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MissDestiny - 14 minutes ago
:o) just around the corner :o) we've been pregnant for some 250 days!!!

babyrae - 48 minutes ago
Hi guys well i'm gonna try and bring some peace to this week :-) i think that since we are full term we ALL have thoughts about wanting our baby's tonight if we could.. I personally don't believe in anything inducing labor if its not by a doc or naturally...but.... Some women do. and i think that if one women says she wants to try castor oil then let her!! we all have our beliefs and opinions and should be able to discuss it without a fight or argument breaking out. At this time we are ALL miserable and ready for this pregnancy to be over with! I don't feel like coming to my week and having to read bad things. :-( i wanna read happy things and read about how we all help each other get trough this together!! I'm hope i don't start a fight but its how i feel... So lets keep the peace as we are all in a fragile state as of now. . . love ya ladies. :-)

shortstuff - 1.2 hours ago
okay here we go. Like I said I was not trying to upset anyone but it looks like that didn't happen. First off I've done research and you just said that dr and midwives recommend it for women 40 weeks or overdue. Last time I checked this was the 37 week forum unless I don't know how to read or count. My point is that women should not be trying to induce labor at 37 weeks.

babyrae - 2.4 hours ago
Hi ladies i'll be joining you tomorrow but i had a quick question... I'm feeling REALLY weak... I'm taking nap and eating right and drinking plenty water... Does this sound like a symptom of anything? If it continues i think i'll call up to L and D to see what they say..

newmommac - 2.7 hours ago
shortstuff- actually...if you research that information you will see that studies have been done proving that it is not castor oil which causes meconium...typically midwives and drs. recommend castor oil to induce labor in women 40 weeks or overdue. Because these women are overdue, the babies are more likely to have meconium pass and thus this has been attributed to the extended time in the womb and not the castor oil. And when you consider the negative affects of a chemical induction (petocin), castor oil has been preferred by a lot more midwives and ppl who focus on natural birth.

MommyRyan24 - 3.3 hours ago
hello ladies. its my first day in week 37. yay! next wednesday i get checked for the 1st time and my husband has to come to the appointment so that we can discuss options with doc. this is my 2nd pregnancy and i had my daughter via section. if by wedesday i am not dilated, we will be scheduling a section for week 39. if i am making progress however, we will be induced week 39. its looking like a may 30th bday! another may baby for me! I really do not want another csection because i went through hell with the 1st

youngmom2003 - 3.9 hours ago
In Oregon you are considered full term at 36 weeks. At full term it is safe for your baby to come out. some babies grow faster then others and some grow slower. Alot of dr. consider full term 38-42 weeks and that is why. They give you a couple of weeks to have then early or late.

shortstuff - 4 hours ago
While I'm not a DR or a nurse I wouldn't suggest that anyone take castor oil to start labor. I have heard horror stories from taking castor oil. It causes the baby to have a bowel movement before birth. If the baby gets any of that in it's lungs it can cause lots of problems even death if it's enough. Is it worth it to risk having your baby in the NICU because you couldn't wait 3 weeks? That is not a risk I would be willing to take to have my baby early.If I needed to have my baby early my DR would be inducing me or giving me a c-section. The decision to have our babies early is not ours. Your babies will make their grand entrance when they are ready or your DR decides it's time. Not trying to upset anyone just speaking my opinion.

newmommac - 4 hours ago
well I am measuring a week ahead anyway

missygirl - 4.1 hours ago
I'm just a bit confused....isn't pregnancy suppose to be 40 weeks? So many are trying methods to bring on delivery now as if it's time. Isn't it better for baby to stay in there at least until the beginning of week 38 at the earliest?

stschopp - 4.6 hours ago
Mix it with OJ! It tastes a little better. But be prepared to spend time in the bathroom Ladies!!!! Good Luck

newmommac - 4.6 hours ago
mizzlolo...i just took the castor oil, lol....it tastes soooooo nasty like its like drinking vegetable oil...well i took it at 920...2tablespoons with pepsi to chase it, and some ritz crackers...now I just wait it out i guess

mizzlolo - 4.9 hours ago
OH AND SOMEONE DID TELL ME ABOUT THE CASTOR OIL...IS IT SAFE?? AND IF IT WORKS PLZ LET ME KNOW CUZ IMA RIDE OR DIE WIT IT AND TRY IT OUT!!...LOL...

