Overly anxious and running out of patience!

Im 37w5d and the anxiety & anticipation has completely taken over me!
I was induced with the twins at 37 weeks and we were all home 36 hours later. I know Im not due for 18 more days but I cant help feel the anxiety & anticipation.
I want to know when its coming, what gender it is, what it weighs, how the twins will react etc etc etc

Then at the same time I dont want it to come out LOL this may be the last time Im pregnant, this may be the last "baby" I get to have. Oh the mixed feelings of pregnancy. :blush:
I see my midwife tomorrow morning & even though it doesnt mean anything Im going to make her check me. I need to know Im at least progressing towards a labor.

Maybe the baby is waiting for my OB to come back to town?

 

I just realized that your "babies" are one year to the day younger than my boys, and your current due date is one day after my EDD with my baby girl last year! I know it's hard with what you're going through and I had many of the same feelings. When my doc scheduled my induction (I was 3cm for 2 weeks with nada going on and my doc was going out of town later that week so I chose to be induced) I was relieved because I knew when baby would come and was totally excited but at the same time I knew it was my last.

Hang in there girl and let us know what the midwife says.

 

I still have a ways to go with this baby but I do remember how hard the wait was with the twins. I don't think I had my c-section scheduled until two weeks out (delivered at 38 weeks) so for a while there at the end I was dying to know when it would actually happen. Hang in there and know your baby will make his or her appearance when the time is right.

 

I want to share my favorite forunte cookie ever with you.


Stay calm, cool, and collected and everything will fall into place.

 

Meximeli that is awesome Perfect! I agree with how hard it is to wait! My twins were early but the anticipation of finding out what they were was killing me! It will be the same way this time!
Good luck, 2nd babies tend to come a tiny bit earlier so here's hoping maybe next week? Good luck and enjoy your pregnancy

 

oh...so close! I know you are getting anxious...heck I'm getting anxious and I have 56 more days! lol! But try to enjoy the last few weeks or days of pregnancy...soon enough you will have that baby in your arms!

 

I totally understand how you feel. I know that my baby will be here next Wednesday, but I still feel anxious. I am anxious because I don't know how the twins will react and because I am unsure how I will handle having three children. I feel so many emotions going on at once. Like you, I want the baby to be here, but then I know that this is most likely the last time I will experience a pregnancy, so I want to enjoy it to the fullest.

Good luck to you and we have to make sure to do what Melissa's fortune said.

 

Had an appointment this morning.
Not much has changed.
I'm still 50% effaced, 1.5cm dilated- very soft, and baby is at 0 station. I didn't gain any weight at all this week. Im measuring "39 weeks" so one week ahead.

 

I'm right there with you. 1 cm and 50% effaced and I have started losing weight already. I keep telling myself that a full-term 40 week baby is best My last pregnancy went 39 weeks 6 days and there was a huge difference in terms of nursing and sleeping between him and my 37 week old twins. Hang in there. The waiting and wondering is the hardest part at the end.

 

I'm right there with you! So anxious to meet him. Unlike you, though, I doubt I'm dilated at all. Never have been before labor. Not even with the twins. I may find out tomorrow at my appt. My twins were 3 weeks early. My daughter 5 days late (induced). I'm predicting a Thanksgiving baby, which would put this baby 5 days late, too. Only time will tell!

 

I'm like Alison...never dilated at all prior to labor (except with the twins...go figure, prior to my c/s I was 2cm dilated!) . Honestly, you can't compare natural labor to when you went in for your induction. If I were you I would do myself a serious favor and set a target date to look for as December 1st or even beyond. You know the phrase 'a watched pot...never boils...' well, babies can be like that!!! Even somewhat dilated, you need to get mentally prepared to go beyond your due date. Even for 2nd time pregnancies a full 50% of women will go past their due date.

Oh, I'm such a wet blanket aren't I???!!!! But I've found that looking at my due date as if it's the minimum length of this pregnancy makes the waiting toward the end much easier than if I assume I'm going to go early. Just look at it as extra time you can enjoy those belly kicks and movements.