Post by honeybunches101 on Jun 15, 2015 8:57:17 GMT -5
EDD: June 19
Symptoms: Very huge and exhausted. Had lots of contractions that went no where yesterday while my mom was in town, but then she drove 4 hours home. So of course I woke up at 3am with very painful contractions for 3 hours and just when I was going to call my mom to come back to stay with DS, they stopped. Ug! I don't mind staying pregnant, but enough with the false alarms!
Appointments/upcoming next appointment: Thursday for my 40w check up, then an induction on Sunday if baby is here by then.
How are you staying sane waiting for baby to come? My 3yo is keeping me plenty busy, and we have tons to do to pack up our apartment and prepare for our move on the 30th. It is awful timing the way things worked out, but at least all the chaos involved in renovating and moving has taken my mind off waiting.
Any nesting going on? Not really. Our place is a disaster and I keep thinking of things I want to do and clean, but too lazy.
Trying anything to encourage labor? Nope. I am actually terrified of labor so even though I know it's going to happen sometime soon, I am too scared of the pain to try to bring it on! Plus the longer she stays inside, the longer my husband will be on leave after we move to help unpack, so I'm in no rush.
Random thoughts: this baby is huge. The doctor guessed 9lb at my last appointment. I may be th first June mom to have a 10lb baby. Aah!
Symptoms: Not a whole lot. Feeling big, arches are a little sore, irritability with everyone who happens to be a coworker.
Appointments/upcoming next appointment: 39w checkup today.
How are you staying sane waiting for baby to come? Who said anything about staying sane? Just kidding. We're still a week from EDD, so we're just trying not to Google "Is ________ a sign of labor?" about everything ever.
Any nesting going on? I've been nesting since January. My wife: what's nesting?
Trying anything to encourage labor? Not really, no. Positive thinking?
Random thoughts. I have this wisdom tooth that I need taken out that tends to flare up before major life events. The last time was a week before my wedding. This time was a week and a half before our due date. Bad timing, tooth!
Symptoms : Pressure in the old under carriage, occasional pangs in the vag area and sometimes side-leg-groin region. Lost the MP on Friday. General impatience.
Appointments/upcoming next appointment : Had one last Wednesday- a 'loose 1cm' and 50%. Next appointment is tomorrow afternoon. Soooooo impatient.
How are you staying sane waiting for baby to come? I am still 'working,' watching Homeland and doing lots of cooking which I eat immediately afterwards. Walking, walking, walking. Gossiping about insane family drama with my aunt. (eg: younger cousin ditching college to move to Europe to marry her internet boyfriend without telling anyone.)
Any nesting going on? Nope... at this point what's done is done, and what isn't done, I'm too tired or fake busy to do. I also just don't know really what else to do. The crib sheets are sitting by the laundry ready to be washed, but I feel like I don't want to wash them until baby comes because otherwise...idk.
Trying anything to encourage labor? Sex, spicy food, pineapple, lots and lots of walking. bouncing on the yoga ball....nothing is working. I *think* I had some potential contractions last night, but they were teeny and did not last.
Random thoughts: My whole life is in limbo waiting for this baby. Can anyone at work actually think that I'm working when i'm 39 + 3??
Symptoms: General discomfort, some hip/SI pain, lost my plug a couple weeks ago, and BH contractions, which are apparently not productive. I was 2cm when I left my appointment last week and was 1.5 today. Yes, I went backward. I had my membranes stripped at both appointments. Bled, cramped, and contracted after the first one. NOTHING after the one today. Baby's just giving me the big "eff you, I'll leave when I please."
Appointments/upcoming next appointment: See sadness above. Also, today was my last appt with my beloved OB, who is moving out of the area next week. My next appt is at 40+2 with a new OB I've never met. Induction will be scheduled the first week of July if she's still an inside baby then.
How are you staying sane waiting for baby to come? I'm not. But efforts include: swimming, walking, pedicure, went to farmer's market, saw Spy with DH (highly recommended, especially if you liked Melissa McCarthy in The Heat and Bridesmaids. She's hilarious.), going to see Pitch Perfect 2 today, furnishing every unfurnished inch of our house, went to a baseball game last night, lunches and dinners with friends. Running out of things to do... 8-I
Any nesting going on? Nothing more than usual. The "furnishing our entire house" thing comes more from boredom than any nesting instinct.
Trying anything to encourage labor? Staying somewhat active, eating pineapple, two membrane sweeps, getting angry at my uterus. Might try some more active efforts this week.
Random thoughts. I can't decide whether I'm happy I went out on mat leave on June 1. The last couple weeks have DRAGGED. But, I'm getting full pay and it doesn't eat into my post-baby leave so there was no real reason for me not to take it. Idk. This boredom is killer.
Post by pghtruelove on Jun 16, 2015 15:25:43 GMT -5
I need this baby out. Haven't been able to have sex in two months due to pain, but I think I'm going to have to push through it and just do it. Hopefully it will help!
Do you ladies waver between "omg get here already" and "omg I'm so not ready yet"?
+1 I'm still somewhat in denial that I'm having a baby. Weird? It doesn't compute that he's definitely coming and will be living here...forever.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. Today they just announced who they've hired to cover my mat leave and part of me still won't believe it's real until he's here. The nursery is done and and I'm off work but I guess I'm still scared that something could happen, or maybe it's just too abstract to think about before you have one, I don't know.
Anyone else lacking an attention span? All I seem to do is sleep or eat. I can't pay attention to anything else... I basically wake up, eat, and then fall into a super deep sleep. It's weird and frustrating. All I can hope is that my body is getting ready.
Anyone else lacking an attention span? All I seem to do is sleep or eat. I can't pay attention to anything else... I basically wake up, eat, and then fall into a super deep sleep. It's weird and frustrating. All I can hope is that my body is getting ready.
Haha I know the feeling...it's like half an hour of something than it's time for my morning nap then I eat and nap again....
Anyone else lacking an attention span? All I seem to do is sleep or eat. I can't pay attention to anything else... I basically wake up, eat, and then fall into a super deep sleep. It's weird and frustrating. All I can hope is that my body is getting ready.
Haha I know the feeling...it's like half an hour of something than it's time for my morning nap then I eat and nap again....
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