Getting nervous!!!!

sAAmFam

I'm a STM and I'm in a panic lately. Been cramping and trying to just keep on going and not think too much about it but I am really starting to feel the Contractions. Not too consistent though. Today I've been nauseous and having contractions higher in uterus. Friday dialated 1cm and effaced 75%. Losing mucus plug/bloody show today. Not that any of that means anything. Just kinda venting and wondering if anyone else was getting nervous. I feel frantic off and on and freak out. I was up cleaning house at 2 am and doing laundry cuz my favorite yoga pants were dirty.

sAAmFam

Maybe I should have proof read that. I sound ADHD. Lol

misterdonut

i am too. im getting nervous any time i feel a gush of anything even if its just a little discharge :P

i cleaned the entire house twice in a week thinking it would be any day. 1cm, 50% effaced here! 39 weeks.

hollystoybox

I feel ya!  Had uncomfortable contractions last night but way too inconsistent to do anything about.  Also think I lost part of the mucus plug and feel a bit nauseous at times, but I'm still fairly certain he's not coming quite yet-just making me uncomfortable!  Was up for two hours last night thinking how I REALLY need to finish packing that hospital bag, haha!  Hang in there!

hsilverm

I'm also getting nervous these days. It's weird, you would think being a STM you would be calmer but I feel like I'm fearing labor and everything more this time around bc I know what to expect. I am also nervous about how I am going to split my attention between 2 now.

so72409

Yeah, right there with ya...

I'm having a RCS, so in my type A brain, this baby is staying put until her evacuation date.  That plan was shot to hell last night when I woke up with terrible cramps and then realized they were possibly contractions.  On top of that, MIL & FIL (who will be taking care of our 2 year old twins when baby comes) are out of town all week.  DH & I about had a panic attack last night when we realized we didn't have a back up plan for the girls this week!  We do now, though!

VegasChz

I'm 36w4d and at my 36w appointment I was 4cm dilated and 80% effaced. I know that I could hang here a while but it sure seems like I've progressed pretty far already. Doc said not to expect to make it to my due date. My type A brain is not handling this unknown unplanned could be any day situation well!

JFH2010

I was getting nervous, then I went into deep denial, so now I feel totally calm!

pennyandandy

Also freaking out, and I'm a STM, too. I think I have more anxiety because on top of everything, I am worried about DS. This is the first time I will have been away from him for more than a day, and I'm scared how he will handle it. 

I'm a mess. I can't sleep because my brain just keeps going. This is way worse than last time!

ccam

I feel your pain!! Even though I was induced at 41 weeks with DS, I just feel like I'm going to go earlier than my RCS date and its sending me into a panic. Nothing is ready and I don't have backup care settled for DS if I go before 11/24

hiketheworld

Baby and I have a daily chat about how I know he is excited to bust out given the strong kicks and pushes he is giving me, but that he really needs to do me a solid and stay in at least one more week. I tell him I will let him know when it's time to come say hi. Somehow I feel like this is going to work...

sAAmFam

@VegasChz‌

Omg I would be totally nervous. I'm a type A too. I can't handle not having control over this. It's driving me nuts. I came home crying cuz I don't know what to do. I just starting ranting. My husband said relax. You can't plan everything. I said that's not fair cuz I want to.

sweetbabyrahe

I'm with you and also a STM. I didn't realize how easy I had it with DS, because I didn't feel any BH or contractions until I was in actual labor and delivered at 38 weeks exactly. Now, I'm feeling periodic contractions, BH, etc. and the worry about coordinating DS's care depending on when I go into labor...there is a lot more anxiety this time around. I too thought it would be easier this time.

sAAmFam

@sweetbabyrahe‌ I don't remember feeling any contractions with my 1st. I lost my plug and was dilated 3 cm my whole last month and felt nothing. This time I'm feeling it all. Luckily I work down the street from the hospital. If my water breaks I can just drive right over there. I think I'm putting bags in the car just in case.

jlove253

I'm also feeling the panic. I was induced with dd, and it really just hit me that it is possible I could go into labor at any point. I know the odds are I'll not be early, but I think all the babies being born are freaking me out. I have three weeks in theory to go, but I have so much I want to do before she comes. It's harder to get stuff done while chasing a 3 year old around and with a messy husband.

Ugh, I'm just trying to breathe and remember that aevryrhig will be fine, even if it's not how I perfectly want it.

We will be ok ladies!

mander82

I don't even have any symptoms or signs to obsess over.....but that isn't keeping me from feeling anxious.    I still have that thought in the back of my mind like something could just happen at any time now.     I might not have any warnings.....or anything leading up to labor.   It might just come on suddenly without any warning.....so yeah.   ha ha...I will join the nervous club   :-S

so72409

I have to chuckle that most of us are STMs that are the most nervous!!!

howin23

I'm not nervous for the birth yet because it still seems so far away. I wish it seemed close enough to merit feeling nervous! I'm only at 36+2 and have had three contractions...total. I just don't get the feeling that things are moving along very quickly so I'm expecting the baby to stay in a week or two past the due date. I'm sure I'll get nervous in a few weeks.

jac409

Same boat here! I am 38.5 weeks. On Friday I was 1.5 cm dilated and 80% effaced. That was quite a bit of progress from two weeks before when I was checked. Now, I am crampy and feel like my period is coming. I have lots of irregular contractions all day. Last time I was induced at 41+ weeks. This time I doubt I will make it that far, and it really feels like it could be any time at all. Every time I leave the house I am worried about my water breaking in some random place, like target or the grocery store. I don't remember feeling like this at all last time. I guess we'll all just have to wait and see, but the anticipation is killing me!

vbchick0788

Yes! I am 39 weeks today and am super OCD. This kid is totally helping me learn how to be less controlling. Lol I have been having mild period like cramps and back pain, but everyone makes it sound like when you're in labor you will know so I just keep assuming I will have some horrible agonizing pain to let me know it's time. Oh and I am not a single cm dilated. 39 weeks and nothing. And we have even been having sex! Which is horrible if I might add. My poor husband. My blood pressure has been high...probably from being a nervous Nancy, so I go in tomorrow and see the Dr early this week. Sigh. :P

rahkitt

lissydee said:

i was in denial until I had the urge to push. and this was my third...and i am a labor nurse to boot! .....  So really...a half hour of hard labor?

moral?  be ready for anything.

My midwife always told me third babies are a wildcard!  Sounds so much like my birth, also my third!  I only had a half hour of painful labor before he was born too!