I am officially now a member, also, as my due date was yesterday. Like a PP said, I feel pretty good, fortunately/unfortunately. I'm 40+1 today and have my weekly checkup tomorrow.
Will be a member in less than 16 hours! I had really hoped that I would be one of the lucky 4% who delivers on EDD, but my FIL had to ruin it by saying he had an odd feeling that I'd deliver today, but couldn't figure out why he had that feeling... Uh, because it's my EDD?
Welcome ladies! Hope everyone is hanging in there today. Tomorrow is my induction date and I am slightly shitting myself.... Went into labor on my on with DS so don't know what to expect and praying it all goes well. Alsoooo just found out the ONE DOCTOR I CANT STAND is of course working tomorrow! Why!?
Hello my name is Jessica and I am....Overdue. Yay to Germany and now daily doctors visits. NST everyday and hopefully not so long waiting in the waiting room. Yesterday was almost an hour! Had my first cervical check since week 36 and was very disappointed to here that everything was all closed up. No sign of the MP, nada. Head is still sitting high as well. At least the NST was registering some contractions (nothing I felt) so that gives me some hope. That and knowing this can't possibly last forever!
@Klittle779 I'm scheduled to be induced tomorrow too! Check in at 8pm. What the heck am I supposed to do all day....sit and stress I'm sure. Hopefully nap.
Only overdue a day, however, was scheduled for an induction tonight and got bumped due to the hospital being full. Now having contractions every 7-8 minutes and I cannot sleep (likely false labor as they are just low upfront and the pain isn't unbearable but definitely isn't just tightening of BH). But I have no idea what to expect so who knows!
40+4 and I'm beginning to think my body is defective. I don't see my OB until tomorrow and last time we talked about inducing Monday the 16th but I may ask if we can consider Friday instead. Emotionally I really don't want to drag through another weekend.
40W2d here...I have my appt. today. I'm hoping that I go into labor naturally. That being said, I don't want to wait too long that he gets too big and becomes risky to deliver vaginally. I have so many questions!! I hope my doc can give me a little extra time today to talk!
Thought I was going into labour yesterday/last night then everything came to a grinding hault at about 2 am. they're going to do a membrane sweep today. Hopefully that will get me going as I'm still trying to avoid being induced next week!
Good luck today @vinerie ! The mind games are the worst when you're overdue. Your mind goes into overdrive. @Charla1224 haha I said the same thing. My body did not want to do labor on its own with this LO
Im sitting (not so patiently) waiting anxiously to get a call for induction......
12 hours until I go in for my induction. Now I just....wait!? Should I take my 2 year old to school or keep her home? Probably a trip to target is in order. This is the weirdest thing to me. Knowing exactly when I need to go to the hospital. I'm going to be a nervous cranky wreck today.
Not overdue yet (not by a long shot) but my OB yesterday chuckled after asking me how Im feeling (awful, thanks). She said, "yeah we get a lot of tears in this office. Women think they'll go at 40 weeks and we wont induce until 42, hahaha " I want to cry just thinking about 42 weeks. My husband was a 10.5 lb baby, born at 37 weeks. Im afraid if I go to 42, his genes will produce a 14 lb child!
Hey fellow soldiers (don't you feel like you've been through war at this point?), I'm officially overdue. Inlaws flew in last night and are currently watching me be pregnant (help me, please! I can't even suggest going to the mall to get out of the house because I am too big and miserable to walk). DH has military training this weekend from Fri-Sun a whole state away (about 2 1/2 hrs) in the middle of the woods with crappy cell reception, so I'm pretty much guaranteed to go into labor while he is gone. Otherwise I am scheduled for induction on Tuesday. Just having an induction date really helps me mentally! Hang in there, overly pregnant friends. We will be holding our babies soon!
