Due today, and no baby!

[imaslice]

So I guess we kind of know the due date is not an absolute thing but man, I never thought I'd still be here with no baby right now. Ive been stalking my number countdown everyday and now its reached zero! I had so much pre term labor since 26 weeks. I feel like I've been trying to hold him in the entire time and now he won't get out!! I had my first baby a week early so I'm officially more pregnant than I've ever been. I'm having a homebirth and they won't even talk about any induction type things till next week. I hope any other mama's out there that are coming up due, are due today or past due are feeling well! I feel a deep sadness today as I'm anxiously waiting to meet my baby.

[imaslice]

Oh btw I went and had acupuncture today and I felt totally relaxed after. Baby moved around almost the whole time and I felt contractions during. After I left my mom called and stressed me out so bad my relaxed state was gone :( but I'll go back tomorrow if I don't have baby in the night ;)

[imaslice]

@jaloveslorelei hey! I really enjoy reading your posts, happy you responded! I'm not sure what Vernon...is but is that like lanugo? All I know about post date babies is that they shed all that white stuff off and their skin is super dry and flakey because of it. With my first, a hospital birth, we requested that they not give him a bath. We were in nicu for 7 days, so eventually we bathed him but we waited several days. I plan on birthing in water at home so I guess that will be his bath and just put coconut oil on after we dry off. I guess the only other not so common thing i plan to do is a partial lotus birth. Not the full 7-10 days, just 3-4 hours after birthing the placenta I'll keep it attached to baby. But still separate it in time to encapsulate it.

[jaloveslorelei]

And is there anything unique your doing with your honebirth you can share, any tips? I'm at a birth center and there are things I'm unclear about like the Vernon caceous, the stuff on their skin that they suggest you leave on. Any input?

[jaloveslorelei]

That's how I feel! I know it's not a big deal, I'm releived to be at a practice that doesn't push induction, yet I am so impatient. I was induced 3 weeks early with first and have never been this pregnant either yet am feeling ok. Today I am finally relaxed and at peace with it, I've had that spur to clean and am grateful to get some things done, 41 weeks tomorrow! Although, I'm looking at the 3 month going home outfit o packed her, then looking at my belly, which is like a bullet it's out so far... and im thinking it's not going to fit haha.