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Arrg so sorry
I hope baby comes soon. *Try* to rest and fuel up for when the time comes!
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@Danizaur: Aw hun... I'm sorry. Facebook message me anytime you wanna vent or something.
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Hugs, hopefully the baby will surprise you with a quick labor.
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@Danizaur: oh, i'm so sorry. i can't believe they couldn't tell you what was wrong previously with your stomach pain. hope when baby comes it's quick for you. take some time for yourself and it's totally okay to cry and feel bummed.
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@Danizaur: I'm sorry
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@Danizaur: I am so sorry!
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Oh my goodness, what an awful adventure you've had. Wishing you well and hope that you get some rest before baby arrives!
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@Danizaur: I'm sorry...hopefully your LO comes soon. Feel better.
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@Danizaur: I've been following along and know how disappointing this is for you.
Hugs for you. Hang in there.
Looking on the bright side, think about how much more comfortable it is to be in your own home, with all the food and water you want, and no one poking or prodding you. The doula who ran our prenatal class said the best thing to do during prodromal labour is to just keep living your life like normal. I know how hard it is at the end if pregnancy (take it from someone whose baby wasn't born until 42+1), but all you can do at this point is keep on keeping on.
It will all be over soon
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Sorry you had to go through that just to be sent home. Sending some hugs. I hope when it does happen you have a speedy labour.
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I'm so sorry!!! That whole experience sounds so frustrating!! I really hope things move along for you soon and you get to hold your baby in your arms soon!!!
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I'm so sorry.
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@Danizaur: I'm so sorry. I hate that this was a horrible experience for you.
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Thank you for the support. I've been mopey ever since we got home...DH is excellent at making me feel better. I feel like I come off as a whiney baby from all this...looking back it's not that bad...it's just all made me doubt my body's ability to labor. And it makes me think, how do people just go into the hospital and progress and have a baby? It seems too easy for them. I know that is irrational but that's just what my subconscious thinks.
Nothing seems to make sense. I'm sure when it really is time it will be different but last night I ACTUALLY labored. Just barely....I was aware the whole time it was early labor but it was causing me to dilate.
It's just really confusing and frustrating to me. I had some great nurses last night and today but I really feel like the care I received was lacking. They didn't make much of an effort to find out why I was screaming in pain when I arrived. Once it went away they just pretended it never happened. Maybe it was nothing, but for almost 4 hours it was killing me.
Maybe I'm just overreacting...I have a healthy baby and a seemingly healthy body and plenty of time for him to come on his own...and an induction in the foreseeable future with my doctor that I love if not. I'm so grateful for that. But my point is is that I'm not tired of being pregnant....I can take being pregnant for 3 more weeks if I had to easily! I'm just tired of the false labor and hospital trips and not knowing my body. Pregnancy already makes you a stranger in your own body and now I really feel like I don't know what I'm doing. And I feel like everyone thinks I'm silly for not knowing what true labor is, the hospital staff, my family, and everyone else that I update when I think I'm in labor. So I'm just going to hold off. I know that's not necessarily true, but I feel silly myself.
It's a sucky feeling. I may post here and there on some topics, but I'm going to keep labor and progress updates to myself. I promise I'll post when he actually arrives, but I'm refusing to believe it myself until Im either induced or my water breaks. Thinking otherwise has really upset me so far.
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@Danizaur: hey. Stop beating yourself up. This is your first baby. NO ONE knows what's going on with their first baby. So ignore those people who are being dismissive - they just don't remember what it was like. Heck, this is the beginning of my second pregnancy and I've already called my doctor's office in tears yesterday. Enjoy these last few minutes, days, weeks of pregnancy.
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@swedishfish:
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@Danizaur: I second @swedishfish: no one knows what labor feels if it is your first baby.
It must be incredibly frustrating and I get the part about feeling silly but once some time goes by think of the crazy story you'll get to tell LO about getting him here. It sucks to have it happen but it makes a great story.
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@Danizaur: Sending you hugs. I'm so sorry for your ordeal. I hope that baby comes quickly for you. And don't stay away too long-we're here for you!
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@Danizaur: hugs, everyone's labor is different. As first timers we just don't know until it happens. I seriously thought that I was going to have an unpleasant night of diarrhea when I went into labor. That night, going into labor was the last thing on my mind. Just focus on relaxing and resting up. He'll arrive when he's ready. You can give him crap about false labor in his teenage years.
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@Danizaur: I am so sorry, and I know exactly how you feel. My 2nd AND third pregnancy both had preterm labor, I was sent home after days / weeks of continual labor. It is a horrible feeling not knowing, but one of the trips will be real
experiencing something doesn't make anyone an expert and labor is so tricky !
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@Danizaur: I'm so sorry
I'm frustrated for you.@swedishfish: yes!
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@Danizaur: Sorry you didn't end up progressing enough. It will be soon, no matter what! I had the "early labor" for awhile bringing my total labor to two and a half days I honestly still don't know when it became "real." All of it hurt. I haven't been in your shoes but in a sense I get it. I would be confused too. And who could fault you for not wanting to endure more contractions when they haven't resulted in having your baby yet? Don't beat yourself up. It doesn't do anyone any good! You will be there soon, keep your chin up.
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@Danizaur: like PPs said, you have no idea what labor is like until you're there and even then what it is for you, it may not be like for someone else! and with all the pain you were in, i would have definitely thought something was going on too! good news is that you've progressed a bit, so you're not broken at all! hope that you keep progressing without the excruciating pain!
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@Danizaur: Would it help to call it all something different in your mind? False labor sounds so harsh. What about practice labor? Or pregame labor? Or strengthening labor?
It's all part of one big process. Your body has been laboring away for nine months. You have labored plenty!
Towards the very end, I gave myself a reward each day I hadn't had a baby. It gave me some minor consolation, and forced me to do stuff other than wallow. Which is all I wanted to do!
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I'm sorry. You have really been through the wringer but you've been a champ through it all! Keep hanging in there, we're all thinking of you and hoping Babyzaur makes his arrival soon! Big hugs mama and stay strong!
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@Danizaur: so sorry
I labored for three days. When I got to the hospital, it wasn't even because the midwife thought I was ready. It was because J wasn't moving enough. Boy were we shocked to see me at an 8! Even then nothing happened too quickly. They broke my water to speed things up, but my contractions never got closer than 4.5 minutes apart. I know it's frustrating to not be taken seriously. I hope that baby Danizaur comes soon! Stay strong and before you know it, your baby will be here. Hugs mama!
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@Danizaur: I think the thing is labor is different for everyone. Some have the classic contractions getting stronger, dilating, water breaking, pushing = baby, but most people I know, it was not that way.
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@Danizaur: like everyone said, don't be too hard on yourself although I know that's easier said than done. I had early "false" labor for weeks and was in & out of work and I told my parents and then everyone was all up in my business because they were excited. And then I felt like a damn fool because nothing happened. It was stressful, frustrating, and I was so upset with myself.
I finally had to shut it all down. I started my leave early and told everyone to Not Ask if the baby was here yet - I would let them know otherwise. I didn't plan to tell anyone when I went into labor. That helped me relax and enjoy the end of pregnancy. I ended up beig induced at 41weeks and I enjoyed my labor and delivery. I hope you'll be able to relax too. Your body and baby know what they are doing, we're just not always in on the plan. -
I'm sorry
I hope baby comes soon. *Try* to rest and fuel up for when the time comes!
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