Can I hang out with you guys? I'm due Feb 3rd and the Feb board is a little boring. This is a cool thread idea!
37 weeks today and working up until I deliver. This is my 2nd and it is a girl - Eva Rose. I have a 2 1/2 year old boy at home. I was induced at 36 weeks with my son, so I've never been pregnant for this long before. Feels like forever.
Right now, I'm taking every weekly appointment as a milestone. I actually look forward to them, thinking maybe I'll be told the baby is coming soon or something.
I'm due Feb 5 and stopped going to the Feb board. This one is so helpful with lots of good information!!!
So I am pretty certain the baby will come this weekend. My mom is flying to NY tomorrow because my grandmother needs surgery Friday. My one sister is flying to NY for a funeral tomorrow and my other sister is going to Tampa for the weekend for a baby shower. So i just text my best friend and had to ask if she will take my 2 year old if I go into labor. It is totally stressing me out now!!
So I am pretty certain the baby will come this weekend. My mom is flying to NY tomorrow because my grandmother needs surgery Friday. My one sister is flying to NY for a funeral tomorrow and my other sister is going to Tampa for the weekend for a baby shower. So i just text my best friend and had to ask if she will take my 2 year old if I go into labor. It is totally stressing me out now!!
My parents are flying to FL tomorrow to visit my grandfather, and my mom is terrified I'll go into labor while she's gone (I'm 37+5 today, and at my dr appt yesterday he said he wouldn't be surprised if she comes early). I asked her what time her flight is and she freaked out asking if I wanted to know because I felt pains, lol.
Anyone else feel like it was Edward scissor hands checking your cervix? It was horrible. I'm NOT looking forward to my 38week appt. I just keep thinking if this hurts so bad, I'm not going to survive labor...Ugh...
@CaraBoonie I am 38-4 and my first came at 38-4 so I am definitely further than I anticipated. Unfortunately my mom flies out at 4 and I see my doctor at 4:30 tomorrow to check progress.
My first came at 37+1. I'm at 38+2 today. Last time around I didn't feel antsy or even really ready yet. This time I've been over it since 36 weeks. I told my midwife today that I feel like I'm "overdue" because they say that second babies come early...
All the logic in the world is not making me feel better. To make matters worse I have felt crappy this whole pregnancy. The last week has been brutal. Not labor signs, infact I'm not having many contractions even that I feel. But I didn't have any of that last time around either. But my back hurts. food makes gives me nausea but I'm starving. Heartburn is sickening (literally). I'm EXHAUSTED. what else... .ugh.
Hi! I'm 38.4 wks and sooooo ready to meet this little girl. Like a few others I've just gotten stretch marks...they look like baby is trying to claw her way out through my stomach. I'm not really having many BH just occasional pressure and it feels like I have a bowling ball between my legs and I have to almost squeeze to keep her in..... I think that's normal. But it's new so I'll ask at my next appointment.
Hmm one other mom asked about a pediatrician, I'm still deciding on one and I still need to finish her room. Ugh so much to do
I'm 39+1 and didn't consider myself to be too hormonal until I realized that I have an unhealthy hatred for the I've given birth button. Even on my Ovia app I feel like they are running out of daily updates to give me. I keep trying to serve up an eviction notice but am failing to deliver it.
Pretty sure I slept like 2 hours last night. I'm waiting for a call from the doctor for our induction date. Just hurry up and call already I know the office is open!!!!!
Anyone else feel like it was Edward scissor hands checking your cervix? It was horrible. I'm NOT looking forward to my 38week appt. I just keep thinking if this hurts so bad, I'm not going to survive labor...Ugh...
It wasn't so bad being checked at my 36 week appointment, but the midwife who was checking me during labor when I had my son was seriously like Edward Scissor Hands. It was more painful than the contractions! This time, I'm going to ask to be checked less often during labor.
I'm 39+1 and didn't consider myself to be too hormonal until I realized that I have an unhealthy hatred for the I've given birth button. Even on my Ovia app I feel like they are running out of daily updates to give me. I keep trying to serve up an eviction notice but am failing to deliver it.
YES on the Ovia app thing...it keeps basically using old updates and saying "still" in front of it...like baby is still practicing nursing by sucking its thumb...baby is still packing on fat...baby is still learning to breathe by inhaling amniotic fluid.
