On the road again graduates

[Starry Night]

Aw, ray, she's so super cute! I love her pinchable cheeks! I pinched my son's cheeks all the time!! Sometimes I still pinch his thigh fat but he says "Mommy, stop it!" ha ha And enjoy being a full-time mommy. It's not for everyone but I've been loving it. Glad you are able to make that happen.

 

[rayraykay]

thank you! My husband and I call her "cheeks." hahaha. You can see why! I kiss them all the time. She is so sweet.

Yeah.. It works for our family right now and I can't turn down the opportunity.

We just booked our first flight to California to see my cousin who is more like a sister in August. She will be about 7 months and two weeks. SO nervous to fly with her for the first time but it will be worth it.

 

[RedWylder]

Ray she really is beautiful! I have many nicknames for Piper as well including "squeaky" and "teradactyl" due to the sounds she makes.

Starry- Piper is living proof that things can happen quickly. I don't think I had dilated or effaced much at all and then all of a sudden she was here.

 

[Starry Night]

I love the nickname Pterodactyl! ha ha! It really does capture that squeaky sound that newborns can make. Aw, so precious.

"Cheeks" is pretty great too. I love hearing the different nicknames. My DH called my son an "Ewok" for months. I didn't like that one at the time but it was funny now that I think about it.

I do know things can change quickly. Same happened with DS. My OB at the time told me I had ages to go and he was born the night before my next appointment. And my cervix never dropped during labour with him (the doc on call was shocked I kept dilating so rapidly in spite of the high cervix and irregular contractions) so my cervix being high right now doesn't mean anything to me.

 

[Starry Night]

This is a non-update update: Still pregnant! Argh!!! ha ha Weather has suddenly gotten hot and my feet and ankles have swollen up like balloons. Boo!! Every time I think I'm getting contractions it turns out I simply have to go to the bathroom. Baby is dropping lower though and feels partially engaged. Feels like she could fall out at any given moment and the lightning crotch is to die for.

My next appointment is on Monday and then on Thursday I will be at my official due date.

 

[RedWylder]

I bet you dont make it to your due date! Yay! A new rainbow soon.

 

[Left wonderin]

Red I have the same feeling I'm offically now on Starry labour watch

 

[skyesmom]

likewise!! stalking!!

 

[Starry Night]

Hooray for optimism! I still get so scared that I'll get to 42 weeks but really, DS was only 4 days late so she SHOULD be coming soon. I keep telling her how comfortable it is outside though now I think I need to recruit her older brother to convince her it's better out here. It seems she is inheriting her mother's stubbornness. It's a dominant gene I think. My whole family is cursed with it. ha ha

Yesterday, I went to a Mother/Daughter tea at our church. So, in away, I got to bring my daughter along.

 

[Starry Night]

My last non-update update (I promise): just to warn you all that I don't have internet on my phone so probably won't be able to let you know when I go into labour as with the hospital being so far away we're going to be in a huge rush to get out the door and won't have the time to log onto the computer. I also won't be able to say anything until we're back home. Last time I was in hospital for 5 days so it could be awhile before I'm able to post anything.

I guess I will update if I go overdue or hear something interesting at my appointment tomorrow. My friends tell me that out here you get fetal assessment scans when you go overdue so I guess that could be a silver lining if I go overdue. The fetal assessment department lets you keep a printout from the scan. I don't have any printouts from this pregnancy.

 

[Left wonderin]

So starry if you disappear for a few days we will take it Hannah has made or is about to make an appearance you must be so excited and impatient now !!!!! Not to worry very soon you will be holding your daughter . Oooooooooh I'm so so excited

 

[Left wonderin]

Oh and come on " sticky beanie " I know your mum told you to stay put and grow for many many months but now LO is the time you can stop being sticky , let go and come out and meet the world and your very own mummy xxxxxx

 

[skyesmom]

come on rainbow Hannah, you got so many antsy web aunties looking forward to meet you finally!

 

[Starry Night]

Cervix is still high and closed! Garh! I told DH he has a very incorrigible daughter but he just had to remind me that she's my daughter too. OB keeps assuring me it can change overnight but I'm just not feeling it right now. With DS I got loads of warning signs. This time it just may be an "out of the blue" thing. Or I just am going to go all the way to 42 weeks. Oh I hope not! They're going to have to use the jaws of life to pry her out of me. LOL

 

[Left wonderin]

Starry I know all too well the pain of going over but at least there IS an end point ! In Ireland they only let you go 10 days over , do you be let go the full 14 before induction is considered where you are ?

 

[Starry Night]

Yeah, it's my province's standard to allow you to go the full 14 days as long as there is no complications. My friend told me that she started getting fetal assessments once she went over. But my doctor seems especially hands-off so I don't know. My first overdue appointment is on Monday. I never made it to my overdue appointment with DS so I don't know if they'll be more vigilant or not. I'd like to think so.

But because I went into labour on my own without being a full week over my doctor seems to think it won't be a problem. I'm just nervous because I really don't want to go through an induction--especially after a previous section. I looked up our country's guidelines for VBAC (it's officially called TOL -- "Trial of Labour") and according the guidelines they're not allowed to use pictotin or one other drug, I forget which due to increased risks of uterine rupture so that makes me feel a little better.

 

[skyesmom]

oxytocin is the other one! and so good they don't allow that, i actually remember one lady here on bnb posting an uterine rupture story due to VBAC WITH pitocin (in USA of course). i had shivers after reading that.

 

[Starry Night]

Yeah, oxytocin was the other one. I'm going to confirm with my OB at my next appointment that those won't be used. I have to put my foot down on that one!

Was really antsy and nesty all night. I paced around the house a bit. I desperately wanted to do the dishes or vacuum but it was 4am and I didn't want to wake up the others. I hope this is a true pre-labour sign. With DS nesting was my last pre-labour sign but I had been getting other signs at the time too (semi-regular contractions, bloody show, etc). Not getting anything else at the moment.

 

[Starry Night]

Cross your fingers for me, ladies. I've been having steady, albeit mild to moderate, contractions for the past 3 hours. Earlier today I lost a small chunk of brown-tinged plug. The contractions are continuing through change of position and even hot shower. I even had a 'clear out'. So I think something is starting. (please, oh, please ). I was stuck in early labour with DS for days so not sure when it will happen but we are calling our relatives in the city to warn them they MAY be getting a call in the middle of the night as they're watching DS for us.

It would be nice if Baby Hannah came on her due date. I think I should get a prize if she does. There is family precedent. DH came on his due date as did my brother and my mom.

But yeah....DS took days to come after the start of things but I'm getting hopeful and excited that she'll be here by the end of the week.

 

[Left wonderin]

Ooooooooooooooh exciting come on Hannah !!!!!!!!