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@highwire let us know how it goes! I liked knowing my cervix was doing *something* because she said it would make an induction more successful than if I weren't dilated at all. So that was comforting ... even if it hasn't done anything else since then lol.

She checked me since the doc is about to be gone and we wanted to know where I was at. A little dialated and 50% effaced, so making progress but not about to go into labor any minute so that's good.

Having a few too many signs of pre-e which I was worried about, so I have to do a 24 hour urine catch tomorrow (GROSS) and then turn it in and do blood work on Friday...

@highwire oh no!! I actually went in today to get my BP checked because I've had an incurable headache since last night, they took bloodwork but said my urine/BP was fine. That stinks, especially if your doctor is leaving! Did they say if they'd talk early induction or just bed rest?? Sorry to hear that

@highwire: Yay for some progress:) Not totally an Olsen down there!

@highwire gotcha. well i hope that you get good news/results!

I can't believe it is mid-November already! Eek!

@highwire: Yes, luckily my urine and blood work always came back fine. For the 24 hour test my protein was 109 and 300 was the cutoff for pre-eclampsia.

@highwire: thinking of you mama! Hope u get good results!!

@Meggo5: hope ur sleep comes back!!!

Im up at 4am again... like clockwork ugh.

Bad cramping and sporadic contractions, but no labor or water breakage. I have a feeling that after all this prelabor sign excitement I'm goong to end up being induced next wk...

At least ill get to watch twilight movie this wknd?

@mrsjyw: so sorry you're up again at 4am. The waiting game is definitely the worst. I was on high alert for any signs of labor for 3 weeks and it was exhausting. Hang in there- you're so, so close.

@Meggo5: well when we had her weighed at three days old she'd lost too much weight so we focused on pumping and waking her for feeds every two hours. Now she's doing amazing and since her latch is so bad we've introduced a nipple shield for breastfeeding and it's helped so much! Sometimes she goes 3 hours between, sometimes 20 minutes, lol. Just now I had to wake her though, I think she could have slept much longer but she sleeps on my chest on a night so when she feels comforted she'll sleep well. It's if I put her on the bassinet she wakes every 5 minutes. Where does C sleep? I swore I'd never co sleep, i was SO against it, but tiredness won out!

@mrsjyw: sorry you're not sleeping well. The last week of pregnancy was some of the worst sleep of my life.

It is 4:30 am here and I'm up nursing for the second time tonight. He's not a bad sleeper, but he's so noisy that I really want to leave him in his crib rather than in the bassinet next to the bed.

@MamaMoose: Same stats as me! Congrats on beating the pre-labor stuff and getting to full term!

My doc will be gone next week of course, but since this appointment brought up a few concerns, they are having me see his backup OB at a different office. I'm glad to meet her since she will be the one delivering me if I go into labor while he is gone.

I've got my big empty jug on ice under my office desk for this damn pee collection thing...can't wait to figure out the logistics of keeping this activity private all day. I kind of want to avoid drinking any fluids today until I get home from work LOL

@kml636: @ksnow: @SLR: how are you feeling mamas! any updates??

@highwire: Oh gosh. That can't be fun at ALL at work....

I'm with all you insomnia ladies! I have no trouble falling asleep at 8:30, but then when DH comes to bed, I wake up and lay there for an hour or two. Last night I convinced myself I was feeling contractions, so I got up and watched TV downstairs, but it was NOTHING. I'm loosing it. They actually changed my due date a few weeks ago -- and I waved goodbye to it yesterday. I'm officially "overdue," so any freaking time now would be great!

Have you thought about the "perfect" time to go into labor? I so don't want it happen during the night, because once it starts, I'm positive I won't sleep at all. If I don't sleep at all, I'm worried I won't have any energy to get through the process!! So, in my dream world, I'd like labor to start at 6:00 AM and I'd like to have a baby in my arms by 8:00 PM. As if.

Hi all! I was also up at 4:30. Ugh. Did a membrane sweep today, not fun. At this point I think it will be thanksgiving dinner, ha ha. I go back Tuesday to potentially schedule an induction.

@highwire: Yeah, I'm pretty sure it wasn't so much a "change" as me having originally written down the wrong date.

@highwire: I'm sorry you have to do that on a work day. I was able to do the collection on Sunday and bring it in Monday morning and I thought that was bad.

@highwire: omg. The worst. Good luck!

So, did any of you have some discharge going on after having a cervical check? I have had absolutely zero bleeding or colored discharge of any type whatsoever for the duration of pregnancy. But today, I'm having some brown discharge (Gross, sorry). Wondering if it is because of the check yesterday afternoon?

@highwire Yes, I have each time and they said it was 100% normal Sorry you have to do the collection at work, that sounds really irritating and awkward! I am under the similar impression that most people go into labor in the middle of the night.. although I have no idea where I got that from!

@kml636 that SUCKS. we had a similar kerfluffle with my parents over the middle name and it was a huge headache. sorry

Had my 39w appointment today.. no cervical changes 1 cm & 50% like @mamamoose! Induction scheduled for the 27th - 40w4d. I'm really stressed about people online and in person getting argumentative about scheduling inductions before 42w and, of course, the prospect of actually being induced.

Last night home alone - at noon tomorrow it is back to pineapple, yoga ball bouncing, and long walks!! Trying to stay calm over the impending move and birth combination... soooo ready for 2013 when we'll be settled in!

@kml636: I will never understand why people think the names of other people's children is any of their business- even family! My daughter's middle name caused a family scandal and it's like "Hey- you got to name your kids. Let me name mine! Why do you think you can name mine?!?!?" It's just so utterly ridiculous!