Well 2 weeks later and still 1 cm!! I am officially more pregnant than I was with my first which just makes me feel overdue even though I am 38-4. I was having pretty regular contractions after my appointment this afternoon but they seemed to taper off. I guess I will go to bed and hope tomorrow is the day.
Update from earlier about induction plan: my dr was supposed to call today and forgot about calling me..... So guess who gets to wait another day to find out when she's getting induced this weekend..... This girl.
My knuckles broke out into a weird rash tonight. Thought they were just dry and put lotion on them, but that burned. No idea where it came from.
I had this nearly exact same thing after Christmas. But I also spent the holiday is Salt Lake city where it is MUCH dryer than where I'm from. Took a couple days of intense lotion to make it go away. And the lotion burned at first.
9 days out from EDD, and I barely got any sleep last night because I kept dreaming about my water breaking so I would wake up in a panic to check myself (and make sure I didn't pee, lol) but nothing... But it made me super paranoid.
So I really started getting my hopes up when I was super crampy all morning. Luckily I had an OB appt today so I felt like the stars were aligning and that I would hear that I was in labor! I only opted for a cervix check because of the cramping but I was disappointed to learn that it was barely more than a "fingertip" and then had to endure her trying to "push through." Boy howdy did she try. Yeowch.
The cramping got a bit more intense for an hour or so, but slowed to a stop by this evening. Oh, so close... I was so sure!!
Back to waiting... maybe tomorrow? Hang in there, ladies! The end of January is near!
@ByeByeSpotts still just looks like dry winter skin to me. Sometimes lotions can irritate it more, especially if the skin is at all cracked (sometimes it is and you just can't see it). I use Burt's Bees Hand Salve and it soothes that dry red skin so well. Lotions are water-based, which can sting, salves are oil-based
@ByeByeSpotts still just looks like dry winter skin to me. Sometimes lotions can irritate it more, especially if the skin is at all cracked (sometimes it is and you just can't see it). I use Burt's Bees Hand Salve and it soothes that dry red skin so well. Lotions are water-based, which can sting, salves are oil-based
Alternative to Burts bees, Liquid Gloves. I was a CNA and CONSTANTLY washed my hands and they were horribly dry. That stuff is like freaking magic.
39 weeks today so my EDD is 01/22/16 I haven't had any signs of anything until this morning I lost my mucous plug! Finally some action fingers crossed he comes this weekend while my doctor is on call! Can't wait to meet him!
My stretch marks look more like something stabbed me three times on each of my hips. Can't wait for them to lighten up instead of being angry red blobs! Also STM and 1 cm dilated. Granted with my first I don't think I ever dilated and then my water broke 4 days from my EDD, so every time I wake up in the middle of the night I keep expecting the same result!
@meg2016 and @clabgust must be something in the air today!! I lost my mucus plug this morning also. My favorite midwife is on call today so I was really hoping for today but really I just want to not be pregnant anymore so this weekend would be great :-D
I had my first cervical check yesterday at 38+1 and wish I hadn't! I've just been having the slightest period-type cramps and painless BH. Plus little bubs has his feet way up in my ribs and is measuring on the small side, so I had mentally prepared myself for no dilation and all signs pointing to a late arrival. But the midwife said I was dilated to 2-3 centimeters, with a very soft cervix, and she can feel his head easily! Now I'm all antsy and have my hopes up for an earlier birth! I know it's perfectly common to walk around for weeks dilated as much as I am, but now that I know these mild cramps are actually making progress, I'm overanalyzing every twinge rather than sternly telling myself to be patient and enjoy the last few weeks of independence. Plus tomorrow is my husband's 30th birthday, and he's been saying (jokingly, of course) for this whole pregnancy that all he wants for his birthday is a baby. Today is my last day of work, so I'm trying to focus on looking forward to birthday celebrations tomorrow and lots of time to veg out reading novels and watching Netflix without a crying newborn around, but it's hard!
Third time mama due 1/26. 38+3 today and have been at 1cm 50% since 36 weeks. I'm having very little BH , very little discharge. Pretty much just truckin along here. It's so hard not to feel anxious as my first 2 were born at 37+5 and 38+4.. so if I don't have her tomorrow I'll be more pregnant than I've ever been.
I'm not very uncomfortable, can still do just about everything I need to do and run around after my other girls, but I am so anxious to meet this LO. I'm secretly hoping to have her the 23rd..
