still tick tick ticking away here
baby benji doesn't seem to be in any hurry. my husband says "can you blame him? you're very comfortable". i have always been told i'm like a soft pillow on the outside so i can only imagine the inside. lol.
but last night was rough. i had really bad menstrual cramps. felt like i was getting my period. like the kind of period where you curl up in a ball and take a mydol and just make sure there's a thick ass pad there bc you're certain you're flow is like something out of carrie. woke up this morning happy to not have gone into labor. lol. i got 4 hours of ****ty sleep. i wasn't ready. god i was so happy and excited and then i read that damn birth story last week. stupid me. now i'm dreading it again. its like knowing you have to run a marathon on a treadmill that won't stop till the person running it is satisfied. and that its gonna get faster and put on a higher and higher incline with more and more resistance. its knowing this HAS to happen, you have no choice. so you're not really looking fwd to it bc you know its gonna suck and you're completely out of shape. and i know everyone tells me the minute he gets here all the pain goes away. which doesn't help the actual 12 hours or whatever of pain as i'm going through it. lol.
i need a peptalk people!! lie to me!!
Well those period cramps sound familiar, those were what I had through first 4ish cm prior to my dr telling me, it's going t happen within 24; I remember thinking, okay, this is going to get worse, they say it's the worst pain you will experience...finally at hospital at 6cm...anytime now, this is going to kick into HIGH gear on pain....pumped a little pain meds...okay, I better get that epi before this gets really bad..ready for that pain...oh, that's it? Then few hours later after several games of scrabble on the old IPAD...guess what time to get this baby some air...push...done....
GASTRIC was ten times harder...if you did that...I think this will be a piece of cake! Now go get that baby some fresh air 
Stacey
RNY-10/27/04
I can't really speak to you on how to cope with the pain other than recommending an epidural if you need it. But the pain and all that really will be a fleeting memory after that baby boy is out and in your arms. :)
Don't be scared of labor. Just go in with an open mind. I know you have a certain idea of how you'd like it to go, but an open mind is never a bad thing. You're almost there!
It does hurt and i won't lie about that, but i just had number 3 and it was the best labor ever. My first was the longest almost 24hr with the wicked witch Pitocin for 17hrs of it. However, my second labor was more painful than the first actually had to get pain meds just to relax it 18hr with 12hr of pitocin. My last labor was a whooping 6hr in hospital and was GREAT (it hurt but nothing i couldn't handle), but had contractions for 5 days at home. I know the first time is the scariest because you have nothing but hear say and don't know what to expect what your body will do. I remember being in your shoes and thinking OMG what have i done, but think about if the memory of the pain doesn't diminish then there would be a lot more only children
. Nothing is more wonderful than hearing the cry of your new baby!! Good Luck sound like you don't have much longer to go!!
Tiff
I hear you!!! Back on the morning of July 9th, early morning lets say 1am, I had what I thought was the urge to pass gas, I mean blow the roof off gas. I couldn't do it lying in bed so I got up to use the loo and successfully blew it off. Went back to bed and low and behold 15 mins later I had to do it again. This went on for a couple of hrs then about 430am I was in the loo, blasting the toilet away
I had to ummm, go #2 and I got this intense pain cramp whatever you want to call it as I was in the process. Once I finished it felt all better, wiped, had some show, went back to bed for 1/2 an hr (all while cramping every 15min like gas pains). Got up got hubby off to work and went on with my morning still cramping every 15min or so. I truly thought this was BH as I read that Contractions were painful and these were not just a tightening sensation every 15 min. Called telehealth and they advised me to go to the L&D and get checked to be sure that they were BH. Went about 6 pm when hubby got home from work, got hooked up to the monitors and after an hr they took them off, I asked if I was having contractions and the nurse replied "not sure until I check you" She checked, and after a very quick insert and withdraw she announced they were keeping me I was 4cm and 75% effaced Took me to a birthing room, Doc came in at 8pm, re-examined and said I was a 4 and broke my water. Things progressed very fast for me from that point. Epi was given at 9pm, (DID NOT WORK) fully dilated at 930 started pushing at 1015pm and Miss Shaelyn was born at 1046pm. I will spare you the rest, yes it hurt, but once she was out and I got to see her all was put aside and YES I would do it all over again if I could but with her heart troubles being genetic I can't afford to go through that all again, so she is and will be my only precious gem. Sending Daddy off to the snip & tuck department in the new year so an accident won't happen. Taking every precaution to prevent another pregnancy, I loved being pregnant and giving birth, but being able to keep my baby here alive is beyond anything I could ever ask for.
Good Luck and it sounds like any day you will be meeting your little one.
Sherry-Lynn
DD July 9th, 2012 7lbs 1oz
