Hi all.  I'm 39w1d with my first baby and I'm very fed up of being pregnant now!
When I saw my Midwife last, she suggested lots of bouncing/rocking on my labour ball and walks to get things going.
Baby is head down and in a great position.

Anyway! I spent an hour or so bouncing on the ball yesterday afternoon, by 9pm I had a lot of menstrual-type ( Read more... )

I'm 39w1d. I just had a dr's appointment that showed I'm not dilated at all, and baby is transverse and also measuring at 9lbs 6oz (the doctor did say there's a margin of error and he could be smaller than that). The doctor brought up having a c-section because he thinks the baby may be too big to engage in my pelvis and that's why he's still ( Read more... )

So I'm 37+3 today, and I've been having clear prodromal labor since last Monday--the contractions were painful but irregular, and they'd start at 5 minutes apart. I've been losing my mucous plug for the past few days, and the baby dropped a bit that Monday, allowing me to breathe, yay (I have bronchitis and that + the high lying baby was very ( Read more... )

At which point in my pregnancy should I start being concerned about a posterior baby and/or exploring turning techniques? My baby is head down, but it seems to be posterior. I will be 37 weeks tomorrow, and I know there should still be plenty of time for the baby to turn on his/her own, but how long should I wait?

Has anyone tried the flashlight thing to get their baby to move and have it not work? I'm 37 weeks and I've been trying for the past couple days, but it doesn't really seem to have any effect. I'm worried about why it's not working, but someone told me he might just be facing backwards and not able to see it. Did I start too late? I don't want to ( Read more... )

Is there an easy way to tell what position my baby's in? She was vertex at 20, 22, 24 and 26 weeks, but the last ultrasound was four weeks ago and the movements have felt different in the past week or so, so I'm wondering if she flipped ( Read more... )

( On the off chance anyone was worried about my LO's heartbeat )

Yeah it's me again :)

( it got long )

So, I'm currently 28w +1d and...I want to be able to feel which part of the baby is which ( Read more... )

I'm 32 wks 1 day along, now. The physical pains of pregnancy have officially settled in. I just don't remember being in this much pain all the time with my first 3 babies?? My mom said I didn't start complaining with the other ones until much closer to my due date, lol. Ah well, I guess that's why I'm on moderated bed rest.

At my 30 week appt I got ( Read more... )