mizzlolo - 4.9 hours ago
I think my mucous plug (if thats how it's spelt) finally came out. I was kinda shocked (why i dont know) sometimes i feel like my body is going to forget to do things....lol...its happened a few hours after i left the doctor. He told me that I was only 2cm dilated and 80% effaced! I was SOOOO disappointed b/c i really wanted him to tell me that i was like 8cm!!..lol...IM SO READY TO HAVE THIS BABY--IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!! ALSO I GAINED 4LBS IN A WEEK!! THATS JUS CRAZY TO ME!! This baby better not grown anymore!! Im serious...else im going in and pulling him out MYSELF!!!

kristi121 - 5.1 hours ago
I am sooooo excited ... I have my section wed morning! I'm a little nervous about being awake and feel the tugging...then the pain afterward! But most of all I can't WAIT to meet my little man!

kristin1369 - 5.1 hours ago
Im sick of being pregnant. I want her out already. My Mom had me and my bro early and here I go...full term and she's still firmly in place. :) Im getting impatient and uncomfy...any suggestions to pass the time??? Currently I eat, sleep, bug my mom for a while, eat, sleep and bug my mom until she sends me to bug someone else....need suggestions lol

christina26 - 5.6 hours ago
I've been 3cm dilated since i was 34weeks. Just found that my cervix is 70 to 80% thinned out. I don't post many comments on here. It hurts soo much just to sit up.So sitting at the computer is really painful sometimes. Standing or laying down is the only way to go for me right now...lol

mommablom - 5.7 hours ago
carolina - I will be sure to let you know my results....unless I am rushed to the hospital in labor!!! So if there is no update then you can safely assume..IT WORKED!!!

Amberizzle - 5.8 hours ago
I have to wait until four days before my due date to get my section. :(

kristi121 - 5.9 hours ago
patzmum~ good luck and let us all know when you feel better!!!

carolina - 6 hours ago
mommablom - keep me updated on the castor oil, iam thinking of taking it but iam not sure, so if it works can u please tell me. i go for c-section on tuesday, if i don't start labor sooner!!

mommablom - 6.1 hours ago
So I am going to do it....being that we have a full moon coming, I figure this weekend is perfect for jumpstarting labor so I am taking the castor oil first thing tomorrow morning! If this fails then I will not try anything else because I am supposed to be induced on tuesday anyway, I just want this kid OUT of me!!! I am SOOOO excied to finally know too...BOY or GIRL?!!!!!!

carolina - 6.1 hours ago
stschopp- you are so lucky to be having a boy, if this one would of have been a boy i would't mind at all having a c-section, but iam ok with the girl well bgecause it's true what you said about giving my daughters a friendship for life, but i hope the third one would be a boy!!

Patzmum - 6.3 hours ago
Okay everyone!!!!!! Last post until I'm back with our babe from the hospital!!! We leave in the morning around 6:30 am, and if all goes well I hope to be home Monday, but because of the 'growth' issue, we might have to stay longer, or if the induction goes not so well and ends up in c-section. I have NO access to the net until I get home- WISH US LUCK!!! and best of luck to everyone here too..... Keep poppin them babes out :_) Rach

stschopp - 6.3 hours ago
wow!!

cjlal - 6.4 hours ago
There has not been a boy born in the family for over 75 yrs. My grandpa was the last one, he had two girls, my aunt who had 4 girls and my mom who had me, my cousin who has a daughter and I am on my second daughter. If there was ever a boy born, he would be soooo spoiled!

stschopp - 6.7 hours ago
carolina, that is sooo funny.... we had a girl first and there are NO boys in my family... we are all and all had girls, I was certain my second was going to be a girl and told my husband we HAD to try for a boy the 3rd time around but would stop at 3 if it was another girl. He totally agreed since he wants a son. I was so shocked i cried for hours after we found outthis one was a boy. The funny part is after finding out... 3 of my family members became pregnant.... ALL BOYS!! How wild!! I really hope you get your boy!!! But i have to say i will always feel a little bad that my daughter won't have a sister, I have one and if your lucky they will be your best friend throughout life!! My sis's daughter is 9 months younget than mine so i hope they will bond in that way, but just look at it this way.. you are giving your daughters the gift of sisterhood, and there is no greater friendship!!

