So Tuesday night my hubby and I are up all night with me having contractions and times intervals. When the came every 2-3 minutes for an hour we went to the hospital. They sent me home 3 hours later due to the fact that I wasn't progressing. I had a doc apt on Thursday and she scheduled me for an induction a week from now. They want me to live with contractions that close together for a week or wait for my water to break!!!! If I go insane my family will know why. It is so painful and the only sleep I get is from pure exhaustion because my body can't function anymore. I want a new doc or my baby now. I can't live with this pain for a week!!!!
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@imakeeff0rts - I don't know how I didn't realize you have been dealing with contractions for so long. WTH?
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@imakeeff0rts - I don't know how I didn't realize you have been dealing with contractions for so long. WTH?
That's because she doesn't vent about it a lot and draw a bunch of pity and attention to herself. I remember her L&d scare too, I think it was around 32 wks. And from my understanding she has been working all this time, am I correct in recalling EMT?
Yeah, she's pretty much a badass, I will give her all of that respect.
Putting someone down is not the same as telling them to suck it up. She did not compare her pain to OPs. She was saying it could be worse... Because it really could!
Feel better soon OP. Maybe LO will come on his or her own before then.
I find that much more important than temporarily being in pain for a week.
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Does it hurt? When they get strong, sure it does.
Is it annoying? You bet it is.
Does it interfer with daily activities? Absolutely.
Does it make it hard to get rest/sleep? Damn skippy.
In the end, dealing with the contractions is worth it if it means baby matures a little more before coming out. I haven't been given an induction date, because I don't want one. I'd rather deal with the contractions and let LO come on her own terms, unless she starts showing signs of distress, I will deal with these for another 4 weeks if I have to. Oh, and I am still working full time.
@imakeeff0rts was not being unsupportive or rude, she was just pointing out that a lot of people are dealing with it and it's totally normal.
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As for this @Arielle27:
1. At what point did I "put her down"? I simply pointed out that others have been dealing and she can, too. Excuse me if my wording wasn't rainbowey enough for you.
2. Have some balls and be direct. This "blahblah I'm posting under the only comment and 'people' shouldn't put her down" shit is stupid. Seriously.
3. I wasn't going to play this card, but since you're demanding that I be sympathetic to her - I'll be sympathetic when she's had terb twice in five weeks to stop PTL and is still having contractions.
@HappyBride276 Remember that really bad UTI I had a little over a month ago that wouldn't go away? Yeah - that kick started it. The UTI is gone, but apparently I had it for so long and was completely unaware that it caused problems that UTIs are known to do (read: PTL). I had terb twice - once at 33 weeks when I initially went to L&D, and once again at 35 weeks because his lungs weren't mature yet. The terb stopped actual labor, but I still have contractions with irritability in between. It sucks, but oh well. What do you do? I've had NSTs at every appointment since then, and DS seems to be handling it well which is why she hasn't taken him out yet. But I set an induction date at my appointment yesterday - if he's not out by his due date, he'll be evicted.
2. Have some balls and be direct. This "blahblah I'm posting under the only comment and 'people' shouldn't put her down" shit is stupid. Seriously.
3. I wasn't going to play this card, but since you're demanding that I be sympathetic to her - I'll be sympathetic when she's had terb twice in five weeks to stop PTL and is still having contractions.
@HappyBride276 Remember that really bad UTI I had a little over a month ago that wouldn't go away? Yeah - that kick started it. The UTI is gone, but apparently I had it for so long and was completely unaware that it caused problems that UTIs are known to do (read: PTL). I had terb twice - once at 33 weeks when I initially went to L&D, and once again at 35 weeks because his lungs weren't mature yet. The terb stopped actual labor, but I still have contractions with irritability in between. It sucks, but oh well. What do you do? I've had NSTs at every appointment since then, and DS seems to be handling it well which is why she hasn't taken him out yet. But I set an induction date at my appointment yesterday - if he's not out by his due date, he'll be evicted.
I am so glad there is an end in sight for you. I now remember your UTI, but I wasn't aware of all you are going through. I am sorry. I feel for you ladies that have had a hard pregnancy. You are a tough one! You never complain and I give you a ton of credit.
I wasn't havnig contractions first thing this morning, but they are back and making it difficult to walk around and do things, but I got the ok to go to my friends wedding, and I'll be damned if I'm going to let the contractions stop me from going for at least a little while. I already had to miss her bridal shower because I was stuck in the hospital during it. The only sad thing is I won't be having a glass of champagne with a strawberry in it. Totally my favourite thing at weddings lol. (sorry, I'm excited)
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1. Deliver your baby even tho its against their medical advice
2. Send you home with a morphine drip so you're more comfortable
Or my personal favorite
3. Blow smoke, rainbows and bubbles up your ass
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Okay, off my soap box now
I fail to see how anyone was unsupportive? Everyone in this thread has acknowledged that it sucks. That doesn't change the fact that she has no choice but to wait it out.
