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June 2012 Moms
AshleyR711
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is there anyone else still waiting?
AshleyR711
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I feel like I'm the only one still miserable and waiting for my LO to get here. I woke up at 4AM this morning with contractions and they stayed about 6-8 minutes apart but have slowed down and stopped increasing intensity about 40 minutes ago.
This is my 3rd experience with "false labor" episodes and already have contractions everyday on top of that. I thought maybe this morning would be it, but probably not. Unless they pick up again soon I give up on hope. I feel so worn down emotionally... I know I won't stay pregnant forever but I just wish my body would stop faking me out.
Everyone keeps telling me "you'll know", well my answer is I don't know, so it must not be it or the right time yet.
*sigh*...
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Re: is there anyone else still waiting?
*Also raises hand* A week overdue today!!
Hate to say it, but I recommend changing your mindset to assuming you are going overdue, it will make it a lot easier emotionally if you do go overdue. I have had false labor signs since 37 weeks. Almost everyday I think, 'this has got to be it' . . . and still nothing.
Sorry to be Debbie Downer . . .
Unfortunately still here. I know I'm not overdue yet and may not get to that point, but I am in so much pain it's ridiculous. I could handle just being big and itchy (I think) for 9+ more days, but I've been having crazy spells of dizziness and it's sooo painful to walk that I'm literally limping to/from the restroom...which seems really far from my desk these days!
Hoping for some good news (i.e. progress) at my appt this afternoon!
Friday the 15th was my due date... and I've been getting the false labor contractions, too. Off and On. Everyone keeps telling me I need to walk, walk, walk. We'll it was 91* yesterday and supposed to be 97* today... soooo, walk & roast? ugh! I'm tired of sitting around and sooooo ready to get this over with! At least the hospital is air conditioned! lol
I still feel nothing.
And I'm getting anxious. DH and I work together (we own a business), so of course, the kid is going to throw off our plan to have DH off for a week after he's born. We're getting really busy at work, and I'm afraid that he's not going to be able to be off work.
TOTALLY Agree! I have been "waiting" since 37 weeks for this LO to come and have wasted my summer away. I was 2 days over due with DS and really had no reason to think this one would come early, but hoped anyway. Yesterday something hit me and I just stopped hoping and accepted the fact that I'll most likely go over since I've had little progression and very few irregular contractions. Also, don't rush to be induced. My Dr. warned that being induced too early on can cause for longer more painful labor and unnecessary c-section. I know it's hard (still way in the back of my head), but enjoy your time as much as you can. You've waited almost 9 months for this....a few more days won't hurt
It's refreshing to hear that there are a lot of us still lurking around. I guess I'm just frustrated between being this way for 2+ weeks and regardless of the fact that I could be like this for possibly less than two more is daunting. I take it day by day rather than changing mind set of oh "Ill go early", or oh "Ill go late!" Ir doesn't help both my OB and midwife said I won't make it to EDD. But that's really irrelevant I could handle the time if it weren't for contractions.
Of course they slowed down and I head into work today and know they picked up again at 10 minutes or so apart.
I see all these wonderful posts about mommies with their babies and I'm like gah! Body, get it together!
Wishing all of us the best of "luck" ie sanity in the coming hours, days, and weeks.
Yep, same here. And I am so sick and tired of hearing "Baby will come when he's ready". Eff that! My original due date was the 13th based off my LMP, but the doc changed it after my first tri-screening. So I'm officially due tomorrow. I have an appointment in a few hours so we'll see what kind of progress I've made in 10 days (I was 0cm, 80% effaced, and -1). I'll ask if they can sweep my membranes today also. Fingers crossed!
Oh and I've been walking 3 miles a day for the past week (on top of being constantly on the go) and sitting on an exercise ball. I call horse poopie that it does anything.
I totally hear you on the emotional roller coaster of false labor. I'm only at 38.5 weeks, and I totally had an "I know I'm going to go late" mindset, until the false labor started. at 37 weeks, I had 3 days straight of contractions that would get crampy for a few hours and then go back to being painless. Every time the intensity ramped up, I got excited. I went on a nesting spree. My mindset changed to "this could be it" and back several times. I was so disappointed when it all stopped. I know making it past 38 weeks is better, but the doctor had mentioned 37 as an option due to my high blood pressure, in case I showed any signs of pre-e.
Then again, this weekend, I had even more intense contractions through the night on Friday that kept me awake, but went away in the morning. Then more Sunday afternoon that went away after my super spicy lunch.
Honestly, I feel like my uterus is the boy who cried wolf. On Sunday, the contractions just made me sad. With no bloody show, I'm not hopeful anymore that anything is real. I guess I'll believe it when my water breaks.
It doesn't help that I haven't had an internal exam yet to know if my body is making any progress due to the contractions. I won't find that out until Thursday.
But, I guess we can't stay pregnant forever. At some point these babies will have to come out.
Still here and waiting -_-
I've been having really uncomfortable contractions about 8 minutes apart since Friday, when the doctor assured me that I was in early labor. I had my appointment this morning, and the doctor said I'm 2 cm dilated and 90% effaced... she said that she can't believe I haven't gone already. We went ahead and scheduled an induction for Thursday, though. I almost wish that I wasn't having contractions, if they weren't going to do anything useful...
I was due on the 14th and am still waiting. I had "false labor" starting at 1 am on Thursday that kept me up most of the night. The contractions weren't that painful, but they were about 3 minutes apart until 5 am. Just as I was about to call the on call Dr, they stopped. I was pretty disappointed, but was at least hopeful that they had at least caused me to progress a little. But when I went to my OB appointment that morning, the Dr. told me I was still only about 1 cm dilated, very posterior, and firm. She couldn't even sweep my membranes because she said she couldn't reach. I was pretty upset. Then, on Friday night, the contractions resumed. I thought for sure it was the real thing that time because the contractions were more painful and lasted from 11pm until 6 am the following morning. I even had a little bit of bloody show. But, once again, they stopped. Saturday I lost my mucus plug, and yesterday I woke up with period-like cramps and lots of bloody show. So, I thought for sure I was on my way to labor. But nothing much has been happening since then.
Dr. has me scheduled to start the induction process tomorrow at 5 pm (Cervidil in the evening and Pitocin the following morning). I'm praying something happens in the next 36 hours so I don't have to be induced, but I'm not very hopeful. I went into labor on my own with my first, so I never really thought I'd have to be induced with my second.
Either way, I'll be happy when I'm not pregnant anymore!
This. I was born late, as way my husband, so figured all along I'd go late. Until I started getting painful BH contractions, and then false labor pains at 36 weeks. What kills me is that when i was examined at 38 weeks, I had made NO PROGRESS AT ALL. All that pain for nothing! So my doctor has already tentatively scheduled me for induction at 41w2d- July 7th. I cried for about 12 hours straight when she told me that, but now that I'm back into that mindset, it makes it easier when i wake up each morning NOT in labor
Now if only I were able to make it all the way through a work day... the only thing worse than the hormones these last couple weeks is the exhaustion!
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I'm still here!
Not over due, but expecting to be. Like many of you, I accepted the fact that he will probably not be here by the 22nd, and it has kind of made it easier. I am staying busy during the day, and just kind of acting like he won't be here for a while longer.
Child #1 June 2012
Child #2 Feb 2014
Child #3 Feb 16
BFP 3/9/17
I'm starting to wonder if he's ever going to come - I know I still have a week, but I read all these posts about having contractions and false labor, and aside from a few contractions a day, I've had nothing.
I don't know if I'm having more and I just can't feel them (my sister was apparently in labor when she went in to be induced and didn't know it) or if he's going to cook in there for three more weeks.