Whinge! 6 days overdue, what to do now?!

[redclover79]

Hi
So I tried pineapple, went for a long walk, ate a curry... Nothing!! Does raspberry leaf tea work?! What else should I be doing?! Not sure whether to risk sex as I did have a hindwater leak, but that was 2 weeks ago!! All I'm getting are occasional braxton hicks which are barely registering!
I've got a midwife appointment on Monday morning, and I would feel so much better if I had something happen between now and then!

Does anyone have anything I've overlooked to get things started?! TIA!!

[shhhh]

All I can offer is sympathy..I was in EXACTLY the same situation as you 9 weeks ago. DD was born bang on time BUT ds however was 7 days overcooked. .

The way I now view it is that ds was late for a reason...He was quite ill from birth (Not known till he arrived) and our time was spent with him 100%. DD was full of a cold the week ds was "due" and I think maybe it was ds's way of making sure that when he arrived everyone was "fit and well" and able to devote themselves to him without any worry iykwim....

It seems like you have tried everything....RLT worked for me with dd BUT I don't think it makes labour start BUT makes it easier for your uterus to get back to normal following the birth..This it did with me, both times.

Try going over speed bumps. A mw said to me with ds that this apparently is the only once scientifically proven to work as the baby hits the cervix and can bring on labour..worth a try....

The night I started in labour dh had given me a hot curry (well it was by my terms ) and I spent the night bouncing on my birthing ball. DS was born less than 24 hours later..!

Good luck..Oh and I know everyone says it and it can ps you off a little.....but......REST..!!!!! you won't get chance to for a while once ds/dd arrives!!! xx

[redhotdiva]

try sex in the msissonary way

worked for me and a hot curry

dd was born the next morning

[TheBlonde]

sex, reflexology, eat more curry

[Dinosaur]

Go shopping, preferably somewhere that necessitates a long bus journey.

Buy lots of heavy items - I bought lots of bedlinen in John Lewis - you'd be surprised how heavy bedlinen is to carry when you're 41 weeks pregnant.

Stagger off back to the bus stop and go home exhausted.

With any luck your waters will then break and you will deliver DB about 9 p.m. this evening.

[suzycreamcheese]

what the blonde said and try raspberry leaf tea ....though none of it worked for me worth a shot...good luck ...

[redclover79]

Thanks everyone, just rang dp at work and told him to pick up some raspberry leaf tea on the way home!! May also try another curry (if I can face it, not a big fan!), tehn get my birthing ball out and bounce on it while eating the remainder of the pineapple from yesterday!
Slightly durrr question but... reflexology?! What's that all about then?!
Dinosaur, will save the john lewis suggestion for the weekend maybe, don't think I could face a bus journey (although if I could find a route with plenty of speedbumps?!) then shopping without back up!!

[Alibobster]

HI redclover

don't want to be pessimist here but I tried everything... sex, curry, walking, raspberry leaf, driving over bumpy roads, plus 3 cervical sweeps - nothing worked. Had to be induced and ds was born 15 days overdue!

[lulumama]

sex & nipple stim...hindwater leaks reseal, so not the same as rupture of membranes

the prostoglandins in semen help ripen the cervix, the orgasm help trigger contractions, as does nipple stim...look here for tips

you might need to cook this baby for 41 or even 42 weeks, as long as baby is happy in there, labour will start...when it starts !

[Dinosaur]

Good luck, redclover! Do try the John Lewis trip, I got home about 4.30 p.m. and DS2 was born at 8.17 that evening!

[RedFraggle]

You have my sympathy Redclover. dd was 13 day late and I was soooo fed up! Nothing actually helped for me (and I tried everything I could think of!) I think she just wasn't ready - not that that is any consolation....

Turn off your mobile so that people texting "Are you still pregnant?" can't wind you up further and other than that try to rest. Won't be long now...

[TuttiFrutti]

I second everything Redfraggle said. I got to 11 days overdue with ds and it was really frustrating.

Basically, none of the natural remedies (curry, sex, pineapple) "work" unless your body is ready to go anyway.

[schmizaj]

Relax. As soon as I stopped worrying about it and went out and had a bloody good time it all started.

Favourite thing about being overdue was watching people's faces when they asked "when are you due".

"Six days ago".

Priceless.

[elkiedee]

I'm not due until next week but suspect I'll be exactly like this by 30 April if not before. Are you on the due in April thread? -it won't bring your baby sooner I don't s'pose but lots of sympathy while you're waiting if you can cope with jealousy of those whose wait has ended.

[Summerfruit]

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[manuka]

Don't do anything! There's a right time for everything.

[redclover79]

Thanks everyone, have been in bed feeling as rough as a badger's bum all evening!!Tried the raspberry leaf tea, wow that stuff's vile!!
Have switched my phone off as I'm getting the daily 'have you had it yet?' texts which are probably making me more impatient!
psychobabble and dinosaur, is there something going on with John Lewis?! Good luck with your niggles psychobabble, I'm ! My niggles don't seem to even qualify as anything, sometimes wonder if I'm imagining things!

[maximummummy]

i drunk loads of raspberry leaf tea and took arnica(for the bruising&shock) for about a month ate fresh pineapple ate curry had sex lots everything we were told &could think of
and 2 cervical sweeps


but none of it worked is was induced at 15 days over


being induced wasn't that bad really went in at 8am had ds at 11pm home at 2.30am


i definately think the arnica and raspberry tea helped as i recovered (down there) much quicker with ds than with dd

[nappyaddict]

how about walking up and down the stairs? bouncing on a birthing ball? reflexology?

[shhhh]

All gone quiet redclover.................any signs...???? .


LM, you nd your nipple stimulation... Bet your dh is pleased..!! .

[Klaw]

Summerfruit, the prostaglandin in semen is reputed to be more effective at inducing labour if ingested orally.....

They use pig semen to manufacture the artificial prostaglandin they use in hospital inductions.

Not sure if I'd be able to face in in late pg but think I'd prefer my mate's to pig's.

However, having researched induction a lot before my VBAC, and doing a lot of reading for my Doula course, I have decided that I would endeavour NOT to rush things in a future birth. (but who know's what I'd do if I go overdue again and desperation sets in! )

[madamez]

Sympathies your way. I well remember this as DS was 7 days late and I spent the bulk of that week going, so now what? Am I going to be PG for ever?
But then my blood pressure shot up and I was induced (which is not too bad really though it can make BF a bit more difficult)

[Kaz62]

please don't beat yourself up about trying to induce labour, you just end up feeling guilty when it fails, I was trying all sorts and I still needed to be induced in hospital

[Kaz62]

being induced is ok but I was induced when he was not engaged and 33 hours later he was still not engaged so get your support person to continually ask about progress. I also found that when I was on the drip they increase it every half an hour or so, if it gets too much refuse to allow them to put it up until you have been given an epidural you find that it comes pretty quickly!!

[sunandmoon]

Reflexology worked for me. i was 12 days overdue and 24 hours before the induce, I went to a very good reflexology. My 1st contraction started about 6 hours later, and my midwife cancelled the appointment. DD came naturally after a long labour!!!
Hope you are ok.