2 days and counting!!!!

Last night around 8:30pm I started having what I "think " was contractions, I was having pain low in the front and slightly in my back and alot of pressure. They kept going until 2:30am, but as time went on they started getting further and further apart....

When they started they were 5-10 mintues apart - no pattern to them then they started to go 15 mintues apart, by 4:30am they were totally gone, I had a few here and there this AM but now I feel nothing. This is soooo frustrating, I just kept telling them last night to keep going and find their pattern. It did not work.

I also felt like I had to go the bathroom the entire time, but nothing came... is that a good or bad sign?

I plan on cleaning the house today, maybe that will bring them back

So frustrated!!!!!

3 days and counting... and we have a plan

So here I am still pregnant, I should not complain, b/c even though I am having alot of pressure I am not uncomfortable yet, sleeping is not much fun unless I am on the couch all propped up.

At yesterdays appt we made a game plan, now when you read this do not think I am crazy.

They told me since I have been doing great (much better then last pregnancy) that they would like to let me go on my own b/c I have the ability to have a great labor... they will probably eat their words.

They gave me a choice, to be induced on Monday 6/1 at 10pm, or Friday 6/5 at 7am. Well there are some issues on why we picked the date we did. If we got induced on Monday 6/1 my sister would have to take off work on Tuesday and Dh would have to take a whole bunch of vacation days and my favorite DR will not be there.

We ended up picking Friday 6/5 for induction, why b/c my sister will not have to rearrange her schedule too much, my Dh will only have to take one vacation day and my favorite DR (DR P - Christy you know who I mean ) is on call all that weekend, fri-sun. So we went with that.

I left the office in complete shocked I did not pick Monday b/c that would have been a quicker wait, If I do not go until 6/5 I Will have to take extra maternity leave then I planned but that is OK, I really want my Fav Dr to deliver me b/c we would come full circle, she is the one that saved my fertility with I was 16. She is the reason I can still have kids. (she is on call tomorrow and Friday this week too - so baby feel free to come then also- I tried to convince them I needed to be induced today or Thursday they did not bite)

So if I do not go on my own by Monday 6/1, I will go in for a NST/CST with nipple stimulation (yes my DH thought that was so funny and asked how he can get a job like that - that would be his dream job and he said he was highly qualified - silly man) If that is OK we are set for the 6/5 if things do not look good then we will induce that night.

So at this point it is really up to the baby on what she plans on doing... I want her here so badly, but think I might savor my last few moments pregnant b/c this will probably be my last.

At the moment I am feeling nothing, no contractions or anything, I was sill 1cm in the front of my cervix but she said in the back I am more like 3cm, b/c of the baby putting pressure on my cervix from the back. If my front would just start to dilated more I might be on my way.

We are going to do more walking today, I plan on starting to drink raspberry leaf tea and eating a ton of pineapple. If nothing happens we wait.

I am still here....

Waiting and waiting, we did some yard saling this morning and alot of walking and nothing is happening.

What happened to the comment from the OB, at 34 weeks that she could potentially be early.

At this point I think I will be late. :(

changed my mind

Here I am on maternity leave and while I was some what excited to stay home with DD alone for a while before the baby arrives now I am thinking I want her to come. We went to the Farmers Market yesterday to walk up and down the hills, my body had no reaction to it. Today I woke up this morning thinking maybe I DO want her to come now then I get more time home with both of them. Plus the unknown is killing me. Two things have been weighing on my mind that are driving me crazy.

1. I really want DD to meet her sister first before anyone else. My sister is taking DD so as soon as I have the baby, but sn calling my sister first to bring her over, but she can not come in with her and she knows this and then call everyone else after we call her but everyone hasd wait to see the baby until Avery does, I need family time, last time it was too overwhelming and I felt rushed, i want this time to be calm, hoping everyone is repectful to my wishes.

2. When I was at the DR on Monday we did talk induction, just for the purpose of the baby not getting too big, which I believe she is not but I do not want to deliver a 8+ pound baby b/c of being late. They told me they would induce when I was ready, my expected due date is May 30th, which is a Saturday. They will not induce me that weekend they do not do planned induction on weekends, but maybe on May 29th or June 1st, which plays into the first issue above.

I really wanted her to come on her own, b/c I had been induced with Avery and it was NOT a good experience. I am hoping for a fast labor, but at this point I feel like she is not coming anything soon. I have NOT had any contractions in the last two days.

So while it would be so easy to schedule the induction and be able schedule babysitting for my daughter and my Dh's schedule at work, but I really wanted this to happen naturally. I am waiting it out of course till Tuesday at my appointment to talk with them. If I have made no progress I might ask them to schedule something. If I did progress, I maybe do some home remedies to get things going, i was thinking of even going for acupuncture. Full circle with my acupuncturist, she helped me get my BFP and maybe even help get the baby to move out.

I am so confused and anxious, I rather be induced then late, but I do not want the induction to led me to a c-section b/c I need to be home with my DD. I have never left her over night so this is a huge issue for me.

Sorry to complain and act like a total worry wart, but when you are home you think alot.

offically doing the waiting game...

I had my OB appt yesterday, no changes, now this is getting old... I wanted alittle progress, 2 cm would have been nice. Now I am afraid I will be late and have to be induced, when will my body kick it up a notch, I mean a few weeks ago it was doing as it was NOT suppost to with all the contractions, they have seemed to stop.

Today was also my official last day at work, I was planning on working till the end, but my blood pressure is extremely low for me and I am having dizziness on and off, they suggested I limit my driving, well all I do for my job is drive from school to school so having to drive 45 minutes for my furthest school made them nervous, I thought maybe I should have a week to myself before she arrives, so here I am officially on maternity leave and for some reason i feel guilty. I guess I need to be doing something all all times.

Baby stuff is ready, we are ready, I am sad to soon not be pregnant but so excited to meet her.

14 days and counting...

I would guess within the next two weeks we will be having a baby... I never thought throughout this pregnancy I would be late, but now I am thinking I will be on time or a little late. I have had NO contractions the last two days, well one or two but not like before. Avery told me this morning that the baby is coming out tomorrow, she was referencing to how big I am and how the baby is running out of room. I hope she is not right, we only have the living room to do, which will be today and DH is putting the car seats in the cars today, he already took the cars for washing. I wondered what happened to my husband.

We yard saled this morning and I got so much Gymboree stuff (I heart gymboree) for the baby I can not even stand it. And it was 3 for a $1.00. Even better deal.

Will post pictures soon, of everything, baby's room, belly pics I have not posted and other stuff... I am so behind on my pictures.

It is very muggy here b/c it is suppost to rain this afternoon, so it is hard for me to motivate myself to straighten the house and organize, hopefully it cools off soon. So glad I will not be pregnant during the HOT months, I would be so uncomfortable.

Update on me...

I have 14 days to go... and fatigue has hit full force. I am not having many contractions and have been dizzy the last two days which the DR says I am not drinking enough (yes I am ) and not eating enough protein (which I am not) so I am upping my protein intake. Meat has been something I have been not liking lately, so I have not gotten as much as I should.

The baby gave me a few sacres this week with non movement - then all of the blue she will start moving,she must be very cramped in there b/c it is starting to hurt.

I still have t get the living room and kitchen done, hopfully tonight and I will feel better about her coming at any time, plus I would love to just sleep for the next two weeks, if she stays in that long.

I am so excited to meet her, but love being pregnant so her coming it kinda bittersweet.