Haha, I know this is a couple days late, but really I think I'm the very last. ;) My EDD is the 27th, so I have 9 days to go. No effacement and dialation is a tiny finger tip at best, according to the OB this past appt on Monday. I'm so afraid to carry over into March!!! For some reason, my "due" month is Feb, and I want a Feb baby!!!! Daniel needs to come this weekend when my FMLA leave starts. I will be 39 weeks complete this Friday.
i swore that i would be the last one to go and was shocked when i had to have the emer c-section. i bet you are having the baby today since we have not heard from you.
brandi i hink me and u r the last 2 feb. mother lol. like u i thought i would go early due to all the contractions and pressure, but guess what? im not even dialated!! i get all the signs of pre-labor, but nothing happens. as to how to deal with kids and contractions?? im still trying to figure that one out.
When I got that "burning" feeling in my cervix, it was causing me to dialate. I know your baby is very low in the pelvis and think this is causing the pressure you feel in the hind end.
Sit on your birthing ball some time today, to open up the pelvis even more. I still think that your labor is going to be short, because of all the "pre-pains" and sensations you have had.
I know it sounds gross, but if I reached into my vagina, I could actually feel the lump of my baby's head. He was really sitting right on top of the cervix. He was a way over due baby, back in those days, when they didn't think about inducing you. They were idiots. When all the period like cramps hit and starting last a minute or so, I finally went to the hospital and I was 6 cms when I was admitted.
When the contractions were lasting a minute or longer and I was having all that bloody show, I knew that it was time to give birth.....finally!
Hit that birthing ball, Brandi. Maybe the pressure of that baby's head, will get things going, so you have contractions, lasting a minute or more.
Mommie Hugs and Understanding Hugs,
Heather