Waiting ... still
I am 38 weeks pregnant today. If I went for an elective cesarean I would be in hospital today about to have my baby. I want my baby, but there is no way I was going to elect to have a cesarean, I find the contact after birth between mother and baby to be too important. Not to mention I want to be able to pick my baby up without (much) pain! It makes me sad though that Lily still isn’t here. Stupid really, I am not even overdue yet. I keep reading about all these people due in September like me (even after me) giving birth & getting to be induced early. Not fair . Though I don’t want to be induced either - argh. I just want my baby. I was having heaps of prelabour signs last week but they seem to have settled down now, great. I am 3/5 engaged - I hope she has moved down further though I cant tell. I have no idea if my cervix is ready or if I am dialating (probably not though) because usually they do not do internals until you are in labour here. I could ask for one, but how do I go about that? I mean, who WANTS an internal? Me. Haha. I want to have a stretch and sweep to get things moving even. I must be crazy.
Checklist of prelabour signs I have:
• Increase in mucus - could be my plug coming away, but not blood tinged
• Frequent Braxton hicks (though they hardly ever hurt)
• Nesting lol
• Period like pain in my back and tummy. I have been getting this a couple of times a day for a week now, but no nothing has come of it.
• Stabbing internal vagina pains (indicates a ripe cervix)
All these have failed to result in labour thus far. I am resigned to wait. The questions of if I have had any pain yet are just reminding me the baby is not out yet. I feel like pointing out I am still two weeks to my due date, it is no big shock that Lily is still inside. Lately the amount of babies that have come early though make it seems like it is.
Checklist of prelabour signs I have:
• Increase in mucus - could be my plug coming away, but not blood tinged
• Frequent Braxton hicks (though they hardly ever hurt)
• Nesting lol
• Period like pain in my back and tummy. I have been getting this a couple of times a day for a week now, but no nothing has come of it.
• Stabbing internal vagina pains (indicates a ripe cervix)
All these have failed to result in labour thus far. I am resigned to wait. The questions of if I have had any pain yet are just reminding me the baby is not out yet. I feel like pointing out I am still two weeks to my due date, it is no big shock that Lily is still inside. Lately the amount of babies that have come early though make it seems like it is.