Random observations from 41+ weeks....
curlyniner
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I've been dilated to 5 cm for the last week, and I can't believe I'm still waiting. I guess the best I can do is try and have a sense of humor, eh?
- Apparently you can walk around with a 2 inch hole in your cervix for well over a week and not show any signs of going into labor.
- All eggplant parmesan is *obviously* not created equal.
- Looking at L'oreal's Out of Bed goop takes on a whole new perspective when you've been oozing cervical mucous for over a week. (ewwwww....)
The midwives are amazed every time I walk back in the office - apparently they don't see women walking around like this too often. We did do an ultrasound and the NST today, and everything looks just fine. They have tried massage, stretching my cervix, and today stripped my membranes. I get an image of this little girl in there, bracing herself with hands and feet against the sides of my uterus like Spiderman. Or another image of when she's 14 and locks herself in her room refusing to come out.
We've scheduled an induction (by breaking my water) on Friday morning.
That's the latest they will let me go, so I'm trying to give her every possible chance to come out on her own. Boy, if she is this stubborn now....
- Apparently you can walk around with a 2 inch hole in your cervix for well over a week and not show any signs of going into labor.
- All eggplant parmesan is *obviously* not created equal.
- Looking at L'oreal's Out of Bed goop takes on a whole new perspective when you've been oozing cervical mucous for over a week. (ewwwww....)
The midwives are amazed every time I walk back in the office - apparently they don't see women walking around like this too often. We did do an ultrasound and the NST today, and everything looks just fine. They have tried massage, stretching my cervix, and today stripped my membranes. I get an image of this little girl in there, bracing herself with hands and feet against the sides of my uterus like Spiderman. Or another image of when she's 14 and locks herself in her room refusing to come out.
We've scheduled an induction (by breaking my water) on Friday morning.
That's the latest they will let me go, so I'm trying to give her every possible chance to come out on her own. Boy, if she is this stubborn now.... "Things are exactly as they should be, all evidence to the contrary."
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Yeah, that's what it feels like, doesn't it??!!
(((((HUGS))))) At 41+ weeks and 5 cm, your baby will come before you know it! There's a great chance you'll go into labor on your own before Friday. Sending labor vibes.....
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It's a laxative, and if you are all ripe and ready, then the resulting strong BM can start contractions.
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I'm sure it sounds naive, but it seems like castor oil (along with its *ahem* after-effects) would be much more uncomfortable. I have talked to a couple of people who were as dilated as I was and then took castor oil - one didn't make it to the hospital in time, and the other did but just barely. So apparently it's effective in this situation.
I mean, if I'm going to end up with monster contractions either way (castor oil vs. breaking water), why spend an hour or two with wrenching poop pain first?
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yeah holly crap that would have been a long time
I really don't think you'll go too much longer anyway...not at that dilation.
I self-induced with castor oil (for a medical reason) with my last baby and it wasn't "monster" anything...just a bit of poop and labor shortly thereafter. If they break your water, you will be "on the clock" immediately, and you'll have to do your entire labor in the hospital...and what happens if breaking your water doesn't start contractions immediately? They'll start pitocin...talk about "monster" contractions.