38 weeks tomorrow (due 21st), had my weekly appointment yesterday and no news to report, though I'm still convinced he's going to be late. No cervix checks which I'm ok with, and my OB keeps reminding me that they don't like to induce unless necessary (also fine by me) so I feel like I'm going to be in this state for a while. I've had a pretty easy pregnancy and for this I am very grateful, but I'm definitely getting very sore and tired now, had to hold back the tears at the Drs yesterday purely because I'm tired and fed up.
I'm working on my cross stitch announcement and a baby scrapbook ready for his pictures to keep myself busy, but now I'm needlessly finding myself stressing that they won't be done in time, which I know is dumb! And I hear myself complaining to DH and I hate myself for it, and at the same time I'm like, I'm 38 weeks pregnant and I can't do anything and I look like a heffalump and everything hurts, I should be able to complain and cry as much as I want!
Blegh, I know they say the last month drags on forever, at least we're all in it together.
Also I've been snoring too...I think it's more that your nose swells so it's like having a cold without the snot. For me, she's also still stretching into my lungs, so I can't breathe through my nose or mouth well while lying down...DH says I more moan in my sleep than snore, lol
It's interesting that some people find cervix checks painful or uncomfortable...I literally didn't even feel mine, he basically just stuck a finger up there like a normal gyno exam and after 2 seconds was like "oh hey she's low and you're thinning but no dilation yet" and I was like oh I didn't even realize you were doing anything lol
I think it depends on who does it and how "aggressive" they are. Last week my Dr. did one, and I didn't even flinch. No after effects at all. Yesterday the L&D nurse was elbow deep in my cervix and I'm not going to lie, it hurt like a mutha. I also had spotting afterwards.
It's interesting that some people find cervix checks painful or uncomfortable...I literally didn't even feel mine, he basically just stuck a finger up there like a normal gyno exam and after 2 seconds was like "oh hey she's low and you're thinning but no dilation yet" and I was like oh I didn't even realize you were doing anything lol
I'm due on 1/30. My best friend is actually due on Sunday and still knocked up. Her doctor actually told her she was "ready to blow." I thought that was funny.
I JUST NEED TO VENT! I'm dealing with extreme moodiness and irritability. These have been my worst symptoms the entire pregnancy. The aches and pains and inability to sleep certainly add to it, but the sum of them does not add up to the awful moodiness that I'm suffering. It's gotten to a point that I don't have the energy for any sort of mild irritation. Today, my husband and I got into a HUGE fight and I live in the city so people can hear when I'm yelling. It's embarrassing. When I got to work, my coworker was annoyed with me for something pretty minor and confronted me about it (I didn't staple some receipts I left on her desk). This caused me to need to shut my office door and cry for 20 minutes before my 9am meeting and I had to pull it together. I'm ABSOLUTELY losing it.
Can anyone sympathize? I feel totally crazy. I feel completely unbalanced.
Cervix checks for me just depended. I had three with the same doctor and 2/3 hurt. Then I had a different doctor with thinner fingers and that didn't hurt either. I think it just depends on Doctor and your amount of relaxation.
@embogs right there with you. Super emotional. I've been more emotional this whole pregnancy but felt like it was under control. This last week or week and a half has been nearly unbearable. I feel like just about anything will set me into a tailspin.
I go tomorrow for my weekly check and am hoping that I am more dilated than the 1 I was last week. Also even my husband is on my list now. I text him about something and he responds "oh when I saw a text from you I thought it was go time". I feel like I need to live in a cave and not talk to anyone because every time I say anything, see anyone, call or text anyone they think I am in labor. I am over it!!
I am 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced, and doc said her head is way down low... whaaaaaa? She also told me that the intense pressure pangs I've been feeling for a week now (down low) could be contractions. I just figured she was bumping something down there. They only last about 5-10 seconds so I thought they weren't anything. I was not expecting anything to to have happened. I feel so happy but kind of ignorant at the same time.
Is anybody else having intense lightening crotch? It is seriously no joke! It feels like the baby is going to fall right out. I haven't even lost my mucus plug yet which sucks. And the backaches are insane too.
Are you guys bringing your SO to all of your remaining doctor appointments at this stage? My friend was mentioning it was a good idea at 37 weeks and beyond, since you could be sent to L and D if there's any kind of a problem. Not sure if it's being well prepared or overly prepared to make my husband take off work for every weekly appointment, so I'm torn.
