Waiting...

[mudinherblood]

So I'm 38w4d preggo with my first baby... and I want this baby to come out now. :( Man this waiting game sucks, as I'm sure a lot of you know. I had a picture taken of me today and I wanted to cry when I saw it because I look like such a whale. I'm supposed to be due on Jan 28th but the last ultrasound I had about a month ago said it looked like

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[moondrunk]

The u/s can be off by a ton, so as hard as it is, try not to worry about that. And yes, you can go into labor with no dilation and contractions. When your body is ready, it will go :)

[lasvegasfemme]

Ultrasounds are unreliable for size after a point. And tons of women have bog babies at small sizes. Just relax, and baby will be here in no time. size and

[lasvegasfemme]

Big, not bog. Stupid phone.
I was dilated between 2 and 3 for my last trimester. When it happens, it happens, but I know how hard it is to wait!!

[paperdollyburnd]

Ultrasounds can be off by two pounds in either direction. Due date estimations become less accurate as the pregnancy progresses, so do not base anticipated size off of that alone

[mudinherblood]

Thanks, a lot of this makes me feel better. :) It may be possible that I'm having contractions and not knowing it, especially since this is my first time. And it's good to know that ultrasounds can be so off.

[auth_r]

+1 on the ladies above.
What helped me: is to think that this is the first and only time in my life when looking like a whale - is perfection and beauty! too bad you have only about two weeks of that left :-)
I had my first on 4th of December and I am currently 32lb down (breastfeeding rules!) and keep going (i am not going to tell anybody how much i've gained with this... ) :)
Just keep floating, like whales do, around. I was still at work 4 hours before kid popped out because they told me first baby will take forever to come out and since you are 32 it will take even longer, maybe some induction, c-section, etc... BS! plopped out on his own. had his own mind from very beginning, still does :-P
Enjoy last weeks of freedom!

[mudinherblood]

I totally plan on breastfeeding and I SO can't wait for it to help me lose weight! I'll admit that until about a month ago I did really feel beautiful in a way. Now I just feel ridiculously large, especially since I rarely see other fully pregnant women as big as I am. I've been told labor will take a really long time since it's the first time as well. :P

[ladyinred667]

With my first baby, I went from 3cm to delivery in 90 minutes.

[auth_r]

hehe :) did anybody made it in time to catch? :)

[_venus_]

I didn't have any contractions before labor. Even the bh I'd had since 16 weeks mostly stopped. Then at 39w I felt my first contraction and went into labor the next day. I had a long labor but she was born 52 hours later. Fwiw after 12+ hours of early labor I was still only 1.5 cm and my baby didn't drop til I was pushing.

[mudinherblood]

Good to know. I had BH's randomly up until about a month ago, but they just stopped and I haven't had anything since. Luckily my baby dropped a long time ago, so that's a plus.