Hello from the Sept. due date board

[indie]

I was due Sept. 24 and since my 1st was born on her due date so I never bothered to come over and meet you all. But I still don't have a baby so I guess he or she will be an October baby. I'm feeling a little sad that some of you have already had your baby and I haven't yet. :(

[buffybutt]

Hello mama, Im sorry your little one hasnt showed up yet, It will be soon:)
Welcome to our boards, Im due on the 8th with our first so it might be awhile or maybe not.

Congrats on planning your homebirth, We wish you the best :love

[allgirls]

My first 2 were right on time and my last one was at 42wks 2days...they just come when they want to!

Welcome to the October board Indie! I too am having a home birth..my second.

I was expecting in June and delivered in July so I understand the board jumping all to well!

[BennyPai]

:tiphat: Can I come too? My three edd's have all passed. The last one was 9/20. :(
Although I'm very anxious for baby, I also love October. Autumn is my favorite season, and my mother and one of my sisters have October birthdays. :)

Jenny

[phnx0221]

:thumb

Well, I say, the more the merrier!

Welcome to October, I hope your babies come soon for you!
I'm due with my first Oct 8, so I can't really offer any condolances such as "I know how you feel", but I feel for you none the less. Good luck, and good morning! :)

[mamas2atti]

:tiphat: Autumn is my favorite season

Is it really fall? It's barely making it below 100 here!

Welcome to the October board. I think it' s a pretty neat group of ladies to hang out with. Hope your baby comes soon!

[RachelGS]

Welcome to October! It's a great month to have a baby. :) I can imagine the stress of going past dates, but I will be happy to celebrate with you when your little one is ready to arrive! Hang in there, mama.

[mamabeth]

:wave other Sept mamas! I think an October birthday is nice. But oh I wish I would have the kiddo already. I hope we all are holding our October babes very soon. :)

[phnx0221]

Is it really fall? It's barely making it below 100 here!

Welcome to the October board. I think it' s a pretty neat group of ladies to hang out with. Hope you baby comes soon!
Oh man, I totally hear you!!! I was born and raised in Portland OR, and even though I've lived here for six years now, I still don't consider it to be fall here until late November, early December. Winter? Ha, it exists for about a week? :LOL
Oh well, I really just can't wait to see double digits again!

[mamabeth]

Oh, now I feel silly that both of you are already here. Is it just us three from Sept? I saw a few more birth stories over there so maybe. :( I am on such a roller coaster today...I feel totally fine with waiting some more and then all of a sudden I just want to get it overwith any way I can. I have been soooooo glad that I told my family and such "early October" instead of Sept!). My husband's church (he's a rev.) has been totally obnoxious even though most of them think I'm not due til next week! So annoying.

Anyway, just had to vent today, I'll be peaceful zen mama again in a moment.

[Kenai]

Wow--glad I kept checking the Sept. board and found out that there ARE other Sept. mama's who haven't had their babies yet...I really was starting to wonder if I was the only one :o ! But I guess being later than one's expected due date can make you sort of, well, irrational or something. I was due Sept. 26, exactly one week ago, and ds was born on his due date and dd 3 days after, so I also wasn't expecting to go "late." Thank goodness I'm planning a homebirth and don't have to deal with ob's or medwives starting to talk about induction, like just happened to a friend who a scant three days after her due date was being scheduled for one! (She resisted and her first baby was born 4 days later, in the birth center like she planned).

