May 2012 babies - so far 8 yellow, 22 blue, 21 pink!

[wavescrash]

Hooked up to the monitor in l&d. Irregular contractions but they feel like theure getting closer and stronger. OW! These hurt so bad. Her heart rate was 163 yesterday and is around 130 right now.

Yesterday I was 2cm, 50% effaced and posterior cervix. Now I'm 3cm, 60% and anterior. They said they won't give me pitocin or anything to speed things up but may have me walk the ward to try and make things progress. Ironically I'm in the same room I delivered my first.

New nurse came in and said they needed to try and get the baby a bit more active and put a buzzer onto my belly and it got her moving and her heart rate up. Said once she's active they'll take me off monitors to walk around an hour.

 

[zephyr]

ohh that is exciting! A big change from yesterday maybe you will have her today then? Good luck! I hope this is it for you

I am so bored I decided to get a collection of pictures going, my last lot of photos I will be taking before the birth.

The first one is my side on bump
There's a photo showing this one horizontal stretch mark across my biggest stretch mark so when you look front on it looks like I have this huge cross on my belly haha
Front on view of my belly
My view standing.

Tried to upload a pic of my swollen feet at the end of the day but it keeps saying filesize too large! even though I took it just the same as the other ones

 

[Ems77]

Love the horizontal stretch mark! I have never seen one like that before, fascinating!

Waves- Does sound like she might be coming out tonight! How unfair you go into labor without me! LOL

 

[zephyr]

I know right?! Shes even gunna beat my twins!!

And the stretch mark is definitely odd, but I suppose at least I know which one the twins gave me

 

[bumpin2012]

Lol... Waves, you are not supposed to be going before me!

 

[wavescrash]

Still contracting like crazy, closer than 5 min apart for over 6 hours but only dilated half a centimeter so they sent me home and told me to come back when they get more intense since they can't really get closer together. I don't know how these can get any more painful though... If I could have an epidural now, I would. Nurse said hopefully she'll see me later tonight so now I just need to get dilated another cm or so and go back.

 

[zephyr]

Wow so they sent you home? But some women dialate really quickly after a certain point, or do they just expect you to take ages longer? how much closer together do they need to be? Well..... Good luck! That first part can be quite frustrating especially if it lasts all day hopefully it doesn't take too long for you though.

I saw a lady who was due after me with her new baby at the supermarket today, it made me feel a bit ripped that I'm still bloody pregnant grrrr
Also I am so glad this was the last shopping trip I almost died walking round there! I am soooooooo sore I wish it would set off labour but not counting on it. People keep staring at me like I'm a freak show and whispering lol maybe cos I got my waddle going on pretty good now

 

[KendraNoell]

Aww waves I'm sorry you got sent home! Fingers crossed that you will get to go back tomorrow and actually have her

I have my 37 week appointment tomorrow hoping I have progressed and baby is well on his way! I swore I felt him trying to come out through my woo-ha this afternoon!

 

[wavescrash]

Thanks. It's been 3 hours since we were discharged and the contractions have only gotten far worse. I almost can't even deal. I'm starting to feel a bit delirious with the pain level. We're going back up there in about another half hour or so so I'm hoping there's been some change otherwise I'm burning the place down.

 

[wavescrash]

Wow so they sent you home? But some women dialate really quickly after a certain point, or do they just expect you to take ages longer? how much closer together do they need to be? Well..... Good luck! That first part can be quite frustrating especially if it lasts all day hopefully it doesn't take too long for you though.

They really didn't say. Just that I hadn't made enough progress while there and since they were already coming so quickly and lasting over a minute long each, that I should come back in when they get more intense and more painful... which they have since being home.

We were discharged about 3 hours ago and will be going back in a half hour from now. I may lose my mind before then however. The pain is beyond unbearable.

 

[KendraNoell]

LOL! I know you're in pain so sorry for laughing but there is a preggo woman's wrath that nothing can compare to! I would assume if its that unbearable for you that you have progressed and I hope its enough to get this baby out!

 

[wavescrash]

Hahaha it's okay. I pray to God that there has been change with how bad it's gotten... otherwise I don't know what I'm going to do. If it gets any worse I will seriously lose my mind. To the point that they'll want to commit me to the loony bin.

 

[KendraNoell]

I am horrible with pain too I hope that's not how I end up feeling but I think it will be

 

[Ems77]

Maybe persistence is key! They will be saying, "This crazy bitch has been up in here so many times now, get the baby out of her!!!!" LOL

 

[wavescrash]

The pain wasn't this bad with my first, I'll tell ya that! I don't know what this pain is. It's beyond my comprehension and I like to think I have a pretty high pain tolerance. We'll see though. I'm going to have OH wheel me up in a wheelchair for sympathy points hahaha.

 

[KendraNoell]

Are you having back labor?

 

[wavescrash]

No idea and they didn't say. I feel it all over though. My back for sure, bump, pelvis, hips, thighs, you name it... I feel it.

 

[KendraNoell]

well i think back labor is supposed to be the worst. i've been having contractions in my back and it radiates to the front, feels like someone is stretching you apart through the spine while shoving a screwdriver down the length of it... can't talk through it or do much of anything..

 

[wavescrash]

Yep, sounds about right.

 

[zephyr]

omg you guys are scaring me I know the pains bad but omg!!! eeeek I have been trying not to think about it.
I just got a contraction reading about your guys contractions!!

Oh waves you poor thing!! I really feel for you right now. Like really ow, kinda feeling a bit better about the 4 more sleep thing over here

Good luck when you go back! Sounds like she is definitely on her way outta there, I hope you have a good birth and everything goes well.