False Labor and No Baby Yet
I spent yesterday cycling in and out of false labor. At times the fake contractions leaving me gasping for breath, hopeful they would set into a rhythm, only to stop and leave me pissed off because I am ready to be done!!!!
I am now ready to take suggestions on what will bring on real labor. 'Cept I am not drinking the castor oil so please don't suggest it.
To otherwise keep you occupied while I continue to ripen like a summer melon I found this to be a rather time consuming and intriguing little piece of gray matter work-out material.
Here is my result:
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I have no plans at the moment to work on any of my many and varied projects. I plan to come around and visit all of you beautiful woman who come here to visit me.
For those who wonder about my ambition and the tackling of projects -
Steven wonders why you think I need his permission or even his input.
LMFAO!!!
That would be like telling the tides when and how to roll.
As for paying a professional to come in and strip my floors and my staircase - it's called M.O.N.E.Y. My floors are 100 year old heart of pine planks. The nail heads are also 100 years old. When a floor is stripped they use a machine that is not really a sander. It takes as much as 1/8th of an inch off of the floor boards. This will not work in my house. It would chew up the nail heads.
My floors need restoration work. Which means good old fashioned elbow grease (and harsh chemicals). To pay someone for that kind of work would cost me a medium sized fortune. Being the tightwad that I am I prefer to keep my money, bitch and moan about the paint, strip them myself, so one day I can sit back and proudly see the fruits of my labors.
Once all of the paint is removed the floors will need to be lightly sanded. Depending on several factors I may just rent a floor sander and give them a once over myself. The part I am already dreading is the cleaning up of all the sanding dust BEFORE they can be stained and varnished. We did the floors in our house when I was a child. Holy Hell they were alot of work vaccuuming up every tiny particle on our hands and knees crawling along the baseboards with tack clothes and mineral spirits.
Ack. Maybe I need to win the lottery and spend the winnings on my floors. :-/
But then again there is NOTHING like the satisfaction of a job well done.
I'm quite talented at transferring the pride of a job well done by someone else back to me. (Hey, I HIRED THE GUY! I could have easily selected the one with the slightly higher estimate!)
No baby exiting strategies here, but sounds like you've about got that party started. Don't let your water break on the newly stripped stair!!!
How exciting! take lipbalm along. It helped me a lot!
The only thing I know that would bring on labour the best is to have sex. I wouldn't drink that stuff either! Yikes!!!
It is amazing once you've finished a project the great sense of accomplishment you get.
oops.. my final score before giving up was 26/33
There was just a story on the news about a woman who was like you...ready to be done...so a pharmacist recommend she eat some black licorice to get things going and it did and she was done - in 10 minutes - and now has a big happy baby on the outside! Good luck!
Ha. I tried everything short of caster oil, and nothing worked. These old wives' tale things "work" because the women who are trying them are READY TO POP ANYWAY.
However, I will say that I spent a whole day complaining about really vicious false labor before realizing around 9 pm that I actually WAS IN LABOR.
Looking back, I think I was in labor all day. The whole "regular contractions" thing just took about 8 hours to really happen. Either that, or I'm just not that bright.
Good luck!!
You certainly think things through nicely.
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Go get a pedicure and then treat yourself to a nice lunch or Mac and cheese with A1 sauce. You have been feeding that baby way too much good food, no wonder he doesn't want to come out and only get milk.
Regarding the stairs, what are the child labor laws in VA? Is strapping sandpaper to children's hands illegal?
I've got some floors to do too, and I'm dreading it. Hang in there girlie...you're almost home free!
I love doing my own DIY projects. I can't stand paying someone to do something I know I can do. Plus I think it's fun to paint and sand and strip and fix!
Seriously, I'm sure if you can wait til Summer Momma K and I will come help. It's so much more fun to do other people's chores ;0) Feb 2..though I hope it's earlier for your sake!!
Okay I got 26...but I still think it should be players "on" a team not "in"..and 52 C in a P (W J) is 52 cards in a Pack (without Jokers) is confusing as well..it's a deck!! ;0) cool test!
Oh, how exciting this all is! I know I'd be impatient, but I'm so excited for you!!!
And the stairs are GORGEOUS. I'd be anxious to get that paint up too! Why oh why do people do things like that?
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Hope cracks me up...child labor laws...hee, hee. I'll look into that for you ;-)
I know what brought my labor on - a nice stiff dose of pitocin!!
In our family, we swear by eating Mexican food and then going for a long ride down a bumpy country road. Works every time! (Either that or pitocin.....LOL)
Woo hoo! Angie's about to have a Baby!
I wondered when you'd get to the "What do I have to do to get this baby out of me?" point. I tried everything- Eggplant every night. Riding on bumpy roads. Lots of walking every day until I was crying from exhaustion. Sex. Yes, sex. It wasn't easy and it was difficult convincing my husband to accomodate a nine-month-one-week pregnant me at all! Still, she came when she was ready...
Sounds like you're good to go. I think Saturday just might be your day after all!
I got 31/33 and gave up, then googled the last two and there's no way I would have ever gotten them.
I love your 100 year old stairs and am thinking good thoughts for you and your soon-to-be-born-love-bug. I hope all goes well. :)
Hi Angie,
Ok - this is what I did to bring on labor - both my kids were late 5 and 6 days respectively -- I did 25 jumping jacks in between running the stairs. I don't know if it worked, but they popped out within 24 hours or so. Good luck!
LadyBug