Still pregnant and trying to be Zen not miserable. Anyone else? Come in!

pepperedmoth · March 2014

bennieangel said:

Simmered down over here; going to bed.....
Bummer! Tomorrow is a new day & hopefully after some rest they'll be back & ready for business!

Yes, well you know what they say encourages contractions, right?? ::lewd eyebrow wiggle::

SomersIsles · March 2014

akflutterby said:
pepperedmoth!

SomersIsles

Haha thanks! It's all solid advice

SomersIsles · March 2014

Oh also... Such an awkward labor tease. I was unloading groceries and, for the first time ever, I kinda peed my pants hahahaha. (VERY unusual because I have the strongest bladder known to man) It was only a little and I ran to the bathroom in time ... Thank god I wear liners... But the urge to pee hit me so suddenly! When it happened it was so bizarre that I had a moment of, "is this my water breaking??"

Then I realized... Water breaking probably doesn't connect to the feeling of peeing... lol

It was like 2 seconds of excitement followed by 2 minutes of face palm haha

saisongbird · March 2014

lmalear01 said:

OMG.. I mis@AnonymousMotherOfOne‌ so glad to hear everything is ok. @saisongbird‌ Did he test positive for flu? Did they start him onTamiflu? @Anneplusone Good luck. I am so bummed my acupuncture place is on vacation this week. At everybody else having contractions or preparing for inductions.. Sending labor vibes and lots of zen your way!

Yeah, he tested positive and is on Tamiflu. He's in quarantine in the third bedroom. Of course, he also has a job interview tomorrow that he can't reschedule...::head desk::

SomersIsles · March 2014

saisongbird said:

lmalear01 said:

OMG.. I mis@AnonymousMotherOfOne‌ so glad to hear everything is ok.
@saisongbird‌ Did he test positive for flu? Did they start him onTamiflu?
@Anneplusone Good luck. I am so bummed my acupuncture place is on vacation this week. At everybody else having contractions or preparing for inductions.. Sending labor vibes and lots of zen your way!

Yeah, he tested positive and is on Tamiflu. He's in quarantine in the third bedroom. Of course, he also has a job interview tomorrow that he can't reschedule...::head desk::

Hugs!!

SomersIsles · March 2014

DH: "maybe you just can't feel contractions? I'm sure there are pregnant women who couldn't feel them... I bet if you google it someone had a baby without feeling the contractions..."

Me: "so you're suggesting I may be in active labor and just not know it...?"

DH: "... Well ... I know it's unlikely... But I'm sure it has happened!"

Haha he's so eager to me LO

saisongbird · March 2014

Thanks for the love everyone. Neither of us had a flu shot, but what boggles our minds is that he has the same strain that he had in December when we canceled our babymoon. ::knocks on wood:: I have never had the flu in my life. That being said, we are both getting the flu shot next year.

I just wish I knew what was going on in my body. And as much as I want her out, I want him healthy enough that he can also do skin to skin when she's born. He's devastated at the thought of not being able to hold her after the birth. The ob said that he can be in the room with me during labor so long as he's in a mask if he's not symptom free for 24 hours, but that he shouldn't hold the baby unless he's cleared, and that's breaking his heart.

myfriendscallmemeg · March 2014

@saisongbird‌ fx that your husband recovers quickly! & that you can stand being pregnant long enough for him to recover!!

@anneplusone YOU'RE MY EDD TWIN AND I'M SOOOO MANY LEVELS OF JEALOUS RIGHT MEOW. Can't wait to see your little one!

My husband is getting obnoxious with how easy he wants me to take it since getting diagnosed with high BP. He wants to make me lie down all day doing nothing but drinking water...but I have urges to get things done! Or eat things!!

Also, my BP is messing with my head. It's been consistently rising the last 3 appointments I've had. /65, /75, and then /85 at my last appointment. Well today my Mom took my BP at her house and it was 124/95. I'm trying not to worry about it too much--I'd rather have the Dr's office take my BP to get their reading for consistencies sake. I'm totally Pandora's box-ing with wanting to wait it out until my next appointment or going in tomorrow to just have it checked. Because either I get induced and I'm happy about it, or I get induced & then start to stress about if I should have waited it out.

Sorry for the vent....but I don't want my BP to be continually on the rise. ESPECIALLY if it puts Skeletor at risk.

AnonymousMotherOfOne · March 2014

Kinda tough to find my zen when my CX have jumped very suddenly from a consistent 9-10 minutes to every 4-6 minutes.

Owwwwwww.......

kmeyers0611 · March 2014

Wow! This thread has blown up tonight! Just getting caught up! I am sending labor vibes to all feeling cx's tonight. Spicy Thai did not work for me, so I'll still be here waiting tomorrow! @saisongbird‌ I hope your hubby gets better soon! Keep that baby in a few more days if you can

jh&kh · March 2014

bennieangel said:

How does one get sleep the night before induction? Also I am pretty sure I started losing my MP today (tmi I know) which gives me confidence that my body is ready & hope that once they break my waters tomorrow that things will move smoothly. I hope. @Jt7dreamz‌ she is so freaking cute!! Congrats!

