Can we stay.... Please????

julesjarvais65 · February 2012

Well looks like I'm not a Jan momma....

I am getting physical and emotionally frustrated. I know 2 people now that were due 2 weeks after me that have had their babies now (non-induced). Yesterday my midwife stripped my membranes and told me that it would cause cramping and contractions, but that might not mean labor... Well I didn't even get cramping, let alone contractions. I did get some cramping last night (8.5 hours after), so I'm not sure if it was caused from my membranes being stripped or not. But whether or not it was, all signs of cramping are gone today.

I also had an NST and fluid check yesterday, and everything looks good. Which, obviously, is good. But I have not had any contractions at all. I was hoping I was having some I couldn't feel, but nope. Nothing.

Vent over.

Also, I had a REALLY weird dream last night. At the beginning of my dream I was asleep, and when I woke up, my MIL and FIL were at my house (they live 13 hours away), and the baby was born. But even in my dream, I didn't remember her birth, being in the hospital, or her coming home. I just woke up and there she was. AND I had the natural birth I wanted and everything. On the bright side of my dream, she was a breastfeeding champ haha. Hopefully breastfeeding goes that well in real life.

aubreyan · February 2012

If it helps I am right there with you. I feel like there is something wrong with my stupid uterus...does it not know what it is supposed to be doing right now!?! Everyone said with my second it would be so much faster and my body would know what it was doing..well no. I am now ten days past due. I want a natural birth so bad but I know what pitocin did to me last time and I just don't believe I can handle pitocin without an epi. The midwife said next week we will talk induction...but last time induction didn't really even work for me. I was on pitocin for 8 hours and only dilated to a 2! My whole labor took 49 hours...ugh I don't want to to do that again. Why can't I just have a normal birth experience and get my damn baby like everyone else! ...

vent over. I am glad there is at last one other person holding out like me! You're not alone, good luck and lots of labor vibes to you!

eklanger · February 2012

Me too, My due date was a full week inside January so I thought I would make it, but no, we are going in tonight to start induction. I have been on this board so long though I can't imagine switching at this point.

CholeCO2006 · February 2012

I'm still waiting, too. Granted, I'm only three days past my due date, but I'm getting a little frustrated as I've had absolutely no labor symptoms yet - no BH, no real contractions, no MP, nothing. I go in for a NST and fluid check tomorrow and I'll be curious to see if the monitors show anything is going on since I can't feel anything. I'll be induced Sunday night if he doesn't arrive before then. So much for a January baby.

nove1198 · February 2012

lilnightmusic:
Stay here ladies! Only weirdos switch.

LOL this made my day. I'm still here too, praying against being induced tomorrow, but I'm pretty much resigned to it at this point. My LO just does not want to come out and my uterus seems to have forgotten that it's supposed to evict my DD. *sigh*

textbookcase · February 2012

Stay! Thinking positive labor thoughts for all of you that are past due

summer1117 · February 2012

nove1198:
lilnightmusic:
Stay here ladies! Only weirdos switch.
LOL this made my day. I'm still here too, praying against being induced tomorrow, but I'm pretty much resigned to it at this point. My LO just does not want to come out and my uterus seems to have forgotten that it's supposed to evict my DD. *sigh*

: ) I didn't want to switch either! It is my first official day of maternity leave at least. Trying tons of "natural" induction methods today to get things going otherwise I'm scheduled to go in for cervadil tomorrow night. boo!

ames243567 · February 2012

julesdac65:
Well looks like I'm not a Jan momma....

I am getting physical and emotionally frustrated. I know 2 people now that were due 2 weeks after me that have had their babies now (non-induced). Yesterday my midwife stripped my membranes and told me that it would cause cramping and contractions, but that might not mean labor... Well I didn't even get cramping, let alone contractions. I did get some cramping last night (8.5 hours after), so I'm not sure if it was caused from my membranes being stripped or not. But whether or not it was, all signs of cramping are gone today.

I also had an NST and fluid check yesterday, and everything looks good. Which, obviously, is good. But I have not had any contractions at all. I was hoping I was having some I couldn't feel, but nope. Nothing.

Vent over.

Also, I had a REALLY weird dream last night. At the beginning of my dream I was asleep, and when I woke up, my MIL and FIL were at my house (they live 13 hours away), and the baby was born. But even in my dream, I didn't remember her birth, being in the hospital, or her coming home. I just woke up and there she was. AND I had the natural birth I wanted and everything. On the bright side of my dream, she was a breastfeeding champ haha. Hopefully breastfeeding goes that well in real life.

I had a dream just like this!! My baby was here but I didn't remember ANYTHING about the birth. In my dream I was so disappointed that I didn't remember a thing.