re: July 26th Due Date Buddies

I went to the Doc two weeks ago with REALLY bad back pain. I swear I cant do anything for more than a minute and it feels like someone is stabbing me in the back. Sooooo, she put me on bedrest. Yeah! I thought.No work... i'm in the Navy so they have to pay me, right? Whoo hoo, two months of paid vacation. So, since I am single and I live alone and just moved to this great city not too long ago. I dont have a ton of friends and no family. Doc thinks it's a good idea to go to texas to have the baby. Yeah! I thought, family to be with me. But, I am STRESSED OUT! I have to put all my stuff in storage because i will be gone for 3 months. (no friends = I'm paying for movers ) There goes that money. Although I know where i will be living when i get back, thinking of unpacking/setting up nursury etc. with a newborn. Ugh! And dont forget about paying those movers one more time. Oh and did i mention I have a dog? She cant go to sis's house with me so i have to pay to board her. So, i'm starting to think is all that really worth it? Or is being lonely for two months and socially isolated/ giving birth to baby pretty much alone really all that bad? There's lots more to this little rant, but then you would be here all day   And now I just want to go back to work...lol!I'm still going to do it all, but sometimesI just wish the asshole was here with me. And then i think.... Nope! I'd rather be alone. Thanks guys, for letting me RANT!!!

Quoting Jenny1:“ I went to the Doc two weeks ago with REALLY bad back pain. I swear I cant do anything for more than a ... [snip!] ... just wish the asshole was here with me. And then i think.... Nope! I'd rather be alone. Thanks guys, for letting me RANT!!!”

Aww hunny i'm sorry, that's a shitty situation you're stuck in and I can't imagine being alone right now so I give you major props. just keep reminding yourself it will all be worth it in the end!

Hey how is everyone? Has anyone happened to deliver yet?? How is everyone's visits?? What's going on girls???

Quoting Tamara mommy 2 be:“ Hey how is everyone? Has anyone happened to deliver yet?? How is everyone's visits?? What's going on girls???”

i haven't delivered yet but according to my doctor it's "any day now".. i had my 36 week appointment yesterday and the doctor said i was measuring at 40 weeks so she sent me for a growth ultrasound and my baby boy is already 7 lbs and 5 oz.! and i have 4 weeks left! (let's hope not..) so i'm thinking he's gonna come pretty soon.. his head is all the way down, so far down that the ultrasound tech couldn't even get measurements of it and the doctor felt the top of his head during my internal! how is everyone else doing? this is like the most exciting time of our pregnancies, let's get this thread going!

Hey Everyone!! Ithas been a loooooooong time since I got on here and wrote anything but, since its getting to the end i thought today would be a good day! I missed my Dr. Appt last week so Im reschedulded for Monday. Im curious how much he is going to weigh b/c 3 weeks ago he was 5lbs and 1 oz.....I think he is going to be huge. Everyone else i know says there kid never weighed that much so soon...So I'm scared. What drives me so crazy is for my very 1st appt the Dr. I saw said I was 6weeks at the time which would make my due date July 26th....Well, My husband and I thought I was 9 weeks so we never agreed with her.....considering we had an idea of when I could of conceived. I ended up having problems with that DR. office and never went back. Needless to say I have been seeing this Dr. now since I was 10weeks and he told me a due date of July 11th...We were stoked....We just knew we were right. Well, My big mouth told him that I had been given July 26th as a previous due date....and the asshole changed it and said we have to keep her date even thought he doesnt agree....so im so mad at myself for speaking up....He wont even consider inducing me either....He said only way he would is if i go past 42 weeks!!!!!!!!! that being 2 weeks past the 26th not the 11th ...WHAT THE HELL??? Im think im at that point in my pregnancy where im really moody. lol I just want this baby out now....he is killing my ribs, my back, my feet...i seriously feel like he is going to fall out when i walk. hahahaha Thanks for letting me vent!

I want my baby out and I want him now! Tomorrow will be my 36 week appointment and I hope I am dialated at least a little or effaced! Gee! I fewar that i will be closed shut and my body will never go into labor. I have mild contractoins but aarrggg. I still have that fear.

