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How exciting things are happening for everyone. Even plug loss is something! My baby is not engaged and most likely back to back. Don't think she is feeling like exiting any time soon!
 
Oooh ladies its getting so exciting in here. :)

Do the rest of you struggle walking for long now? I can be fine some times and then others if she's laying wrong I have to walk SO slowly and really just want to sit down!

I know I should be doing more exercise but its so hard. :(
 
I find it so difficult to walk even short distances now, it's like my legs have forgotten that one needs to go in front of the other sometimes and I have to force them! I get a lovely pain in my hoo-haa sometimes, though, which doesn't help!

I had such an awful night sleep last night...is anyone starting to have the constant text messages/facebook messages/phone calls a gazillion times a day asking "Is anything happening yet?!" It's so annoying!

I've woken up with a few mild period pain twinges again today..only 4 days until we move house and counting!x
 
Cupcake...I can walk some way but s-l-o-w-l-e-y! Sometimes it's really uncomfortable like you say if baby lies funny. Stairs are exhausting too! I'd love to go and mooch round the mall but I know I wouldn't last more than about half an hour.
 
Lady H said:
Cupcake...I can walk some way but s-l-o-w-l-e-y! Sometimes it's really uncomfortable like you say if baby lies funny. Stairs are exhausting too! I'd love to go and mooch round the mall but I know I wouldn't last more than about half an hour.
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Lpjkp no texts yet but it's only a matter of time. Phone goes on silent a lot now.:blush:
 
I'm struggling with walking too - mainly back pain but also just general heaviness! My toddler walks faster than me!

There is no normal situation at this point, some people walk around dilated for weeks but will still go overdue, others have no signs at all and just go into labour. Losing plugs, bloody shows, dilations can mean nothing. It's better to just think you're going to be a week late and hope to be pleasantly surprised. I know it's easier said than done but that really is the best way of looking at it otherwise you'll drive yourself crazy with thinking its going to come on or before the magical due date!
 
Walking can be so hard. It's like her head is seriously IN my crotch. Sometimes I can feel for her and find her butt at my belly button. I try to lay often just to keep the pressure off my stomach but I'm also trying to walk a lot too. Going on a god dog walk today.
I get my first cervical check on Wednesday. I know the results mean nothing, but id love her fiddling up there to get something going. :)
 
Sass827 said:
Walking can be so hard. It's like her head is seriously IN my crotch. Sometimes I can feel for her and find her butt at my belly button.
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Yup - I hve the head in crotch too. But then my MW only ever has me as free or 1/5 engaged. I dread to think how 4/5 will feel!

Bee's bum is up at my ribs - she's a BIG baby!
 
I had a vivid dream last night that my waters broke!! It woke me up and I just had to go pee really bad, haha.
 
They never tell me how far engaged I am, just engaged or not. How do they figure it out?
 
They estimate how much of the babys head they can feel in your pelvis. Normally if they say its 4/5 engaged it means they can feel 4/5 of the babys head still and 1/5 is in your pelvis. A lot of people will never get told they are 1/5 or fully engaged as often that doesn't happen until you go into labour.

I think its strange that in the US they internally examine you and tell you if you are dilated etc from 38+ weeks. They don't do it here as its deemed irrelevant (because you can be dilated and still not go into labour for ages) and an unnecessary intervention as it can introduce bacteria etc.
 
ttc, i haven't had any baby dreams, but the past few days, i've had really vivid dreams, almost scary! i wonder if it's a rush of hormones or something? i hate these vivid dreams!!

38 weeks today....i notice every little twinge and movement, hoping it's labor, but i know this little guy is going to take his time :)
 
Yeah they can write the engagement thing 2 different ways.

If 1/5 is engaged then 4/5 is palpable.

Think my notes say 4/5 palp. But I explain it to DH as 1/5 engaged, so that's how I tend to think of it now.

Confusing!
 
hann, at 36 weeks, the "very terrible horrible evil" doctor insisted that a cervix check "had to be done." i didn't want it done, but as you all know, she was evil.

the next week, my favorite doctor told me that if i didn't want a check, he wouldn't check. he didn't think it was necessary to check until i actually went into labor. i think it depends on the doctor, but i agree that most US doctors check too often. i didn't realize what a terribly uncomfortable "check" that is!!!!
 
Yes thats the other thing, if your cervix isn't ready then it can hurts to be checked.
Sorry realised after that it sounded like I was having a dig at American doctors, I don't mean that specifically - I'm sure they do it in other countries too I'm just more aware of it in US because of bnb.

Finally the quilt is finished, had to get my mum to finish it off on the sewing machine in the end as I was running out of time.

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Hann12 said:
Yes sorry cupcake that's correct
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No need for sorry, wasn't correcting you, jut checking I'd made sense in what I wrote.

Sadly I'm 4/5 palp, not 4/5 engaged! Although I bet that is SUUUPER uncomfortable!
 
I don't think I ever got to 4/5 engaged with DD - went straight from 3/5 palpable to being in labour - although 3/5 was pretty uncomfortable! They told me I was 3/5 at 34 weeks but I have my doubts about that as it was in no way as uncomfortable as it was with DD.
 
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