{"id":712,"date":"2013-04-24T07:48:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T11:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=712"},"modified":"2013-04-24T07:48:41","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T11:48:41","slug":"baby-where-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/24\/baby-where-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby, Where are You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s starting to feel like I\u2019m living the movie \u201cGroundhog Day\u201d (you know, the amazing early 90s movie with Bill Murrary).\u00a0 Each night I go to bed and baby is extremely low and then I wake up and baby has wiggled its way up into my ribs and I get to start all over again, working all day to get baby to move back down. I even had many nights in the past few weeks where I had regular contractions for a few hours, but every time I went to sleep they subsided.<\/p>\n

Apparently baby is more than happy, nestled inside my body and has no intentions of hurrying out.\u00a0 Things are happening, my body is preparing but the most important element to bringing any baby into the world has been lacking: the contractions.<\/p>\n

After almost a week of nightly contractions though, I saw my midwife, she confirmed things are getting on their way and then the contractions nearly stopped, completely.\u00a0 I still get a few random, occasional Braxton-Hicks like I\u2019ve been having all along but nothing substantial and it is driving me crazy!\u00a0 The baby\u2019s head is extremely low (which is good) and sometimes it feels like the baby is going to fall out of me or my cervix is ripping (which I assume is good?\u00a0 No bleeding so not concerned) but still no useful contractions.<\/p>\n

I spent a few nights sleeping sitting up in my bed, trying to keep the baby down in my pelvis and out of my ribs (s\/he has a tendency to creep up when I lay down and the rib pressure is excruciating) which has resulted in such little sleep for this mama (1-2 hours at a time, then up to pee, then an hour to fall back asleep) that I abandoned this idea and am back to dealing with my yo-yoing baby instead.<\/p>\n

I also spent a few days obsessing over getting the baby out and getting my contractions back on track but now I\u2019m just too frustrated and tired to care.\u00a0 Maybe in another few days I\u2019ll be ready to try again but for now I guess we\u2019ll just wait and see what happens.\u00a0 Unfortunately I have an unknown amount of time left of being terribly uncomfortable (much more so than I ever remember with either of my girls).\u00a0 Laying is uncomfortable, sitting is uncomfortable and standing makes me tired and\/or dizzy.\u00a0 So for now I\u2019ll just spend as much time as I can floating around my pool since it\u2019s the only place I\u2019m comfortable.<\/p>\n

For those of you who may not know the \u201ctricks\u201d these are the most common suggestions for kick starting labor (there are other more intense ones using herbs and such, but I prefer to stick to the ones that are more natural to my daily life):<\/p>\n