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Lea LaJeunesse-Askren

How are you doing? Still in stalled labor?

goodhartedmommy

Things seem to be getting stronger since my acupuncture appt this afternoon. She's really trying to turn now, which is awesome. I think if she would just turn anterior, everything would fall into place. I think if I haven't had her by Monday, my midwife is going to break my water and manually turn her...I'm so exhausted, and I'm just falling apart. I haven't had more than 2-3 hours of broken sleep in over a week (despite the help of different sleeping pills). I'm so done.

Lea LaJeunesse-Askren

Oh Erin, that is terrible. Ella never flipped and I felt exactly like you. I had not slept in days and was so done. I hope she does flip for you. It is awful trying to push out a baby when they are turned the wrong way, especially when you are already beyond exhausted.

goodhartedmommy

Yeah, Ethan was posterior. We didn't know that until I had already been pushing for 2 hours...I pushed for 3.5 total with him. I have a lot of issues with my pelvis right now (the pubic bone is starting to separate) and my body really can't handle pushing out another posterior baby. Without having rest in so long, I can't imagine how I'll get through labor, so we may push up breaking my water to the end of this week if I can't get any rest. I'm crashing quickly, and it's more important to get this over with if necessary.

Don't you love all the drama? I know you can relate!  I want to be one of the normal people who never have issues.

Lea LaJeunesse-Askren

Your Ethan story is like reading my Ella story! We didn't know she was posterior either until the head came out. That was a whole different story though!

 Well at least you have an end in sight. I know it is hard because of how exhausted you are. Is Jon (that is your husbands name, right?) working less? Is he helping you a lot with Ethan and Bella? Is he still on 3rd shift?  And I hear ya about the drama. I am scared for our #3! Keep me posted, I can't wait to see pictures of baby Maile!

goodhartedmommy

He's still on second shift (he should be moved to first soon, but who knows if that will really work out). But he comes home, does the middle of the night changes for me, and wakes up with us in the morning (they typically sleep until 10). He's making lunch, putting them down for nap, doing practically everything right now. And my parents and his parents are helping take care of the kids in the evenings a lot. I'm just too beat to do anything right now, and the pelvic pain keeps me from being able to get up too often. So I at least do not have the "single mom" load on me that I usually do. He's being amazingly awesome. He normally isn't so helpful without being forced to help, but he's all over it right now. He can obviously tell how awful I feel, and he's doing everything he can to help.

Lea LaJeunesse-Askren

I'm glad you have a lot of help, you need it! Now if you could just get some sleep!

Speaking of sleep, I should try and go get some myself.