Well, ever since I started my weekly doctor's appointments I have decided that this baby will NEVER get here. Last week I was at 1 cm dilated and 60% effaced. Then through the whole week my body decided to try and kill me. I would be walking happily along and suddenly this horrible sharp pain would hit my abdomen and I would have to stop walking until it passed. I tried to keep a positive attitude about the whole thing since that meant I was getting closer to my baby making her entrance into the world. Then this morning I went to the doctor and you know what he said? 1 cm dilated and 60% effaced! You have got to be kidding me! I finally asked what happens when I go over and he said he'd induce me after 41 weeks. That could mean that my baby isn't born until APRIL! Now I'm trying to be positive about this. At least it would mean that my birthday is sufficiently away from hers as to be my own still. The whole March 19th birthday and March 23rd due date has really been worrying me lately. I want her now and yet I don't so I guess it's a good thing that she isn't here yet.
In other news my husband is my hero! Lately I have been completely unable to lay down. It doesn't matter how I position myself it still hurts. I had a body pillow to hold between my legs and hold up my bellie, but it had recently stopped working. Then about a week ago my husband (aka the genius) came up with this pillow wedge thing that takes 4 pillows to prop me up just enough to make laying down comfortable. So now I can sleep. Isn't he amazing?!
Speaking of sleeping I had the weirdest dream last night. I dreamt that my husband and I were living in the times of Braveheart and we had somewhere around 7 babies. Then the king said that they had to go to war. Yes, I did say they. My husband HAD to take the 7 babies with him to war. The war was over, get this, Phil the ferret who had been stolen from the king. I was so mad that they had to go to war over a ferret and thought the king should just buy a new one. Every time a battle would start in my dream the theme song to Rocky would start playing and everything went into slow motion. It ended in a culminating fight in which Martin (I have no idea who Martin was or why I knew him in the dream) was almost killed by a traitor that he thought was his friend. Weird.
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The dilation & effacement all could change pretty quickly if Charlotte decides to come NOW - and that's what it can feel like when labor kicks in. Please tell her to wait until Saturday at least!
That dream is FABULOUS!
Good luck waiting the baby out. Sounds like you have a wonderful man to care of you during.
My friend recieved a personally decorated onesie for her first child that said something to the effect of: "The only one whose birthday comes close to the importance of my mommy's!"
My other friend's baby's due date was the same as her birthday - Sept 17th. She said if he came then, she was moving her birthday to October so she could have it to herself!
Guess I don't understand the dilemma of sharing one's birthday with your child--sounds sort-of childish and selfish to me.
My doctor told me for 3 weeks that I was only 1 cm dilated and 60% effaced. He was sure that he was going to have to induce me, but the baby decided it was time to come 2 days after my previous appointment. Baby arrivals are just a guessing game.
That was kind of a rude comment (if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all)... I don't think it's childish at all. I wouldn't want to have a baby near my birthday either. Especially because my Anniversary is right near it. That would be a crazy month!
I heard pregnancy could produce some crazy dreams! That was such a funny dream! Although I bet you were pretty frustrated too! All of those babies going off to war just for some ferret, pah!
i was looking back over my posts to see what i had written on different anniversaries of the beginning of the iraq war. apparently on the one year anniversary, i went shopping for a b-day gift for you.
happy birthday.
Happy b-day!
The whole early dilation & effacement thing - don't sweat it. Some girls are 1 cm dilated for weeks, some are closed up tight and then still have their babies earlier than the 1-cm girls. It's not really an indicator. That said, I used to check my own cervix every other night when I was 39 weeks. (Is that TMI? Oops Ha ha) It's so hard to not know when the baby's coming for real!!!!
I used to have the stuh-rangest dreams whilst pregnant too. And 7 babies, huh? I'm impressed.
Good luck! You are going to have your baby SO SOON!!!!
Charlotte Claire is here. She was born on Sunday, March 25th and weighed in at 8 lbs 8 oz.
Sorry to steal Maggie's thunder on her blog, but I wasn't sure when she would be getting back her and thought there might be interested parties.
Congrats!!! I hope you post pictures!!!
Oh congratulations!
I'm sure you're too busy / tired to blog.
Can't wait to hear about the darling.
TRS
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