Well... no July 2 and no July 4th baby.
Depending on which doctor/midwife you talk to at the office.. my due date was either of those.. both of which have miserably passed.
I didn't think I'd be saying that I am READY to be finished with pregnancy. I've come to this conclusion after TWO false labors. The first one was last tuesday... contractions 3-4 min apart about a minute long for 3 hours.. so we go to the hospital only to find out I'm still 1.5 cm dialated and 30%effaced.and just possibley in pre labor BOO...
The second false labor.. I've learned.. let us not rush to the hospital..
so for 12 WHOLE HOURS.. I had contraction about 3-4 minutes apart all over 1 min. long.. but they weren't extremely painful.. also much puking was involved... All seems to lead to labor right?
Wrong.
I called the doc at about the 9th hour and explained everything and he told me it was pre-labor.. because I was still able to talk through contractions.. He's male.. what does he really know- ..obviously something because it all came to a halt around hour 12.
This was Sat into Sun... and today is Monday. I didn't think I'd still be pregnant at this point but I also didn't think I'd have a daughter either... so that leaves me somewhere in the middle of confusion... I know I look about to pop. but the reality of actually have a baby girl as our daughter.. wriggling and pooing and cueing... not really real yet.
But I have had some good practice for the REAL labor experience. relaxing.. staying calm.. working through the 4 minute contractions... the shower thing really does help with pain so far. Needless to say.. even 12 hours left me exhausted beyond immediate repair.. so today I slept in until 11. Trying to get my body to fully recover from exhaustion and being beaten up by contraction after contraction and puke.. with no true efforts into dialating and real labor. HOPEFULLY some of those contractions did SOMETHING to get me moving along. Tomorrow I go to get a baby stress test, ultra sound- to make sure all fluids are still ok for Lily, and a good poke poke to see if ms. cervix has decided to open up a bit more and become a spaghetti jar instead of a beer bottle.
I truely didn't think I'd make it to this doc appt. But maybe all his poking around will set things off. Even if they don't, I do need to schedual a date to get induced.. which at first I wanted to give Lily the whole week to decide when she'd be coming out.. BUT I AM THE MOM AND I SAY WHEN.. AND WHEN IS AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE>..do me tuesday night.. lets go..bring on the pain.. I realize that some women can take 2 days to become fully induced.. but atleast I know all the pain, exhaustion, and effort is going towards something. not just another body thrashing of falseness.
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Yes God, it's baby time!! We are praying for you guys, for real. Hang in there!
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