Still no baby.
I was having mild contractions (not Braxton Hicks, but not severe/intense) every 15 minutes for most of yesterday afternoon and evening. We were trying not to get our hopes up. Good thing, because we went to bed last night… and then… nothing. As of today — 10 days past due date.
Still nothin’!
I was having contractions every 15 minutes yesterday afternoon and evening. Went to bed. And then… nothing.
Still “in mommy’s belly” with no signs of emerging any time soon.
9 days overdue and counting.
Tagged by Corey, playing because I’m 8 days past my due date and trying to pass the time.
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read the player’s blog.
4. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.What were you doing 5 years ago?
May of 2003… My sister had just had her baby, my only niece, so that was very special and at the forefront of my mind. Braydon and I were in the process of selling our first house and buying our second (current) house. We were also about to leave for a big vacation — turned out to be the best vacation of our lives — a cross-country road-trip through France. We were regularly talking about the idea of starting a family/adoption. I was big into cooking (my major hobby at the time), was experimenting with lots of different kinds of cuisine, and throwing lots of dinner parties. I was finishing up my 2nd year on the faculty at Lehigh.What are 5 things on your to-do list for today?
I’m currently guest-editing a special volume for Sociological Studies of Children and Youth— I need to take care of a bunch of stuff related to that project. Write thank-you notes for all the baby gifts. Remove the chipped nail polish from my fingernails. Switch K & O’s clothes’ closet over to summer clothes and put away all their winter clothes. Figure out what we’re going to eat for dinner.What are 5 snacks you enjoy?
Nachos. Popcorn. Chips and salsa. Crackers and cheese. Cashews. (yep, all salty – not sweet)What 5 things would you do if you were a billionaire?
Buy a vacation home on Virgin Gorda, large enough to accommodate family/friends at any time. Put away enough money so that K, O, and Baby Sister will be all set to pay for whatever they may want to do re: long-term education. Donate a huge chunk to organizations/people on the ground in Haiti. Pay off all of our student loan debt and financially support Braydon’s RVibe project so that he doesn’t have to work his corporate job anymore. Give at least 1 million to my parents to do with whatever they please.What are 5 of your bad habits?
Not sending thank-you notes. Procrastinating by reading people’s blogs. Constantly letting the gas tank on the car get to ’empty.’ Dragging my feet on grading (my students’ papers/exams). Worrying about things I shouldn’t worry about.What are 5 places you have lived?
Freedom, NH. Waterville, ME. Charleston, SC. Jamaica Plain/Boston, MA. Bernardsville, NJ.What are 5 jobs you have had?
Ice Cream Scooper. Lifeguard. Camp Counselor. Legal Case Manager. Research Assistant.What 5 people do you want to tag?
1. Lori from Our Journey Through Everyday Life
2. Bek from Ignore the Crazy
3. Manmi from Chapter Two
4. Malia’s Mama from Journey To/With My Daughter
5. Cindy from Ethiopian Tripletland8 days past due date. Still no baby.
I’ve crossed some sort of threshold and now I’m pretty miserable.Time keeps on tickin’ tickin’ tickin’ into the future…
Here I am just a few minutes ago, one week overdue. Hopefully this is the last in the baby bump series.
Not much left to do but wait. In mid-February, after getting back from our trip to Florida, we realized that with only 3 months left to go we really should start getting ready for baby. Before then we’d done nothing. Literally nothing. So we made the TO-DO BEFORE MAY 15 list. Which morphed into the TO-DO BEFORE MAY 15 lists. Four of them, to be precise. When I look at what we’ve accomplished in the past 3 months — on top of holding down the fort, holding down the careers, holding down the rambunctious twinados, and holding down Baby Sister… well, honestly, it amazes even me. The crossed off items range from “Set up maternity/paternity leaves” to “Buy new car (that can hold 3 kids)” to “Get crib from attic” to “Plan K & O’s 4th BDay Party” to “Buy diapers.” There are maybe 4-5 things that haven’t been crossed off, but the rest is done.
On a lighter note: Strawberry season is upon us here in Pennsylvania. The strawberries are ripe and ready at all of our local farms. We’ve been eating them by the quart for the past 5 days. It makes me really happy to think that our girl will be born at the height of strawberry season!
The preggo one here… just weighing in. Couldn’t help but comment on Braydon’s post from earlier today (see post below this one)…
- #4 sounds really good to me right now. I could really really really go for some good chicken parm. But the drive to Brooklyn isn’t worth it to me.
- No offense to all of you who have gone this route but… as far as I’m concerned… #5 is absolutely positively out of the question. I’m way sore and way achy with lots of pressure ‘down there.’ No other comment on that. Just not going to happen. No matter what. No way Jose. Not that desperate. Not ‘gonna happen. Period.
- And re: #13 — again, no offense to all of you who swear by it.. but… um, no. I’m having a hard enough time already with the whole concept of machine operated pumping. Yes, we have a breast pump. Yes, I plan on using it. P.B. (post birth). Braydon’s read the instruction manual cover to cover. If all goes as planned I’m gonna do it – for the sake of B, K, O, and Baby Sister (I/we dearly want Papi and Big Brothers to be able to feed her)… but pumping is not happening until she’s here to (hopefully) motivate me to plug in and hook up. Period.
- My favorite question I get all the time: “Have you tried walking?” ~~ Uh, yeah. I have wild high octane just-turned-4 year old twin boys… I haven’t ever stopped walking/running/jumping/pulling/grabbing/scurrying/bending/leaning/climbing/chasing!?!!!
My goal all along has been to go as natural as possible. I’m still clinging to that goal. I’m holding out as long as possible to use induction only as a last resort. Luckily I’ve got my doctors and my husband on my side with that. I am still hopeful that Baby Sister will come when she’s ready — in her own sweet time. And as the matriarch of this testosterone filled house… I ‘gotta admit: There’s a part of me that’s kinda enjoying watching my three guys go nutso having to wait for this girl (who clearly has a mind of her own)! Get used to it my fellas — I have a feeling she’s ‘gonna have all three of you wrapped around her pretty little finger (and waiting for/on her) for many years to come!!!!
Now that Heather is overdue by 6 days, we’ve been hearing lots of great comments and suggestions around why the baby is late, the state of the baby, what other people’s experiences have been and suggestions on how to bring on labor faster. A few are below. Would love to hear any others too!
- She’s very comfortable in there
- She’s going to be well baked
- The full moon induces labor
- If you eat chicken Parmesan from a specific restaurant in Brooklyn it induces labor within 30 minutes [that seems a bit risky to me]
- Sex will induce labor
- Hiking will induce labor
- Turns out that lots and lots of people were “late”. [Which makes me wonder, if so many people are late, does that mean that really other people are early?]
- Don’t listen to the doctors
- Listen to the doctors
- Take a hot shower, or get into a bath.
- Girls are always late
- Girls are always early
- Using the breast pump will start labor / stimulate the nipples
- Jump on a trampoline
- Ride on a bumpy road
- Drink castor oil [yuck!]
- Drink raspberry leaf tea
- Drink rose hips tea
- You’re going to have to be induced
- You won’t have to be induced
The doctor said it’s a complex interplay of hormones between the mother, the placenta and the baby. They all have to work together to start labor. Needless to say, while informative, that does nothing to help with getting the ball rolling.
The full moon has come and gone. Still no baby.
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