Day before Due date

I have been having contractions on and off for a while now. Some can get so bad that I just want to curl up and cry. With it being the day before due date I feel that Riley may be coming late. You can't rush nature but boy do I wish I could. Sometimes I'm so uncomfortable that I just want to do what ever it takes to get comfortable. On Wednesday, we went to the hosiptal because Riley stopped moving for a long time. Over 12 hours. We get there, check in and they hook us up to the monitors. Hearing his heartbeat was a relief. My blood pressure was high and my body was swollen but after about 2 hours, everything was back to normal. We went to the doctors appointment and basically heard that next week (the 31st of August) we can talk about inducing and until then everything is fine. We so want to avoid inducing. I want to go into labor naturally. We will see though. So far we have tried just about everything. Even bouncing on a ball for hours at a time. Today I am going to go get a pedicure and hope that it might help. Wish us luck. Day before due date and I'm more anxious then ever. I am ready to hear his cry, see his little hands and feet, and see him in his daddy's arms.

6 days left

So todays posting on what to expect on my phone says 85% of babies come within 2 weeks, either side of their due dates. I don't think I can do this for another two weeks. I have been googling ways to jumpstart labor. Some of the ways are walking, nipple stimulation, intercourse, relaxation, massage, herbs, and castor oil. So I have tried the walking, stimulation, intercourse, relaxation, and a simple massage. Nothing has worked. The down side of the herbs and castor oil scares me to much to try. Nothing seems appealing about giving myself an extremely bad stomach ache to throw myself in labor, I can dehydrate myself and Riley. Or make him have a bowel movement and him get an infection from it. So I'm still playing the waiting game, and I really suck at this game.

1 week left

We have a week left. Last night we went for a very fast pace walk. I woke up this morning not feeling great. I was sore and ended up being sick this morning. These are signs of the beginning stages of labor. We can't wait. We will be walking more tonight. We have everything ready. Now we are just waiting on Riley.

38 weeks

Today was the 38 week check up. Everything is on schedule. We have everything ready. And today the doctor says, he can come at any time. We are just playing the waiting game. 60% effaced, just wish Riley would come. Guess its better to wait, it makes getting him here that more special.

14 days left

The Baby Shower was so much fun. Stevie came in for it with Chole. So I got to have all three of my sisters for a day. It was so nice. We had quite a few people at my moms as well. We got everything we needed and with lots of diapers. We are set for diapers for a while. Grandpa even talked Adam into coming. We had such a fun time.

On another note, we have had a few false alarms with Riley coming. We can get the contractions to get about 10 mins apart, then I relax and they stop completely. Or they will start at like 2:00 in the morning and I will lay there waiting for it to get closer so I can wake Adam then all the sudden they stop. Its at the point to where it hurts to sit and to lay down. I rather be walking around and it feels better that way. I have gone home early from work a couple of times, but it gets to be a false alarm as soon as I get home.

I am so tired of the false alarms, I want to see Riley soon. I think that is what is making it feel like this last month is taking forever. Adam and I have everything ready, the diaper bag is packed completely. Our overnight hospital bag is packed except for the last minute stuff, like the toothbrushes, deordant, and baby book. I will admit that now I am starting to get nervous. I think my biggest fear is that I will not notice that I am in labor. I keep hearing the phrase: Oh, you'll know. I know I will know, but its the fact that now I keep having the false alarms, I worry I won't know its the real thing till its too late.

Clothes are washed and put away, nipples and pacifiers are sanitized and ready. Now we are just having to wait for Riley to make his big appearance. Please hope that he comes sooner than later. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas. He is taking way too long.