carolina - 7.1 hours ago
it's really because i want to try for a boy, with this one it will be the 2nd girl, and it runs in the family that there are only girls and no boys, and i just want to try till i have a boy. my sister is pregnant with her 3rd girl so the same could happen to me, so i just want to make sure i could try till i have a boy.

kerrin - 7.4 hours ago
Carolina- I realize it's major abdominal surgery , I am thinking selfishly that I am soo uncomfy I just want her out, I see how it's nervracking esp. wanting to have a few more kids,

Moody-Mama - 7.5 hours ago
Is anyone else dilated? Just got back from hosp. and am just over 2 cm.... having period like cramps, and bloody show....wondering how long b4 my little guy arrives!!

carolina - 7.6 hours ago
kerrin- well that't the good thing about c-sections that you can choose a day went u want to have your baby, but with c-sections theres more risks than having them vaginaly.

carolina - 7.6 hours ago
stschopp - thaks for the advice i really apreciated, i am just going to leave it in gods hands if it really the best thin is to have a vbac, hopefully it will happen this weekend if not i just go for the cs on tuesday. Hope everything goes well with u on wensday the good thing is that one way or another we are going to have our bundles of joy next week!!

kerrin - 7.8 hours ago
Carolina- my friend has had 3 c-sections and says it's great not having the option , cuz she always has a scheduled date, I wish I could do an elective c-section but my doc doesn't believe in it

newmommac - 7.9 hours ago
lol dam we couldnt get a picture this week??? :(

stschopp - 7.9 hours ago
well i really hope everything goes your way!! :) It would be great if you get what you want... Its ashame that the Dr is having you ahdere to his schedule..... if you REALLY REALLY want to have the VBAC just try the other hospital, if your Dr will be gone anyway is it a big deal to go to another hospital? Im new to my area so Ive never even been to the hospital im delivering at on Wed! I just asked around and found a Dr that delivered at the hospital everyone recomended for c-sections!! I hope it all works out!!! P.S. I love children and always wanted a big family, but my hubby wants to stop at 2 (totally ok btw after this pregnancy) but i admire your strength to ensure you get your big family!! Good Luck

carolina - 8.1 hours ago
stschopp- well the only really reason i want to try for a vbac is because i want to have more kids, and if i do the c-section theres a risk of only having 3 or maybe 4, but it's not recomendable. so in the future i don;t want to regret of not trying for the vbac if something goes wrong i just want know i try, but the dr. is not giving me enough time to star labor naturaly.

stschopp - 8.2 hours ago
carolina.....ouch! Im having my second on cs on wed... i think im more scared to try vbac... id rather the cs!! But i got over it really quick the 1st time with no complications- my Dr. didn't even give me the option of vbac but it freaks me out for some reason... But its WAY understandable that you don't want to go through that again!! I don't blame you!!

carolina - 8.3 hours ago
stschopp- no but with every c-section there a big risk of having complications, and the dr. said that it depends on how is your scar tissue, but like with my 1st c-section i had an infection afterwards and they had to reopened it again till it close by itself, so i don't know how is my scar tissue.

stschopp - 8.4 hours ago
carolina, did they tell you you could only have 2? One of my girlfriends is on baby # 4 -all c-sections!

carolina - 8.5 hours ago
kerrin- well me too i have try everything already well except for the castor oil but nothing seems to work problaly she is't really ready to come jet, but i don't really want another c-section because in the future i wan't to have more kids.

stschopp - 8.6 hours ago
oh yea.....lol! Dr.'s orders!! Maybe it'll get ur mind off things!!!

kerrin - 8.6 hours ago
stschopp- I have my license in mass Tx and have been massaging the labor points but to no avail, I agree that it may be a good idea to have someone relax me cuz I am not doing a good job myself, Maybe i'll tell hubby that the dr. recommended it so he can pay lol

kerrin - 8.7 hours ago
Carolina- I have had a few minor complications and had to go to another hospital for a more intensive u/s so now I have 2 different due dates , so it's only a guesstimate, the other way to induce naturally is probably castor oil but I wouldn't recommend it I am miserable and have tried sex, walking , using my breast pump for nipple stimulation, spicy foods, and doing squats,NOTHING has worked, castor oil is not safe cuz the baby can end up pooping and swallowing it and it can cause respitory probs.

