I just want to make sure that no one is going to pass out from holding their breath, waiting for me to have this baby. Breathe! So far all three of my pregnancies have been pretty much exactly the same; there have been minor differences (amounts of throwing up, levels of heartburn, pounds gained, etc.), but for the most part they are the most normal pregnancies you could ever imagine. So, I wasn't surprised on Monday when my doctor informed my that I would probably be pregnant past my actual due date. He looked at my chart and said, "from your track record it looks like you could be pregnant for a few more weeks." Yea, yea, I know. He then checked my cervix and said, "Yea, not much going on yet." He did say that if by my 39 week appointment I was dilated to 3 cm and 80% effaced they would start me early. Sounds good right? Well the odds of that happening are VERY slim to none. Considering that with both of my last two children I went to the hospital to have them only dilated to 1 cm and only about 50% effaced, I am not too optimistic about the odds of being started early. I tried to bring up the fact that if I go over my due date I will surely have a baby over 9 pounds, but the doctor just told me to be optimistic and think 7 pounds. Sure, that will help.
I have had lots of advice on what I can do to get things going on my own, but so far I haven't tried anything. I have to admit that none of them sound very appealing! I think that I will start testing out different theories here soon and hope that by Monday, my 39 week appointment, my cervix will be "favorable" to having a baby so they will take mercy on me and not make me go overdue and have a 10 pound baby! But for now I would suggest not holding your breath waiting because you will probably pass out before I actually have this next little guy.
(Just an endnote: thanks to everyone who said I looked good in my last post because the truth is I made Rick take like 10 pictures trying to get a "good" one and finally gave up feeling that taking a "good" picture that far along was impossible! I really do feel huge and am upset because I have gone 4 pound over my self-imposed weight limit, but your comments helped my feel a little better.)
Carving Pumpkins
3 weeks ago
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I'm sorry your doctor won't take you early, I think you should get a new doctor. Yup, right now, right at the end of your pregnancy.....just kidding! Anyway, I'm sorry again and good luck. We'll be thinking about you and see you on Sunday!!
I got desperate at the end of my pregnancys. With the twins, I insisted we drive for an hour and a half out in the desert behind Lone Mountain (there were no homes there then.) It worked like a charm, within 12 hours I was in labor. It was REALLY bumpy and uncomfrotable while driving, but worth it. With Ryan, I resorted to doing somersaults. That didn't do a dang thing except make Brett wonder what was making the thuds on the floor upstairs. Good Luck! You really truely look good!!
I am so glad for the update! I have been thinking about you a lot and wondering how this was going. I am so excited for you! PLEASE email me yor phone number. Please. I would love to be able to visit with you and hear even more details about how you're doing. I miss you more than you can know.
Cassondra
I hope that this pregnancy ends differently than the other two and that you don't have to go over your due date. As far as trying to induce yourself, I don't have any advice because none of it worked for me. I even went to the gym and did a hard cardio workout, but nothing. My last one came an hour before she was due, but my first was induced a month early and the second was a week early. I'll just be glad that I never went over. So, labor may be more difficult with a bigger baby, but a bigger baby does me less weight to lose afterwards:)!! Best wishes on the end of your pregnancy!
Ha. I am laughing at the last comment...(not that it isn't sweet and heartfelt, but in my world) I am pretty sure a few more weeks =1/2 lb. for baby per week, 1 full lb. for me per half week! I am seeing 11 and thinking...that's not too far away, but I KNOW how long that is in pregnancy days. Relax and enjoy your sanity now...I promise you, it's going to dissapear for awhile! :) Hopefully Luke can find something to do with Brendan when we come and visit in a few weeks!
I am so sorry about the waiting but I think that these little boys just may have a slight streak of stubborness. I am not sure where they get that gene! I can only recommend staying up for an all night party and then walk around the dry farm, that is how I went into labor with Mia ten days early. It is worth a try, although I look very haggered in the hospital pictures!
