June 2013 first time bump buddies wanted

[AsEn11]

OH my goodness ladies how exciting!! Pink within a week you will be with your baby..I am green with envy!! And yes we just have to trust the doctors!
Wow you saying that is making it so real
I have one month until my due date and feel like ihave so much to do and am so tired..plus the guy we hired to relieve some of my time up and quit today so I am stressed to the max and exhausted..bad timing dude!!

 

[pinkwaters]

Hey Ashley! I know it's freaky how close we all are!! Feels like we started this group yesterday!
I'm praying for a sign of natural labour before Sunday! Feels like I'm losing small parts of my mucous plug but with all the discharge I can't be sure!
Pressure down there is insane and hip pain omg! Feels like he's borrowing his way down but I'm going with the flow here!
Ill schedule a c sect on the 23rd if the doctor advises it this coming Sunday! 9 days have never felt further away!

 

[pinkwaters]

Can you find someone to replace him? I hope work eases soon! When are you planning to stop? Good luck with it all!

 

[AsEn11]

wow 9 days!! Thats nuts but fingers crossed he decides to come naturally

And I dont know whats going to happen I am getting so tired and achey its hard but I work with all men so they dont get it haha
I will try to work up until I cant but it would be nice to work 5 days instead of 6 I have had no time to do anything

Also not sleeping at night is no fun!! I wake up and stare at the clock wishing it was time to get up since I just roll around in pain.

Ladies should I ask them to check me this week at my 36 week appointment? When do they do that? I know I have the Strep B test i think its called so they might as well check while there down there right?

 

[No Doubt]

They didn't do a cervical check when I did the strep b test...in fact they told me to do it when I went to the bathroom. You can ask, but they may say no. They don't like to irritate the cervix if it isn't necessary. My doc won't do them until a week or two before my due date they said.

So pissed right now! I woke up with watery discharge, and I felt like Virtue hadn't been moving as much. My doctor wouldn't even see me...they sent me straight to triage. I sat in there for two hours while they monitored him and me to see if I was having contractions...only had one. His hr was a bit low...probably cause I hadn't eaten or drank anything all freaking morning cause I was sitting in there, so they had to give me apple juice which helped. My waters didn't break. I did get to see my munchkin though and they said he has plenty of fluid in there. She also said it's normal for the movements to start changing around this time. She thinks the fluid is just the normal thinning of the mucus at this point. But she said the non-stress test, which is them monitoring him without giving me contractions...which they did...and doing a cervical check to see if my waters broke...which they did...are things that would be done in the office in a situation like this. So if that's the case, then why did I spend my morning in triage!?!?!? Plus I kept trying to ask who the doctor was that was sending me to triage and why and she just kept talking over me and wouldn't answer me. I pay way too much money for that kind of service, especially when it's in regards to my health and the health of my baby. If I have to go to triage...fine, but you could at least evaluate me and save me the time and money it's going to cost before blindly sending me over there. So I could have went to my doctor and had the same things done, except the u/s, without all the extra. She told me to keep my appt on Friday which I will, but I'm totally raising hell when I get there!

OAN, she did say that I was 40% effaced. No dialation yet, but my cervix is soft and she said the bh I've been having are completely normal and the ones that help get things moving.

 

[AsEn11]

Wow thats no good..but in the end good thing baby is ok!! And you are on your way there!!
I dont want them to do it if it will irritate the cervix I just keep getting asked if I have been checked and I didnt know how that worked.
I feel like I am going into a dark tunnel with a blindfold on..I KNOW NOTHING..I admit it

 

[pinkwaters]

Hey No Doubt, uh I'm sure that felt horrible but glad baby is alright!!

Ive been cleaning all day, trying to get baby moving down, did nothing but increased pressure! Also been feeling very hungry, so I decided screw it I'll just eat, bad decision, can't sleep I keep feeling like throwing up ;( It's like the final days are just the worst ever - no way to get good sleep!!

Lower back pain shooting up and down as I type and I just dont know what to make of anything anymore!