@maureenmce I've been wondering the same! I just feel so much better about things when he's there....but I feel bad making him miss work. I did schedule everything late in the day so he would only miss an hour or so. Hmm...
@embogs I feel ya! I have been a total basket case, then I cry because I feel so out of control and embarrassed that I just acted like a lunatic... My poor husband!
Just had a growth check ultrasound today, I will be 37weeks tomorrow. Baby boy is measuring about 7lbs 4oz according to the ultrasound measurements. Hoping that means he will be a little early, rather than a little huge at 40 weeks lol. I'm just glad he isn't too small like they were concerned!
I did this with my first (I only ended up having 1 because I went at 37-5 and was checked and water broke at 38-3 before my next appointment) but don't plan on it this time. If they send me to L&D I will have hubby meet me there, my doctors office is at the hospital.
@embogs I'm totally hormonal too - dumb things make me cry for no reason. Haven't been feeling too mad lately, just everything makes me cry.
DW comes to all my appointments but always has since she has a flexible schedule and we make sure to schedule them for when she has time. I wouldn't make her come if she had work. If it was a real emergency she could get to me in 20 minutes most of the time.
Married DW 08.2013; AI 2x; IUI 6x; IUI #7 05.2015; DD born 2.2016 ; Reciprocal IVF FET #1 on 11.18.2020
Continuing to have painful braxton hicks. The contractions are in my lower back area and extend into my butt muscles & it goes down front of my thighs. It's not fun. It's not everyday maybe every other day it's bad. I think she's going to come early, just the fact that I'm feeling all this action so soon makes me feel like she wants to arrive before Jan 26. I do get discouraged sometimes when I think about having another 3 or 4 weeks with this same pain & discomfort. I didn't realize it could be a whole month of "false" labor. I read about that but I didn't truly understand what it meant. Just because it's "false" labor it doesn't mean that it doesn't hurt. Then lightening crotch has me randomly grabbing my private areas. I'm trying not to let my emotions get the best of me.
Last pregnancy DH came with me to every appointment. It was relatively easy to schedule things around this work because doesn't start until early afternoon most days. This time we have a toddler. We don't really have childcare at the moment and work our schedules around each other. So instead of bringing DS to every appointment, DH has missed most of them. If we all went together someone would have to come and pick up DS anyway. I think we will all go to the next two (if I make it to both of them).
The entire time my "rule" is DH only has to come to appointments with ultrasounds or any other big things...otherwise each appt is a quick 15 minute thing and would be a waste of his time when he has to leave work for it. He works 20 min from our hospital though, so if I were sent to L&D from an appt, he'd meet me there before I even got to sign in likely. In fact, I'd probably ask if I could go home myself to grab a couple things if it wasn't insanely urgent since we live 10 min away, lol
38 weeks tomorrow! Huh 14 days... Tuesday at my 37 +4 I was 1cm dilated and 60% effaced. Go back Monday. The days are dragging! I want him to come when he's ready, but I've had so much painful early labor I keep thinking maybe this is it... Then it all stops. Trying to relax rest and stay a little busy at the same time. Oh I need patience!! Having a small girls night out diaper shower tonight at Olive Garden with some of my besties. So I'm looking very forward to that. Hang in there everyone!!!
With my other two LOs I was perfectly happy to wait for their arrivals until whenever, but I'm 37 weeks tomorrow and I finally get why people say they are OVER being pregnant. It looked like I was going to get induced a week early but now that's not necessary anymore, and I'm ridiculously annoyed at the extra week. I'm furiously researching acupuncturists in my area to set up appointments starting right at 39 weeks to try to get labor started even though I know like everything there are very mixed opinions on whether it works- if it was healthy/advisable to try natural induction methods I'd be doing it daily starting now!
@MamaHolland that's exactly me - everything you've been describing (I've had all the symptoms). I too am due on the 26th - crazy. I am so fed up I've booked myself in for reflexology. I know it's a little early but I've been measuring a week ahead so effectively I'm nearly 39weeks (ties in with my dates better). Also as my other 3 had to be induced, the chances of it starting labour are slim although it would be nice if it did start labour off.
