****Due in Dec Daily Updates****

 

 Awww! Congratulations, she's beautiful.

Blondies, definitely hope the sweep and stretch does the trick for you. 

I can honestly say I am getting sooo jealous as I want my little one in my arms and so want to be done being pregnant. My mom actually walked me around for a bit this evening. Last night I was up for 2hrs with contractions that were frequent and uncomfortable. I still held out on timing them though because they weren't regular enough in their pattern...then like that they were done and I went back to sleep as well as I could with dh having frequent coughing fits. I have had a good day though as I finished getting dd2's stocking stuffers and I didn't touch a textbook all day so that I could let me brain take a break before I hit the books again tomorrow for Thursday's final. So close!! I will say though that part of me is definitely ok if my bub decides to come between now and then. I have continued to have very strong contractions off and on throughout the day. Don't know...we'll see 

 Congrats!

I'm totally ready to have this baby, i have constant heartburn and headaches. I've hurt my pelvis and triggered the SPD i had in previous pregnancies, i was doing well until yesterday when i trod on a toy car and slid across the frontroom doing the splits and landing on my butt. Now i can barely walk.  Not getting much sleep due to being uncomfortable and having heartburn. Lastnight i was getting the odd contraction that hurt but then i get up this morning and nothing. That is what drives me mad the most, getting pains that lead to nothing. 

 Thank you both fashionista and sunbeam.  Fashionista hopefully your contractions will pick up.  It sound alot like what I was going through for about a week, they would show up and then go away, very frustrating.  Mine acutally fizzeled out a little when I went in, but the doctor wanting to go ahead and get things moving because everything going on all week long, also because of the group b strep.  

Sundbeam, I'm sorry to hear about your fall, I hope you get to feeling better.  

Congrats on all of the beautiful babies already born!! I am jealous! :)

We are sick, sick, sick- my DS has strep throat AND pnuemonia (a first for us), DH has strep, DD came home from school not feeling well today and probably has it too and my throat is scratchy which is either psychosomatic or I am getting it too. I guess it is good that the baby isn't too anxious to come out! I have never gone into labor on my own anyway so I am just expecting my induction on the 18th. I dread the thought and have been having some kind of painful contractions but probably just BH's. Anyway, my last appt is on Friday and then we will go in next Sat if nothing happens before. Good luck to everyone!!

 myecg, I hope everyone gets to feeling better.  It probably is a good thing that your little one has not come yet.  Good luck with the induction if you have to have it.  I ended up having pictocin for the first time with little Katie to get my contractions stronger and closer, and didn't have any problems with it.  Good luck.

 myecg, definitely hope everyone gets to feeling better and that you are coming down with something too. 

 Blondies, hope we haven't heard anything because your stretch and sweep worked and you are holding a handsome little boy in your arms 

At the moment I am beyond frustrated as I should be taking part of my final right now instead of posting, however, my instructor hasn't even logged on or posted our final yet (and she was reminded last night that I am due anytime and need to get this finished). So I have no idea when she will get it posted or when I will actually be taking it. Pisses me off...dh said that stressing out over this isn't going to make the baby come any quicker, and I told him that neither is an instructor who doesn't know what deadlines are and seems to forget that our semester ends in 3 days (4 if you include today). I also really want to get the final done now because in 2 days a huge storm front is moving in and my contractions seem to get much stronger and more regular when that happens which I am hoping is enough to do the trick. Sorry to vent. Will update later if anything changes.

myecg- I agree w/ PPs...your little one is holding out so that everyone can recover and (hopefully) be rested up before arriving.  Hope you all heal quickly!

Blondies- looking forward to your update.

luvmylittlmen- congrats again on your gorgeous little Katie!

fashionista-  hoping your final is done and your baby comes soon.  Glad you are making progress on the holiday prep.  I just got our Christmas cards mailed and it feels great...I still need to do a bit more shopping, all of the cookie baking and all of the wrapping (DH will help me out and so I'm feeling lazy!)

Gwynne- Hope your boy is here!

As for me I had an u/s this morning to check my fluid levels (I was measuring 5 weeks behind at last thurs m/w appt.) and all looks good.  Baby meaured a whopping (for me) 7lbs 3oz....at 38 weeks.  This seems big to me as my boys were both less that 6.5 lbs when born at 39 weeks.  But I'm glad she's healthy!  At m/s appt. after u/s my belly still measured only 32 weeks (so now 6 weeks behind), but my m/w is not concerned since baby is really low and I "have a long torso").  I am also 2cm and 80% effaced.  Hoping to meet my girl soon!

GL to all!

 Thanks for the encouragement twotreasures...when you posted the final was still not up and actually didn't even get posted until midnight last night. What pisses me off the most is that she had told us she was formatting it one way and decided last minute to completely change the format and division of points...not to our benefit. I just finished half of it and did really rather well not considering that she had mentioned curving it. After dh gets home and we have dinner, I'll complete the other half of it (a timed essay portion) and then thankfully I will be completely done and able to relax!! To celebrate, tomorrow my grandmother and I are taking dd1 to lunch (I'll be eating something really rather spicy to see if it helps...figure why not) and then taking her to see the new Disney Tangled movie as dd1 has been asking incessantly to go see it. From there just glad that Christmas cards are sent, I have 2 gifts left to wrap, and I am pretty much waiting on baby and praying he comes soon!!  Thankfully my day to this point has gone significantly better than yesterday though still with a few bumps in the road. Hope it finishes out on a good note. Hope all of you are doing well.