Ashley I feel the same way!! I'm almost over hoping for natural labour Im so clueless and just want to go get a c sect right now!! urgh

 

[AsEn11]

Yes Pink it is wearing on me as well..When people warned me that the last month was the worst I didnt know what to expect i am only a couple days into my last month and already miserable haha
Its sad when people are like how are you I used to say great now I say miserable and blabber on but always end it with I shouldnt complain me and baby are healthy so I am happy..but I am really screaming inside..no sleep, in pain, acid reflex or whatever it is called and thirsty beyond belief plus it has been in the 90's here so I feel like an oven. I am just ready for a break befoere baby comes but I have to work so I dont know what to do.
Ok sorry that turned into a rant

 

[No Doubt]

I'm sorry you ladies are so uncomfortable. I think it helps that it hasn't been summer hot here so I don't think I've been as uncomfortable as I could be. I also think cause I've been experiencing some type of discomfort since about 20 weeks, its 2nd nature to me now and I've just learned to adapt so it doesn't bother me as much.

I'm just tired of people asking me how I feel. There's a little sadness/concern in their voice almost like pity, lol. People I've never talked to before keep asking me and I just want to say "I'm pregnant...I feel pregnant...that's how I am". I mean, what do people expect me to say and its all women who have had kids who keep asking me. You know how I feel...you've been there.

I'm just ready for him to be here, but I will say getting this far does make me feel like I could handle a few more weeks. Not that I want to, but if I have to.

 

[pinkwaters]

I was ok with being thirsty and peeing a million times, now if I drink allot of water before bed I feel like throwing up so I end up sleeping thirsty Which is worse ;a

Some days are better than others and it sure feels great to have made it this far that's for sure

In some ways I really think its the body preparing for sleepless nights ahead, I get a three hour nap and it feels like I can't sleep anymore I have to get up which is in no way like me ;D I treasure my sleep time

Were getting there were getting there

 

[No Doubt]

I drink a tons throughout the day and a bit when I get home. But whenever I get up to pee I have a few sips of water. This way it doesn't sound like a swimming pool in belly and I'm not thirsty throughout the night.

 

[pinkwaters]

Yea I try to have a bottle of water with me at all times too! ESP with low normal fluid levels and the doctor making me count the moves baby H makes, don't want to add dehydration

Tmi here but severe diarrhea today even though I've stopped the laxatives for two days now, feeling extremely worn out

 

[No Doubt]

Newest update for me. I went to my regular appt today and he did a check for me. He said he didn't feel much of cervix there. He said 50-60% effaced at this point which is up from 40% just a few days ago. So I'm hoping this means things are going to progress quickly. Definitely going walking tomorrow morning and Sunday morning before it gets hot and gonna continue on the ball and with bd as often as I can. He said I'm still not dialated any but is hoping the dilation begins soon. Come on Virtue...mama is so ready!

 

[pinkwaters]

That's great!!!
I hope things start soon for you!!
I'm looking forward to my Sunday appointment !

Come on June babies, come early for us ;D

 

[AsEn11]

So Pink tomorrow is the day?

 

[No Doubt]

That's what I'm wondering. Is it just an appt or is it the big day!?!?!?

 

[pinkwaters]

Just an appointment! I wish it was the day!
Movements decreased heaps and I went in today to check on the baby, all was fine but no dilation at all . Tomorrow he will let me know when he thinks I should schedule a c sect!

 

[No Doubt]

Hopefully he'll still come before the cs on his own.

 

[pinkwaters]

REALLY hoping for that! Maybe the pelvic exam will trigger something, who knows! I can't get any sleep, keep wondering what will happen and I know I shouldnt sit around waiting but I cant help it

 

[No Doubt]

All we have right now is waiting, lol. I said the same thing at my appt yesterday. I went from 40% to 50-60% in a couple days. Still no dilation, but my doc was not gentle so I'm that triggered something. The hubbs was there and he was making jokes about how it didn't look gentle, eating the doctor was in shoulder deep, lol. Obviously he wasn't, but it certainly wasn't comfortable.