It’s hard to describe how I’m feeling five days past my due date. I’m still really not uncomfortable so in that sense I don’t mind being pregnant. But the continuing to wait to meet my baby…well, that’s another thing. I alternate feeling incredibly bored to impatient to upset. I have tried every natural inducer that I could. I even did the Castor oil thing both on Saturday and Sunday. And although I know it’s not “my fault”, I can’t help but feel like my body is doing something wrong. What is wrong with me that the baby doesn’t know it’s time to leave?
On Friday I had my weekly doctor’s appointment. My doctor was pleased with my progress to one and a half centimeters. She stripped the membranes which wasn’t as painful as I anticipated. Afterward they hooked me up to a fetal monitor to check the baby’s heart rate. I had no idea that I would be on that for a half hour. The room was little and warm. I was laying on my back in the beginning because I thought it was something quick. After almost passing out, I rolled to my left side while Josh held the monitor on my belly. The baby’s heart rate spiked to 190 while I was feeling nauseous and everything went blurry. I said to Josh, “I’m ready to be done”. I think I meant the monitoring but it may have also been the pregnancy in general. Josh said, “I never thought I’d hear you say that”. And then I cried.
I don’t know when for sure but I believe my doctor will induce me if I don’t go into labor by the end of the week. I do not want to be induced. Although the waiting is torture, I feel like the baby is still in there for a reason. Induction is just not for me. I am praying that I go into labor before it is necessary to be induced or that I can hold off my doctor long enough.
Overall I’m just not good with the waiting part. I never have been. I mean, we’re ready. The car seat has been in the car for a good month, the hospital bag has been packed for two weeks and the baby’s room is ready. Besides that I am emotionally ready to meet my child. This little person has been growing inside of my for 40 weeks and 5 days. I’m ready to be it’s mom.
Every night for the past week I have laid awake thinking about what I still need to put in the hospital bag, who we’ll need to call after the baby is born… I have imagined what it will be like to actually give birth or see Josh hold our baby for the first time. The thought of waiting even just another minute to hold my little one is so overwhelming that I have to try and think of something else. I’m praying that the time will be soon.
Kimberly- I’ll be praying for you…and for this baby to hurry up and come naturally!
Hang in there!! You have a big job ahead of you…Babies don’t know dates they just know when they need to come. Your body is doing wonderfully and will know what to do…. You can do it!!! Kudos to not saying you are ready to be done until now…With that kind of perseverance you are going to do great!!!
You have created such a lovely womb for your child to grow in that he/she isn’t ready to leave just yet. Soon enough, the time will come.
I went 4 days past my due date. It was a long and miserable 4 days, for both my mother and I. The doc told me that he was going to induce me at 9 am on Tuesday morning if I hadn’t had the baby. I didn’t want to be induced. I went into labor on Monday night, was admitted at midnight, and had her at 8:21 am…I think part of it was my will, and part of it was that babies just know what their mommas want.
Hope you get there soon. All I can recommend are walks, long walks.
Or maybe you could start on something that you would hate to be interrupted by?
Hang in there…it sucks to be induced…but at least if you have to it is only cause you are past due not cause you are a sickly prego lady like i was…..and yeah the moniter sucks..i had to do that 2x’s a week for months…hang in there and baby knight will come soon….
oh man, I feel for you! i really hope it happens soon. i’ve been thinking that maybe I need to add a few days to my due date, just to mentally prepare myself for a late baby. I can’t imagine how hard the waiting must be!
Hang in there! Can’t wait to hear if it is a boy or a girl that is taking such a long time to enter the world. You won’t be bored for too much longer.