dialation...
so as of last friday i was dialated 2cm. when i tell people this they immediately freak out and go, "oh my God!" like im gonna burst at any second. its so cute! :) the reality of it is that i may be 2cm dialated for like 2 weeks... or 2 days... it just depends. so, according to all these classes ive taken and all the moms ive spoken to labor doesnt get hard until around 3-4 cms. now i havent even noticed 2cms at all. so im feeling good about it all right now. but the inevitability of it all is really settling in. i mean, i could go into the second phase of labor any minute now. its strange. im really feeling like there are things i should do first and at the same time i feel like there are somethings i would like to do that i just really shouldnt bother with at this time. for example... i keep thinking about how i should make sure my relaxing nature sounds cd should be packed into my hospital bag so i wont have to think about it when contractions get hard. i keep thinkin i should do more perinial massages to prep my vag for delivery. but then i think i should put the car seat in the car and realize thats so at the bottom of the list of necessary things. also, i think i should have my car detailed before baby comes but im in no real rush to bring it in for a cleaning. in the last few weeks i have been running through all the details carefully coordinating everything that needs to be addressed prebaby and letting go of some of those unreachable goals. now it seems that many of my thoughts on the matter are very scattered and not exactly cohesively strung together. not so calculated. i sorta feel like im falling into a cool brisk creek that is gonna carry me where ever i need to go to get to the glorious oasis at the end and all i need to do is flow with it. she's coming. she's full term. in a week my placenta will begin to age and die not giving as many nutrients as needed. i think she will be here soon. very very very soon.
my grandma's surgery is on friday... i hope i can make it to the hospital. she is having it at Kenner Regional in NO. pray for us if its what you do, if its not, then just wish us luck.
more good news... our flooring materials are in and the floors will begin getting laid (huh huh) on thrus. this week... friday at the latest. so if baby can wait 2weeks... we might actually be moved in partially and have a completed nursery. i think she's comin earlier though. and im ok with that.
im still not miserably pregnant like so many in the last month. i have alil trouble sleeping some nights with achy joints and a tired back and feet. plus i pee 3-4 times a night...i swear that's mother nature's way to prepare me for those 3am feedings. one good thing has come of all this though. i have a bad back, as many of you know, and i constantly feel the need to crack my vertebrae. well, when you get to the last trimester your joints tend to loosen and your cartilage softens as to allow your pelvic region to expand easy for labor. consequently, i can adjust my back at any time and it is lovely. my tailbone pops nearly everytime i roll over at night. its wonderful!
sex is a natural way to induce labor. orgasim promotes labor. semen encourages the cervix to efface faster as well. this is one of the many natural ways to enduce a birth that has gone beyond full term without goin the medical intervention route. drawback- i wanna get laid! they say you can safely have sex until your water breaks, but i'd rather not go into labor just yet. i mean, i still live in slidell this week! i really dont think i'll go into true labor, but i'm sure it will cause false labor... which it did last week. i get these contractions pretty often now, but after sex its like a multitude of them. so, i dunno. its a dilema. i mean, after baby it'll be like 6 weeks before i get the okay to have intercourse again. that's a long ass time! and its depressing me. seriously. i dunno, everythign is goin so well, and im so happy right now... but this is a major point of unhappiness for me. everyone thinks its not a big deal, and that it will pass, and that im overreacting, and that sex isnt whats important, and that i'll be busy with baby anywyas and i need to just quit whining and deal. well to that i say: FUCK YOU! for me this is major... and it genuinely disturbs me on a deep deep level. it toys with my insecurities... big time.
too much information, right? well, there's an entry... i may be out for awhile soon, so feel free to call. thanks for listening!
my grandma's surgery is on friday... i hope i can make it to the hospital. she is having it at Kenner Regional in NO. pray for us if its what you do, if its not, then just wish us luck.
more good news... our flooring materials are in and the floors will begin getting laid (huh huh) on thrus. this week... friday at the latest. so if baby can wait 2weeks... we might actually be moved in partially and have a completed nursery. i think she's comin earlier though. and im ok with that.
im still not miserably pregnant like so many in the last month. i have alil trouble sleeping some nights with achy joints and a tired back and feet. plus i pee 3-4 times a night...i swear that's mother nature's way to prepare me for those 3am feedings. one good thing has come of all this though. i have a bad back, as many of you know, and i constantly feel the need to crack my vertebrae. well, when you get to the last trimester your joints tend to loosen and your cartilage softens as to allow your pelvic region to expand easy for labor. consequently, i can adjust my back at any time and it is lovely. my tailbone pops nearly everytime i roll over at night. its wonderful!
sex is a natural way to induce labor. orgasim promotes labor. semen encourages the cervix to efface faster as well. this is one of the many natural ways to enduce a birth that has gone beyond full term without goin the medical intervention route. drawback- i wanna get laid! they say you can safely have sex until your water breaks, but i'd rather not go into labor just yet. i mean, i still live in slidell this week! i really dont think i'll go into true labor, but i'm sure it will cause false labor... which it did last week. i get these contractions pretty often now, but after sex its like a multitude of them. so, i dunno. its a dilema. i mean, after baby it'll be like 6 weeks before i get the okay to have intercourse again. that's a long ass time! and its depressing me. seriously. i dunno, everythign is goin so well, and im so happy right now... but this is a major point of unhappiness for me. everyone thinks its not a big deal, and that it will pass, and that im overreacting, and that sex isnt whats important, and that i'll be busy with baby anywyas and i need to just quit whining and deal. well to that i say: FUCK YOU! for me this is major... and it genuinely disturbs me on a deep deep level. it toys with my insecurities... big time.
too much information, right? well, there's an entry... i may be out for awhile soon, so feel free to call. thanks for listening!