Not overdue yet (not by a long shot) but my OB yesterday chuckled after asking me how Im feeling (awful, thanks). She said, "yeah we get a lot of tears in this office. Women think they'll go at 40 weeks and we wont induce until 42, hahaha " I want to cry just thinking about 42 weeks. My husband was a 10.5 lb baby, born at 37 weeks. Im afraid if I go to 42, his genes will produce a 14 lb child!
According to MIL, a pediatrician, baby's birth size is most closely correlated to their mother's size. The baby's size will adjust after birth to their actual growth range.
Try not to worry too much about this. If your OB is worried that LO is measuring too large, she'll intervene early.
@Klittle779 I hope everything went well for you! My OB gave me the schedule of on-call doctors at the hospital (he shouldn't have done that) and I also get nervous on days when the two doctors who have bad reputations are working. It's a pretty bad mind-warp. Hopefully your delivery is/was straightforward!
Welp, being induced tonight! I had a full night of false labor that I really thought was the real deal last night and it completely stopped at 5am. Had my last scheduled dr appointment this morning and my OB confirmed that I've made no more progress and am still not dilated more than a 1/2cm and baby is showing no signs of descending any further so we are opting to induce. I'm scared but SO excited that I'll get to meet my baby boy so soon!
I'm 40W2D today. Had a dr. Appt. today that went so, so well. Doc spent a lot of time with us, talking about the pros and cons of inducing vs. letting him stay put. Ultimately, me, DH and doc all agreed no need to induce now. I have an appointment on Monday, which would be 41 weeks, to do an u/s, measure the baby, fluid, etc. in order to reassess whether inducing might be better then, or whether we should continue waiting.
Being induced tonight at 8pm! I get to meet LO soon!! Good luck ladies! I look forward to seeing your LO pictures and reading your birth stories!! So exciting
So my instructions were to call the charge nurse at 9:30 to confirm they had beds available in L&D and then if so, come in at 10. I call, they say to come in, we pack up, get all excited/nervous, check in, then are told to wait in the waiting room for the charge nurse to come get us. 20 minutes later this idiot comes over and says they made a mistake and there are no beds available and our options are to go home or to wait in triage all night and see if a bed does open up but "no guarantees."
@babyfmama that would be so frustrating!! I would have gotten my hopes way up about finally getting to meet my LO. Hopefully you don't have to wait much longer!
I got my membrane sweep today. Hoping it works so I can avoid an induction (hoping for no epidural so wanting to avoid using pit) I live in a small town and if my little guy stays in until Friday then my family doctor will be the one to deliver our LO as he is obstetrics on call for the next week. That would be great because so far no other doctors in town have had to see my business (which wouldn't normally be weird but I work at the hospital so they are all co-workers of mine!)
Still pregnant.... Starting to think this is my new life. I should just stay this way forever. He's easy to take care of this way. And people are nice to you when you're THIS pregnant! I'm having nearly no sign of labor. No contractions! I want to get this show on the road! Meet my little guy. But he seems pretty content to stay cozy in there.... Starting to think he's holding off for Friday the 13th!!! (H says then we gotta name him Jason!)
Another pregnant day. Went to the doctor today and seems I've progressed 1cm (I'm now 3 cm) which means nothing to me at this point. She swept my membranes so there's a possibility something might happen today or tomorrow. Otherwise I'm scheduled for a rare Saturday morning induction. It's relieving to have an end in sight.
@babyfmama omggg that's awful. You're a way stronger person than me. I legitimately would have started ugly crying. @Charla1224 that's way more progress than I had! Took me till this am to get to 2cm and 50%! I'm hopeful for you. And at least you know Saturday is game day!
Update I am working on hour 21 of labor. Just broke water and started pitocin. Contractions starting to come. Hopefully a baby soon! Hope you all are hanging in there and can somewhat enjoy the day. Also for any ftm.... This has been a totally and completely different labor and delivery experience than my son. He was a 12 hour "quick labor". These babies have plans of their own!
