Bekah
01-10-2007, 02:32 PM
So far in the last two weeks I have had three false labor episodes. The last one lasted for two and half days.
It has become very draining. I am exhausted and it is affecting how I take care of myself and my family.
Yesterday I went in for an appointment to see my midwife and we had a pretty long talk. The original plan was that if I went to 41 weeks then we would start talking about induction. But as of yesterday that two week period seemed so incredibly far away that I was crying and saying I couldn't take these contractions for two more weeks. Not just physically but emotionally as well... It is so hard to wake up to contractions that are regular and timeable between 5-8 minutes apart and then realize 24 hours later that since they haven't progressed you really aren't in labor.
So she offered an induction even though it isn't what she would normally do. They usually wait till 42 weeks before they even talk about it. But she said due to my mental state she would agree to it if the doctors were okay with it. She ended up calling me yesterday afternoon and said that it was a go but that there was only one room open last night and they had to keep it open in case someone walked in who was in full blown labor. I said okay and she promised to call later if there was a change.
She called at almost 5 and told me that even that last room had been taken and there were no rooms at all... She apologized and told me that she would call me tomorrow (today) and let me know if a room opened up. It's a childbirth center where you labor, deliver, recover and stay in the same room. You never move so that is why it is hard sometimes to have a room available.
I haven't heard from her yet today. I am supposed to call mid afternoon if I don't hear anything.... Induction is something I would never purposely choose so I am slightly disappointed by it. But by the same token I am so exhausted physically and emotionally from the many start and stops of labor that I decided it would be best for me and my family to have the baby. If I get to go in tonight and the baby was born tomorrow I will be 39w 4d.... if I have to wait another day and go in tomorrow night and the baby is born on Friday then I would be 39w 5d... So I am not that far from my due date. And I have had two other babies at a little more than two weeks early. So I am not really worried about the baby. I truly believe she is okay.
Right now I am just praying that it all works out and that I get to go in sooner than later only because I am a nervous worrywart and the longer I sit here and wait the more nervous and sick to my stomach I become just from the anticipation!
I will keep everyone in the know and let you guys know if and when I go in... I am not sure if they will try again tomorrow if there are no rooms tonight... If not then they will wait till next week... and then maybe if that were the case hopefully I would have the baby before I had to go in!
It has become very draining. I am exhausted and it is affecting how I take care of myself and my family.
Yesterday I went in for an appointment to see my midwife and we had a pretty long talk. The original plan was that if I went to 41 weeks then we would start talking about induction. But as of yesterday that two week period seemed so incredibly far away that I was crying and saying I couldn't take these contractions for two more weeks. Not just physically but emotionally as well... It is so hard to wake up to contractions that are regular and timeable between 5-8 minutes apart and then realize 24 hours later that since they haven't progressed you really aren't in labor.
So she offered an induction even though it isn't what she would normally do. They usually wait till 42 weeks before they even talk about it. But she said due to my mental state she would agree to it if the doctors were okay with it. She ended up calling me yesterday afternoon and said that it was a go but that there was only one room open last night and they had to keep it open in case someone walked in who was in full blown labor. I said okay and she promised to call later if there was a change.
She called at almost 5 and told me that even that last room had been taken and there were no rooms at all... She apologized and told me that she would call me tomorrow (today) and let me know if a room opened up. It's a childbirth center where you labor, deliver, recover and stay in the same room. You never move so that is why it is hard sometimes to have a room available.
I haven't heard from her yet today. I am supposed to call mid afternoon if I don't hear anything.... Induction is something I would never purposely choose so I am slightly disappointed by it. But by the same token I am so exhausted physically and emotionally from the many start and stops of labor that I decided it would be best for me and my family to have the baby. If I get to go in tonight and the baby was born tomorrow I will be 39w 4d.... if I have to wait another day and go in tomorrow night and the baby is born on Friday then I would be 39w 5d... So I am not that far from my due date. And I have had two other babies at a little more than two weeks early. So I am not really worried about the baby. I truly believe she is okay.
Right now I am just praying that it all works out and that I get to go in sooner than later only because I am a nervous worrywart and the longer I sit here and wait the more nervous and sick to my stomach I become just from the anticipation!
I will keep everyone in the know and let you guys know if and when I go in... I am not sure if they will try again tomorrow if there are no rooms tonight... If not then they will wait till next week... and then maybe if that were the case hopefully I would have the baby before I had to go in!