 well had my 37 week appt today! im still 1 cm but im 60% thinned now so there was a little change she has not engaged yet in my pelvis but she is very low! i asked my dr what she estimated her weight to be at and she said when she looked at me standing up she wanted to say close to 8 lbs but when she felt her she was thinking closer to 7lbs....that is huge if i have to wait another three weeks to have her

 I know you all probably don't want to hear about my school woes, but this is the last time . I am officially finished with my final and my classes. I should be happy I know and while I did manage to have no problems with writing 4 of the timed essays, the last one I REALLY struggled with (lack of information or explanation in both book and lecture plus question was not clear as to what it wanted at all). I did email the instructor as I usually do after an exam to give my opinion and I did give her my honest feelings about that question. The only thing I can hope is that others struggle with it as well and that she ends up curving the exam as that question alone was worth a huge chunk of the exam total. I am just nervous now as I have been maintaining a good grade in the class and not doing well on this could seriously take that from me. [:'(] I just feel I have worked to damn hard while taking care of everything else and being this pregnant to lose it over a class/final/instructor that has been nothing but a huge pain.

Oh well...nothing I can really do now about it. Going to try to relax now and look forward to tomorrow's fun with dd1. And then I'm going to spend Sunday (barring no trips to the L&D) baking cookies...yum!!

Everyone sounds like they are hanging in there well even though gettting a bit tired of it!!!

Just an update, I am still in one piece! Bub is apparently in an akward position, they say not quite back to back with me but kind of side on and face up...? I have had 2 sweeps and 3 eps of false labor (although it certainly felt like the real thing each time!!) They tried to induce and get it over with only to discover that although 3 days ago he was well engaged, yesterday he is no longer!! So now I have to wait it out until next app tues, hopefullly if he hasnt come on his own by then he will be more favorable to induce. I am at 4cm, 100% thinned, ready to go, yesterday arvo after 2nd sweep had contractions 3mins apart from 2 until 8pm!! And yet Im still pregnant. Ive walked my butt off, tried sex, curries, pineapple, nip stimulation, etc, I think he is planning on growing old in there

Hope everyone else is well tonite, it will be over for us all soon!!!

 Fashionista, congrats on finishing your class, now maybe you can relax, about that anyway.  Good luck

Blondies, I'm sure you are getting tired of it all.  I hope by the time your next appointment comes around on Tues, you will not need it anymore.   Good luck to you too.  

  So boards seem very quiet. Hope everyone is doing well. sahmsinger and Blondies I hope your inductions were successful and as smooth as possible and that you are currently holding you beautiful babies. I am anxiously awaiting my grades from my classes...not to mention a slightly stubborn baby. Dh says that the little guy is just being shy like him and probably staying in where it is warm since it has been between 5-20F here that past few days with wind chill of -5F to -15F.Bitter cold! My ob yesterday did tell me to try some "at home" induction methods to see if something works for me before next Monday's appt (if not they will do an "aggressive" cervical check). I am really getting worried that I am going to miss Christmas with the girls if this little guy doesn't decide to get things going.  I really don't want to miss it anytime but especially since this will be dd2's first time openning her own gifts and being able to be excited about everything. Bub is engaged again and I have had immense pressure, pain and rounds of contractions the past 3 days. GL to all you guys and I look forward to hearing about some birth announcements soon.

 Good luck fashionista, I hope your at home inductions methods will work for you.   It sounds like you are getting close, and hopefully you will not miss Christmas with your girls.

Sorry to do this to everyone but I need a rant!!

I am now 1 day overdue, this is the first time Ive ever gone over and wow it is HORRIBLE!!! I have had 2 stretch and sweeps, I was booked in Fri last week by a very kind MW to break my waters, only to find when we went to do it that bub had disengaged, apparently hes back down now but because I am in public system every visit is with a different MW or Doc and NONE of the others will agree to induce, I have had contractions (real ones, they have monitered me a few times to check on bub and always say "oh yeah they are good strong contractions, something will happen soon!!") BULLCRAP for around 5-8 hours EVERYDAY for over a week, they get down to 3 mins apart and really strong, and then they stop again. My back is excrutiating from the constant contracting, I cannot sleep, my 2 older boys are home from school for xmas hols now so I am EXHAUSTED - and they keep saying "just wait, youll go anyday now" It would be alright if it wasnt for the fact that I feel like I am in labor for a good half of everyday, I cant function!! And how long can this go on before bub starts to get distressed?? And if it just WILL not progress, doesnt that suggest something isnt right? I am so sure they will make me go to the regulation 10 days over, then induce anyway. WHY NOT NOW???? I had to be induced with DS2 for same reason, labor would not progress, exactly same thing was happening but my nice small town country Doc could see it was too much for me and broke my waters 4 days early, bam 4 hours later all over, and bub and I were perfectly healthy. I dont think Im going to have the energy left to labor when they finally agree to damn well let it happen this time, and I 'll probalby end up with a CS or something, because STUPID docs wont listen....... I know what my body is trying to say!!!!!! [:'(] Oh and I have tried every home induction method know to man, walked my butt off, curries, pineapple, sex, castor oil, and.... NOTHING.

Sorry girls, just needed to get it out. Even if I do get to the 10 days over mark, that means only 9 days to go, I just have to focus on that I guess. Im just getting so scared that something isnt right. Besides, my 4 day early bub was 7 pound 10 ounces and I am just 5 foot and normally 50 kg, the longer they let this bub go the bigger he gets, what if thats already the trouble, hes too big to fit in my pelvis?? Nobody seems bothered to check anything like that, but my hubby was 10 pound with a huge head, I keep thinking what if this is the boy that takes after Dad??? ARGH, I just feel like I cant handle the stress anymore.........