Hellobee Boards

@OldpuebloJenn: Good for you for getting a pedicure! Pay a little extra and get 5 minutes more of massage!!

@MrsSCB: That sounds great! I think my baby is engaged! I'd like to get a yoga ball to roll around on. I heard that helps baby get into a good position. But they are huge and I wouldn't want it in my house longer than necessary.

@MrsSCB: I'd sneak it up to your own place for a tiny bit each day!!!

@stratosphere: hi lady, how did it go? thinking of you

@agold: the cramping is nothing to be jealous of, I don't think it necessarily means anything. still trying to get my work projects in a good place at the end of every day *just in case*, though. My 39w checkup is today, when is yours? wonder if they'll agree to a membrane sweep

@coopsmama: yeah, I'm not doing so great in the sack these days, either--most of why I'm encouraged to DTD is because I'm scared of what my body will be like after recovery and trying to work it in. (ha?) you're so encouraging, though, and your confidence is inspiring, really! thank you. about the peanut gallery "it's sooooo hard" people, sometimes I wonder if maybe they weren't that happy to begin with, and then they added babies into the mix. nice to hear you respectfully disagree

@agold: ooh maybe they'll tell you she's engaged and that's what the pain is??

I've been working (mostly) from home for a week now, which has been nice, but I'm on duty and on the hook for producing artwork until *labor*, not just the due date--so if he's late, I'll be here at my kitchen table chipping away at my projects--just don't want to lose mat leave time. It's great that you're going to be OOO from here on out! so nice to not waste 90 minutes a day primping and commuting

Yaaaaas! My husband picked up some of the coveted popsicles for me this eve

So I wish I could say my last day was enjoyable, or that I knew I was definitively done with work for the next three months. I don't think my boss will go two days without at least emailing me and two weeks without asking me to do something. But whatever. At least I don't have to go into the office tomorrow or for quite a long time. Whew! Focusing on relaxing and getting this baby to come now!

In that regard, 39 week ob check showed that I am 70% effaced and zero dilated. That's some progress!! Anyone else ever have that much effacement and still not dilation? When can I expect her to come?

@agold: it was a really nice transition for me to have two business days where they could still contact me for those "emergency" questions but I didn't have a baby yet

@OldpuebloJenn: hi there! Thinking about you and your baby! Hope labor starts soon for you.

How are all the other still-pregnant August moms??? I feel like my days and remaining hours are so precious! I am making plans for each day and getting freaked out a tad wondering when and how my labor will start. It's like im sitting on a ticking time bomb!!

@LCTBQE: @OldpuebloJenn: sorry for the late update but Baby Boy arrived safe and sound at my scheduled c-section on 8/16. I never did go into labor on my own prior to that (I would have tried for a VBAC) so we went forward with the c-section.

I was pretty disappointed the night before my scheduled C and was having second thoughts about pushing it back a week, but I am now quite relieved I didn't try for the VBAC after all. It turns out baby was 10lbs 11oz, 22.8" long and a head circumference of 39cm!!! He is a giant and was not engaged or descended at all and my doctor is now pretty sure he wouldn't have fit through my pelvis or if he did somehow squeeze through would have caused some serious damage on the way out--his head is enormous. We had NO IDEA he was this big--he was like 75-90 %ile on his stats at 20 week scan and I always measured fundal height exactly on track so my doc didn't suspect he would be larger than average. Yikes! He is 100+ percentile across the board. Apparently my long torso (I'm 6' tall) hid him well. I will post more in the labor watch thread, but wanted to at least give an update here! I have so enjoyed reading along on the journey with all of you! Good luck to all the ladies still waiting on the arrival of their little babes.

MRSWHIT1 (Born 7/15) - 1 Months, 14 Days
Thismustbetheplace (#2 born 7/28) - w, 0 d
APRILFOOL (#2 Jack born 7/22) - 1 Months, 3 Days
Umberto (#1 born 7/29) - 0 Months, 27 Days
TeawithPaloma (#2 Dominic born 8/5) - 0 Months, 20 Days
dcw6411 (#3 Luke born 7/21 ) - 1 Months, 4 Days
pregnantbee (#2 born 7/29) - 0 Months, 27 Days
Mossyslane (#2 born 7/13) - 1 Months, 12 Days
AANDMKLOVER (#3 Wes born 7/12) - 1 Months, 13 Days
MrsBeluga (#2 born 8/5) - 0 Months, 20 Days
Coffeemom (#2 born 7/12) - 1 Months, 13 Days
mrschickpea (#1 Anya born 7/18) - 1 Months, 7 Days
silva (#2 born 8/11) - 0 Months, 14 Days
coopsmama (#3 born 8/18) - 0 Months, 7 Days
Glitter (#2 Juliet born 7/31 ) - 0 Months, 25 Days
oldpuebloJenn (#2 born 8/23) - 0 Months, 2 Days
MrsSCB (#1 born 8/17) - 0 Months, 8 Days
T.H.O.U. (#3 born 8/14) - 0 Months, 11 Days
August 17: KOALAHUGZ (#2 ) - 41 w, 1 d
pwnstar (#2 born 8/11) - 0 Months, 14 Days
stratosphere (#2 born 8/16) - 0 Months, 9 Days
August 20: jojogirl (#2 ) - 41 w, 0 d
shootingstar (#2 born 8/16) - 0 Months, 9 Days
August 24: agold (#1 ) - 40 w, 1 d
August 25: LCTBQE (#1 ) - 40 w, 0 d
August 28: mrskerch (#1 Induction 8/25) - 39 w, 4 d
August 29: clairhuxtable (#2 ) - 39 w, 3 d
August 30: pirouette (#2 c/s 8/25) - 39 w, 2 d

@stratosphere: oh that's wonderful news! so glad to hear your update and excited to read the full story on the labor thread when you have some time. and my goodness, sounds like he's a healthy little lamb thank god for c-sections. I hope you both are doing great at home.
I'm also tall with a super long torso and a little scared that my boy will be in the XL baby club, and as of today, he's late--we shall see!

@stratosphere: Congratulations! And I will second @LCTBQE: with thank jeebus for modern medicine/c-sections! I had a c/s with this baby (first baby was a vaginally birth) because he was breech. I hope you recover quickly--and well!

Hi, ladies! Just a quick update...I went into labor and delivered at exactly 39 weeks on Monday, August 22nd! All the best to everyone!

@ClairHuxtable: Awww, congratulations!!

@ClairHuxtable: Congratulations!!

@T.H.O.U.: @MrsSCB: @pregnantbee: @CoffeeMom: @OldpuebloJenn: Thanks, ladies!

@agold: Congratulations!!