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July 2016 Moms
rnyland1
member
How many weeks? Size/comparable fruit/object?
Baby-related happenings this week:
Rants/Raves/Symptoms?
GTKY: Are you doing any labor symptom spotting lately? What keeps making you think "Maybe it's happening soon?" Or are you pretty relaxed about when you'll go into labor?
Thursday Ticker Change
rnyland1
member
How many weeks? Size/comparable fruit/object?
Baby-related happenings this week:
Rants/Raves/Symptoms?
GTKY: Are you doing any labor symptom spotting lately? What keeps making you think "Maybe it's happening soon?" Or are you pretty relaxed about when you'll go into labor?
Re: Thursday Ticker Change
How many weeks? Size/comparable fruit/object?
38 weeks - winter melon
Baby-related happenings this week:
Had my doc appointment this morning - still at 3 cm....depressed now. Completely finished the nursery as of this past Sunday. Will get around to posting a pic soon.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms?
Eating everything in sight -- enjoyed a rare steak last night and it was glorious. I'm such a rebel! Raw sushi and a glass of wine are next on my list of rebellious behavior.
Also, I agreed to an "induction" two days before my EDD. Now I'm thinking of calling back and having them reschedule for 41 weeks instead because I did want a med-free birth. But, I'm worried that the longer I stay at work doing nothing (been doing nothing/completely finished with all my projects since last Thursday), the more likely I am to be laid off due to the continued poor oil market conditions. That would be a disaster!!! I feel like every day I'm not having a baby I am risking getting canned.
GTKY: Are you doing any labor symptom spotting lately? What keeps making you think "Maybe it's happening soon?" Or are you pretty relaxed about when you'll go into labor?
I don't know. Like I said I haven't had much progress since last week (dilation-wise) so I feel pretty let down about it. We're doing a membrane sweep next Thursday so hopefully I will have made a little bit more progress by then. I guess I'm going to start jogging and have as much sex as possible. And start taking evening primrose oil when I get home tonight.
37 weeks!!! Romaine lettuce. The fact that he is now in the normal/safe window of delivery time is totally crazy...
Baby-related happenings this week:
It's a week of all tying up loose ends. This weekend we got a bunch of stuff done like packing the hospital bags, installing the car seats, buying the remaining necessary items left on our registry, picking out a music playlist for the delivery room. Going to continue on with things like finishing the thank you cards, making sure the co-sleeper is assembled and setup, reading up/watching videos on taking care of infants!
Rants/Raves/Symptoms?
I was telling DH this morning I'm 37 weeks and technically we are in the safe delivery window - purely just to freak him out for fun. To which he replied, surprisingly, "Great! You know, if you delivered him next week, that would be awesome!" ... And then I was like ummm I hope not that soon and started to freak out slightly haha
GTKY: Are you doing any labor symptom spotting lately? What keeps making you think "Maybe it's happening soon?" Or are you pretty relaxed about when you'll go into labor?
I've definitely been getting more period-like cramps for the past week or two on and off at an irregular pattern. But I don't know if that's really indicative of labor coming soon. All in all I'm not anxiously awaiting labor but not dreading it either (despite this morning's freak out). But we'll see what happens as I get closed to my EDD!
How many weeks? Size/comparable fruit/object?
38 weeks- Ukulele
Baby-related happenings this week:
Finishing up home visits (I'm in early intervention) tomorrow and then I'll be doing office work until baby gets here. Trying to find the bars to put the upper level of the P'N'P on, and I'm super frustrated that they're missing. I did get all the clothes washed and start setting things aside for a hospital bag. I have my next appointment tomorrow... last week's appointment was pretty much awful (my dr was on vacation so I had to see a new one), so I'll feel much better after my doctor says everything is ok... technically everything was ok last week, but the doctor wasn't very reassuring.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms?
I've noticed my anxiety getting worse and I think it's because of the unknown of going into labor and how it's going to work out with DD and making sure that someone is here to watch her. Once I went into active labor with DD the time until delivery was only 4 hours... So I'm nervous about going into labor naturally (I was induced) and wondering how quickly it will go. I only pushed for a little less than an hour and she was face up... I think I'll feel better after talking with my doctor and seeing what she says tomorrow. Also, I don't have any family close and it will take them 4 hours to get here and I'm guessing I'm not going to have that luxury of waiting. @rnyland1- I'm sorry you're stressed about induction versus going med-free! I hope you're able to make a decision that your confident with- or better yet, you go into labor naturally and won't even have to worry about it!
GTKY: Are you doing any labor symptom spotting lately? What keeps making you think "Maybe it's happening soon?" Or are you pretty relaxed about when you'll go into labor?
More cramping lately but nothing that feels consistent or painful. I was about 1 cm last week which was more than I ever was with DD before being induced. Movement has changed and will be bringing that up tomorrow, I'm hoping that it's because she's running out of room. Other than that, I don't have any other feelings that something will happen.
How many weeks? Size/comparable fruit/object?
37 weeks. Head of lettuce.
Baby-related happenings this week:
Nothing. I had a check yesterday, no progress since last time, although 2 CM and 50% effaced is still a good number, so I shouldn't complain. Also, my job is throwing me a late but welcomed shower this coming Tuesday.
Rants/Raves/Symptoms?
Nausea and indigestion. Sharp pain in cervix, and some period cramps. An urge to clean but I don't have energy to do it. I've been dying to clean out my hall closet but It just never happens.
GTKY: Are you doing any labor symptom spotting lately? What keeps making you think "Maybe it's happening soon?" Or are you pretty relaxed about when you'll go into labor?
Definitely symptom spotting. Some of the pains I have make me think something will happen soon. I wish I was as relaxed as I was with my first. With him, I wasn't even thinking about going into labor before my due date and my water broke. I calmly got up, showered and woke up DH. This time, every time I go to the bathroom or feel a new twinge i think "Is this it!?" I"m driving myself crazy.