heymae

Updates since Thursday

2
Nov 2009

Well, my appointment on Wednesday was disappointing to say the least. My midwives office has 3 midwives, one of which I absolutely LOVE. She is the one I have seen the most, and delivered Zane. Well, when I went in on Wednesday I had a different midwife that I had only met one time before, had absolutely no idea about my situation, and the whole thing was really disappointing and frustrating. I was only dilated 3 cm, which is good, but not quite enough for them to take any action. I was bummed. I am so ready for Rocky to be here already! I have spent the last few days walking non-stop, bouncing on my birthing ball, and doing anything else I can think of to get this labor going!! My water broke with Zane when I was 4 cm, so I feel like I am so close!

I have been having every sign of labor possible, contractions, cramps, etc..but nothing consistent enough! My family is starting to totally lose it. They are more impatient than I am! Ian is so ready for Rocky to be here, he has been walking with me non-stop, which he usually hates doing. We had a really fun Halloween, we trick or treated at all kinds of events starting at noon on Saturday, and wrapped it up around 8. I was seriously on my feet walking for just about the entire 8 hours. Zane dressed as Anakin Skywalker, and we made his costume so he was super excited about it! We hung out with our favorite old-house neighbor Carys most of the day until she and Zane were both totally pooped. That girl is hilarious. Her and Zane are a match made in heaven and we miss having her so close.

On Sunday we tried to rest a little, of course my resting included more walking a ridiculous amount and bouncing on my birth ball. Zane was allowed to eat as much candy as he wanted all day, but we told him once it was time for dinner, he was done FOREVER. This plan worked perfectly for us, he got to eat a ton of candy and feel good about it, and then when dinner time came he was not upset at all to see the candy disappear. In fact, I think he was more than done!

Last night I started having contractions pretty regularly, first about 10 minutes apart for about an hour, and then they moved to 8 minutes apart for the next 2 hours! I thought we were finally getting something going!! I finally fell asleep a little after 12, and I had a couple more contractions that woke me up, but this morning they were all gone. LAME. Today I have felt nothing. I know Rocky is going to be here soon no matter what but I am so tired of just waiting around! Being a Stay at Home Mom is not nearly as fun when your child is in school all day! I want someone to play with!

A lot of excitement either way in the next couple days, my Mom is coming up tomorrow, and my sister Whitney and her son Kaleb!! They live in North Carolina and we have not seen them in months!! We are so excited!!!! I am hoping that Rocky is just being polite and waiting for their arrival before he makes his appearance. My next appointment is on Wednesday, but my expectations are at an all time low.

Back to walking and bouncing.