I am having the same issue falling asleep tonight! I have a 7am check-in time and I should really be sleeping now, but my mind is racing! Also, I've been having off and on contractions today and TMI more discharge so I'm hoping that means the induction will move along easily!

SomersIsles · March 2014

AnonymousMotherOfOne said:
Kinda tough to find my zen when my CX have jumped very suddenly from a consistent 9-10 minutes to every 4-6 minutes.

Owwwwwww.......

You can do this!! Exciting!

kaking78 · March 2014

@pepperedmoth - That Flight of the Concords reference just solidified my bump crush on you

TMI AW moment - ladies, we have mucous plug and what I think might be the real deal contractions...?

AnonymousMotherOfOne · March 2014

@SomersIsles‌ MH is being so awesome right now. They went from 10 to 5 to just over 4 really quickly, and I can tell he's really freaked out right now. He got up and repacked my hospital bag when I was in the middle of a really bad one, and now he's brushing his teeth and set his contacts where he can get to them fast in case he has to drive soon.

It's go time ladies. .____. ::cue terror::

saisongbird · March 2014

I'm trying to keep her in there! I have all kinds of back pain tonight but have no clue if the nausea and pain is related to labor or something else. I don't have any flu symptoms (no fever, body aches, anything) but I feel like crap and LO is moving in all sorts of strange new ways.

akflutterby · March 2014

Good luck @AnonymousMotherOfOne‌!! So excited for you.

Congrats @Jt7dreamz‌ she's a doll!

Hope your hubs is able to knock it out fast and that his body has already built up some antibodies so he can hold LO and go to that job interview too @saisongbird‌!

Love the Flight reference @pepperedmoth‌, thank you for the giggle.

I have no zen, I hate all the things. I've spent all this time willing Cooper to come out and now work is stressing me out to the point where I just want her to stay in there until I can clear some things up and leave MY department the way *I* want it (and have it be that way when I come back). And no, coworker, I am NOT feeling this way because I am pregnant and overly emotional, I am feeling this way because you are actively trying to undermine me under the guise of "getting a handle on things" in my absence.

I should likely go cry and get some sleep. I have my 39w appt tomorrow and we're hoping for some membrane stripping to occur. If her head is low enough... If I can emotionally handle the idea of leaving work with the anxiety I have going on right now... If all of the other damn things...

Pinecone21 · March 2014

Guys, I have an outside baby! They weren't just poop cramps after all! My due date was Saturday, although when I calculated from when I ovulated instead of my last period, my due date was Tuesday. So I guess she was right on time!

I'll post a full story later this week, but we did try lots of old wives tales, and I'm not sure which one worked: walking, sex, nipple stimulation by wearing my nipple shield things, spicy food, a pedicure... Good luck to all of you! It's amazing to give birth and be a mom!

Here's a photo!

Sanibel21 · March 2014

Congrats @Pinecone21‌ !!
I love her little pout!! So happy for you!

wearebirds · March 2014

Congrats @Pinecone21‌ !

@saisongbird‌ I agree! Hopefully this time it won't be quite so rough since he's already had it! Sending lots of healthy DH vibes your way!!

I could have sworn I would've ended up in the hospital last night...but nope, I managed to sleep through all of the cramping.

I did decide to stay home today so I can go walk as much as possible and get a pedi (you know, for the pressure points....) I don't want to use my leave...but I've got to try something! I feel like any time anything feels remotely productive I'm stuck sitting at my desk...and you can't really do nipple stimulation at a desk to make them stronger. Bahahahah.

kmeyers0611 · March 2014

@Pinecone21‌ congrats!!! Job well done on a beautiful baby!
To all getting inductions today - good luck! I am rooting for you from afar!
And in the meantime, all I can say is that I dreamt my water broke about 4 times last night, but, I woke up still pregnant, intact, and now I have to go to this stupid presentation I have been dreading for weeks. Oh well, it is Wednesday which means the weeks is halfway over and after today, only two more days of work torture until leave!!!

pepperedmoth · March 2014

Congrats @Pinecone21!

If I go by ovulation today's the day, so . . . maybe? But all of my everything stopped overnight. Sigh. I think I'll fold some laundry and scrub some floors instead. 40+2 and counting . . .

kkranberry · March 2014

@bennieangel good luck today!

pepperedmoth · March 2014

This is so much like the 2WW.

SomersIsles · March 2014

pepperedmoth said:
This is so much like the 2WW.

Talk about full circle

kkranberry · March 2014

@Pincone21 Congratulations!