stschopp - 8.7 hours ago
kerrin, i forgot to tell you that i went and got a massage too. There is actually special pressure points that they 'say' can trigger labor.... it didnt work for me but was wayyyyy worth the try..... it was very very relaxing and i would TOTALLY recommend it.the woman doing the massaging said she couldn't 'try' to put me in labor, but she really did all she could and although it didn't work for me its a relaxing way to try... hust make sure you go to someone liscensed to massage pregnant women!

carolina - 8.8 hours ago
Hi ladies!I need your help!! this is my dilema, ok based on my lmp my due would of have been in may 10 but the ultrasound said that is was june 1st, so i don't know if iam really over due or not. yesturday i went to the doctor and he said that she was still very high and no dilation at all. my dr. is going off for vacation on thursday may 22 and he is coming back until june, 2nd. the problem is that i want try for for a vbac(vaginal delivery after a c-section) and he is the only one who would do it in that hospital, so if i don't go into labor monday night he said he would do a c-section on tuesday may 20, and idon't really want another c-section. does anyone know what could cause to induce labor naturaly, the doctor said only sex and that he knew another thing but but he woul'd tell me because it wasen't save for the baby. so i don't know if my dr. is doing all of these things so that he would have to do a c-section because he dosen't want to take the risk. so i don't know what to do if to have a c-section or to do something to star labor before tuesday or just go to another hospital to try for a vbac, but it does concern me about if iam really over due or not, because if i would be i guess i would just go for the c-section because i don;t want to risk my baby if i am really overdue. does anyone know how accurate are the ultrasounds. please give me your advice i would really apreciated. sorry for the long post, iam just so confused and i need help!!

kerrin - 8.9 hours ago
stschopp-Thank you for the advice, I think I am just making myself crazier w/ no results from my failed attempts to bring this on earlier, My doc, is a total naturalist, he won't mess w/natures course unless medically needed, I wonder if insanity falls under medical lol

amberlei - 8.9 hours ago
hey have any of you tried reflexology? I was over due with my first baby and had it done and I went into labor the next day. I dont know if it was a coincedence or if it really worked but the lady who did it for me told me that they have had good luck with it as long as you are close to your due date or overdue. A friend of mine did it to and it worked. I was going to do it with this one but im getting induced thursday so I think I can wait it out. Just thought I would throw that idea out for you all who are trying, its worth a shot

stschopp - 9.1 hours ago
I did it ALL!! You name it - nipple stimulation - primrose oil - teas - sex- walking for hours - squats - stairs -spicy food! NOTHING worked.2 of my girlfriends at the time were also prego with thier 1st and they partook in these tasks also - none of us had any luck!! Not to discourage you, but i went 2 weeks late and i started trying all these ways to induce at 39 weeks. The baby just comes when it is ready. I know thats not at all what you want to hear!! I was sooo mad after all of my failed attempts! It may be different for your but just be careful, you don't want to push your body for something its not ready for.. My dr is taking my baby at 38.1 weeks instead of 39 like normal cause i am sooooo unconfortable, he is so heavy i can barely walk sometimes, so try appealing to the Dr.'s human nature for an inductin. If its your first you may be unlucky in asking but it couldn't hurt!!! Good luck!!! You've got my prayers!!

jadeysmommy - 9.2 hours ago
1sttimemom.. in miami they ask you when you deliver if you have a pediatrician .. if you dont they give you a list of the ones available to you ..

samlib - 9.2 hours ago
37 weeks~may 16, 2008 ... appt went well, finally met the last Doctor in the group and by far he is the BEST!! i am thinning but no dialation, go for nst and fluid checks twice a week and will be getting induced probably by the end of May. He said if any changes like dialation starts, movements decrease or fluid gets low they will just send me that day to the Hospital. She, he thinks will be over 6lbs so thats great! Her belly is still 3 weeks behind and my belly measurement (which he said isn't accurate anyway) is 35 weeks. So he said definalty wouldn't go passed June 2nd, due date, and prob will be induced before then anyway. Head way down, her feet, oh yes love them in my ribs... lol!!

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