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December 2010 Moms
kat81again2
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JUST a "baby come on" vent
kat81again2
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I can't post this on my new BMB because it's more active and would sound too whiny (esp with other people in the same boat) but I figured you guys could put up with me. Feel free to ignore.
My due date is tomorrow. FIL has been in town for two days and is leaving Tuesday. So, we really want the baby to come ASAP so that he can be around to care for DS when we're at the hospital, also the obvious -- so he can actually meet the new LO! (We have no family in the area, so if the baby doesn't come during his visit we're hiring a sitter to stay the night, which none of us are as pleased about.) At first we were just relieved to have made it to Thursday when he arrived but now we're totally impatient about the baby coming! I feel like such a brat because how can you dictate your baby to come out within a few days' window like that?
I got a massage yesterday morning with acupressure to help with labor. I've also been on my feet a lot more in the past few days, and DH and I had a fun night out last night doing karaoke. When DS was born, I was in labor just a few hours after we finished hosting a party at our house, which my dad called the "labor induction party." I was hoping karaoke might do the same kind of thing but still not in labor!
Part of my problem is the whole "2nd timers come earlier" combined with DS being 4 days early (the equivalent of having arrived Wednesday). So, even though my due date isn't until tomorrow, I FEEL overdue mentally. On the plus side, we have gotten more things done for the baby that would have been harder to do if the baby were here already. For example, I built the crib this morning. I joked to DH this morning, "DS didn't care, but this one is unwilling to come out until his/her room is ready, so I guess we'd better finish it up!" LO will be sleeping in our room at first hence the lack of nesting until the past couple of days. ;-)
Well I guess that is the end of my vent. Thanks for listening. If you have any additional labor induction tips feel free to share! Last time I was in no hurry so it never even crossed my mind, but now I'm ready!!
PS - oh and today is my mom's birthday, and we are considering giving this baby her name as a middle name if it's a girl (haha, no, we're also not even settled on names yet!) I think the whole thing would be even cooler if they actually shared a birthday, too. But obviously that is not a big deal at all.
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Re: JUST a "baby come on" vent
The first we threatened induction, and then went Christmas shopping and had a *gasp* deli sandwich for lunch and I went into labor that afternoon. The 2nd we actually had the induction date scheduled and we went out for sushi dinner and DTD afterwards and labor came on that night. Lol maybe mine liked the "contraband" foods.... Although with my 2nd pregnancy I didn't restrict/care as much about the rules of what to eat or not eat. Come on baby!! We want to know if you are blue or pink team
I just feel NO signs of progress other than LO dropping earlier this week, which felt like such a huge sign at the time but nothing since! Not that I felt any signs before labor came with DS, either, though.
Oh, darn! Ok don't do that then. Maybe just walking will do it.
Lots of labor dust for baby to come soon!
Oh man! Hopefully you get a baby soon!!!!
Can't wait until we hear your I'm sure to be amazing birth story and if it's a boy or girl!
I'm currently 2 days overdue (so basically, the baby will be 3+ days overdue) and FIL left this morning. My dad comes Thursday, though. Part of me is wondering if I should hope for a Thursday or Friday delivery now, so we don't have to deal with babysitters/overnight stuff, which we will have to deal with between now and then.
It's annoying, but mainly just because everyone keeps texting and calling to ask. Seriously, people, I told you I'd tell you! btw I'm not complaining about you guys because this is a message board I can choose to check or not, and I DID choose to check it today to make this update! A phone is different because you actually want to check for incoming calls, etc, about other things. Also you can't just leave your parents or close friends hanging, though DH has reminded me to wait at least 3-4 hours before responding to texts of this type in order to train people to not expect anything immediately.
It's also annoying that FIL missed the baby, though, and that we are now back into no-man's-land for coverage (well, calling a babysitter) until Thursday. And the third annoying thing is that DH was going to take DS out of town in less than two weeks because there's this thing he wants to go to, but if the baby is later and later (therefore younger and younger) he might have to cancel the trip so I'm not stuck with a less-than-week old alone. Which sucks for DS because it was another chance to see his grandparents. And sucks for them, too.
Bummer - not the update that we wanted to hear.
As far as your DH/DS going away. I would have actually enjoyed that. It would probably be less stressful (unless you are recovering from a C-section or having major feeding issues) for you to be alone with a tiny newborn than to have DH/DS in the house.
Some of my favorite times as a second time mom were when DH was at work and my mom or MIL took DS1 away for the day. I got to relax, not parent a toddler, lay on the couch and nurse/hold a sleeping baby and watch as much TV as I wanted, eat some junk food. It was almost like a mini-vacation.
When I was a first time mom I never wanted to be left alone with my newborn, I always wanted a much help as possible. But the second time around I felt like newborn care was the easiest part of "my job" and that if people could take care of the toddler, dishes, laundry or cooking - that would be way more helpful to me.
And I agree with pp. I would love dh to take ds after I have dd and give me some alone time to adjust. Unless she's super cranky lol