40 Weeks Today

nope, not sleeping yet.

it's 6 am here, we are 7 hours behind you i think. or maybe 6. i've been up since 2:30 am. i probably only slept for 2 hours.

rich just left for work a little while ago and i'm having breakfast. it's going to be another scorcher today. are you having hot weather where you are? seems like everywhere it's either really super hot or flooding. crazy weather.

my next appointment isn't until tomorrow morning. i guess i'm only a couple days over my due date so i shouldn't be freaking out or anything, i just wish i wasn't so uncomfortable.

i hope you get some good news today too! i'm glad you're getting the rest you need. good luck!

Well I just got back from seeing the midwife and ugh, the most uneventful appt ever !! everything is fine but nothings any different from last time. I dont get any checks to see about dilation or anything so I am none the wiser whether anythings actually progressing! Made an another appt for next thursday and it will be the day before my due date, I so hope I dont make it!! I was going to start my own post about my appt but dont see the point!
I seem to be having abit of a whingey day today! Our summer is pretty much none existant this year. We have been hit by floods too, luckily not that close to me. Today is nice but not exactly hot, Usually I would be moaning because I love Summer but I am thankful for the cooler weather while I've been pregnant.
Will you get an induction date at your appt tomorrow? Have you tried any natural ways to try and induce yourself? I pigged out on pineapple yesterday, not to try and bring on labour I just fancied some although the thought did cross my mind Needless to say it did nothing!

aw. don't you hate that? you're all excited and to them it's just another day at the office. they've seen and heard it all so they just kind of rush you out the door. meanwhile you're living in suspense. i'm really curious to see if i've made any progress at all since my last checkup when i was 1cm.

oh boy, you're so lucky not to be suffering with the heat. i'm glad you're not too close to the flooding either. it sounds just awful.

pineapple?? is that supposed to work? lol. never heard of that one. i love pineapple. i haven't really been doing too much to try to induce. people keep making suggestions, like the stairs. our stairs to the basement are the only ones in the house and they are deadly steep and you have to be careful not to hit your head. i'd like to have baby soon but i don't want to have it lying on the floor in the basement with a broken back. lol. i'm not that eager. other than getting some nookie last night which did absolutely nothing for me i haven't really tried anything. i'm just doing my best to keep my feet up because they are seriously in pain from the swelling. it's the heat. i just want to stay indoors and try to get some sleep.

yeah there is something in the pineapple that is supposed to help bring on labour! Dont know whether it really works or not. My friends midwife told her to try it and she ate it at breakfst and by lunchtime she was having contractions and had her baby later that day!! So she swears by it (the fact that she was 4 days overdue had nothing to do with it )

I might try the stairs thing, my mums took the boys out and now I am bored so I guess walking up and down the stairs could fill the time! Although your right if you have steep steps I wouldnt advise it! Its funny everyone keeps recommending the nookie thing to me... I think about it for a minute and then decide maybe not! Poor Chris, hes having to suffer too!

I really dont know how you stay so positive!! No sleep and constant heat that leads to swelling and now being overdue... how do you do it?? you are super mom-to-be!

Kaer, i feel so sorry for you!!!
this has got to be the most annoying time of your life ever!
you can't sleep, you don't know when your baby is gunna come..
i would be in a total frenzy...
you're handling it so well, and calm i don't know how you do it...

how's the sleepin coming along?

wow jeez i hope you pop soon, i ad an apt the day before my due date with joseph then they schedule one and an ultrasound for the following week, i told em i will be a very mad woman if i show up next week to my appt and im still pregnant lol. But i got lucky and didnt make it to that appt thankfully. joseph was 2 days over due though, jordynne was 2 days early. i hope you done go a week or 2 over you might start to lose your mind, but good thing to keep in mind is the baby cant stay in there forever!! it has to come out sometime.