39 weeks 5 days Prego!!! SELF INDUCING!!!

Okay... so at 2:00am I started having contractions they were so bad they woke me up and would not go away. I waited an hour then woke up Walter. I had a contraction so bad I was in tears. I woke him up and said "This is it! Clean the Playroom (that's where we are setting up the tub) and call Maddie!" He went outside and came back in and said "Are you sure?" I said "Well lets just wait a bit..." I ended up having to get on my Birth ball and rock. I had my head down on some pillows on the bed, held Walter's hand and fell asleep. I was woke up again by the contractions. They continued all night, I think I got about 2-3 hours of sleep.

This morning they continued, but were very irregular. Today was Cecelia's Birthday, so I had to call Brook at 7:00am and ask her to go with me to the Store and help me take the treats to Cecelia's school. I didn't want to go by myself. She is such a great friend to do that on her day off. Cecelia had a great little party. My contractions continued all day. I picked the girls up after school and took them to Pizza Hut with my Grandma since it was Cecelia's birthday. I had horrible contractions the whole way there and realized it probably was best if I went back home after Pizza Hut. Walter then came home and took the girls out to celebrate a little more. They went to Toys R Us and brought a whole band home! Guitars, Drums, Shakers, the whole thing to go along with their new microphones they got for their Birthday. I listened to them play and read them a bedtime story. The contractions continued...

So now it is 9:00pm and of course the contractions are still here. Sora said she thought the night would pick up my contractions and gave me some ideas of how to get rest. She also suggested that by me getting in the birthing tub during active Labor it could help shift him to pick up labor. THAT I am excited about! She even said that I could try hanging over the side and sleeping since I had no luck last night. Walter is NOT excited about that. That means he could end up filling it up and still no baby! So now he is working on at least getting it blown up and ready just in case.

So I decided that I am going to try some ways to pick up the contractions. I have been watching some videos and reading some ways to pick up labor. Here are some of the ideas that I found that I thought were most important:

1. Nipple stimulation- I am actually going to use my breast pump to pump tonight
2. Sex- Well duh
3. Rocking on the ball- this is the easiest thing to do and I will probably do it while I am pumping
4. Acupuncture- I tired it on my self seems like it was somewhat working. I am going to make Walter do it tonight.
5. Squats- try a little

I also need to make sure I am eating enough, string cheese is high in protein and a great snack. I am going to drink water, but not over do it because a full bladder can block the babies head from positioning.

SOOO...... wish me luck I will check in tomorrow!

By the way I know that if I was having this baby in a hospital I would have gone last night. My contractions would have been just enought to talk them in to giving me potosine and probably would have already had this baby. BUT this is going to be all up to God and to me that is worth the wait!