Is it just me or is anyone else really tired of people telling you that you're about to pop or you're so huge you'll never make it to your due date? I'm only 1 cm dilated and no contractions or anything yet. Plus, I have two weeks left, stop telling me how huge I am!! Sorry for the vent, but it's already happened twice today and I'm so over it. Part of me hopes I go late just to spite them all and prove them wrong.
Is it just me or is anyone else really tired of people telling you that you're about to pop or you're so huge you'll never make it to your due date? I'm only 1 cm dilated and no contractions or anything yet. Plus, I have two weeks left, stop telling me how huge I am!!
Sorry for the vent, but it's already happened twice today and I'm so over it. Part of me hopes I go late just to spite them all and prove them wrong.
oh yes, @nackie. It's only serving to make me more anxious and to get my hopes up that it'll happen this weekend.
Just got back from my appointment that I had scheduled before any signs of my mucous plug and she checked me I'm 2cm dilated and 60% effaced! So exciting to have some sort of action! She also offered to sweep my membranes which I wasn't thinking I was going to have done but I said heck with it and had her do it. Fingers crossed things keep progressing!
@Meg2016 I'm jealous you had membranes swept. I don't have another appointment until Thursday. But with my first pregnancy after an afternoon membrane sweep my water broke the very next morning! Oh come on babies!!!
@JmadC were having the same day I think! I was convinced today was the day. Threw up and had dhiarhea at work, left early feeling crampy. Had a few mild contractions. Had an appointment already scheduled and was sure I would have progressed from last week...WRONG... Exactly the same, closed, high, thick. Lots of discharge though and still kinda crampy.... I'm hopeful for this weekend. My doc is on call Sunday so I'm hoping for that! Snow storm tomorrow though, and hubby has to work overtime so maybe that will put me into labor! I'm feeling so bummed, I was soooo ready to meet him!
Today I decided to take matters into my own hands. I: -Walked/Shopped for 3 hours. -Matched up socks that have been sitting in a basket for longer than I've been pregnant. -Stockpiled Meat/Pantry items for next 2 weeks. -Completely re-organized my freezer, pantry and spice cabinet.
If this doesn't bring on labor, then I will seriously spend the rest of my pregnancy laying around. Hear that baby?! This is it. Last chance or I'm going back to laying on the couch all day.
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All the logic in the world is not making me feel better. To make matters worse I have felt crappy this whole pregnancy. The last week has been brutal. Not labor signs, infact I'm not having many contractions even that I feel. But I didn't have any of that last time around either. But my back hurts. food makes gives me nausea but I'm starving. Heartburn is sickening (literally). I'm EXHAUSTED. what else... .ugh.
Hmm one other mom asked about a pediatrician, I'm still deciding on one and I still need to finish her room. Ugh so much to do
It wasn't so bad being checked at my 36 week appointment, but the midwife who was checking me during labor when I had my son was seriously like Edward Scissor Hands. It was more painful than the contractions! This time, I'm going to ask to be checked less often during labor.
So I really started getting my hopes up when I was super crampy all morning. Luckily I had an OB appt today so I felt like the stars were aligning and that I would hear that I was in labor! I only opted for a cervix check because of the cramping but I was disappointed to learn that it was barely more than a "fingertip" and then had to endure her trying to "push through." Boy howdy did she try. Yeowch.
The cramping got a bit more intense for an hour or so, but slowed to a stop by this evening. Oh, so close... I was so sure!!
Back to waiting... maybe tomorrow? Hang in there, ladies! The end of January is near!
DD born 1/24/16
TTC #2 - Jun 2017
BFP on 8/24/17
It's so hard not to feel anxious as my first 2 were born at 37+5 and 38+4.. so if I don't have her tomorrow I'll be more pregnant than I've ever been.
I'm not very uncomfortable, can still do just about everything I need to do and run around after my other girls, but I am so anxious to meet this LO. I'm secretly hoping to have her the 23rd..
Sorry for the vent, but it's already happened twice today and I'm so over it. Part of me hopes I go late just to spite them all and prove them wrong.
oh yes, @nackie. It's only serving to make me more anxious and to get my hopes up that it'll happen this weekend.
*waves white flag*
-Walked/Shopped for 3 hours.
-Matched up socks that have been sitting in a basket for longer than I've been pregnant.
-Stockpiled Meat/Pantry items for next 2 weeks.
-Completely re-organized my freezer, pantry and spice cabinet.
If this doesn't bring on labor, then I will seriously spend the rest of my pregnancy laying around. Hear that baby?! This is it. Last chance or I'm going back to laying on the couch all day.