Due any day??

[chillisbopper]

Hello again,

I'm 39+4 today and getting sooo fed up just want the little guy here!

On the other hand I'm totally dreading actually giving birth, I'm awful with pain lol but I know it'll be worth it.

I'm just hoping he makes a move as I really don't want induced

Anybody else feel like time has suddenly slowed down these final days(/weeks if we go to induction)?

How are you passing the time?

Hi Chilli, I'm 39 weeks today and fed up.
Time has definitely slowed! Feel truly enormous and uncomfortable, getting lots of false labour and painful BH type stuff for weeks now, so was getting my hopes up it would be sooner rather than later, but no joy.

Just about to start a thread for a moan, so you are copping it instead!

Now I have itchy hands and feet so am off for some blood tests to check my liver this afternoon. The fun never stops!

Hi 38+5 here and fed up! No signs of baby coming at all yet. Let's hope it won't be long for us!

Hello, can i join in? I'm due tomorrow. Don't feel too bad physically but i'm dreading the pain of birth, like you Chilli. And I hate the uncertainty of not knowing when its going to happen. I don't have family nearby so my DH's boss is going to mind my 2 preschoolers when i go in, as they love him and he has two little ones of his own so knows the score. But the only thing is i don't want to drag both he and my DH away from work for a false alarm....but don't want to be rushing to the hosp in too much pain either...I have been told it would be more convenient for the men if i had it at the weekend.

I second the feeling huge, I have to sleep with a mountain of pillows in an attempt to get comfortable, I so miss laying on my stomach .

I sometimes just sit feeling him moving around hoping for a contraction lol.

Is this your first?

At 39wks mw said he was 3/5ths engaged, I've another appointment on Friday (at 40wks!!) and I'm hoping he's more engaged and thinking about getting on with it .

I hope your tests go well , it could just be the colder weather, I've been getting quite dry itchy skin on my hands since the temp started dropping but I've taken DHs moisturiser which seems to be helping a lot (for some reason I prefer it to mine now )

EmB: I spent the 38th week sooo hopeful, by 39 i resigned myself to him being late and making me wait . Hopefully it won't be long for any of us!

Monkey: You've already done it if you're dreading the pain I'm doomed lol !
I hate the uncertainty also. All of my family live ages away too so I'm plagued with "are you I'm labour yet" messages, and I too have been told when would be more convenient for people . Luckily I don't have other LOs to worry about although we do have a cat and dog that'll need fed etc.
Hopefully you'll not be waiting much longer now though , especially since they say subsequent babies birth easier etc

Aw Chilli, didn't mean to scare you; you'll be fine! It's so exciting and you do go into a kind of zone where you can somehow cope with the pain. And its worth it in the end! And there are lots of pain relief options, which I wouldn't rule out. My birth plan says things like ' i want to try using just gas and air, but i also want to be able to change my mind and have an epidural if it decide i want one!" Flakey or what! I hope that's true about subsequent babies birthing easier; it was definitely easier and faster with DS2.
Hope all ok with the blood tests Albie.

I'm 39+4 too chilli

I've been having strong Braxton hicks for over a week, it's so frustrating as I didn't have them in my previous pregnancies (this is my 3rd), so I thought my labour has started a few times. I had a show on Thursday evening too.

I went 5 days overdue with my 1st & 6 days overdue with my 2nd. Both my labours started following a sweep but they won't give me a sweep with this baby until I'm 7 days over, so I would be following the pattern nicely there....I'd rather have him sooner

I hope we're all not waiting for too much longer

40+2 here, strong bh for weeks now but nothing! Seriously frustrated! Slightly dreading labour as this is second time but its a means to a totally amazing end, just look at it that way!

Hi all- I'm 39+ 3 and am soooooo over this pregnancy thing now !
Ive had no BH, no show or anything! So frustrating! Had slight period pain last 2 days and now nothing again!
I've tried jumping on DH, pineapple (5 in a week!) , raspberry leaf tea , curries- the lot! Still nothing!
Anyone else got any ideas?
I would probably be a lot more patient if it wasn't for the constant 'have you dropped yet' messages like other mention and constant agony from bad spd to the extent I'm pretty much house bound as can't walk far at all :(
If I ever hear anyone tell me they enjoy pregnancy I think I'll punch them in her face!!!

I've just had a slight falling out with my parents who told me they were driving down(5 hours) and they would stay locally and just pop in but not hang around waiting.....but i know that they would be in the local area hanging around waiting for a baby to appear and i know from past experience that this would really annoy me (and in all likelihood stop me from going into labour!). With my first baby i was living abroad and they arrived on my due date; baby was induced 10 days later on the day they left...they had to come again next weekend! You would think they would have learnt from this!

