39 weeks... is he ever going to get here?

So I only have 7 days left until I'm due. And I'm starting to get extremely anxious, nervous, excited, freaked out, ect. I know thats totally normal, especially considering he could come any day now. But the thing is, I'm 39 weeks today, my doctors have yet to check me for dilation, I don't have a GBS test result from them, and still have a fully intact mucous plug. The only signs of labor I've had is mild contractions (BH of course) and serious back pain. Its damn near crippling most of the time. I can hardly function without crying it hurts so bad! I know that for everyone its different, and he could be late. But it seems like I've waited all this time, and yet, even now, I have no progress. I don't mind so much that my doctors haven't checked me, because even if I were to be dilated, it doesn't really mean anything. I could sit at 1 cm dilated for 2 weeks or 2 days. And knowing what I'm at would only get my hopes up. But it feels like he's never going to get here. Does anyone else feel this way?

Quoting punkmomma13:“ So I only have 7 days left until I'm due. And I'm starting to get extremely anxious, nervous, excited, ... [snip!] ... knowing what I'm at would only get my hopes up. But it feels like he's never going to get here. Does anyone else feel this way?”

I am only 32 weeks and I am already feeling like that!

YES!! I feel your pain. Physical, emotional, and mental. The only thing I can think of that helps a little is to tell yourself no matter what your babys coming out SOON. (you have to repeat that to yourself a million times, I do anyway) Wether its a late baby or on time your down to the very end.

Quoting Married Mama:“ I am only 32 weeks and I am already feeling like that!”

31 weeks and ditto...I feel the same way....she can't get here soon enough!

I'm 37 weeks....no dialation or anything and one of my friends just delivered her baby 3 weeks early  So, yeah, I'm righ there with ya!!!

ha! 34 and feel EXACTLY the same way! although my dr checked me Monday and said that i was 1 cm dilated..!!

It makes it so much harder when a friend very close to you in gestation and close friend period has there baby and your still stuck prego and empty armed. My friend had hers on my Bday and I've been so depressed waiting on mine to get here.

Quoting punkmomma13:“ So I only have 7 days left until I'm due. And I'm starting to get extremely anxious, nervous, excited, ... [snip!] ... knowing what I'm at would only get my hopes up. But it feels like he's never going to get here. Does anyone else feel this way?”

Im due saturday and still havent lost my mucous plug, and my cervix is still completely thick, the only progress I have is im 1cm. dilated, but like you said you can stay that way for weeks, and I barely have little contractions, nothing that bad, so hang in there because it can be a long road and every day feels like it lingers forever in the end and you just wonder if it'll be the day, butttt soon all the waiting will be over and it will be our day and our baby boys will be here! =]

Several of my due date buddies have already delivered, so that makes it even worse for me. Its terrible, because I'm like... ok, why do they get to have their babies when I'm stuck being preggers still! The back pain is the absolute worst too, because when I called L&D, they said that its a possiblity that its the beginning stages of labor, however until I get regular contractions, they don't want me to come in. So I have to just sit here and wonder if its labor, and just annoying back pain. And that just sucks! I'm so glad that I'm down to the very end right now, because if I was feeling this way a few weeks ago, I think I'd have gone crazy. My doctor said that if he's not here by the 26th that she will induce me. Mostly because the L&D department at the hospital in my town is closing down August 1st, and I pretty much told my doctor that I will either have my baby at this hospital under her care, or I was finding a new doctor at a different hospital. And she didn't want to lose the money she was going to make off me, so I got her to agree to inducment if he's late. Thank goodness, because I really don't want to deliver at another hospital. I've gotten so used to the idea of having him here, that the thought of doing it somewhere else scares the crap out of me! Oh, and to all of you ladies that are within safe delivery range (37 weeks+)... lots of labor dust to you