Damn-it I'm sueing my OB!!!!

[prayerful wife]

Ok yall I'm tripping, but that's how much I'm hurting!

Legally how long can they let you stay in this kind of pain without some type of intervention?  I know you ladies are going to say 40wks (so dont even say it :)~ ) but I hurt so bad right now that I cant even find the words to describe the intense pain I'm in.
*I just lay on the sofa all day b/c it hurts to even put my feet flat on the ground and walk anywhere!
*My bladder is ALWAYS full; I dont even like leaving the house now b/c by the time I make it to the car or even 5miles away from home I need to pull over and go again!
*The pressure in my tootie is unbelievable!  If I wasnt a sain person I would swear some type of alien was trying to escape from out of there.
*The baby is ALWAYS moving it's like he never stops.  I honestly feel sorry for him b/c I know the poor fellow has NO room left and the only thing he's trying to do is stretch his little legs.
*I havent slept in weeks!  I cant get comfy, my back hurts, I dont even like for my husband to get in the bed with me b/c I get jealous that he can sleep and I plot on kicking him in the back on purpose and calling it an accident! :)

I just had to vent!  I'm miserable in this pregnancy now, and I really hate saying that out loud!  For my own piece of mind I am DEMANDING that my OB induce me at 37/38wks if I havent went into labor naturally.  This is punishment that no one should have to endure.  I'm two steps from tears even as I type this!  Anyway enough about me; how's everyone else?

[Brown Eyed Gurl]

Oh honey I so know what you are talking about I'm already there and only 25.3 weeks but my babies are almost out of room even my OB said so I hurt all day long I feel like truck ran me over and I I can't go anywhere there isn't a bathroom  I even suggested to dh about getting me a porta potty to pull behind the truck....and I've still got 10-? weeks more to go.....I know one thing 36 week I'll be ready to get these babies out......i can't sleep and once I lay down good luck getting me up or rolled over for that matter.....DH actually has to push me out and over.....but I so can feel for you and pray you won't have to handle it much longer.

[mamaofonetrying42]

Hey you, doesnt sound like your having any funny anymore....I would just make SURE that your Ob, know this! Complain,Complain, & Complain, is the only way I think he will induce, but hey, we're women we are good at that, right!?

Well, Im 29week at the end of the week! Yay, Iam starting to see my Ob everyTwo weeks, now. So that mean Im getting close! We have a name, if you dont know, Its Hunter Ryan and he is about 2pounds 12oz accor. to the u/s on Monday!

[prayerful wife]

Brown Eyed Gurl....
I know how I feel with one, I sure as hell cant imagine having two in there!  You just make sure you take care of yourself and get plenty of rest since you're doing twice the work!

mamaofonetrying42....
The thrill is gone!  I'm at my witts end.  Hunter Ryan I love it, and he's getting pretty big!  According to my last scan "Chancellor Christain" ( we finally agreed!)  was almost at 5lbs and I'm 35wks 1day!  It's getting down to the wire!

[Brown Eyed Gurl]

Yeah I'm hoping my OB will let me quit working soon my next appt is the 29th I'll be almost 28 weeks then sooo keep your fingers crossed for me.....I'm so ready to stay at home and try to relax a bit....

[joshuawatkin]

I am finding this pregnancy fairly hard aswell, i am feeling so uncompfy most of the time , im finding it hard to even go food shopping i cant wait for it all to be over and hold my little girl. I am feeling a lot of pressure in my tummy, constantly need to go to the loo, there is always protein in my urine and the hospital cannot find the cause of it. I am having to travel to hospital to be checked out 3 times a week and then to see my midwife at the doctors once a week. I have done 3 24hr urine tests for the hospital and they still dont know what is going on with me but yet i have asked if they could possibly induce me a little earlier but they have said no because i have no swelling and my blood pressure is ok. But when i went to be checked out today my bp as gone from the usual 125/75 to 100/50 which is really low. If i stand up too long i get this really bad burning pain at the top of my right leg. I cant sleep at night but i have started sleeping a little better by leaving the fan on all night but it doesnt cure the back pain just the hot sweats. my morning sickness seems to be coming back with revenge and it didnt get shut of it untill my 27th wk. The braxton hicks have started getting more painful and the bloody leg cramps are just killing me. Sorry but i am having to vent too. Aaaaaargh. I will be 34wks on thursday so i am just counting down the days now to meet her.  Sorry for it being soo long.