Hey cutie! Hang in there. You will make it... at least you better hope so because there is no going back now. When Sidney was 10 days over and no sign of her coming I went for a nice long four-wheeler ride and hit every rut or manhole cover I could see. Worked like a charm... Good luck!
Castor oil, castor oil CASTOR OIL! I think you should at least give it a shot. Plus, do the other things that we talked about that will hoefully help to get your cervix ready by your next appointment! I can't wait to you to have that little(big) guy so we can come see him, although I hope he's not too big because I still have to hold the record. Although, even if he's bigger than Jack, I still obviously hold the longest labor record! YES!
I wish I could see you in your play and I miss you. I hope you have a good summer.
love Nick
It doesn't sound that optimistic does it? :) We are excited to see the new baby.
I forgot to comment about that photo on your last post. I even told Geoff I couldn't believe how great you looked. I wish I could have looked like that when I was pregnant.
GOOD LUCK with the birth!!!
Our docs are the same too. They won't induce unless your cervix is "ripe" or you are past due. I will pray for you that things start happening before Monday so they will induce you. Where are you delivering again? Have fun this week and if you decide to take castor oil, don't take too much or you will be hating life!!!
Olivia, I just got to look at the last post and was laughing at all the things I have been missing. Oh, and gaining 17 pounds while pregnant is not the recommended amount. I will never tell you how much I gained in 8 months. In fact, I think I am very lucky that I didn't have that last month to gain weight. But, you of course look fabulous. And seriously, teaching an exercise class at 9 months? I quit exercising when I just thought about being pregnant. Well, I am hoping that everything will start moving and that you will have world's fastest delivery! (Once you are at the hospital of course.)
Olivia, this is your Mother speaking, so PAY ATTENTION! 1-BE HAPPY! You are pregnant and your nine months are not even over yet! 2-You have two beautiful little boys you waited a long time for and waiting for another one will not hurt you! 3-You need to ask yourself, "After this is all over, what kind of children and what kind of woman wil emerge from this?", then reconsider if you should be upset or not! I love you dearly--you are a beautiful, kind, loving, understaning mother! Be happy where you are in life and know that someday you will be in my shoes -- looking back and seeing your own mistakes and then lecturing your children to help them not make the same mistakes you made. This advice is filled with love for you -- and besides, you have to wait for me to get home to at least take the Easter decor down and get the computer moved upstairs so there is room for our new little guy!
Oh, Liv... I'm sorry. I want you to pop that little guy out asap, too! But, I'm afraid it doesn't work like that. Unless, you could just schedule a C-section and call it good. If that doesn't sound good, I guess you'll just have to be patient and try to occupy your day with something else... I love you! I'm missing you guys already!
I keep checking back each day hoping to find something new...like a baby! I know you have warned us not to be too optimistic, but I can't help but be. Perhaps over the internet world I will be sending you my early baby luck! :) So here's to a great Dr's appointment tomorrow-or better yet...a hospital stay tonight! (and if not, a RESTFUL relaxing week left of your pregnancy!)
I wish I had some great idea of how to get things moving, But I think it is really funny what people tell you "put them into labor". How do they know that they didn't just happen to go into labor when or right after "doing" that particular thing. Like one lady who told me that eating pizza made her go into labor. Really? You were probably just eating pizza when your body decided to rid itself of the tiny human growing within you.... Anyway, I just think it's funny. I check your blog multiple times a day because I am anxious and hoping for you that it happens soon.
I very much hope that Rick is on the ball when you go into labor and posts something to put us anxious friends out of our wondering misery. Everyone here is so excited for you and ask all the time if your little one is here yet. I can't wait to get them some news.... Good luck.
P.S. Thanks for the phone call. It was SO nice to talk again!
Love,
Cassondra
Olivia! I hope you have had your baby by now. I feel your pain. I'm never "favorable"! Good luck and keep us updated!
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