***April Sweet Peas 2011*** join here (48 babies born)

[Soulshaken]

hey ladies :wave:

gertrude - glad you got some meds AND got that idiots number! The nerve of people thinking they can get away with crap like that! I'm sure you are so done with this week, fxd you get some relief soon!

loopy - good luck today! hope they give you good news

MissFox - hope this is it!!

Some of us are getting SO CLOSE!! I wouldn't put myself in that category as of yet...

having BH ALL THE TIME now it's so annoying, and now i'm worried I wont even know when labor is "kick starting" ... I guess I'll know... I'm off to the doctor's this morning to get checked and see if all this action is doing anything, i hope she will take me out of work today!! I am SO tired of running around the emergency room 9 months preggo... not fun!

Bring on our April Sweet Peas already!!

 

[gertrude]

soulshaken - I asked my midwife about knowing when it has started and she said realistically the latent period lasts for about a week before things kick off but that when they do you'll know the difference and not to stress about it

I said that seemed a long time for the very first stage and she said no, in her experience mums to be start thinking something is happening about a week before they really do so not to get excited about it

 

[bernina]

Gertrude, glad they got you some meds, hope they kick in soon and you get relief before you need to start pushing!! What an ass with the car, so glad you were able to get their info.

Loopy, hope your appt goes well today!

Tasha and Cottleston, so glad to hear all the babies are putting on weight, wonderful news!!

I think I had my first semi real constractions last night. Obviously was not the start of true labor, but they were definitely different than the usual BH where my stomach just goes rock hard. Had shooting pains in my vagina/cervix all evening. Then went to bed and the pains continued (normally they stop when I sit or lay down). Then I got a very strong pressure building in my back and it moved around to the lower front of my bump. The pain slowly built and then eased off. Had about 4 or 5 of those and they were coming less than 2 minutes apart (which clued me in to the fact that it most likely was not real labor as I don't think they'd start off that close together). Contractions finally stopped but the backache continues today. Also got the chills a few times which is so not like me as I've been a furnace this entire pregnancy. So I know it wasn't real labor obviously but really hope it's the start of something. I was on my feet a lot last night so I'm going to try to do the same today.

 

[MissFox]

Still here!
Woke up to cramping and more cramping but not really contractions- hope they just died down so I could sleep! I'm still pooing my brains out too! Oh well. Another day. I have a NST soon and an ultrasound to check fluid levels and baby size later today. I am a little concerned about an 8.5lb baby

 

[bernina]

Good luck with your appt and tests today MissFox. Really hope things get moving for you soon. I"m convinced I won't actually start going into labor until I get the runs. It's always how my period starts so I just have it in my head that labor will start that way too. This is the one time in my life that I am hoping for runs!!!

 

[MissFox]

Yea I've had them since last night! Woke me up in the middle of the night and then big contractions while stuck on the pot! I think once I get up and moving around my contractions will come back since I had a decent one when ii hit send for my last post

 

[bernina]

Hope they come back and stick around this time. I can't wait until I can get up and do some major walking. Seems to be the only thing that gets things going for me.

 

[caro103]

ooh good luck missfox!

no news from smeej!? hope all went well yesterday!

bernia hope things are starting for you soon too hun!

Gertrude, ouch! hope the antibiotics work asap!

hmmm, well sweep did nothing for me yesterday , was feeling a bit disheartened today but made myself get up, go for a walk and then go swimming! not that either of those triggered anything either but at least it being a nice day dusted away the cobwebs

 

[MissFox]

My walk last night was about 2miles followed by s warm bath and that's when they really got going and got painful! I'm waiting until 8am or so to get going. Good hour before my NST should get them coming again

 

[bernina]

Caro, hope the walk and swim provide a dealyed reaction and you get the start of something soon! I definitely think being up and about helps.

 

[caro103]

yeah not sure its working! hehe. Going for the opposite this afternoon and having a rest! theres a fine balance between getting labour going and being so knackered you wouldn't be able to labour if it did happen

 

[bernina]

For sure, definitely don't want to wear yourself out. I didn't get a ton of sleep last night so am dragging today. Really hoping I have the energy for a walk but the way I feel right now I might not.

 

[MissFox]

Aww caro! My last sweep didn't do ANYTHING either! Happy this one seems to have helped. Good luck getting things going!

 

[CaseyBaby718]

All of my cramping has been happening at night... and it stops when I wake up and get moving. It's such a kill joy!

 

[MissFox]

Casey- mine started off as either before bed or first thing in the morning. Right now its all the time! Contractions are starting again!

 

[bernina]

Casey, I'm the same. I get most of the pains at night and not much during the day.

MissFox, sounds like things are really happening!!!!!

 

[CaseyBaby718]

Has anyone experiencing pre-labor cramping/contractions also been having bathroom issues?

It seems whatever I eat comes right out of me.... the doula said it's all normal, so I'm just letting my bum do what it needs to. No one mentions THAT part of pre-labor to you!!

 

[bernina]

I think that's pretty normal Casey. I haven't experienced it myself but know that the same hormones that are released during labor to contract the uterus, also act the same way on the intestines and can cause lots of bathroom issues. Natures own enema they claim.

 

[lilgemsy]

Gertrude - Youve had a shitty few days eh hun :/ -big hugs- hope things start to go better for you soon!

Hope everyone with pains and whatnot have thier babies in thier arms soon!

Im so nervous for tomorrow now lol. I dont think Ill be having him before then so I will need the inducement. I do still keep getting pains though... like this morning they were terrible! They made me throw up because I was in so much pain :S And the only way I could ease them was by rocking on my hands and knees with my bum right up in the air.
My mum couldnt help me for laughing at me either!
But then I went for a bath and its all died off again :/

 

[bernina]

Sorry the pains aren't progressing to anything for you Gem, but sounds like your body is at least getting ready which means the induction should go smoothly. What time do you go in tomorrow? Will you be able to keep us posted from your phone?