Quoting Tamara mommy 2 be:“ I want my baby out and I want him now! Tomorrow will be my 36 week appointment and I hope I am dialated ... [snip!] ... that i will be closed shut and my body will never go into labor. I have mild contractoins but aarrggg. I still have that fear.”

my cervix was still closed at my 36 week appointment  

and i haven't had ANY contractions, i don't even know what they feel like yet! everytime i have any sort of pain i question myself whether it was a contraction but i figure if i do have one, i will KNOW it.. anyways his head is very low and i've been feeling a ton of pressure down there so i'm hoping i'm making some kind of progress, i cant wait til my appt. on thursday..

tamara let us know how your appt. goes tomorrow!

Anymore progress ladies? I was just at the Dr's today...I'm already 80% effaced and 2cm dialated already. Dr said that's pretty good for my first baby. I have 15 days to go. I hope I at least make it to Saturday...I still have another baby shower lol.

How's everyone feeling?

Quoting Mrs.Madson:“ Anymore progress ladies? I was just at the Dr's today...I'm already 80% effaced and 2cm dialated already. ... [snip!] ... I have 15 days to go. I hope I at least make it to Saturday...I still have another baby shower lol. How's everyone feeling?”

I went from my cervix being completely closed at my 36 week appointment, to 3 cm dilated at my 37 week appointment which was this past thursday, and i've been having contractions almost every day since last monday.. his head is extremely low & i've been feeling more & more pressure every day, it's starting to hurt, i honestly wouldn't be surprised if I had dilated more by my next appointment on Wednesday.. since 4 cm is considered active labor, do you think they would admit me to the hospital?

Someone help I am going to cry. My feet are so swollen I can't walk. My skin feels like it is stretching and it hurts and feels bruised and my feet tingle and now are breaking out in a rash for the past week. raising them up does not seem to help. They are so swollen I want to cry. Someone help me or get advice for me on how to help my feet (and hands but really my feet are a major problem)

Also the swolleness has put my hands and feet into a rash... ither the swolleness did that or I am allergic to something. It is like a rash but like blisters. Little bumps with water and it is itchy .... all over my feet and now my hands.... What do I do??

Doctor says if it gets any worse I will be induced Monday but I dont wanna be induced I just want this pain and uncomfortablness to go away!

Quoting Ashleigh {17 days to go!}:“ I went from my cervix being completely closed at my 36 week appointment, to 3 cm dilated at my 37 week ... [snip!] ... by my next appointment on Wednesday.. since 4 cm is considered active labor, do you think they would admit me to the hospital?”

If you get to 4cm wouldn't you be feeling contractions strong enough for them to admit you? It doesn't hurt to call and ask them.

I agree. Gosh I would be in the hospital all ready knowing me.

Anyway girls I went in yesterday and I am 30% effaced but no dilation yet. I want to hold Gabriel all ready!

How are your progresses girls?

Quoting Tamara mommy 2 be:“ Someone help I am going to cry. My feet are so swollen I can't walk. My skin feels like it is stretching ... [snip!] ... it gets any worse I will be induced Monday but I dont wanna be induced I just want this pain and uncomfortablness to go away!”

Your doctorknows that you're swollen bad and breaking out and didn't give you any solutions? I would try maybe icing your feet? I didn't have to deal with too much itchiness, but when I was itchy it was my whole body...I took showers to get the "itch" feeling off of me and slept with ice packs.

I'm sorry you're feeling so miserable  

yeah my doctor said just put benadryl on it last week but it did nothing. Now he just laughs a little and says put my feet up but that is not working..... :-( at least the baby will be here any time so maybe the swelling and badness will go when he comes

Quoting Mrs.Madson:“ If you get to 4cm wouldn't you be feeling contractions strong enough for them to admit you? It doesn't hurt to call and ask them.”

i'm not sure.. i mean i've been having contractions every day but they haven't gotten strong enough or regular enough to go to the hospital, but if i was 3 cm last week and i've been feeling even more pressure since then, i mean it HURTS, it feels like he's coming out of me and my vagina is starting to get swollen (sorry TMI) i just can't imagine that i would still be 3 cm with everything i've been feeling.. well my 38 week appt. is tomorrow so we'll see what's up...

and tamara i totally feel you on the swolleness, my hands and feet have been so bad for about a month now but i'm just recently starting to lose feeling in my left foot because it's so swollen and it doesn't go down.. ever! and i put my feet up all day long, it doesn't do anything.. i haven't gotten a rash though, that sounds pretty rough, i hope you feel better soon! (i'm sure we'll all feel better as soon as these babes are out!)