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@AprilFool: congrats!!!!! She's so beautiful

@jaguar: your pictures are beautiful!!!

@aprilfool: congratulations!!! So adorable!

Finally have an induction date- Friday April 12!! Only 13 days late!! Hoping to see my little man before that (lot my mucous plug today) so my midwife is confident he will arrive prior to induction!!

@blackbird: Good to hear Ella is improving. Hopefully that means home soon.

@hergreenapples: @sslm: Happy due date! Cmon babies. For me I found nothing happened until it happened. I had cramping but not much BH, no bloody show and water broke in the birthing tub so just hang in there. Not the easiest thing to do I know.

@bpaig: Congrats! They certainly are worth it

@jaguar: lovely photos So good to have something to remember them by at this size

Thanks guys. We are so in love

@silva: Boo to hubby! We have had so many compliments on the name.

@cheert16: Yay for having an end date but mucus plug seems promising

@sslm: It's good to at least have some kind of plan

@AprilFool: Aww! She's adorable and what a great name. Congratulations!

@Pumpkinspice: So, so, so cute! Hope you both get to come home soon

Had my 40 week appointment this morning. Baby is more engaged (midwife said not fully engaged but "dipping") than last week, so yay for that. Maybe all this forward leaning, squatting and ball-sitting I've been doing has been effective.

We talked about postdates management. I'll be booked for a NST at 41 weeks and a BPP at 41+3....hopefully it doesn't come to that. If nothing by my 41 week appointment next week I'll ask for a stretch and sweep...they offered one today, but warned that my midwife is off this weekend, so if I want her to attend the birth it may not be wise to get a membrane sweep today...so I didn't.

They are happy to let me go to 42 weeks (assuming all is well with the tests), but apparently the OBs that oversee the BPP can be really aggressive and some are known to throw around the term "dead baby" fairly regularly and without reason....so I hope this baby comes before that appointment.

After the midwife, I went and walked two laps around the mall since it's too rainy to walk outside today. Now I'm just going to have some lunch and bake some cookies for DH....just trying to find ways to pass the time!

@Pumpkinspice: Congratulations !!!!!!!!!

Hoping some of our due-overdue mamas get their wee ones soon. xxx

@hergreenapples: @sslm: Again, I remain impressed with your patience. I am 38+5 and pretty much constantly throwing the biggest, crankiest pity party for myself for no reason other than I'm sick of waiting!

Had an internal yesterday- nothing going on. Have been spotting since then- I know its normal, but it was quite a shock to see that after not having had a period since July!

@jaguar: Georgia is soooooooooo beautiful!

@hergreenapples: Haha. Maybe I won't bother then!!

@sslm: I'm getting frustrated. It seems like I have non-stop BH all day, but then NOTHING at night.

I've been sitting on the ball all the time, doing hands and knees, sex etc. and no dice. This baby just isn't ready yet!

My midwife and I chatted on the phone last night and she said the BH mean my body is doing something and to just keep doing what I'm doing. I also had a chat with her about discontinuing student involvement in my care (posted about it here: http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-would-you-handle-thislong-ish) and that went really well, so that's a plus.

The weather is pissing me off. No snow here, but on day one million of torrential rain when all I want to do is go for long walks. ARGH!

I don't care about being overdue, I just really want this baby to come before my BPP at 41+3, because I know the OB is really going to pressure me to induce and as much as I am able to stand up for myself and my body, I just don't want to deal with that.

Sorry for the novel..just nice to have someone to vent to who I know is feeling similarly!

@sslm: Yeah, apparently here the BPP has to be overseen by an OB (not an official transfer of care, just a consult). I hope that they don't like inductions here over the weekend either...that will buy us both a couple more days. Let's hope it doesn't come to that!

Our plan, assuming all goes well with the BPP, would be to go to 42 weeks and then induce. I'd like to start with a more natural induction method (e.g. foley catheter and/or AROM) before agreeing to pitocin. If I end up needing pitocin, my hopes for an unmedicated birth are going out the window!

Oh, midwife's office just called....NST on Tuesday, BPP on Friday at 4:30...I bet that means I would be able to take the weekend before inducing....YAY!

@hergreenapples: I've heard good things about inducing labor with a breast pump... have you considered trying that?

@hergreenapples: Hmm. I have a hand me down manual pump from my sister. I might give it a try if I get desperate!

hey april mamas, sorry for the delayed birth announcement, but here it is!

introducing our (early) easter baby, thelonious aka "theo". born 3.31.13 @ 11:59am. 6lbs 3oz, 20 inches. got to hospital at 9:30 am (cutting our napa babymoon 1 day short!) and he wasted no time! we love him beyond words and can't wait for you guys to meet him!

since our little theo was 17 days early, i've planned to post theo's birth story on his original due date, which is in 5 days (4.17).

parenthood so far has been the wild ride of dirty diapers, sore boobs, post partum recovery (which - omg - no one really tells you about) and sleepless nights. and i'm so grateful to have this wonderful community to learn from and share with.

sending lots of love and happy baby thoughts to my april mamas and their new april babies! xoxoxo

He is adorable, congrats!!!!!

@sylvie_b: congratulations! He is beautiful- those eye! Thank you for sharing!

@sslm: I'm sorry nothing is happening yet- hopefully soon! I can't imagine how much harder the waiting must be post due-date. Hope you can find something fun and distracting to do today!

@sylvie_b: so much cuteness! Congratulations!

AFM, woke up this morning feeling quite crampy and hoped that meant something. Cramps have now subsided and been replaced with the omnipresent BHs. Hmph.

We've been having massive quantities of hot sauce at every meal (I don't think it will work for me though, as my midwife said spicy food induces labour by upsetting your bowels and I eat so much spicy food normally that my system is pretty immune to its effects). Just picked up a whole pineapple. Walked just under 5k yesterday. Might walk more later today if the rain ever decides to let up.

ARGH! Come on baby!

@sslm: Awww! Hang in there! What exactly is red raspberry tea supposed to do? Does it taste good?

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