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Hey ladies! I hope you all get to go as naturally as possible (or as you want) but if not, I'm glad you at least have an end in sight with your induction dates! Christian turned a month old yesterday ... how the time flies, he's already starting to fill out and change a bit ): Makes me sad because he's my last one. So, looks like Sims big day is tomorrow, good luck!
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Chatty I hope you feel better. I've been avoiding people like the plague lately who are sick. Ok so got a call from the hospital, induction starts tomorrow at 2.30pm. but it's gel or cervadil induction only not oxytocin/pitocin, which they said they don't use unless my water breaks. so this can be a very long weekend from what i've read and heard it usually takes 2 or 3 applications of the gel to get the cervix going. which they admininster every 6 hours. grrr, it's going to be a lot going back and forth from the hospital or a lot of sitting around waiting. i hope i'm the few that will go into labor from the first application. wish me luck OH and if there's anyone out there taht has been induced with the gel or cervadil what can i expect?
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Red, i'm sending you eviction notice vibes. You still never know you might just spring into action tomorrow or Saturday and might even have your little girl before i have mine LOL. hang in there. Hey Rachel congrats on your last day. you're a trooper for goign to work as long as you did, i couldn't stand it anymore and took my three weeks vaca starting april 28. i officially started my mat leave today.
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Hey Sims, thanks for the sweet comment! I hope everything goes very well for you... and quick! I guess I'll be on here a lot more often since I don't have to go to work.... fun, fun, fun! lol
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SIMS, good luck! I hope for your sake it doesn't take too long to get things going and you can have that little one in your arms! --- Last night I felt a little better but it was more that there was a crowded house (we're staying with BF's family until after the baby is born and we get our apartment) so we went walking around target for a while. It didn't do too much. I'm still getting SOME painless contractions, but its not too frequent. At this point its just getting annoying that nothing else seems to be happening.
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Chatty I feel you on the annoying part. I think I am going to become a hermit until this baby is born. My sister, that flew in this week to be here for the birth, which isnt happening, had me walking around non-stop today. I had a few but nothing really like OMG woo hoo. She has me eating black licorice too. lol. Rachel that is awesome that your mom is flying in and your doctor is going to induse you while she is there. I wish mine would of. Guys I am a basket case, I am so ready to be done, thats horrible for me to say but I really cant take much more. I am so tired today and my back has been having shar pains all day on and off and I have had a horrible head ache. I have so much pressure down there that I feel like I need to poo but no such luck. Sims how is the gel going for you? I hope your progressing well. Well ladies have a good evening. Rachel have fun with your mom, I know it sucks being away from family when your going through the most important thing in your life. Later!!
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Red - aw, sorry to here you're feeling c___ppy. I really really hope something happens for you this weekend. Sims1 -I have faith one round is all it will take! Rachel - lucky you're mom gets to come see the baby, I bet she's excited! Chatty - I can't even imagine how frustrated you are at this point, so here's hoping you jump start this weekend too!
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Hi again, ladies. I just wanted to take a moment to vent, and I'm sure those of you still left to have your babies knows what I'm talking about... I'm just really frustrated right now. We have a wedding to attend tomorrow, so I was around a bunch of BF's family. Three different people gave me the "OMG are you in labor?!" look when I rubbed my back and the answer is NO. I'm already frustrated enough that no more progress is being made, and all these people seem to keep reminding me that NO he's not here yet and he's probably not making his entrance for a while more. I got home and was sulking, by myself. Then BF's parents arrived and his mother asked me WHILE I'm sitting here feeling sorry for myself if I'm feeling okay because BF's sister thought I was holding my stomach. NO!!! I'm not in labor!!! I just want to cry because so many may mommies (and even june mommies) are holding their little bundles. I go to the doctor for my OB visits and everyone says "oh you're still pregnant!" or I see other women getting sent to L&D. But me? the only pain I get from this pregnancy is the pain in my a__s because he's so low and yet i'm not dialating! =(
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ugh, so i got the cervidil, and the cramps are so bad, extreme backache, and i'm flushed and my face hurts the bones in my face. i had no idea. this isn't fun at all, and the contractions are mild but one on top of the other which apparently is normal. what really is worrying me is that these are false contractions and that i'm only going to be like one cent dialated tomorrow. i'm starting to think this wasn't a good idea. it's very painful. sorry i'm not asking everyone individually how they're doing, i'm just in too much pain right now.
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SIMS, I'm sorry to hear that. Just focus on trying to relax and stay positive. You'll have your baby soon. Good luck!
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Hi ladies! Sims, I can't wait to hear the news! Chatty and Red, I know it gets rough towards the end but hang in there! It won't be long now. And Red, if it makes you feel any better, I'm constipated too, and I had my baby 9 days ago...they don't tell you that a spinal block and c-section constipates the hell out of you. Oh and thanks for the nice comment on myspace :) Chatty, I am so proud that you went to a wedding. I went to a formal event at 9 months pregnant and I felt so out of place. I was as big as a house and squeezed my swollen feet into high heels. I was in so much pain after an hour that I couldn't walk. Thank goodness I was smart enough to take some dressy flip-flops in the car. Then I felt even more out of place because I was in flip-flops! Well, I hear Steven waking up so I'd better go. I am so excited for you guys! Get ready for the ride of your lives!
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Chatty, I just finally sent you pics...sorry it took so long...it's been an overwhelming 9 days!
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If anyone else wants pics I'll be happy to send you some if you give me your email.
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Ahh, I'm so flippin' tired all the time. I can't seem to get the energy to do anything. Chatty, you are a very good person for going out like that. I swear I'm not leaving my house until Wed (the day od my appointment) for the very reason that I'm so sick of people talking about it as well. Sims, you got cervadil? Looks like you might go soon! (If you're not in the hospital now as I type, lol)... well, ladies I guess we are in the home stretch, but why does it seem like the end is always the longest!
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reneenay - wow, I was panicking because I wasn't able to go to the bathroom for almost 2 weeks after my csection. Then when I did, it was the most painful thing ever! Turns out, the ibuprofen/vicodin combo I was taking makes you severely constipated, on top of the iron pills and prenatals with iron. It's been a month, and I just had my first regular BM today without having to cry it out. I had to stop taking the pain meds and all the prenatals. Sims - I didn't know that they induce you and then send you home ): That's gotta be no fun at all. chattykathy - god, I can't imagine how frustrated you are right now. Hopefully it will all be over soon.
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The day was... interesting. I was feeling self conscious because all I had to wear was a dressy shirt and maternity blue jeans. I always shock myself when I manage to catch a glimpse in the full-length mirror nowadays, so that wasn't helping. But I managed to suck it up and go out there. Most people were pretty nice, but I did get a couple of comments like "we're glad you made it through the wedding! We weren't thinking you were going to!" and BF's sister was the WORST about it. She kept asking me if I was okay and whenever I would pull BF aside to talk to him she would get a little nosey and see if I was telling him that I was in labor. When we left she even ran over to see what was going on. Ugh. I don't really know why she is so anxious about my labor. At 36 weeks she got braxton hicks and kept telling everyone her water had broken (about FOUR times) when it hadn't, only to be induced at 38 weeks after begging her doctor. I guess its hard for her to imagine that I could be 39w3d and still waiting for signs... I made sure to leave out the fact that I have had BH for the last week =P But i did survive! And I think BF and I are going to go out and have some fun tomorrow to get my mind off of the waiting.
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