I need to get it off my mind

I had my weekly appointment with my midwife today, and she checked me for dilation/effacement. She is telling me labor is at least a week out still. Goody. I'm getting really anxious and excited and it's REALLY stressing me out that I've tried all kinds of things to induce labor and nothings worked. So, I've come to terms with the fact that there isn't a damn thing I can do to get him out, so I might as well stop trying. But I can't just sit here doing nothing because I'm going out of my mind!

What are some things I can do to help myself mellow out and relax, maybe get the baby off my mind a little bit. Some things perhaps to pass the time while I wait. I work abou 3 times a week, but even that's not enough to keep things off my mind because EVERYBODY in the office keeps talking about the baby! How can I preoccupy myself?

Quoting deannamf15:“ I had my weekly appointment with my midwife today, and she checked me for dilation/effacement. She is ... [snip!] ... not enough to keep things off my mind because EVERYBODY in the office keeps talking about the baby! How can I preoccupy myself?”

The thing is that people have mentioned sex as being something that brings you into labor but I'm proof that it doesn't work! HAHA! Unless you're already pretty much ready to go into labor, it probably won't happen, unfortunately.

And maybe you will be at least a week but there's no real way to tell because my mother was told about a week after being 2 cm dilated and she had me two days later. Go figure. No one truly knows when you will go into labor.

All I have to say is enjoy sleep.
Seriously. I know it's hard but you will miss it so much when the baby is screaming!
=)
Labor dust love

Quoting Future_Chicago_Cubs_Mommy:“ The thing is that people have mentioned sex as being something that brings you into labor but I'm ... [snip!] ... about a week after being 2 cm dilated and she had me two days later. Go figure. No one truly knows when you will go into labor.”

That's true... And the thing about sex, that's weird that you say that because you almost exactly quoted what my midwife said earlier lol

Yeah I just don't know what else I can do to occupy my time. I know there's no "real" way of knowing, but I figure for the meantime, I'd like to think of something else, ANYTHING else but it's like, what can I do? I did some quilting last night, played nintendo tonight, getting ready to do my nails, and I still feel SOOOO restless it's not even funny, it's like all I can think about is labor and when it'll happen. Meanwhile, I'm totally restless, and can't find enough things to occupy my time or my energy and I can't do anything about it. Ugh...

Quoting Jamie Michelle & Princess:“ All I have to say is enjoy sleep. Seriously. I know it's hard but you will miss it so much when the baby is screaming! =) Labor dust love”

lol sleep? whats that? I have so much energy I could burst but my body is soooo tired. Ever felt like that?

Quoting deannamf15:“ That's true... And the thing about sex, that's weird that you say that because you almost exactly quoted ... [snip!] ... I'm totally restless, and can't find enough things to occupy my time or my energy and I can't do anything about it. Ugh...”

I'm going through my "nesting" period right now and am too tired to even do anything about it. I can't ever get a good nights sleep and am restless and up doing laundry at all hours of the night....and I sleep a little during the day but it's never enough. I mean, I could sleep for 24 hours straight and it wouldn't be enough. My husband calls me his little insomniac. So needless to say, I've been sleeping on the sleeper couch lately. He works and I'd keep him up all day.

And I know the feeling - I try to do things to keep me occupied but nothing seems to work. I LOVE LOVE LOVE being pregnant and I'm not at all sick of being pregnant, as many women are, but it's more that we've all been waiting for our son our entire lives and can't wait any longer! ARRRGH!!!!

Quoting Jamie Michelle & Princess:“ All I have to say is enjoy sleep. Seriously. I know it's hard but you will miss it so much when the baby is screaming! =) Labor dust love”

Sleep....wow, I don't even know the meaning of the word anymore, and haven't since mid-2nd trimester. I can't sleep at all and am up at all hours doing laundry and cleaning and watching TV. I sleep here and there but not even close to enough. I wish I could sleep now.

Quoting Future_Chicago_Cubs_Mommy:“ Sleep....wow, I don't even know the meaning of the word anymore, and haven't since mid-2nd trimester. ... [snip!] ... doing laundry and cleaning and watching TV. I sleep here and there but not even close to enough. I wish I could sleep now.”

lol now I somehow feel like I should have made a thread of "how to get to sleep" since it seems we're all having troubles. My midwife said benadryl was safe to take, but somehow, I have doubts... I don't like taking pills while I'm pregnant

Quoting deannamf15:“ lol now I somehow feel like I should have made a thread of "how to get to sleep" since it seems we're ... [snip!] ... troubles. My midwife said benadryl was safe to take, but somehow, I have doubts... I don't like taking pills while I'm pregnant”

I know....we're allowed to take Tylanol but I think I've TRULY needed it 5 times this entire pregnancy but have only taken it twice. I already have to take meds that fortunately do NOT harm our son but still.....I don't even drink caffeine or have anything with too much sugar so go figure. I'm worried about everything I drink/eat and how it will effect my baby. (Of course I don't stress over fruits and veggies!).

But yeah, it's 5:48 a.m. here and I've been up for an hour and went to bed about 4 hours prior to waking up...and I have still so much to do before our son is born and should try to nap but can't today. Then a family function is happening this afternoon and because of it, I was really hoping to be in labor so I didn't have to see my step-sister and her mother....no joke. My mother was hoping the same thing!!! So yeah, no sleep for me!  

Quoting Future_Chicago_Cubs_Mommy:“ I know....we're allowed to take Tylanol but I think I've TRULY needed it 5 times this entire pregnancy ... [snip!] ... have to see my step-sister and her mother....no joke. My mother was hoping the same thing!!! So yeah, no sleep for me!  ”

That's crazy... I feel the same way about going to work though, I pray and pray that I"ll go into labor so I won't have to go to work. The job I guess is okay, it's a new job, but it's different from what I've ever done. I'm not especially happy with it, but the money is AWESOME so it's not l ike I can give it up or anything. It's just stressful at times I guess
I think I spent the majority of my night doing laundry, folding it and putting it away. Andy doesn't like doing it so I like to keep it off his mind by doing it myself. Besides, he works hard enough as it is. I'm missing work today because I woke up at 7:00 this morning with TERRIBLE abdominal pain. Feels like diareah cramps... and I've had it all day long. I can sleep through it though, so I'm trying to lay down and rest as much as I possibly can, b/c andy thinks its labor, and he's been trying to drag me into the hospital alld ay. But I figure as long as I can sleep through it, why go? I don't recognize any consistency with it yet so I don't think it's time to go. We shall see! Any labor symptoms for you yet? You're due not too far after I am

Quoting deannamf15:“ That's crazy... I feel the same way about going to work though, I pray and pray that I"ll go into labor ... [snip!] ... with it yet so I don't think it's time to go. We shall see! Any labor symptoms for you yet? You're due not too far after I am”

Yeah, my mother told me that if it's the middle of the night, unless I'm in such severe pain from contractions, I should just try to get more sleep.

And I have no idea if what I'm feeling are Braxton Hicks Contractions or just normal pregnancy pains. I DID feel ONE contraction, which I knew exactly what that was when it happened......weird how that happens!!! But nothing big yet. I still say I will deliver on the 27th but no one else, including my doctor, thinks I will last that long because everytime I see her (ever few days), I drop lower and lower.

Oh well, time will tell!

But I really miss working, except that the pay in Arizona truly sucks a$$......I miss the pay in Chicago....God, I made SOOOOOOO much money.

Well, take care and good luck!!! Keep us all updated on your status!

Alright I didn't read everyones long respones so I'm sorry if I repeat something, but the thing about sex inducing labor...actually its the sperm that causes the cervix to thin out.