She may feel that the pain is unbearable, but the hospital is not required to keep her just because she has a questionable pain threshold. They have standards and OP didn't meet them.
Also, who said she was forbidden to vent? No one. Simply that its happened to others but she needs to calm down.
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I wasn't rude. I told her that others have been dealing with it longer than she has. I guess I should fix my statement to make it more rainbowey for those of you that can't handle bluntness:
"ERMEHGERSH OP! I'm SOOOOOOOOOOO sorry that you have to deal with pain for an entire week! That must be horrible for you! They should have just induced you right then and there to relieve your pain and make everything all better! How horrible of your doctors to think that you should have to deal with things that come along with pregnancy for another week! I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry."
Better?
Oh please do elaborate on this thought. What exactly do you mean? I don't think anyone is a bad person (as you so passively aggressively insinuate here). It doesn't make a person bad, mean, rude or anything negative to inject some reality check into the OP's whine-fest here.
Pregnancy really really sucks at the end. Almost everyone has some issue. I was in nearly-active-but-not-productive-enough-to-be-admitted labor from 37 weeks onward. DS came at 41 weeks 2 days. All the folks that responded are there currently or have been there. It fucking sucks and everyone has admitted it. What else would you have us say?
Poor OP? That they should induce her now? No one likes to hear "suck it up" but you know what? Sometimes that's all you can advise. You can tell someone how much you know it sucks, but that won't solve their situation.
Blowing sunshine up someone's skirt is not always the answer. That doesn't make anyone who responded a bad person. Just have to make that abundantly clear because you seem to be mistaken in a huge way.
@mawarren : threads can turn any which way. The OP never came back. Another, well known & frequently supportive poster, is also suffering. So, we also offer support to others here too. No one in this thread has failed to support the OP. it's just apparently not the hand-holding, hair-braiding, let-mama-hold-you language that some posters feel is appropriate for this post.
Good lord, I don't understand how some posters function in the big bad world without someone to spoon feed them sunshine & lollipops every waking hour.
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Oh just shut the fuck up!! I am so tired of your white knight bullshit. It is easy to support someone who has supported me ESPECIALLY when she never complains about her pregnancy. If it were so easy to not act like a bitch then why aren't you doing it? You have your opinion, and in a world where everyone gets a trophy for participating because we are all winners, you might be right. This is the real world and not everyone is going to get the response they want. I have been misquoted and felt like people here didn't get me at times, but big fucking deal. This is life. Not everyone is going to hold my hand and sing kumbaya.
I'll outright say it that I think it's crappy to say that our response to this vent makes us any less of a person than you. Also, you certainly don't know me, but you still feel comfortable making blanket statements that include me? Yeah, you should look to that.
Again, no one said the OP's situation didn't suck balls. Simply that there are those going through the same & worse.
Sweet Jesus the sheer amount of immaturity, passive aggression & stupid to be found on TB is truly astounding. I don't know whether to be laughing or crying or both. This shit is real, yo.
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Oh just shut the fuck up!! I am so tired of your white knight bullshit. It is easy to support someone who has supported me ESPECIALLY when she never complains about her pregnancy. If it were so easy to not act like a bitch then why aren't you doing it? You have your opinion, and in a world where everyone gets a trophy for participating because we are all winners, you might be right. This is the real world and not everyone is going to get the response they want. I have been misquoted and felt like people here didn't get me at times, but big fucking deal. This is life. Not everyone is going to hold my hand and sing kumbaya.
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1. I wouldn't want my children's peers to be straight forward and tell them the truth instead of candy coating things and spewing puppies, kittens and rainbows? No thank you, I'd take option number one. There is a difference between being blunt and rude and I'd prefer my child learn that at a young age so that they don't get butt hurt over absolutely nothing.
2. No one was bullying or talking down to the OP. Please learn what those two things mean. Being blunt and stating that others have it harder or are also dealing with the same issue is neither.
3. If you "feel bad" because someone explained a similar or worse situation and told you "hey it could be worse, you just have to deal with it." than you should not be on a forum.
4. Self-esteem has nothing to do with pointing out facts or sharing a similar situation.
5. Pot, meet Kettle.
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Exactly all of this, but specifically #1. If my kid were complaining about something like this (I'm pregnant and have to endure Braxton Hicks for a week?!), then yes. I would ABSOLUTELY want his friends to tell him to suck it up and deal. It's one thing to have a bad day - it's another to post/say things to people practically begging for sympathy. That's just ridiculous.
Get off of your high horse, stop white knighting (because you're done a shitty job of it anyway), and move the hell on. Obviously the internet is not the place for you. Honestly, I'm wondering how to make it in real life if someone telling OP, bluntly but not rudely, that people have been dealing with this for weeks and she'll deal with it, too.
*HUGE fucking eyeroll*
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