ok guys i'm 36 weeks and having good enough contractions to get things started.... i'm 75% effaced so they took me off the anticontraction meds.... that didnt work anyways.... but now i get to sit back and feel the pain..... so pretty much i'm not going to make it to the 17 of jan...


my one question is to the "MOTHERS OUT THERE" about how long does it take after being 75% effaced at only 36 weeks tell lets just say... um shes on her way out?

I don't know but good luck and congrats!!!

I'm not a Mommy but google is my friend .
http://www.pregnancy-info.net/QA/answers-Effacing/

According to this it can still be weeks ... ?

thank you i think i can use all the luck i can get....i'm feeling every contraction in some places i'm not happy about.... oh the joys of being a woman....

i hope that i am ready to be a new mother again..... my son is so big now.... 13 months fits 24 month clothing.... hes tall like his daddy.....sighs.....i just hope my daughter doesnt cause any problems like her brother did

and why is it that these contractions feel way different then they did with my son.... the nurse the other night looked at me like i was nuts when i didnt relise i was having contractions..... well my son was all in my front top and i guess my daughter is all low and in my back?


mothers who have had more then two babies... why is it that each pregnancy feels so different?

Good luck and congrats. My middle son was due on Jan 17th but came on Dec. 21st. We want pics!!

kater i L...O...V...E that picture.... i am a little worried thoe... the last couple of ultrasounds they have been wanting her to breath.... like most unborn babies do... practice breathing and she wont do that... they hope that shes just a slow learner...... AAAHHH GET OUT OF MY RIBS...

Believe me that might be what she is..my middle son was an extreme slow learner. he was in the hospital for several weeks learning how to do alot...we had to teach him how to drink out of a bottle and to breathe. He didn't start crawling until a year and a half.

POOR BABY... ok shes pushing with her head on my you know whats... and its really starting to hurt..... my contractions dont hurt my upper part of my tummy like they did with my son.... shes all about the down stairs if you know what i mean.... it doesnt help that i'm short framed so where is a 5 1/2 lbs baby ganna go?

Good luck, and congrats.
And congrats on one of each. I tried 3 times for a girl and got 4 boys. Yes, that means twins.
My babies are hardly babies anymore. The oldest will be 23 Jan. 7th. My middle son will be 21 Dec. 22nd. And the twins were 16 Nov.13th.
Every pregancy is different, trust me. LOL


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but why is it i can handle the tummy contraction way better then with my son.. but when it comes down to the contractions in my lower places... I.E.. the girl zone and behind that. i hurt like a moneky turd... its driving me nuts and for the first time i sneezed today and wet myself... i never did that before... good thing i was at home..lol

Pressure, it's mostly about the pressure. The baby is putting pressure on your female stuff, and it will hurt. The baby is also putting pressure on your bladder, just hope that your wetting problems stop after she is born. I think it will though, you are still young and have not had that many kids, or twins. My bladder fell, but I have had double the kids you have almost had, and the fact that I am heavy does not help it any.
And as I said every pregnancy is different.
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both pregnancies with my children were totally different. In my experience I would say you have about a week.

i went almost four weeks at 75% effaced, as well as being dilated to four centimeters.

every pregnancy is different...but in my personal experience, braxton hicks contractions are worse with each consecutive pregnancy, as the muscles and ligaments are a bit more stretched with each, as well...

i would hope to keep that baby cooking for a few more weeks.

awwww i know how every baby is different ive had 3.... carried one higher and in back the last two were all out front however my contractions were mostly all the same... low like yours are now... but i remember <yes i do> lol that the first one i had contractions in my back also... she was the higher and in back one.. took the longest to have also 5 1/2 hours others were 3 hours and one hour....i remember too the last pregnancy i had one period... at the begening also unlike the others.. i started to bleed when i was in labor scared the hoots outta me doc said it was normal.... ant that bs about the baby turning 24 hours ahead of delivery and sleeping after that heck no!!!! that last one was wide awake!!! kicked me all the way out thank goodness she took an hour!


good luck on the birth of your new baby

oh yea.... only my first baby popped my water.... i only dilated to 4 on the second two i was about to give birth undialated lol so they popped my water both those times.... i wonder what would of happened if they didnt do that

Both of my sons were born at 37 weeks. My OB doctor had told me that the lungs and organs are completely developed at this time. Actually, I'm glad I had my second one 3 weeks early. Babies gain a 1/2 pound per week at this point and he was 8.5 pounds when born, so he would have been 10 pounds had I carried him full term.

Good luck though!

wow... every night sense i was taken off the anti contractions meds i get them like clock work.... and they get worse.... right now it feels like if i take a step shes ganna push her head out......

and wow 8 and a half lbs baby is big to start with.,, my son was only 6 lbs 6 oz and thats what shes ganna be.. i had to have her mesured to make sure shes not to big for my short frame.

wow i had my baby 3 weeks ago it feels like that time was forever ago, ever since then everything is goin so fast but its great and babies r jus a blessing :)

Ouch! Lulu, poor you!

Got to agree, let the baby cook as long as she wants to. Nature is an amazing thing. Does anyone know of a baby that came on it's due date not by scheduled c-section? She will know when it is right for her to get here.

I feel for you LittlePreggers, my son was 'in position' forever. So much so poor guy had a fierce cone head for the first month of his life.

Hang in there...best as you can. Hugs, M