So four days ago my midwife checked and my cervix is "mushy," (ripe) I'm 2 cm, and she could feel the baby's head at 0 station through my cervix. But every day I wake up and I feel exactly the same as the day before. No signs of impending labor. Sigh. I know it will happen when it happens, still, it's disheartening to keep hoping every day and still not go into labor.... what are you other September-supposed-to-bes doing to bring on labor, or stay sane while waiting? :(

[indie]

Ugh. I've been feeling so terrible. I've had a ton of uncomfortable contractions, but they always stop. I'm afraid that I'm not going to call my midwife when I really go into labor because I'll think its just a false alarm again. My hips and groin are so sore I feel miserable walking. I let my weaned toddler nurse again yesterday in hopes of getting things started and she left a blood blister on my nipple. My back hurts. And I have a cold. I woke up early this morning feeling so crappy that the first thought I had was that I wanted to have a c-section then have this kid taken to the nursery for a few days until I get over this cold. I seriously feel like I'm going to cough this kid out instead of pushing him or her out.

I wish I had been as smart as you mamabeth. I told everyone the end of Sept. so I'm getting a ton of calls. I set up a baby blog and told everyone via email that I would update them there and they should leave me alone, but some people don't have internet access and others have just been buttheads. My mom has been here for a month. She came down to help out with cleaning and taking care of DD and I appreciate all of the help, but I expected her to be going home now. I told my father to not come until AFTER the baby is born because he drives me crazy. I got a call from him yesterday saying he is on his way. :irked: :irked: :irked: :irked: :irked: :irked: Mom and I have decided that if he does show up here we will send him on to aunt's house in the next state over.

[mamabeth]

:hug sorry indie...it is the worst to have people bugging you all the time. But I am now at the point when my *fake* EDD is so it's really starting to suck. Random people we haven't heard from are calling, and every time I make a call I can hear that the person is soooo hopeful that I'm in labor or had the baby. So disappointing.

Kenai--glad you found this thread. I'm glad there are at least a few of us! My actual EDD was the same as yours, Sept. 26. My dd was induced at 41w4d for high bp and I'm not doing that again, so I'm just hanging out.

Staying sane...well...that goes by the moment. Are y'all taking EPO? I don't know if it's doing anything for my cervix but I think it's helping my mood, weird as that sounds. I forgot to take a couple doses the other day and was cranky by the afternoon, so I'm trying to keep it up. My dh is fabulous with the waiting. And it helps that the good TV season has started :bag: and I get a couple hours after dd goes to sleep to watch brainless stuff. Other than that, I'm pretty antsy and when people ask me dumb stuff I just cannot be nice to them.

I'm seeing the mw today and debating whether or not to have my cervix checked just for curiosity. We'll also decline the BPP or just tell them we'll put it off til next week. I can't imagine going past 42 weeks though, but we'll see.

[indie]

I'm seeing the mw today and debating whether or not to have my cervix checked just for curiosity. We'll also decline the BPP or just tell them we'll put it off til next week. I can't imagine going past 42 weeks though, but we'll see.

I already gave in to that temptation. Its a little disapointing to find out that at 41 weeks I was at the same place I was at 38.5 with DD. I was thinking of having my membranes stripped but MW said they have already come loose on their own. I'm scheduled for a BPP tomorrow. I didn't think I'd it to 41.5 weeks and ever be faced with with that decision. I really think this baby is not coming because of its posistion (posterior). I've been trying like crazy to get him or her to turn.

Thanks for reading this morning's rant. I was feeling so yucky.

[mamabeth]

No problem...I'm feeling rather rant-y myself. I went today for the appointment and sort of got bullied into a NST, which was fine, duh. My regular MW is supposed to call (she is not doing appointments but "on call" or something) and I am going to be very straight with her. This is probably not the place to go into the whole story but I am just trying to get my s@#$ together to figure out what we want to do, especially with a VBAC. I have been here before and I *hate* it.

Plus the new mw stripped my membranes without asking which I was so pissed about.

[Aka mommy]

Just wanted to welcome the ladies from the sept board. So sorry you are all so uncomfy and overdue. I was a week overdue with dd so i can sympathize. And knowing that, i will probably do as you all are and end up jumping to the nov board as my due date isnt til oct 24th. (((hugs hugs hugs))) hoping you all get some rest, feel better, and start labor asap!!!