same time, not ready at all!

38 weeks, and that sounds JUST like me.

[erynw]

There are lots of us due November 23rd! Me too!

Depending on how much sleep I get the night before, I waffle between feeling ready for labour, and totally unprepared and full of dread.

I have no signs labour is imminent so I suspect I'll be around for a while yet...

[bax]

Still here, but only 40w+1 today. Last baby was 41+5, so I'm trying not to get my hopes up--although now that my dad's in town to watch our toddler, and I'm almost done with my to-do list, I'm starting to hope that this one will be earlier. Having a lot more BH, but nothing else, really.

I was feeling overwhelmed last week and a bit panicked about how on earth I'd mother two. The baby seemed very abstract and I sort of wanted to extend our time with just one LO as long as possible. But in the last day or two, I've gotten over that and now really want this baby to be born!

[Erlaine]

Still here. Today, my due date, my pg ticker says, "You are 0 weeks and 0 days pregnant. Only 0 days to go!"

It was nice to see something amusing like this when I've been feeling a little frustrated lately.

[Jamie19]

My oldest was induced at 43 weeks, 2nd was natural at 41w 5d. Looks like this one is sticking around to try to beat the oldest

42 weeks today!

Originally Posted by Phoebe

Wow, Jaime...3rd baby and almost 42 weeks? Yikes. How long did your other 2 go?


There seems to be alot more of us than I thought!