An update on Drs appt

[avik7]

They didnt send me to the hospital today...which stinks, but the doc said i was between 4 and 5 cm dilated and stripped my membranes. they want me back in on wed and if im between 5 and 6 cm they are sending me to the hosp. so most likely i will be having him on wed unless i go before then. ive had some contractions and bad back pain but nothing consistant. im keeping my fingers crossed!

[avik7]

thanks girls! It is nice to be this far dilated and hanging in there. i just cant wait for it to be over with. i hope wednesday is the longest i have to wait. i can barely walk to the bathroom without my back feeling like its going to break so i know i cant go on walks or anything. and theres no way i could have sex right now....ugh i cant even think about doing it!

[chantal21]

Sounds a bit like me too! I went walking through the mall like a crazy woman and then I was 5-6cm when I was checked that late afternoon (and I think my midwife did something to kickstart it, it felt weird, it was like she kinda flicked me in there?? weird) then I started having contractions...super mild, not painful at all, about an hour later.
DH and I did the deed (very uncomfortable) and then a couple of hours later headed to my midwife's house and he was born 3 hours later!! =) You are seriously almost there. Isn't that great to be so far dilated already and not in pain? I loved that part. Pain for me didn't start until an hour after my water was broken. You'll do great...I do not have a high tolerance for pain, but somehow did it naturally, both times. lol

[JoyRenee]

You shouldn't be able to walk or talk through contractions when they become really hard and long. I plan to labor at home longer (but I know a little about what to expect with my body/contractions- probably wouldn't have done this with my first!) so that I'm not laying in the hospital bed.

Sex is tiring. But it might help! I guess sperm is supposed to help soften things up and it might help DH to have one last fling before he has to wait 6 LONG, excruciating weeks before having sex again. ;-)

[avik7]

haha yeah everyones like have sex it works..im like ugh just thinking about sex exhausts me haha! im so afraid im not gonna know when my  contractions are consistant. im just so nervous...but everyone says trust me u will know. i sure hope so. i have a high pain tolerance so right now im not sure when im having one or not. sometimes he starts moving around a lot and i think thats why im hurting or cramping...yikes this is making me pretty anxious! im not scared about having him just not being in control of things is what is getting me!

[JoyRenee]

That's how it started for me after my membranes were swept (gosh, doesn't that sound WEIRD? LOL!). Anyway, I think DH and I TRIED to have sex and I went walking, etc. Contractions started becoming consistent in the evening, right before bed. I debated going to hospital or going to bed. Decided to go to bed and when I woke up I took a shower, went to the hospital, and had a baby by dinner!

So FINGERS CROSSED!!!