Well today is my due date. I feel a little crampy, but nothing promising. I have an appt tomorrow, man I hope there is some progress. Everyone is betting she will come today because we are expecting a snow storm. My son was born during an early season snowstorm on 10/29/11 so it would be fitting if she came during a late season storm. The only problem with this is the 1.5 hours to the hospital. I am supposed to be at work today, but I decided screw it! I am just going to do house work and pray that something happens.

Good luck to those being induced and having contractions!

kkranberry · March 2014

@saisongbird I hope yh gets better quickly. How stressful to have him sick right now. I bet he is feeling awful about it all.

saisongbird · March 2014

pepperedmoth said:

This is so much like the 2WW.

Nah - this is SO MUCH WORSE!!! At least during the TWW I could chart and obsess. Here? Nothing to do but wait.

SomersIsles · March 2014

saisongbird said:

pepperedmoth said:

This is so much like the 2WW.

Nah - this is SO MUCH WORSE!!! At least during the TWW I could chart and obsess. Here? Nothing to do but wait.

Oh I'm obsessing alright. Every time LO kicks or squirms I stop dead in my tracks and try to analyze if I'm cramping or anything lol... I'm sure I could chart that stuff too haha

pepperedmoth · March 2014

From a zen perspective, it helps to know that I WILL have a baby at the end of this.

During the 2WW, who knew?

This is just a moment in time. It will pass. We will all be mothers soon one way or another. I promise.

This is what I tell myself. ;-)

Sanibel21 · March 2014

Happy hump day. Feeling ok today. At work and making it through. No signs if labor in sight. Damn the Big Mac. I have tomorrow off for my weekly appt. I assume I'll get my first cervical check. I don't know if I should be looking forward to that or not! Haha!
Good luck to everyone today!

knittinlins · March 2014

I was thinking that this morning @pepperedmoth‌ and @SomersIsles‌ - the waiting, relying on twinges and feelings, being curious if something is in you tp......just like the tww for me

kaking78 · March 2014

Well, still waiting. Things just don't want to settle into a pattern. Looks like I'm going to be spending some quality time with the breast pump today.

Good luck to everyone in labor today!

VineyardMel · March 2014

Just lurking and saying good luck for some real contractions that bring some outside babies today! You ladies are doing an awesome job hanging out waiting for them!

kmeyers0611 · March 2014

@bennieangel‌ at least with all the walking and squatting you're getting a head start on getting your legs back in shape

seriously though I hope things start progressing for you soon!!!

SomersIsles · March 2014

Jennibeanjld said:

Well, still waiting. Things just don't want to settle into a pattern. Looks like I'm going to be spending some quality time with the breast pump today.

Good luck to everyone in labor today!
I just spent 40 minutes with my pump and I'm feeling more regular contractions!! I'm hoping they keep up. Good luck!!

Just curious.... when you do this are you getting colostrum while pumping? (dumb question) Can you run out before the baby arrives?

I have a pump... i'm tempted... but scared haha

AnonymousMotherOfOne · March 2014

Mia Anne
7lbs 0.8 oz, 19.75" long, born at 9:38 this morning.

akflutterby · March 2014

AnonymousMotherOfOne!!

akflutterby · March 2014

I have no Zen today. NONE. I'm not really uncomfortable, I'm just so sad. Today is a super weepy day and I just feel like crying. Read the HDBD thread...cried. I had my appt this morning and my midwife said that she didn't feel comfortable sweeping my membranes because my cervix is so "ripe and ready" and if she did she could likely get me to a 5 or break my water, and since I don't want any interventions (going natural) she feels like sweeping now would just be the start down a road I really don't want to travel. I really do appreciate her considering that, and being supportive of my natural plan, I'm just so disappointed that I could be hanging out at "almost 4 and 70%" for however long...and I'm hormonal and emotional. I'm going to drink some tea and cry. Maybe I just need to get it out and then I'll feel better. At least I'm at work now where I feel totally undermined and am having a meeting later with my boss about not having my department stripped of all my hard work while I'm on maternity leave

saisongbird · March 2014

I'm avoiding HDBD until I'm a MOOB. I can't take it. Maybe we should do HDBD, inside babies edition?

akflutterby · March 2014

lmalear01 said:

@AnonymousMotherOfOne‌ Congrats! @akflutterby‌ I am sorry you are having a rough day. If your cervix is ripe and the babe is in good position I am confused as to why she wouldn't do it. You sound like a great candidate. I have the same stats as you but my midwife group doesn't technically sweep unless you are heading into the 41st week.

Thank you. She said she was trying to avoid the cascading interventions that I've been concerned about the whole pregnancy. I wanted to go all natural all the way, and she was concerned that if she swept she could break my water, so if I'm patient (and since I'm not due until Sunday) she "has a feeling" that I'll be in labor on my own anyway and that I'll go fast. She said that I should think about it more and she'd be willing to see me later this week if it's what I really wanted.

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