Am 40+3 and struggling hugely (first - and last - pregnancy). Have had mild to moderate SPD / PGP for weeks but since Saturday it has really gone up a gear or three, to the point that I can barely move. Have been awake all night as it is impossible to lie down. Tried sleeping in the glider chair, but as soon as I sit back I get stabbing pains in my cervix and false contractions. So have varied between sitting bolt upright, and kneeling on the floor leaning on the stool. Not the most restful night.
Midwife performed a sweep on Tuesday but nothing has happened - last night we tried a bit of home induction (which I think aggravated my pelvis though DH was v gentle and I didn't think I'd opened my legs too far) and I had a couple of contractions but again they have come to nowt.
At the back (ok front) of my mind is that soon enough I'll have a newborn to care for, and at this rate I won't be in any fit state to do it... Midwife told me I could ring the hospital at any time and go in to see the doctors and make a plan. But that means giving up on having use of the pool, and possibly ending up with a OBEM-style nightmare birth...
Help me think, I'm frazzled and sad and tired and I don't know what to do for the best
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When to ask for induction?
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Spudlet · 17/12/2015 06:19
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