@natalie- lol that is hilarious about you brits
Well you also have the fun accent to go along with it- makes people listen. In my state we have a lot of really dumb sounding accents (myself included) and they tend to just kind of stare at me when i complain lol And yeah i guess i'll get to see baby again with the ultrasound but am scared that they'll tell me she's a he like they did to you!!!!! lol
@Charlie- i don't want to be induced because i don't want an epidural- and the pain from being induced (they use pitocin here) is so bad- that it makes the contractions so close together you can't recover from one before the next one starts. It also usually makes ladies tear pretty badly because of everything moving and the chemical itself. My mother had been induced with me- she didn't know until AFTER they had given it to her - they were like 'oh we just gave you some pitocin' and my mom is one of those people that is like- pain isn't a thing to her you know? She said it hurt so bad- she couldn't stop screaming- she tore HORRIBLY - and they had to like shake her and say 'oh baby is out its ok now' and they didn't give her the epidural. Didn't even offer it. and i've known some ladies who have been induced and as long as you have the epi its ok but i'm terrified of needles- so i would have to overcome that too. And it's like 20% of women can have nerve damage from the epi- and then i've known a bunch to be paralyzed after the needle too- not forever but for like a month or two after baby- they couldn't walk and had to have a nurse living in the house with them- So really- it all comes down to total FEAR of all of it. That's why!!! Scared to death of Epi- then the stupid pitocin and the pain- i would have to be forced into it. And inducing also makes a higher risk for C-Sections too- and lordy i just want to have my baby naturally.
Sorry if i sound like a loon, but i'm terrified of that path! Also i tend to have a nice streak of BAD LUCK where if someone says 'oh the really rare side affects of this could be this' i'm one of the rare people that get those damn side affects. It's probably just ridiculous that i have these fears but i can't help it.
So glad you get to see stephen today!!! that's great! i hope you get to relax and enjoy the day!!!
@Samira- I have something called 'Gripe Water' - my cousin sent me 3 containers of the stuff- swears by it. She said you give like a dropper full at night and it helps with the gas? (also with colic) She said she was having trouble with her baby with gas at night and was suggested Gripe Water- so she got it- and said she can't imagine not having it. Just the bit at night and she sleeps all the way through. it's worth looking up! And we are not co-sleeping, baby will be staying in her nursery- (i might wind up in there on the floor due to not being able to leave her
) am a big part of - don't let baby sleep in your room because they get too attached. My brother was in my mom's room a lot as a baby- and then she could never kick him out! He wound up sleeping on an air mattress on her floor until he was like 18 years old!!!!!!!
Of course i understand that's worst case but seriously?! I was always the one that wasn't allowed in there. I would watch my mom take my brother into her room at night- and i would be tucked in and if i asked to come in i was told there wasn't enough room. I wasn't supposed to feel left out or anything though. Sheeesh. However, i would do it with like naps and stuff. Just not for nighttime. But that's just me!!! A lot of people love co-sleeping! (and i might wind up doing it anyway) As for the waters breaking thing too- here if it breaks we HAVE to go in right away and stay there. We have 24 hours to deliver baby or they do a c-section.
AFM- today is my father's birthday- going to be celebrating with them at their house. that'll be nice. Have a bit of a headache- not really hungry today, had to force down my banana which usually in the am i'm starving. Probably just my nerves from yesterdays appt. Sleep is getting worse and worse and i am up almost every hour to pee. And because of where baby is laying, she is making it harder to get pee out! it's like i know it's there and i have to like rock on the loo to get it out! i feel like a crazy in there. minor cramping on and off but nothing exciting. Very tired today. Just want to sleep without the fear of peeing my pants. lol.
looking forward to swimming a bit in the pool today too- maybe that'll help move baby along? But it hasn't so far. I'm just sad. I will call on monday to schedule that test- get it over with. I will schedule for NEXT monday- at 41 weeks. Can't believe i'll be full term tomorrow. I can't wait to have control of my bladder again. I feel like a child trying to master the loo. waking up just in time to run to the bathroom at night.
talked to DH about the inducing thing- and even though i am terrified, i told him that if its how we have to do it, it's how we have to. It's hard because my mother is very 'NO WAY we're not doing that' because she doesn't want me to go through what she went through- however, a sweep put her in labor 2 weeks before i was due. So MAYBE even though it was super painful last time i will ask to have a sweep done next appt. Better than the other kind of inducing right? Sorry this is so long, just kind of thinking out loud.
) nah in all seriousness I feel for you everytime you have an appt - being told one thing, then another and then getting your hopes up by saying things like 'oh we think baby will be here by then' etc. There is nothing worse than wanting so desperately to meet your baby and to be told a 'date' so to speak and then everything changes! Midwifes/Drs/Consultants need to keep their opinions to themselves and then deal with the facts!!! Dr said to me that she thought he'd be here by Tuesday latest - and I still have had no real signs apart from he's still engaged and still putting so much pressure on me and irregular contractions! All this causes unnecessary excitement 
Plus, I do think it's disgusting to let a pregnant lady go 3 weeks without an appt!!! It's not the hospital's fault - it's my surgerys! So hopefully I'll get a date they won't let me go past later!! 
THOUGH, I'm dreading if anything happens tomorrow as it's a Sunday and unfortunately it's MILs, Steve's and everyone else who has volunteered to watch Stephen here until MIL arrives most busiest day at work!! Steve is hoping it really happens tomorrow so he gets Sunday off 