I have told them i don't want them hanging about; was that mean? My sister has told them to come visit her instead and she is being induced on thurs, so i feel i have offloaded them onto her, poor thing; she says she doesn't mind like i do!

Why couldn't they just come down friday when my sis has had her baby and there;s something for them to see!?
Rant over.

I've not a clue if I've had any BH or not I guess that probably means not or I'd know.

Monkey my birth plan is based on where I am, if I'm at the CMU (hopefully if I'm not induced!) then I can't have epidural unless I transfer to the hospital, if I'm at the hospital it will depend on my resolve on the day . Don't worry about your parents I'm sure they'll come around, it's completely reasonable what you're saying there's no point them hanging around for ages for no reason before baby is born. I'm having similar problems with my in-laws who live an hour away and want to wait in their car outside CMU while I give birth even though there's no visiting! (And that's just the tip of the iceberg I'm afraid to say)

oh dear, the thought of in-laws waiting in the car would be enough to slow any labour!

Well, liver function is fine thank goodness, while I was there they did some monitoring and I had what the MW called a 'tightening' completely unlike all the BH I've had, and a foretaste of what the contractions will be like. (this is my first) So hopefully the next 2 or 3 days will see some proper symptoms and maybe even a baby! this has slightly cheered me up, as I was definitely feeling enormously fat and uncomfortable fed up .

I've been on the pineapple, raspberry leaf tea etc too in the hopes of shaking things up. That plus scrubbing the kitchen floor (on hands and knees ) - nesting I guess, but it's supposed to help things get moving!

I hope we have some lovely babies on this thread soon, my NCT class has three graduates already, and I don't want to be last!

Glad your liver test was ok Albie, and good news that things are starting to get going....bring on these babies!

Monkey perhaps that's why I still haven't had him yet he's the good sense to avoid them for a few days longer haha :D

Albie i'm glad you're liver tests came back good :) hopefully the tightening will be the start of something! As much as I want to avoid being induced scrubbing the kitchen floor is just not going to happen lol I doubt i'd be able to stand back up again

Just ordered Hot & Spicy Dominos...watch this space :D

Thanks monkey and chilli. let's get these babies OUT. I know it seems mean but I really think my LO needs an eviction notice served!

hot and spicy dominos can't hurt… but heartburn later maybe?

Yeah perhaps not the greatest my of ideas although it's near impossible to find something that doesn't give me heartburn these days!

Back when I was c.8wks I sat down and ate a whole jar of jalapeños to myself I like spicy food but dominos, dear god, they put SO many jalapeños on, my mouth was on fire!! I had to pull half of them off

Hi everyone, im 38 weeks today and getting so angry with myself! Every twinge or strong braxton hicks i get makes me all giddy then NOTHING. I am BEYOND pissed off . dd1 was 15 days late and i dont remember it dragging like this
Am dying for too! Im just a whingy cow haha pass the wet fish!!!

It's okay cantheyseeme I was the exact same at 38 weeks, hoping that any twinge meant something would happen...actually I was like it at 37 weeks as soon as I found out it's okay to have baby from 37 weeks .

Welcome

I imagine as the days pass we'll all be having a good old moan anyway, you're not alone.

I'm very much looking forward to a at New Years (I'll express for the luxury ) but for now the kettle will have to do

hello all. can I join? only 38+3 but feel fed up already. I stupidly convinced myself this one would be early (total wishful thinking as ds1 born at 40+6) with all the aches I've had with this one though I felt like I'd earned it. it really doesn't work like that though does it.
I'm hoping that joining in in the collective morning might maker mgs feel a bit better even if it doesn't bring on labor any quicker!

Sorry 'labour' not labor.

Hi chilli81 welcome!

If it's any consolation the mw told me last week that subsequent babies don't have the same habit of being late as first babies and apparently the birth quicker and easier also...which wasn't really helpful to me since I'm on my first but she told me anyway . Obviously all pregnancies/babies are different but you never know you could be a few days early this time .

Either way it's good to have you on board

thanks chilli I realise we've got similar mn names. Sorry to confuse things

Haha it's okay, mine's after my cat, I couldn't think what else to go with lol

Oh Albie you were so right! Heartburn has set in and I'm popping the Rennie

...I suppose if the last few nights are anything to go by I'm not getting much sleep anyway, what with waking for the toilet every 2/3 hours and awful PGP.

I second your eviction notice idea