Update on on my induction saga: we called back at 5:30AM to confirm they would have a bed for me at 6, they said definitely, come on in. Get all checked in, hooked up to IV, blood drawn, etc. but keep sitting in triage until my husband finally goes out to find out what's going on. Turns out they had a bunch of women told to come in at 6, several of which had higher priority situations (active labor I'd have to assume) and there are no beds available. The new charge nurse comes in and says maybe we should go home again and they can call us when there's a bed available. Yeah, because I'm sure you'll immediately think of me and not whoever else is waiting it out in triage when something opens up. So now we are on hour 7, hanging out waiting for everyone to give birth with no end in sight. And to add insult to injury, I'm basically being treated like a diva who has requested an elective induction because I'm only 40+4 despite the fact that the induction was recommended by my OB, who unfortunately is not working today. This whole experience is incredibly aggravating and I feel terrible.
I'll join the club with you all! Baby is 5 days late today. I go in tomorrow morning for my NST and am scheduled to be induced Sunday night (technically Monday morning- 2:45 am) for a 41+2 bday of May 16th. It feels like forever away! Good luck, ladies!!
Re: Overdue Club
DS: Born 5-17-16
I'd never live it down if he was right.
DD: 05/14/16
DS: Born 5-17-16
@Charla1224 haha I said the same thing. My body did not want to do labor on its own with this LO
Im sitting (not so patiently) waiting anxiously to get a call for induction......
DH has military training this weekend from Fri-Sun a whole state away (about 2 1/2 hrs) in the middle of the woods with crappy cell reception, so I'm pretty much guaranteed to go into labor while he is gone. Otherwise I am scheduled for induction on Tuesday. Just having an induction date really helps me mentally!
Hang in there, overly pregnant friends. We will be holding our babies soon!
Try not to worry too much about this. If your OB is worried that LO is measuring too large, she'll intervene early.
in sum, I feel good, baby is good...all is good!
DS: Born 5-17-16
back home now and so annoyed!
Starting to think this is my new life. I should just stay this way forever. He's easy to take care of this way. And people are nice to you when you're THIS pregnant! I'm having nearly no sign of labor. No contractions! I want to get this show on the road! Meet my little guy. But he seems pretty content to stay cozy in there....
Starting to think he's holding off for Friday the 13th!!! (H says then we gotta name him Jason!)
Went to the doctor today and seems I've progressed 1cm (I'm now 3 cm) which means nothing to me at this point. She swept my membranes so there's a possibility something might happen today or tomorrow. Otherwise I'm scheduled for a rare Saturday morning induction. It's relieving to have an end in sight.
DD: 05/14/16
@Charla1224 that's way more progress than I had! Took me till this am to get to 2cm and 50%! I'm hopeful for you. And at least you know Saturday is game day!
Update I am working on hour 21 of labor. Just broke water and started pitocin. Contractions starting to come. Hopefully a baby soon!
Hope you all are hanging in there and can somewhat enjoy the day. Also for any ftm.... This has been a totally and completely different labor and delivery experience than my son. He was a 12 hour "quick labor". These babies have plans of their own!
Update on on my induction saga: we called back at 5:30AM to confirm they would have a bed for me at 6, they said definitely, come on in. Get all checked in, hooked up to IV, blood drawn, etc. but keep sitting in triage until my husband finally goes out to find out what's going on. Turns out they had a bunch of women told to come in at 6, several of which had higher priority situations (active labor I'd have to assume) and there are no beds available. The new charge nurse comes in and says maybe we should go home again and they can call us when there's a bed available. Yeah, because I'm sure you'll immediately think of me and not whoever else is waiting it out in triage when something opens up. So now we are on hour 7, hanging out waiting for everyone to give birth with no end in sight. And to add insult to injury, I'm basically being treated like a diva who has requested an elective induction because I'm only 40+4 despite the fact that the induction was recommended by my OB, who unfortunately is not working today. This whole experience is incredibly aggravating and I feel terrible.
DD: 05/14/16
DS: Born 5-17-16