Expecting

[maryannette]

Hope you have some good news and pics to post soon.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

Any day now. Hell, it could even be today as there are now some "signs"... :waiting:

Good thing you're not in California. It would be at least another month and a half of waiting.

 

[Master slacker]

Any day now. Hell, it could even be today as there are now some "signs"... :waiting:

good luck! Hope the waiting doesn't last too much longer. Signs don't always mean much though.

Yeah, figured that out today as that is all we saw. We have the weekly appointment with her doctor tomorrow, so we'll know more about what's going on at that time. Until then, just more charlie horses in her back and contractions up front.

 

[Master slacker]

Well, today's appt was a slight shock. Not much progression on the baby's descent. Seems to be quite content in its studio apartment and is reluctant to stretch out in this cold world. We have induction scheduled for next Monday at 4 AM... Oy! Hopefully baby gets lonely enough before then to come out without the need for additional stress to us.

 

[Chucktown PE]

My wife was scheduled for inductions for both of our kids. They were very happy in there and needed a big shove to get the move on. The hospital in ATL called us when they had room available and it ended up being around midnight when we went in with both kids. Neither of us got any sleep that night because there are always nurses and such coming in the room. 4 AM is probably a pretty good time, you can sleep for a few hours before it's time for business.

 

[Ble_PE]

My wife was lucky enough to give birth early, but it didn't seem like she was going to. She went to the Dr. on Thursday for her checkup and she wasn't progressed much at all, but her water broke Friday night and Mini-ble was born Saturday morning, so you never know! Good luck and Congrats since I won't be in the country when Mini-slacker is born.

 

[MA_PE]

"induction" - sounds like he's signed up for the army.

 

[snickerd3]

My wife was lucky enough to give birth early, but it didn't seem like she was going to. She went to the Dr. on Thursday for her checkup and she wasn't progressed much at all, but her water broke Friday night and Mini-ble was born Saturday morning, so you never know! Good luck and Congrats since I won't be in the country when Mini-slacker is born.

I had an ultrasound scheduled for the morning mini-snick was born, guess he didn't want to go through that again.

mini snick was early too, although the dr never checked progress because it really doesn't mean much until you go into labor. Contractions started about 1 am and he was born about 4 hours later.

 

[csb]

Any day now. Hell, it could even be today as there are now some "signs"... :waiting:

Good thing you're not in California. It would be at least another month and a half of waiting.

Awesome!

My water broke, but I had to have pitocin. Be prepared for a woman on pitocin to hate you.

 

[Ble_PE]

My water broke, but I had to have pitocin. Be prepared for a woman on pitocin to hate you.

My wife had to be put on pitocin after her water broke too, but they gave her an epidural right after, so she was relaxed all the way through the birth. Lucky me!

 

[csb]

I did about 11 hours of pitocin without the epidural. I loved everybody after the epidural!

 

[Master slacker]

My water broke, but I had to have pitocin. Be prepared for a woman on pitocin to hate you.

I don't have to wait for that. Every time a contraction hits, I get reminded.

 

[Chucktown PE]

My wife was on pitocin and she was pretty pleasant. A lot more pleasant than she has been lately.

 

[maryannette]

I refused pitocin. The doctor agreed to wait a few hours and baby was born before he started it.

 

[Chucktown PE]

^^ Why the refusal Mary? Most women are clamoring to get the baby out by that time in the pregnancy.

 

[ElCid03]

Mine tried to serve an eviction notice

 

[maryannette]

^^ Why the refusal Mary? Most women are clamoring to get the baby out by that time in the pregnancy.

Two of my sisters had bad experiences when they received pitosin. It causes severe contractions, but does not necessarily make everything else happen - dilation, etc. They both stayed in hard labor for a long time. One ended up having a C-section. It worked out fine for me not to have it.

 

[Master slacker]

The stork brought a little bundle of joy today!!! We went to the hospital 12/26 morning (8 am or so) because the wifey-wife was having some HARD contractions that were between 4-7 minutes apart. After initial examination, the doc said that she's only at 1 cm or so. After a shot of demerol we were sent home to wait it out. Yada yada yada, we returned to the hospital at 11:00 pm to find she was at 5 cm. Finally, at 3:38 am this morning (12/27), Sam was born. By the way, waiting to find out whether it was a boy or a girl was so awesome!

Stats:

W = 7 lbs 4.6 oz

L = 21 in.

Sex = male

In the past 60 hours, I've had approximately 4 hours of sleep, 2 of which were two short naps today between visitations. Sam just finished eating and decided to pass out. This is the perfect opportunity to take a hot shower and hit the couch.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

Congrats to you, but that sucks for your kid. He's going to have combined presents all of his life.

 

[FLBuff PE]

The stork brought a little bundle of joy today!!! We went to the hospital 12/26 morning (8 am or so) because the wifey-wife was having some HARD contractions that were between 4-7 minutes apart. After initial examination, the doc said that she's only at 1 cm or so. After a shot of demerol we were sent home to wait it out. Yada yada yada, we returned to the hospital at 11:00 pm to find she was at 5 cm. Finally, at 3:38 am this morning (12/27), Sam was born. By the way, waiting to find out whether it was a boy or a girl was so awesome!
Stats:

W = 7 lbs 4.6 oz

L = 21 in.

Sex = male

In the past 60 hours, I've had approximately 4 hours of sleep, 2 of which were two short naps today between visitations. Sam just finished eating and decided to pass out. This is the perfect opportunity to take a hot shower and hit the couch.

Great news! Congratulations!