Week 40... So my due date was on Saturday the 7th of March. It is now Monday morning and no baby yet! I really think they should abolish the due date as I think it puts pressure and stress on you when it passes. They should give you a wider window of time between 39 and 41 weeks so you don't concentrate too much on one day! Only 5% of babies actually come on their due dates and my little one was not one of them.
Had an eventful week though baby wise which hasn't helped me relax. Thursday I was getting quite a few Braxton hicks and pain down below so I was half getting excited but nothing really progressed then when I went to bed I realised she wasn't moving as much as normal and I really panicked. Cue going to Wexham at midnight and getting hooked up to a monitor where baby starting moving again perfectly normally and heartbeat and everything was absolutely fine. Worry over. However, the doctor that saw me wanted me to come in on Saturday for another check and also a stretch and sweep to help move things along.
Because obviously you listen to doctors I did just that and booked in. I was hooked up to the monitor again and everything was good, heart rate, kicking etc. But now it looks like in my hospital notes I've had two monitorings for 'decreased movement' which isn't the case :( I feel like I'm starting to look like I'm not 'low risk' and that is really pissing me off because I don't want to be in the labour ward hooked up to machines. I've found the more intervention people need the more likely bad things happen during labour.
Before my sweep I was pretty happy to try it as it is a fairly natural method of induction and I was booked in Monday to have one anyway so it was just a couple of days early. However, I had it done Saturday and although I knew it wouldn't be a walk in the park it was pretty horrible and more than that it has caused me pain since and no labour yet. In fact I was hurting so bad yesterday it was just a sofa day for me when I should have been walking about being active! I feel it's put me back and mentally it's psyched me out a bit.
I have my 40 week midwife appointment today in the birth centre so I hope to speak to them about it. I will be offered another sweep which I'm going to refuse, I might let them check my cervix but nothing hectic. I'm already 1cm dilated from Saturday and I was having and still am having pre-labour symptoms so I have to trust that my body will go into labour naturally when it's ready.
Trying to stay upbeat. I know everyone means well and I'm getting lots of texts and calls wishing me luck and asking how I'm doing and when is the baby coming but quite frankly it's driving me crazy and I just want most people to stop asking. But I know I'm being unreasonabe. If no one was messaging me I'd probably be pissed off at that too. Might just not message anyone back for a few days though, for my sanity! To be honest I'd quite like to not think about it, to get distracted from this whole pregnancy thing and just talk about something else. She will come at some point she's not going to stay up there forever!! After my appointment today I think I just want to switch off from it all and not answer anymore questions about how I'm feeling. I'm feeling pregnant.
Moan over. Sam has been amazing this week as usual. He held my hand during all the hospital stuff, including my sweep which probably wasn't the nicest thing to watch! And when it's just me and him watching tv or having a bath together I feel normal and happy and not just a pregnant person. I love him so much.
Had an eventful week though baby wise which hasn't helped me relax. Thursday I was getting quite a few Braxton hicks and pain down below so I was half getting excited but nothing really progressed then when I went to bed I realised she wasn't moving as much as normal and I really panicked. Cue going to Wexham at midnight and getting hooked up to a monitor where baby starting moving again perfectly normally and heartbeat and everything was absolutely fine. Worry over. However, the doctor that saw me wanted me to come in on Saturday for another check and also a stretch and sweep to help move things along.
Because obviously you listen to doctors I did just that and booked in. I was hooked up to the monitor again and everything was good, heart rate, kicking etc. But now it looks like in my hospital notes I've had two monitorings for 'decreased movement' which isn't the case :( I feel like I'm starting to look like I'm not 'low risk' and that is really pissing me off because I don't want to be in the labour ward hooked up to machines. I've found the more intervention people need the more likely bad things happen during labour.
Before my sweep I was pretty happy to try it as it is a fairly natural method of induction and I was booked in Monday to have one anyway so it was just a couple of days early. However, I had it done Saturday and although I knew it wouldn't be a walk in the park it was pretty horrible and more than that it has caused me pain since and no labour yet. In fact I was hurting so bad yesterday it was just a sofa day for me when I should have been walking about being active! I feel it's put me back and mentally it's psyched me out a bit.
I have my 40 week midwife appointment today in the birth centre so I hope to speak to them about it. I will be offered another sweep which I'm going to refuse, I might let them check my cervix but nothing hectic. I'm already 1cm dilated from Saturday and I was having and still am having pre-labour symptoms so I have to trust that my body will go into labour naturally when it's ready.
Trying to stay upbeat. I know everyone means well and I'm getting lots of texts and calls wishing me luck and asking how I'm doing and when is the baby coming but quite frankly it's driving me crazy and I just want most people to stop asking. But I know I'm being unreasonabe. If no one was messaging me I'd probably be pissed off at that too. Might just not message anyone back for a few days though, for my sanity! To be honest I'd quite like to not think about it, to get distracted from this whole pregnancy thing and just talk about something else. She will come at some point she's not going to stay up there forever!! After my appointment today I think I just want to switch off from it all and not answer anymore questions about how I'm feeling. I'm feeling pregnant.
Moan over. Sam has been amazing this week as usual. He held my hand during all the hospital stuff, including my sweep which probably wasn't the nicest thing to watch! And when it's just me and him watching tv or having a bath together I feel normal and happy and not just a pregnant person. I love him so much.
Hopefully my next blog will be my birth story but you never know... They don't force an induction until you're 12 days over so we will see!