Am 40+1 today, have never reached my due date before (this is DC4) was expecting to be a few weeks early so am feeling totally fed up now! I've had stop start contractions for weeks, been losing plug for weeks, midwife said yesterday that baby has turned back to back and this could be causing the stop start, so I'm now spending as much time as possible not relaxing like I want to and on all fours, which is bloody horrible. She did a sweep for me, said cervix is soft, low, few cm open. So all seems good to go, but it's not going and I'm going mad! 
I have seen many threads asking about getting labour going and moaning about non moving babies that result in things kicking off, so thought I'd give it a go. I might book the hairdresser for tomorrow or something.
Bloody baby
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Testing the moaning on here to induce labour theory :p
Undertheboredwalk · 05/05/2016 17:05
Thanks 
so far nothing happening so it clearly doesn't always work 
i've got another sweep in the morning and hoping it does something, I'm planning for a home birth and don't want to have to end up with induction at the hospital 
Oral sex (semen contains prostaglandins). Good anecdotal evidence for this and no, I'm not OP's DP 
Surely worried, the prostaglandins are only any good on your actual cervix, and not in your stomach!? Are you sure you're not DH......
Apparently not underthebored Very experienced midwife told me that it's oral effects are anecdotally superior... And definitely not DH
Second sweep done, she said cervix is very soft and around 4-5cm dilated already. She was very umm... thorough 
and I have a fair amount of pain now! Am not sure if it's anything more than just after effects of the sweep though. Has anyone had sweeps before? I have no experience of how it works really.
Pop on your favourite knickers and you are guaranteed a lovely bloody show and waters breaking all over them!
Or start binge watching a box set. You will be desperate to find out what happens after some cliffhanger but your baby will make sure you remain ignorant until you are on the Other Side of going overdue!
I hear ya! 40+2 here with my third and so ready! I've been told the Mw won't do a sweep or induce until 41+ weeks, but I had a sweep at 40+4 with my first... If this baby isn't here by Monday I'll be desperate for a sweep - do I have to move counties to get one?
Congratulations Chaos I'm still here, still pregnant, slowly losing the will to live! ......
Just endured sweep no.3, It was v v uncomfortable, midwife says I'm definitely dilating, she could easily stretch to around 6cm! But head is not descending any further, she thinks when I go it'll be v fast it's just getting going. So i'm off to spend the rest of the day bouncing on my ball to try and get this baby to move down more!
She's coming back on weds to do one last sweep for me if needed then I'll get a 40+10 app at the hospital, although she will support me not going for induction as long as me and baby are fine. I'm going to see how I feel if baby is still not here then.
So so fed up with it all now! I hope everyone else is getting on better
I remember searching for ways to start labour and an old thread on here came up. Someone said to put your thumbs on your inner ankles, move them back and down 1 inch until you find a little indent and to rub in circular motions. I did (because I really wanted DS out) and an hour later my waters broke! 11 hours and a visit to the maternity ward later i did it again and an hour after that contractions started. I'm 99% sure it was coincidence but I'm still a little curious if any of you ladies want to try it out
I'm jumping on this bandwagon! 40 + 5 now with DC2. Desperate to avoid induction & meet my baby.
Baby went breech but was turned last week so I'm on course for water birth at birthing centre . Had a sweep but was told cervix was posterior & only 1cm dilated (I was happy with 1cm!).
Waiting for next midwife appt & sweep on Wed
Let's hope it's not long for us!
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40+5 here as well, with DC2.. very keen to avoid induction this time (induced at 42+1 with DS), but no signs of anything happening yet ... I have a sweep on Wednesday which might hopefully do something!
My sympathies ladies, I'm not pregnant but remember this well - 3 of mine were late, the last last a day early but they'd started sweeps early as didn't want him to be overdue.
under, your DC4 sounds very similar to mine. I had 3 sweeps and was clearly dilating slowly over a number of days.
Went into labour after sweep no 3 and then it slowed down. I asked them to break my waters in the end as the same thing happened with DC3 (9 days over) and he was out within 2 hours of them breaking - as was dc4. Head was very high but once the waters go and there's direct pressure from the head on the cervix, it all got moving very quickly.
So am hoping that gives you some comfort.
Good luck to you all ladies.
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