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Childbirth

Please tell me that I'm going to go into labour soon!!

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ipredicttrouble · 30/06/2011 16:27

I'm currently 41 wks and had my 2nd stretch & sweep this morning.

I had the 1st one done on Monday and although the cervix was soft it was still closed.

However, this morning, the MW told me that I'm 3cm dilated and the cervix is starting to efface. (Not 100% sure what 'efface' means).

I'm so fed up & impatient so really need someone to tell me that it's going to happen soon! Pretty please .

I'm not really feeling any twinges at the moment.

I'm desperate to have this baby before the end of the week. Can't bear another Monday morning of still being pregnant!

Sorry for the dramatics, it's the hormones .

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gallicgirl · 30/06/2011 16:45

Oh I so know how you feel as I went 8 days over.

I think efface means stretchy so it sounds like good news. I had a sweep at 2-3 cm and went into labour the following morning.

Hope it happens soon for you.

:)

ipredicttrouble · 30/06/2011 16:47

Thanks gallicgirl, that's encouraging. I am getting the odd twinge here & there but nothing that I would class as painful at the moment. I just wonder how you get to 3cm without feeling a thing!

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Paschaelina · 30/06/2011 16:52

You sound like me! I was 40+8 when I had my sweep and was 3cm dilated without any symptoms at all., no period pain, no backache, no needing to go to the loo, nothing. I had the sweep at 12.30pm, first contraction at 10pm, 7cm on arrival at MLU at 1am, my son was born at 5am the next morning.

Fingers crossed for you.

ipredicttrouble · 30/06/2011 16:55

Paschaelina, thank you! That is really encouraging. My Dsis was very similar to you too. I'm so hoping something kicks off later this evening. I'm getting the odd twinge though not sure if it's the baby doing some crazy move or an actual contraction! They're not painful just a tad uncomfortable!

Thanks for your message

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HavePatience · 30/06/2011 16:56

I felt like I must be at least 200 cm dilated when I was only 1cm (SO painful!)
I hope it happens for you soon!

ipredicttrouble · 30/06/2011 16:58

Thanks . I need to try and take a leaf out of your user name! Struggling though . Patience isn't my strong point even at the best of times.

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Paschaelina · 30/06/2011 17:04

I think it does run in families, my mum had all five of us with short labours. The longest was less than 12 hours, I was 5 hours apparently.

I carried on all that afternoon after the sweep as normal, cooked and ate dinner about 8pm with no impending feeling of anything really. I went upstairs to bed about 9.30pm, felt tired, a bit odd so came back downstairs to DH who was watching the racing, first contraction came and went, lasted about 30 secs, not particularly painful. They weren't significant contractions until after midnight and he was born 5 hours later. Not hugely painful until transition and he was born very quickly after that.

You'll be fine, and very probably a proud mummy in the next day or so.

ipredicttrouble · 30/06/2011 17:16

Thank you, fingers crossed .

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HavePatience · 01/07/2011 14:13

Have you had your baby?

ipredicttrouble · 01/07/2011 19:06

No! .

After a few promising contractions yesterday evening I've had nothing since. I was convinced that something was going to happen during last night but no!

God, I'm so frustrated!

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Paschaelina · 01/07/2011 19:55

Boo!

Guess its lots of pineapple, sex and curry for you tonight then? (not necessarily in that order )

Come on babyTrouble...

HavePatience · 01/07/2011 20:43

oh so sorry! I thought since there were no more posts that surely you'd be in labour. Here's hoping it happens for you tonight.

ipredicttrouble · 01/07/2011 20:45

Thanks both of you. Really not feeling it at the moment .

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Secondtimelucky · 01/07/2011 21:25

Hope it happens for you soon. I went 9 days over with DD2 (born three weeks ago). FWIW, the midwife tried to do a sweep on the Tuesday and couldn't even reach my cervix. 24 hours later, mild contractions started. Less than 48 hours later I had my baby (about a 9 hour labour). Things can change fast!

ipredicttrouble · 01/07/2011 21:42

Thanks secondtimelucky, your story reassures me. Hope your little newborn is doing well?

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Secondtimelucky · 01/07/2011 22:12

She's gorgeous. But I may be biased.

Hope it gets going soon. I was getting stressed about induction and was nearly mental with sleep deprivation (hip pain and late pregnancy insomnia). But it all got going in the end, I had an amazing homebirth and my DD is a delight (well, maybe not at 3am ).

Katiekatiekatekate · 01/07/2011 22:21

This isn't what you want to hear but bear with me... I was 3cm dilated when I had a sweep at 7 days overdue, I then went to 13 days overdue I'm afraid.

HOWEVER, by the time I got to hospital I'd got to 8cm without even really noticing and DC popped out in about an hour. So maybe, just maybe, even if you're still pregnant on Monday morning you will have a lovely quick labour! I don't know really, just a theory and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!!

ipredicttrouble · 02/07/2011 10:04

Congratulations secondtimelucky .

Katie, do you know I was picturing the scenario that you've described. I have the odd v mild contraction which I'm sure will be dilating me a bit more.

After all this it would be nice to get to the hospital on Tues and find that I'm well dilated. I was 3cm on Thurs morning so I'm convinced that I must be more by now.

But why won't my body just get going properly?!

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HavePatience · 02/07/2011 23:02

I hope today has been productive for you

ipredicttrouble · 03/07/2011 13:23

I'm afraid not. Still here & still v pregnant.

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Paschaelina · 03/07/2011 19:55

Any change yet? <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=1.bp.blogspot.com/_JSZodl6vUdw/TFSeLse82xI/AAAAAAAAARA/vPrNt_mnzUo/s320/fingers_crossed.jpg&imgrefurl=joeltjohnson.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.html&usg=__KHIgrhIhD99Fa3AYZeAQOOg188o=&h=312&w=300&sz=12&hl=en&start=26&sig2=MvRqYKr6z_6rcXVLYBz3KQ&zoom=1&tbnid=ahy7mTmAig9jCM:&tbnh=134&tbnw=148&ei=e7oQTquXAoa38QPbou20Dg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfingers%2Band%2Btoes%2Bcrossed%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26gbv%3D2%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D621%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=345&vpy=241&dur=479&hovh=229&hovw=220&tx=88&ty=113&page=3&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:26&biw=1024&bih=621" rel="nofollow noindex" target="_blank">hopeful

HavePatience · 03/07/2011 20:23

Oh poor you!
Have you been out walking all day??

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ipredicttrouble · 03/07/2011 20:28

Yes we've been out all day but nothing yet. I think it will be induction for me on Tuesday

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HavePatience · 03/07/2011 21:08

Ok that's only 2 sleeps away is this your first?

ipredicttrouble · 04/07/2011 21:41

No my 2nd. I was induced with DC1 so was hoping to avoid it this time .

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