[mamaofonetrying42]

Well, he's at the 50%-tile,right now. But Im guess he well slow down some. Im 1st baby was only 5p13oz (at 38weeks), so I dont think he well be much bigger than that. Im guessing maybe 6p3oz.

[degriffdog]

Hey been wondering where you've been, I too want this boy out of me.  He moves and kicks me all the time, he has the hiccups at least 3-4 a day.  I can't sleep even if I take something to help me sleep, like tylenol pm.  I can't turn over in bed without hurting, I'm with you on the husband thing, I want to wake him up and kick him so he's uncomfortable. lol! I'll be 36 weeks at the end of the this week.  But knowing my luck I'll be pregnant for that last 4 1/2 weeks I have left.  I have had 2 other babies and they were both late.  I hope that is not the case with one.  I hope you feel a little better but just know that you are not the only one feeling this way.

[montie2]

I was the same way and guess what, I went to my  OB and begged him to schedule my c-section at 37 weeks because I couldn't stand it anymore.  Needless to say, he shot me down and gave me all the reasons why it wouldn't be good for the baby.  Now, I can look back and know that he was right, but back then, I was insane and miserable.  
Luckily, my little came 37 weeks to the day on his own, God was feeling sorry for me maybe.  I know it's hard to imagine, but you are going to have that baby and like me (Rhett is 10 weeks now) you will look back on being pregnant and miss it. The pain and discomfort will be a distant memory and you will miss him being inside and a part of you.  I am jealous when I read about who is next.  I'm said that I will never be pregnant and experience the joy of childbirth again.  Yeah, the pain sucks, the swollen hoo hah, the back pain, contractions, feet that look like fred flinstones, but seeing that baby for the first time???? I wish that moment could last forever.

Cherish this time, even though it's hard, because soon you will look back on it and in a wierd way, you will be sad it's behind you.

[LosingMyMindInGA]

You have to understand that from an OB's perspective...their job is to make sure baby and mama are safe from harm.  Being in pain isn't really considered being in harms way unless the cuase of the pain is something detrimental....the discomforts of pregnancy don't really qualify as a medical need to remove the baby before it's time.  Most OB's wont' do that unless there is medical need.  

Unfortunately, OB's hear all kinds of women complaining about this and that....and It HAS to be hard to determine between the ones who truly are in tons of pain/discomfort and the ones who are just whiners and complainers.  

I can sympathize with you, i'm only 28 weeks and already getting serious amounts of pressure, sharp pains around my cervix and insanely intense BH. But I know that so long as baby is healthy and it's not a medical problem...that I just have to deal with it.   Personally, MY choice, is that I would much rather *I* suffer the pain and discomfort in order to be able to ensure that my baby is healthy and all systems are a go so to speak...meaning I'd rather deal with the pain/discomfort until HE is ready to come out than to have him come early and risk problems.  But that's just me personally....not everyone wants to or is capable of dealing with pain/discomfort for prolonged periods of time.

Just try to keep in mind that the end is in site...in a few more weeks you'll be considered term.  and at the latest, they shouldn't let you go more than 2 weeks past your due date.  You've got a lot less time than I do :)  I know it prolly doesn't help much right now but you've got to be thankful that there IS an end in site and this isn't something that is going to go on indefinately.  That and the end result is going to make it all worthwhile, once you hold your son in your arms for the first time, your memories of the pain and discomfort will instantly begin to fade.

[mami1323]

It is completely normal to feel the way you are feeling.  I feel your pain, I was soooo swollen that it hurt to be on my feet, my back killed me, I was tired just sitting on the couch doing nothing.  I wanted to sleep yet couldn't.  My ob said I could take tylenol pm once a week to catch up on my zzzz's.  That helped a little.  I was 41 weeks before they decided to induce me and girl I was a monster.  I was sooo big, I couldn't even barely move.  My son was 9 lbs. 2 oz and 21 1/4 in. long.  So you know he was heavy.  I hated everyone and didn't want anyone around me.  I think I cried everyday because I was sooo miserable.  I wanted so badly to be induced but my doc said no because the baby had enough fluid to stay all nice and comfy still.  They will never induce early due to the immaturity of the baby's lungs.  There is a reason why we are pregnant for 40 weeks.  Unless there is a real medical reason that they should feel the need to get the baby out sooner, then you're just going to have to wait.  I understand your discomfort though.  It will all be worth it in the end like LosingMyMindInGA said.