<font color="cc0099"> YAY!!! Done with week 37! Baby... you're welcome to pop anytime now! But PLEASE don't be overdue!
11Beans, B'Hicks is tightening/hardening of the bump - usually an entire stretch at one go - not just one small portion. Mine sometimes rises into a hard ball as it hardens. Typically it's all along the upper half down to the navel, other times it's entire left side or right side. More seldom it hardens all down the middle from top to bottom of bump. Rarely I get a BH on lower half of bump. Does that help? It just clenches/bloats til it's really hard, sustains for a few (or more) seconds, then it goes back to regular firmness again.
> I've just had an extremely BH'ey day today with 6-7 in an hour from 9-10am, another about 4 in the following hour til 11am, then about 2-3 per hour up to 2pm. But they haven't increased in intensity and after my aftnn nap, now they've eased off a bit.
JessMa, thanks for enquiring after me. I've been sleeping lots. Had quite a late night Fri - slept at 2.30 after hubby brought back my Mc'kers dinner/supper at 1am, slept in til 1pm, woke up, had SUBWAY!!!, took medication and went back to bed from 4-6pm. I've been falling back asleep each afternoon after taking antiobiotics and flu plus cough meds. I think I shall feel all better in time for my waffles on Tuesday!!
doglefox, long time to hear. Vaginal examination should not happen yet at 34 weeks. Perhaps a Strep B vaginal swab test..? But nope, he shouldn't stick fingers up your cervix if pregnancy has been smooth-going thus far. I believe it'll only happen after wk 37 when it no longer "matters as much" if the examination causes dislodge of mucus plug.
ECMum, I know of absolutely NO ONE who has eaten coconut and had labour induced because of that. If MTBs are waiting til after week 37 before they have a coconut, then I think it's their timing, more than the coconut, that contributed to the coincidence in timing of labour. My sister and I started at about week 34 and 32 respectively, she didn't pop immed. Neither have I even though I must have had at least 6-8 by now. Baby will pop when they're ready. So don't fret too much abt it.
dolly, 38 weeks meh? Going into 38th week tmr, I think..
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