Time to get on with it (bit of a woe is me vent)
Baby's gotta arrive soon, right?
I'm starting to go a bit stir crazy. I've been out with DH a few times, mainly to the hospital for monitoring, but otherwise I've been stuck at home for a couple of weeks as driving is now beyond me.
Sunday nights seem to be the night of contractions. Over three weekends now. First one, I had painless contractions at regular intervals for five hours. Second one, they hurt enough for me to have the TENS on, to call the hospital, to have to breathe through them, even in the shower. Went on for about three hours, ranging from 3 minutes to six minutes and lasting 40 odd seconds. Around six hours after they started, nothing. Fizzed out to nothing. Third one, I got about five or six really painful ones, rocking through them, didn't bother timing them or calling the hospital. Again nothing.
I'm exhausted and feel like my body is working all night. I wake up constantly and feel pulls and twinges. Every one of them makes me wonder if this is it. If I get out of bed what will happen? I'm really restless too, sometimes just needing to get up during the night and walk around.
I had a show on Monday (I think it was Monday). Got so incredibly excited. Had three or four since then and have lost plug on two occasions over this week. Have had three VE's, all showing my cervix is still high. To me, that doesn't mean much because I went into labour with DD on my own with a high cervix. It had to be pulled into position, so if it does it by itself this time, I'll be stunned. Can't have a S&S because of GBS. Last night was just sitting on the couch and felt the baby engage. It was the most wonderful and weird feeling, there was nothing else it could have been, but I still wonder if I'm wrong. I've been able to feel baby's back before last night but now that area of my belly is soft. As soon as baby descended, the pain in my leg and back that's been making it almost impossible to walk, has gone. I look like my belly has shrunk.
I'm trying to relax, to not think about it. D-Day for me is one day next week. My OB has been fighting against induction because my cervix isn't ready and I've been going with that too, but it's getting to the point where he's getting worried and I'm physically and mentally over things. When I had the placenta scare earlier, all we wanted was to get to 32 weeks and then it would be safe to deliver if I had to. It seems crazy to think I'm still baking at almost 41 weeks!
And then there's the messages and emails. A weekly email about baby's progress sent me an email saying "Congratulations" and gave me info about my newborn. Got a text this morning from someone I don't see often saying that surely I'd had the baby and what did I have. Mum's phone is going crazy with people messaging her, asking what I've had.
I guess the point of this is to try and get it off my chest. I know baby will be here soon. I've been wanting my body to do things on it's own, when it's ready.....just wish it would do it a little quicker!!!!!
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Been there and it's so frustrating, I had a show 2 weeks prior, 4 weeks of pre labour, contractions for 5 days before he was born and went 14 days over before my cs. I feel your pain BUT hubby will be here SO soon! So exciting - hang in there babe 
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