heart flutters? They were mild and brief. Google says they can be triggered by hormone changes associated with going into labor. Same thing it said about my shaky morning yesterday. I am pretty sure I could google anything and find info that says "yep, labor is on it's way!"
@slartybartfast Seriously. I feel like everything is a sign of labor. And anything is also a symptom of pregnancy. Anything weird that could happen to a body is possible between pregnancy and birth.
Dh seems to think that I'm going to know exactly when "baby time" is going to start. He has to go out of town for work tomorrow, he has no choice. I'm due Wednesday. I finally looked at him and said Dude if I was having contractions you would know! I'm ready to hit him. "I just ask because I'm hoping you can take inventory of what is going on with your body and let me know." Gess Louise, if I knew what was going on more than oh he's pushing on my hips and feels really low and I'm having occasional cramps I would let you know!
He's been super supportive but asking me every few hours all day has been driving me bonkers.
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@ErikandAfton FI was like this today! I pointed out one contraction to him. Then another like two hours later and he was all surprised they were still happening. After that he kept poking my belly to see if it was hard or not and asking for me to announce each one. He was all worried I wasn't keeping him in the loop. Trust me dude, if I think it's the real deal, you'll know.
I've been having mild heart palpitations for at least a week now... staying on top of my water, supplements and trying to stay calm. MW says it's normal... still feels crappy and alarming. I feel like I'm breaking down.
TMI alert: I think I've been losing bits and pieces of my mucus plug. The pieces I've noticed, though, have been clear, so I'm really not sure. It would be nice if it was something though!
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Lol @tinattt23@ErikandAfton I hear ya! I can't burp or take a deep breath without DH saying, are you ok? Everything ok? It's nice he checks up on me but I will tell you if anything changes with me, I promise. I will not hide it when I go into labor! Haha!
DH does the same thing, just slightly less annoyingly, he'll look at me and say, "anything going on in there today"? And my favorite evening discussion, "so how many beers should I drink tonight?"
@zubenescamali Same here! DH is like "Am I going to need to drive you or not? How many can I have?" Uhh how about you be thankful you can have any and stop asking me questions that remind me I'm overdue. Induction tomorrow at 6am. Hurrah.
+1 for heart flutters/palpitations but have been having them for a few weeks now and I'm thinking they're connected to my random BP spikes. Sometimes they're brought on by BH.
Last night i slept terribly. I was up with awful period-like cramping off and on that sometimes radiated into my back. I'm not anticipating that it means anything, but I feel like I should be losing some MP soon. H doesnt want me to go into labor any sooner than the RCS on the 28th for work reasons, but I'm hurtin' over here.
Yesterday I was having contractions throughout the day regularly, but nothing intense enough or close enough together for me to feel the need to time. MP is gone. I wet myself this morning switching over my laundry. This kid likes to nuzzle my hips, cervix, and bladder. My lower back is killing me. I can't fall asleep without Unisom, but I am afraid to take it because I don't want to be groggy if something happens. Water gives my reflux. This morning DH texts me from work saying that he has no motivation to be there and hasn't accomplished anything yet. Oh, I am sorry that my inability to convince your child to evacuate my body is causing you to be less productive at work because you weren't planning on being there. Is becoming a general unpleasant person a sign of labor?? I just can't deal with people right now. Tomorrow is my last day at work luckily.
Few more scattered contractions in the last two hours or so. Did pretty well brushing them off as nothing yesterday. But day two has me convinced shit's really happening. So hard not to download timing app. Must hold strong...
Last night I took a bath and had a ton of pain in my pelvic area, my hip hurt so bad I could barely walk to the bed. Today I can breathe better so I'm guessing he just dropped. A lot more discharge today so hopefully this is a sign! But taking another bath tonight if that's helping things along Only really having very random BH contractions though. I keep thinking I will just know... but I don't know if I will know anymore!
Belly tightening and minor contractions starting up again. I have had more false alarms than I would like to admit (pretty sure LD sighs when they see me) promising myself that I won't get my hopes up.
Definitely have been crampy a few times in the past week, myself. Whenever I have a particularly uncomfortable or lengthy BH and complain about it to DH he looks at me with all seriousness and asks "is it real?" Hahaha. How cute, but no.
Killer cramp in my right lower abdomen like I just went swimming after eating a huge meal. Could hardly walk when it happened. FTM. Possible early contraction or just a cramp from pregnancy?
