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In Labor…Got Sent Home

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Major TMI alert…if you don’t want to know the details, just know that I’m in early labor but was sent home from the hospital.

If you’re still reading, here goes…

I’ve had spotting since last Thursday, which is a bit concerning for a pregnant woman!  When I saw my OB on Friday, she said that it was probably from my cervix dilating and I didn’t have to worry about it as long as it continued to be spotting and didn’t get any heavier or redder.  Well, last night it definitely got heavier.  When I woke up this morning, I noticed that there were also some clots.  RED FLAG!  I was pretty freaked out.  It was 7am and I had gotten up early to get ready for my 9:45am doctor appointment (where I was hoping to schedule an induction for next week, since I’m overdue).

The clinic wasn’t open yet, so I called Labor & Delivery.  They couldn’t consult my doctor because she was in surgery but they must have talked to someone else who suggested I come in.  We got ready and got to L&D around 8:20am.  Thankfully, the bleeding was not from a placental abruption or anything equally terrible.  All the cramping I’m having turned out to be contractions.  They were not regular, but all 3-8 minutes apart.  Was still bleeding, but had not made any dilation progress.  In fact, I’ve been dilated the same for about three weeks.  Every hour was spent walking for 30 minutes, then monitoring for 30 minutes.  My doctor decided to keep me there for monitoring until 1pm to see if I was dilating.  While there was a small cervical change, there was no progress in dilation.  My contractions remain irregular and I was sent home.

So here I sit, with contractions that bring severe cramps and back pain (albeit irregular) and continuous bleeding.  I can’t believe I was sent home and not induced.  I’m past my due date, for goodness sake!  They said early labor could last like this for hours or days.

While we were walking the halls at the hospital, we saw a couple there who had been in our birthing class.  She was only due one day before me.  They were headed HOME with their baby.  We were excited for them when we saw them.  After being sent home, it’s just severely depressing.  :-/

Well, Baby C, after a month of false alarms and this morning, we are definitely ready for you to get here.  I’m convinced you’re never coming out and my body has no idea how to get you out.  Hopefully this will all be over soon.

Well Hello, Due Date

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When my doctor told me a month ago that Baby C would be early, I never thought we would get acquainted.  Alas, here we are.

I am now convinced that Baby C will not come on his own and we will need to schedule an induction.  I’ll be talking to my doctor about that at tomorrow morning’s appointment.  Perhaps it’s best for me mentally that I don’t anticipate him coming on his own…the amount of false labor that I’ve endured this month has been difficult physically, but even more trying mentally.  It’s so hard getting yourself ready to be checked into the hospital and soon meet your baby, only to have contractions stop or be told that it wasn’t your amniotic fluid that was leaking.

So, due date, please be kind.  I hope that becoming officially over-due does not result in further aches, shooting pains, difficulty moving around and irregular contractions.

To all the moms-to-be out there who have also reached or passed your due date, hang in there!  Hopefully we’ll meet our babies VERY soon :)

Not Getting My Hopes Up…

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Had to call the doctor today due to some spotting with cramping and they said that I’m probably dilating and labor will be coming soon.   I have to say, I’ve heard that before and I am not getting my hopes up.  I really wish my doctor hadn’t told me about a month ago that she thought I’d be early.  I’m five days away from my due date (and I’ve passed the date that should really be my due date), and I’m starting to feel like we’ll have to go through an induction and smoke this baby out!

I hope they’re right.  I feel like I should clean and organize things around the house just in case labor really does come shortly, but I can’t bring myself to do it.  Argh.  All those false alarms really messed with my head!

A Baby This Week?

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I’m starting to feel like we might be having a baby this week…

The cramping and contractions are definitely becoming more frequent and intense, although nothing is regular yet.  It will be very interesting to see how far I’m dilated at my 37-week appointment on Wednesday (last Tuesday, I was at 1cm!).

I’ve been cleaning and organizing like a crazy lady, even though I’m not quite as productive as normal because I have to take so many breaks to rest. :-p

Hmm…I wonder when Baby C will decide to arrive…

I Love When My Doctor Gives Good News!

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Although my appointment was Friday, I had to go in today to be sure I wasn’t leaking fluid.  While it turns out that I’m not (that’s a good thing, as I’m 36 weeks today and he’s not yet full-term), my doctor did an exam and said that I’ll likely be delivering early!  I am so excited!

She didn’t want to put a time frame on it, but said it will be early.  Right now I’m 1 cm dilated, cervix is soft, baby’s head is low.  I have to say, I’m very relieved that I’ve made progress that way.  With all the pain and discomfort I’ve been experiencing, I would have been devastated if there was zero progress.

My doctor is due to have her baby the day before I am, so I’m hoping that I beat her and am able to have my baby before she stops delivering patients!  That would mean he’ll have to come before April 14…

I Need a Little Sun in my Life

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This winter has dragged by.  It seems like we have had a snowstorm nearly every weekend since November 1st!  Yesterday, it was beautiful, warm and sunny….and today it’s a rainy mess.

I think I’m a little depressed.  On Friday, the baby dropped.  That would be a good thing, except for the tremendous pain and discomfort I’m in.  It’s hard to bend at all anymore.  It hurts to walk.  And then this morning, I put a pair of my full-panel jeans on and the panel fits differently now that my belly is even lower than before.  I pulled out a maternity top that was billed as a “tunic,” but it looks more like  a mumu.  It’s raining outside and it’s really dark out.  I’m tired and can’t imagine doing this for another five weeks to reach my due date.  I’ve been reminded that I might go past my due date.

Ugh.  I need the rain to stop.  I need a little sun in my life!

Patience is Not a Virtue That I Have

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Do/did any of you ever get really impatient waiting for your due date to get closer and for baby to arrive?  Some days I feel like I’m going crazy with the waiting – and that my due date will never come.  I really want to wash up all of his clothes, blankets, sheets, car seat, etc.  REALLY bad.

Patience has never been one of my strong suits.  I’ve always had a very specific plan for my life.  Baby C really squashed that plan by coming along about 5 years ahead of schedule, but we’ve adapted.  Even though I’ve already created a spreadsheet of all of the possible schools that Hubster will be applying to next year (if they have openings), I’ve done pretty well with not knowing where we’re going to be living once summer 2012 comes along.  I’m trying to adapt.

But I’d really like to have labor and delivery over with, know what our baby looks like, discover what life with a newborn is like, start working out to lose the baby weight that I’m still gaining, and…and…

This is exhausting.

Ginormous baby?

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Some of you may know that two weeks ago, my doctor ordered an ultrasound because Baby C was measuring rather large.  (more about that here) I was terrified (as I have been since I first found out I was pregnant) that I would end up birthing a 10-pound baby.  Vaginally.  The horror!

I was given good news today!!!  He’s actually in the 50th-60th percentile, which means they’re expecting him to be between 7 and 8 pounds.  Upon hearing that news, I think even my vagina let out a sigh of relief.

The bad news is that she didn’t move up my due date, which I was really hoping for.  I can’t imagine being pregnant for another 2 months.  But I’ll take that over having a 10-pound kid, I guess. :)