Okay...here I am. Still pregnant. I've been having contractions every 2-4 minutes. In MY opinion, I've been having them that close for a little more than a week...but they've always gone away at night. In my mw's opinion, they've definately been going on for 3 days...they stopped going away at night.
I am dilated to 5. I am "just shy" of completely effaced. I've been barely leaking, mostly in the mornings when I first get out of bed. The nitrazine paper turned a light color, not a dark color. The fern test was "inconclusive".
I haven't slept for more than 15 minutes at a time in the past 3 days. I am, needless to say, quite cranky. My 7yo dd actually asked me the other morning "Mom, are you going to be upset again today?"
I have absolutely no idea when I got pregnant. I've been pregnant and/or nursing since Feb. 2002. My ultrasounds gave me the EDCs of either July 1 or July 16. According to the mw, I am 37 wks tomorrow. Or I could be 39 wks.
I know in my heart and brain that this baby will come when he is good and ready. I am trying VERY hard to remain patient...and patience during pregnancy is definately NOT my strong suit.
I can't stand being pregnant. I hate it from the second I get a positive test. I much prefer motherhood, and would love to be able to order my children via FedEx. I actually enjoy delivery, though, go figure. There is a loss of control during pregnancy I can't stand. I have been trying VERY hard to enjoy this pregnancy, though, since it is my last. This has also been the first pregnancy that hasn't been ripe with complications...PTL, a partial abruption, bedrest, etc. The worst this time was an appendectomy at less than 5 wks. Other than that, "easy" until now! I have been thinking for the past nine months or so that this has been way too easy, and have been waiting for the other shoe to drop. I had no idea the other shoe would be 2 weeks worth of close, painful contractions!
These are not easy cxs, but they aren't really killing me. I have to breathe through them, but I can still walk and talk. Water helps...but amazingly enough, your skin gets REALLY pruny if you spend 23 hours a day in water. Not to mention the fact that the water gets cold. On the good side, I'm REALLY clean right now.
The other night, I read the story of the woman in Mexico who performed her own c-section. I kept thinking "She has a good idea." I literally looked for tips. I've spent the past few days looking at literally everything in my house, wondering if it is a candidate for an amnihook...orange peeler? Too short. Knitting needle? Probably not pointy enough.
I know I need to stay calm, and be patient, and wait for him to come on his own. Fortunately, my mw is on nature's side and won't do anything at all to help me until I'm 42 wks. Though she did encourage dh to "vigorously assist me" (she has a male PA student right now...you should have seen his face when his "teacher" recommended vigorous sex to a patient!). Well, amazingly enough, the vigorous assistance only makes my cxs 2min regularly, instead of the bounce between 2 and 4.
I am going insane. I don't know what to do...part of me wants to wait calmly for him to come when he's ready. The other part of me wants to find a terrible OB who will hook me up to a pit drip and an epidural!
Thanks for letting me vent and rant. Anybody have any ideas to make me calm down and stop being so darn impatient???
I am dilated to 5. I am "just shy" of completely effaced. I've been barely leaking, mostly in the mornings when I first get out of bed. The nitrazine paper turned a light color, not a dark color. The fern test was "inconclusive".
I haven't slept for more than 15 minutes at a time in the past 3 days. I am, needless to say, quite cranky. My 7yo dd actually asked me the other morning "Mom, are you going to be upset again today?"
I have absolutely no idea when I got pregnant. I've been pregnant and/or nursing since Feb. 2002. My ultrasounds gave me the EDCs of either July 1 or July 16. According to the mw, I am 37 wks tomorrow. Or I could be 39 wks.
I know in my heart and brain that this baby will come when he is good and ready. I am trying VERY hard to remain patient...and patience during pregnancy is definately NOT my strong suit.
I can't stand being pregnant. I hate it from the second I get a positive test. I much prefer motherhood, and would love to be able to order my children via FedEx. I actually enjoy delivery, though, go figure. There is a loss of control during pregnancy I can't stand. I have been trying VERY hard to enjoy this pregnancy, though, since it is my last. This has also been the first pregnancy that hasn't been ripe with complications...PTL, a partial abruption, bedrest, etc. The worst this time was an appendectomy at less than 5 wks. Other than that, "easy" until now! I have been thinking for the past nine months or so that this has been way too easy, and have been waiting for the other shoe to drop. I had no idea the other shoe would be 2 weeks worth of close, painful contractions!
These are not easy cxs, but they aren't really killing me. I have to breathe through them, but I can still walk and talk. Water helps...but amazingly enough, your skin gets REALLY pruny if you spend 23 hours a day in water. Not to mention the fact that the water gets cold. On the good side, I'm REALLY clean right now.
The other night, I read the story of the woman in Mexico who performed her own c-section. I kept thinking "She has a good idea." I literally looked for tips. I've spent the past few days looking at literally everything in my house, wondering if it is a candidate for an amnihook...orange peeler? Too short. Knitting needle? Probably not pointy enough.
I know I need to stay calm, and be patient, and wait for him to come on his own. Fortunately, my mw is on nature's side and won't do anything at all to help me until I'm 42 wks. Though she did encourage dh to "vigorously assist me" (she has a male PA student right now...you should have seen his face when his "teacher" recommended vigorous sex to a patient!). Well, amazingly enough, the vigorous assistance only makes my cxs 2min regularly, instead of the bounce between 2 and 4.
I am going insane. I don't know what to do...part of me wants to wait calmly for him to come when he's ready. The other part of me wants to find a terrible OB who will hook me up to a pit drip and an epidural!
Thanks for letting me vent and rant. Anybody have any ideas to make me calm down and stop being so darn impatient???
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