anyone close?

[browneyedmama]

hey ladies!!  i just wanted an update on how everyone is feeling lately... does anyone think that they may deliver early? anyone dialated already? having contractions?

[lamb18]

I had 2 internals last week and I am not dilated or anything yet. The baby still hasn't even dropped. She is sitting pretty on rib cage city. LOL. I go to the doctors 2x a week now to monitor my BP. I have been doing some walking and sitting on my exercise ball to help bring her down a little bit but it seems like she just floats back up there. LOL. I have TONS of BH, and occasional AF type cramping. Lots of lower back pain too. I could complain for a year but I wont do that. LOL. I am just about 37 weeks and I still have a while to go. Although, my doctor was thinking about inducing at 38 weeks. I sure hope so... they were estimating the baby to be at 8 pounds already last week!

[Cremzin]

I go on Tuesday for my first internal exam! Keeping my fingers crossed because I am so ready to have this little guy!

[Wendy80]

I know what you mean about being upset... near the end you really start looking forward to these appointments just so you can get a better idea of how everything is going.  I always thought most doctors did the internal check around week 36 and when I went in for my 36 week appt they told me that they don't do them until 38 weeks in their office.  Actually when I went in last week I was a few days shy of 38 weeks but I had been having cramping and painful contractions (nothing too bad)... so I requested the internal (I told her I couldn't wait and I really wanted one right then and there... I felt silly begging for something like that).  =)  So I hear ya... it'll feel like forever until your next appointment... but on the plus side, that's really nice that your doc has his own ultrasound machine.  Sorry to hear about the "no news".  

[browneyedmama]

im soooo disappointed. i just got back from my doctors appointment, and he didnt do an internal exam. he was running behind and he said the test they do at this point (strep B?? i think) wouldnt of made it to the lab in time today... so there was no point doing an internal today and that he would do it next week. BOOOOOOO!!!
but on the upside, he did do an ultrasound (my doctor has his own ultrasound machines) and i got to see the baby, see the heartbeat...and im measuring further along. apparently at the later stages of pregnancy its normal because the baby grows at a slower rate... i guess i'll have to hang tough until next friday.... lol .. its hard to not be upset cuz ive been looking forward to this appointment.

[Wendy80]

Every once in a while it'll hit me... especially after the doctor told me I might not make it to my next appointment.. I was thinking, "wow... so I could be a mommy by next weekend!"  It's one of those things where it's obvious that it's coming up... but, yeah, the reality of it will just hit me out of nowhere.  At those times I usually have a mix of excitement for what's to come (meeting my baby, being a parent, etc) and panic b/c of the unknown (I've never been a mommy before... I hope I know what I'm doing!).  =)

You'll have to let us know what you find out at your doctors appointment today.  Even though I'm already 2 cm dilated, oddly enough I never lost my mucous plug... or if I did, I certainly didn't notice it (which I guess is common).  So maybe you did lose yours and you just didn't realize it.  So is your baby pushing up against your left rib cage a lot... is that why it hurts?  Hopefully that'll die down soon.  

[ziggysgrl0724]

Well, I am set for my c-section on the 10Th.....and Yesterday when my doc checked me I was not dilated or anything.....

I will tell you I have never felt this way while pregnant with my 2 boys.  I am constantly crampy....my thighs are killing me....my body just ACHES!!  19 days to go!!!!