Ok so I've looked it up on Google and I'm getting conflicting answers...can the baby move during a real contraction? Today was my first day back at school, and holy mother...my whole stomach would get really hard like a balled up fist, and she would kick and roll when it happened. It probably happened 8-10 times today (1 or 2 an hour).
Ahhh, you guys, I'm SO excited - after nearly 9 weeks of being in frank breech position, our LO turned head down! Last night, right before bed, I felt some kicks in places I'd never felt kicks before, so I was hopeful and it was confirmed on the ultrasound today. Not sure if it was the stretches I've been doing or my chiropractor appointment Monday, or just her deciding it was time, but I am so, so excited and I hope she doesn't decide to turn back.
Also, thanks for the feedback on the dr appointments and whether or not your SO goes with you. I had my husband with me today and actually just asked the doctor what she thought and she said today's appointment, with the ultrasound and discussion of our birth plan, was the last one he really would need to attend. So, I'm just gonna go solo for the remaining quick checks. (She said they'll just basically be baby's heartbeat checks, cervical checks, and listening to any complaints or concerns I may have, so I feel ok about him not being there.)
Anyway, hope all you late Jan ladies are doing well today!
Ok, question ladies....When did your OB discuss birth plan with you? I signed consent forms and stuff at my 37 week appt this week, but my doc has never asked me any questions regarding pain medication preference or whatever (I don't even know what a birth plan really consist of). Guess I'm just wondering if there is a conversation that is going to happen or not?
@cameronreed - I think every OB is a bit different. With ours, it was scheduled by our doctor to be discussed at my 36 week appointment (today), but the discussion itself was very free flowing and mostly up to me to initiate and ask any questions. Other OBs just may wait for you to bring it up, or for you to just read/give them your birth plan and go over any questions you have or issues they may have with your preferences. I would say now is definitely the time to bring it up, if your OB doesn't!
As far as the discussion itself, with my OB, again, it was very much up to me to lead the conversation. Luckily, the hospital where we'll be delivering gave me an awesome worksheet at the birth class with a bunch of questions for me to answer in order to help me come up with a birth plan. (Examples: Do you want an IV at the beginning, or just a heparin lock, or nothing at all unless medically necessary? Do you want to be induced right at 41 weeks or go slightly longer if medically cleared? Do you want an unmedicated birth, an epidural as soon as possible or an epidural at ___ cm dilation? Etc, etc.) So that was super helpful. I just went over my preferences with my OB, based on that worksheet, and then asked any questions I needed answered to clarify my preferences. (For example, what the heck is a heparin lock? What are the advantages and disadvantages of continuous vs intermittent fetal monitoring and which do you typically suggest?)
Definitely ask your OB the soonest that you can discuss your preferences, just in case you go into labor early.
@paigeyferd I get this everyday, particularly at work and it gets more painful as the day goes on. It's like contractions plus it feels liked LO is trying to escape through my belly button. I keep reminding him that if he's ready to leave, he should try going down...
@cameronreed my doctor gave me a birth plan to fill out around 28 weeks and instructed me to drop it off at labour and delivery at my hospital. The hospital I'm delivering at seems to prefer written birth plans on file. It wouldn't hurt to ask your doctor at your next appointment and maybe make a few notes about what your wishes are so you have them on hand and easily accessible when you go into labour
@maureenmce@mrscammack Thank y'all so much for the feedback. Y'all have made me realize that I definitely need to do some research. I'm a very trusting person (sometimes too trusting), so I guess I just assumed that my OB and the hospital would steer me in the right direction when it comes to making decisions during labor. But I'm definitely going to try to be more informed so I can speak for myself.
38 weeks today and had my appointment. I officially have preeclampsia depending on blood work results she will schedule my induction for the end of the week but no later than the beginning of next. Not ideal but on the upside I get to hold my boy a little sooner and the way I've been feeling makes sense now!
Edit bc the bump hates when you use your emoji keyboard.
38 weeks today and had my appointment. I officially have preeclampsia depending on blood work results she will schedule my induction for the end of the week but no later than the beginning of next. Not ideal but on the upside I get to hold my boy a little sooner and the way I've been feeling makes sense now!
Edit bc the bump hates when you use your emoji keyboard.
I'm sorry that you have that but I'm glad you know why you've been feeling so crappy and your far enough along that you don't have to worry about meeting your little one so soon! So excited for you!
37 and a half week weight u/s today. Measuring 38 weeks, baby is estimated at 7 lbs 13 oz and he told me everything looks good, and he can come any time now.
