@acunamatada I’m getting poop contractions too grrr! So over them. I seem to get them worse at night too. But idk if they are doing anything because i see more MP each time. We’ll see... edited words
@wildtot yeah I’ve been getting more and more MP too, I think they’re doing something but I’m soo impatient. I guess I was spoiled with DS basically waking up in active labor
From a pregnancy standpoint, this weekend really sucked. Contractions all Friday and Saturday and I lost my MP. Couldn't sleep at all. Then nothing except pure exhaustion yesterday. I dozed on the couch while DH and DD were at the park in the morning then took a 2 hour nap when DD did. I dealt with a lot of BP and swelling issues with DD, but not a lot of pre-labor stuff. It's definitely nerve wracking!
I’m preparing work and parents for possible early delivery. Just lost even more MP and the cramping just isn’t going away. Contractions are not yet timeable tho. I got a feeling we won’t make it to the 6th but hopefully at least this Friday when my ob will be on call. I’ll have to cancel my dentist appointment i had this Thursday.
I'm considering canceling my dermatologist exam that's scheduled for this week. I know as soon as I do it'll guarantee he's not coming before Thursday, but really - who wants a full body mole exam at 38 weeks pregnant any way??? I'm also fairly certain there are some he's going to want to remove and I'm just not up for that at this point. I'll call and try to move to 6-8 weeks post op.
Me: 36 H: 40 Married 2015. Together since 2010. TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017 BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018. TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020 Due date was Nov 2020 DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma. TTC: March 2021 IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP. MC Jan 2022 IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.
Had my first cervix check at 37+4 today - 1 cm and 80% effaced. She wasn't able to sweep but will try again on Friday. I was 1 cm when I went in for my induction at 39 weeks with my son, so I'm hoping this means I'll get to 2-3 by 39 weeks this time. But really who knows, it could mean nothing at all. Not that I'm in a huge rush, I just want baby to come on his own before all the induction talk starts.
ETA and the midwife commented that I am having contractions, I was pretty sure I was seeing them on the NST monitor and feeling cramping at the same time, so glad she confirmed that.
Lost my mucus plug with some brown blood in it last night and I was so hopeful but I’ve just had the same old cramping and random contractions. This morning still just lots of cramps and some friggin terrible rlp (which I haven’t had in a week). Hopefully soon.
I was closed yesterday for my first cervix check. Really not rushing anything and just trying to enjoy the last few days before madness. He will come when he is ready!
There cervix check was pretty painful for me but I didn't spot afterwards, I was sore for a couple of hours though.
I made no progression since last week. Still about 2cm dilated.
@kissableviv the OB who checked me yesterday was SO ROUGH!!! It hurt so bad and I bled and cramped all day/night after. It was so painful. The OB who checked me last week was so gentle and I didn’t spot or cramp. Definitely not scheduling to see this lady ever again.
TTC History:
Me: 36 H: 40 Married 2015. Together since 2010. TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017 BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018. TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020 Due date was Nov 2020 DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma. TTC: March 2021 IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP. MC Jan 2022 IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.
Had another cervix check today (37+4) . Last week the OB said I was 2cm and thick and today (different) OB said she couldn’t quite get a finger in (so maybe 1ish?) but 50% effaced. I guess I’m grateful for effacement but come on little man, I want you out!
Im also at -3 station which doesn’t surprise me but isn’t my favorite. I can feel him moving in my ribs still so really I would have been surprised if he was any lower than that.
@hillbillywife I think it's really common for STM+ to be much higher and not drop until active labor. The explanation is something like your body already knows what to do, so the baby can easily just drop right down there when the time comes, whereas FTM start dropping much sooner because their body needs time to figure it out. So I wouldn't be too discouraged by -3. It is weird/annoying about the dilation though. I wonder if it's possible to become less dilated? Or maybe it was a matter of different doctors having different size fingers.
@zande2016 I think I’ve heard that too. Trying to be positive and thinking that even if I go late again it’s still less than I month that I have to wait. Which is a little bit reassuring. And I can feel him scraping my cervix every time he moves so even if he hasn’t dropped, he’s still prepared to get there!
Went to my 36 week appointment today. I'm 1/2cm dilated and cervix is very thin. OB could feel baby's head when she did a check. Ultrasound showed lo is EXTREMELY low. Ob said I will probably only make it another week or 2 before baby comes.
@wildtot Mine was never by US - they said the cervix is rarely visualized that late in pregnancy bc the baby's head is so low. It's done through internal exam and is pretty subjective, the same as dilation and station. My OB had me at 1, 40%, and -1. A midwife that night had me at 1/2, no effacement, and -3.
@TalesOfASocialIntrovert thanks for the explanation! With DS they did tons of ultrasounds so i thought that’s how they would know. Idk if I’ll get checked again this week but there’s lots of painful movement and loss of plug that i got a feeling I’ve progressed more than the 1 cm i was two weeks ago. We’ll see if today’s massage did anything (not the intention) but she said she’d go easy on me to not induce labor.
Re: It's Labor Time!
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TTC December 2016
BFP 2/28/17 // CP 3/1/17
MFI Diagnosis: Aug 2017
BFP 11/1/17 // DS born 6/18
TTC January 2019
BFP 3/21/19 // D&C (MMC) 5/8/19
TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017
BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018.
TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020
Due date was Nov 2020
DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma.
TTC: March 2021
IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN
IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP. MC Jan 2022
IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN
IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN
AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.
DS 11.8.12
Baby GIRL! due 7.4.18
I was in L&D today - thought fluid was leaking but it was a false alarm, so frustrated with all the worrying about fluids!!
ETA and the midwife commented that I am having contractions, I was pretty sure I was seeing them on the NST monitor and feeling cramping at the same time, so glad she confirmed that.
There cervix check was pretty painful for me but I didn't spot afterwards, I was sore for a couple of hours though.
@kissableviv the OB who checked me yesterday was SO ROUGH!!! It hurt so bad and I bled and cramped all day/night after. It was so painful. The OB who checked me last week was so gentle and I didn’t spot or cramp. Definitely not scheduling to see this lady ever again.
TTC: Sept 2016-Oct 2017
BFP Oct 2017. DD born July 2018.
TTC: March 2020. BFP March 2020
Due date was Nov 2020
DS born Sept 2020. DS passed away Nov 2020 due to prematurity and birth trauma.
TTC: March 2021
IUI #1 Nov 2021, BFN
IUI #2 Dec 2021 BFP. MC Jan 2022
IUI #3 Aug 2022 BFN
IUI #4 Sept 2022 BFN
AMH test came back at .081. Was going to move on to IVF with DE, but have decided not to. Will be leaving it up to the universe now.
Im also at -3 station which doesn’t surprise me but isn’t my favorite. I can feel him moving in my ribs still so really I would have been surprised if he was any lower than that.
@paytonpedro pregnancy is a weird thing.
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Idk if I’ll get checked again this week but there’s lots of painful movement and loss of plug that i got a feeling I’ve progressed more than the 1 cm i was two weeks ago. We’ll see if today’s massage did anything (not the intention) but she said she’d go easy on me to not induce labor.