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@Mae: thank you!!

Lol, and again. Conversation with a nurse at the hospital:

Nurse: is it a boy or a girl?
Me: girl
Nurse: is this your first?
Me: no
Nurse: your first a boy?
Me: no
Nurse: you gonna try for a boy?
Me: no, I'm done lol
Nurse: get your tubes tied?
Me: no
Nurse: then you may not be done
Me: no, that responsibility will fall to my husband

I'm almost 38, this factory is definitely being shut down one way or another. And certainly not being kept open to have a boy to carry on the monarchy!

@StrawberryBee: congrats!!! So exciting!

My appt today I'm dilated to a 3. So from 1-2-4 over the last 3 weeks. I'm kind of freaking out though and I might make it to 40 weeks! By my calculations I'm 39 weeks tomorrow but my drs is more like 37.5-38. I'm huge!

Does everyone work up until they have the baby? I normally do with both kids because I've never wanted to take the PTO without a baby, but I'm *that* done and considering making Thursday my last day. I would be so mad if this baby didn't show for a week!

Plus my dr is out of town Fri-Tuesday. If I don't have the baby before Friday, someone else will deliver. If I make it to the hospital.

@StrawberryBee: wow congrats!welcome baby girl! I can't believe she was so small when you were late!

@StrawberryBee: that's crazy! I wonder if you really had GD?

@matador84: Last time I worked until I was 40+5 and planned for that to be my last day, which was a Friday, but then ended up getting induced the following Monday anyways. I worked from home though so it was pretty low-stress. I'm much more uncomfortable this time. Knowing I'm having a c-section on Monday, I planned for last friday to be my last in the office (technically 38+2) and I'm WFH non-wed this week. Today is my last day (at 39 exactly). I'm' taking thurs/fri off and have baby on Monday.

@StrawberryBee: i forgot about the GD! go have some cake!!

@matador84: planning to work til birth, but luckily my job is ok with me working from home for the home stretch which is nice. It was getting tough to commute and waddle around, and I was afraid of going into labor in the office.

39 weeks today! Dr says I'm more than 50% effaced but still only 1cm. My back and pelvis are ready to be done, but apparently baby is nice and comfy in there hoping I don't go past 40.

@matador84: ahh congrats! I'm glad you made it to hospital.

@matador84: congrats! And I'm so glad you made it to the hospital!

Congratulations to all the mothers who have already given birth and a safe delivery to all yet to come!

Starting to have contractions that are getting a little painful. I think this is the start of labor! Oh how I hope it is!! 🤞🤞

@Boopers: yay good luck!!!

@matador84: congrats! I've been waiting for your update and was hoping you made it to a hospital

@matador84: woah! Can't wait to read about your birth story! Were your contractions strong from the start?

Also, it appears last night was false labor so I'm hoping things get going again today

@Boopers: It's pretty short! See below.

I went to bed around 8pm after taking a bath and skipping dinner. I wasn't feeling well, but wasn't feeling anything like contractions or anything where I needed to go to the hospital. I wasn't watching the time, but I kept having to get up and use the restroom and kind of walk around the bedroom because I couldn't get comfortable a all--I just kept tossing and turning. At 1115, for some reason I woke up and woke DH up and told him we needed to go to the hospital. Something was off and I wasn't feeling right. We got changed and headed to the hospital arriving up to L & D just past 1130pm. They got me into a room where she had me use the bathroom quickly and then checked my cervix. While I was signing a piece of paper at the checkin desk before getting in the room, I could barely stand so I knew this was it!!

As soon as the nurse checked me, she said I was at a 6 so they were going to go ahead and admit me. I started to have contractions about 5ish minutes apart and were uncomfortable but I could sort of talk through them. They called my doctor and he arrived what seemed like pretty quickly, in less than 10-15 minutes. He checked when he go to the room and I was at a 7-8. They then moved me to a delivery room where they got set up to break my water. The contractions started coming more often and stronger to the point I couldn't talk through them. My doctor broke my water at 1222 and left the room to go sleep/work on dictation. Almost just as soon as he had sat down, they came to get him because I had started pushing on my own. Just a few pushes later, DS was born at 1230!

My biggest baby by far at 8 pounds. Please do keep us in your thoughts. He had some pretty bad bruising when I delivered him and it turned into jaundice. After multiple tests to check his levels, they crept from med-high, to high, to now under phototherapy lights and I am just super sad about it. I know it could be worse, but I hate having to be away from the baby and having no control over it at all.

@StrawberryBee: I'm actually really surprised at how emotional I have been over it--dang hormones! I just felt awful about the bad bruising and even the whites of his eyes had some blood vessels break. I think we are going on the 4th or 5th heel stick with more to come between the PKU and the testing for bill.

I'm starting to become engorged on top if it so I need to figure out what to do from here if he's going to be away from me for 3 hours at a time for who knows how long.

@matador84: So sorry to hear you're stressing! My LO was jaundiced as well, although we were able to get through it with feeding rather than lights. I would be totally stressed if they kept taking my baby away! Fingers crossed it's a quick(ish) fix and you can head home soon!

@StrawberryBee: fingers crossed your little one sorts through it quickly too!

Tonight is so surreal ladies. I head to the hospital about 5am for my induction! I feel like I'm not going to sleep at all tonight, but hopefully I'll get a few hours! All the feelings. Excited. Nervous. Tearful about leaving our first little one. We live 5 minutes from the hospital so she should be able to visit daily but just... her life is going to change and I love her so much and ugh. Hormones and tears already.

He is here! I had him this morning at 12:35 after pushing through only 3 contractions!! He was 7 lb. 9 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Thankfully he nursed easily which was a huge worry of mine since I had soooo much trouble with my first!

@Boopers: congratulations!!! Sounds like an easy birth

Congratulations mamas! Our baby boy is here! He arrived on the 17th, ten days before his due date! We’ve been home for a week and adjusting to life with 3 kids under 5!

@dolphin: congratulations!!