Still going to attempt a vba2c. They want me to go into spontaneous labor (better for vbac success) but we have an induction date set for the 26th. (Just in case)
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I'm working on my cross stitch announcement and a baby scrapbook ready for his pictures to keep myself busy, but now I'm needlessly finding myself stressing that they won't be done in time, which I know is dumb! And I hear myself complaining to DH and I hate myself for it, and at the same time I'm like, I'm 38 weeks pregnant and I can't do anything and I look like a heffalump and everything hurts, I should be able to complain and cry as much as I want!
Blegh, I know they say the last month drags on forever, at least we're all in it together.
Low progesterone
Baby boy born 01/2016
Currently: NTNP
I JUST NEED TO VENT!
I'm dealing with extreme moodiness and irritability. These have been my worst symptoms the entire pregnancy. The aches and pains and inability to sleep certainly add to it, but the sum of them does not add up to the awful moodiness that I'm suffering. It's gotten to a point that I don't have the energy for any sort of mild irritation. Today, my husband and I got into a HUGE fight and I live in the city so people can hear when I'm yelling. It's embarrassing. When I got to work, my coworker was annoyed with me for something pretty minor and confronted me about it (I didn't staple some receipts I left on her desk). This caused me to need to shut my office door and cry for 20 minutes before my 9am meeting and I had to pull it together. I'm ABSOLUTELY losing it.
Can anyone sympathize? I feel totally crazy. I feel completely unbalanced.
@embogs I feel ya! I have been a total basket case, then I cry because I feel so out of control and embarrassed that I just acted like a lunatic... My poor husband!
Just had a growth check ultrasound today, I will be 37weeks tomorrow. Baby boy is measuring about 7lbs 4oz according to the ultrasound measurements. Hoping that means he will be a little early, rather than a little huge at 40 weeks lol. I'm just glad he isn't too small like they were concerned!
All the birth announcements are making me crazy!!
DW comes to all my appointments but always has since she has a flexible schedule and we make sure to schedule them for when she has time. I wouldn't make her come if she had work. If it was a real emergency she could get to me in 20 minutes most of the time.
Go back Monday. The days are dragging! I want him to come when he's ready, but I've had so much painful early labor I keep thinking maybe this is it... Then it all stops.
Trying to relax rest and stay a little busy at the same time. Oh I need patience!!
Having a small girls night out diaper shower tonight at Olive Garden with some of my besties. So I'm looking very forward to that.
Hang in there everyone!!!
Low progesterone
Baby boy born 01/2016
Currently: NTNP
Good luck. Xxxx
Also, thanks for the feedback on the dr appointments and whether or not your SO goes with you. I had my husband with me today and actually just asked the doctor what she thought and she said today's appointment, with the ultrasound and discussion of our birth plan, was the last one he really would need to attend. So, I'm just gonna go solo for the remaining quick checks. (She said they'll just basically be baby's heartbeat checks, cervical checks, and listening to any complaints or concerns I may have, so I feel ok about him not being there.)
Anyway, hope all you late Jan ladies are doing well today!
@paigeyferd the baby can move in early labor so it's hard to know one way or another. If the contractions went away then it was false labor.
As far as the discussion itself, with my OB, again, it was very much up to me to lead the conversation. Luckily, the hospital where we'll be delivering gave me an awesome worksheet at the birth class with a bunch of questions for me to answer in order to help me come up with a birth plan. (Examples: Do you want an IV at the beginning, or just a heparin lock, or nothing at all unless medically necessary? Do you want to be induced right at 41 weeks or go slightly longer if medically cleared? Do you want an unmedicated birth, an epidural as soon as possible or an epidural at ___ cm dilation? Etc, etc.) So that was super helpful. I just went over my preferences with my OB, based on that worksheet, and then asked any questions I needed answered to clarify my preferences. (For example, what the heck is a heparin lock? What are the advantages and disadvantages of continuous vs intermittent fetal monitoring and which do you typically suggest?)
Definitely ask your OB the soonest that you can discuss your preferences, just in case you go into labor early.
Thanks again!
Edit bc the bump hates when you use your emoji keyboard.
Still going to attempt a vba2c. They want me to go into spontaneous labor (better for vbac success) but we have an induction date set for the 26th. (Just in case)