I was feeling a little nauseated and wanting some fresh air, so DH and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. Three-quarters of the way, I almost shit myself. I managed to clench it all the way back home when the brown ocean opened up and everything, I mean everything in my gut released. Sorry for the graphic tmi, but this has got to mean labor is coming soon, right? Right?!
Oh man it was labor after all. And man does prodromal labor mess with your mind. By the time I arrived at the birth center, it was less than 2 hours til that baby came out. I'll write up my birth story later but I successfully labored and birthed med free, every thing made sense this time. The biggest things that got me through: the mantra "down baby down" popped into my head and I used it a lot i focused on being proud of her for being ready to enter the world I visualized her moving down as I opened i didn't brace against contractions or the "discomfort" - I embraced them as being productive i had a pretty stereotypical labor that progressed well
@slartybartfast I feel like we were experiencing really similar prodromal labors and totally agree that it threw me for a loop. When labor really started I felt like I'd been flung into the middle of it and I never got time to figure out how to cope.
I'm amazed I made it med-free and definitely only did so because of DH and an awesome nurse. All my plans for coping went out the window, I resisted every contraction and my mantra was "I can't do this". And still my body did it.
So happy for you both!!! Amazing. Beauty @slartybartfast !!! I'm so glad it was a better experience! I'm sorry for you about the snow leopard however. Next time?
My MW said I'm totally effaced, she can touch baby's head through my cervix and I'm nearly 2cm if she stretched. So... yay me! It's would be totally amazing and shocking if I managed to
Been having cramps for the last 3 1/2 hours or so and a dull backache but that might be due to the exam I had this morning at the dr office. It was super uncomfortable this time....I swear his hand was up there for a good couple minutes checking out what was going on and the whole time I was thinking "holy crap that hurts! What are you doing up there?!?" But seriously, totally reminded me of the times I got checked while in labor with my two boys, painful... Also been getting a lot of thicker discharge today, the best I can describe it is the consistency of boogers So maybe that's my mucous plug starting to come loose? Didn't lose that with my other two until I was in active labor with my first and the second when my water broke, so keeping my fingers crossed that this could develop into something sooner rather than later. A girl can hope right?
Re: More signs of labor!
He's been super supportive but asking me every few hours all day has been driving me bonkers.
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Last night i slept terribly. I was up with awful period-like cramping off and on that sometimes radiated into my back. I'm not anticipating that it means anything, but I feel like I should be losing some MP soon. H doesnt want me to go into labor any sooner than the RCS on the 28th for work reasons, but I'm hurtin' over here.
This morning DH texts me from work saying that he has no motivation to be there and hasn't accomplished anything yet. Oh, I am sorry that my inability to convince your child to evacuate my body is causing you to be less productive at work because you weren't planning on being there. Is becoming a general unpleasant person a sign of labor?? I just can't deal with people right now. Tomorrow is my last day at work luckily.
WHAT DO THEY KNOW THAT I DON'T ?! Am I having a baby today?!
Due December 27th with baby #7
Fingers crossed @slartybartfast!
Killer cramp in my right lower abdomen like I just went swimming after eating a huge meal. Could hardly walk when it happened. FTM. Possible early contraction or just a cramp from pregnancy?
Due December 27th with baby #7
I was feeling a little nauseated and wanting some fresh air, so DH and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. Three-quarters of the way, I almost shit myself. I managed to clench it all the way back home when the brown ocean opened up and everything, I mean everything in my gut released.
Sorry for the graphic tmi, but this has got to mean labor is coming soon, right? Right?!
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the mantra "down baby down" popped into my head and I used it a lot
i focused on being proud of her for being ready to enter the world
I visualized her moving down as I opened
i didn't brace against contractions or the "discomfort" - I embraced them as being productive
i had a pretty stereotypical labor that progressed well
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for a loop. When labor really started I felt like I'd been flung into the middle of it and I never got time to figure out how to cope.
I'm amazed I made it med-free and definitely only did so because of DH and an awesome nurse. All my plans for coping went out the window, I resisted every contraction and my mantra was "I can't do this". And still my body did it.
Beauty @slartybartfast !!! I'm so glad it was a better experience! I'm sorry for you about the snow leopard however. Next time?
My MW said I'm totally effaced, she can touch baby's head through my cervix and I'm nearly 2cm if she stretched. So... yay me! It's would be totally amazing and shocking if I managed to
Due December 27th with baby #7
... if I manage to not go overdue!
Due December 27th with baby #7
hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog!