moany moany me - some good stories about sweeps kicking in 36hrs + later??

[tyaca]

grrr... 40wk+10. never had a hint of a contraction or the like. couple of moments of period pain lasting, ooh, 10min. but thats it.

sweep yesterday. apparently i'm 2cm dilated, mw could feel baby's head. am anterior, and well effaced. at the time, she said she'd broken the plug, and this morning i had a proper show.

BUT - other than feeling slightly sick yesterday afternoon, and a teensy bit periody, i feel exactly the same as before. not even the vaguest hint of a contraction.

grrrr. rationally, i know its all fine. will have the baby, cause they'll induce. prob not a sign of anything wrong.

BUT - i feel so low. really wanted to use the home-from-home MW led centre and every day that passes it becomes less likely. bizarrely, i was so looking forward to birth, but not now. feel like i've been waiting for this baby for the best part of a month. i need to pull myself together, but am tired and immobile. seeing consultant tomo, and another sweep on friday. then induce, MW says it may be poss to have one go at pessary induction and still be able to use mw-led centre, but i have heard otherwise. also, when i visited the centre, they said they only took women up til 41 wks. obvs am over that, and fear that by time i have pessary induction, i'll be at 42 weeks so double whammy. also, i heard that after 42 weeks, baby mortality soars.

i know that once baby's here, no matter how she arrives, all this should fade into insignficance. but right now its v hard to remember that. been seraching thru old threads on sweeps and most people said something (even just early stages starting) happened in 24 hours. any positive experiences of things kicking off out of the blue after 36 hours or something.

sorry for long miserable post. know its a v minor problem compared to lots of others. please no-one tell me to have sex. going to do some more walking on spot and stretching now.

[WowOoo]

Poor you. Must be bored! Think (if I remember rightly) that I had a sweep on eve and nothing the next day, night and then contractions started properly early hours, if you follow...?
How about doing something you enjoy, like reading a nice book or something or just trying to sleep and rest? Too excited?! Good luck anyway!

[tyaca]

cheers wowooo - by that reckoning, things could start happening for me in small hours of tomo. not excited, unfortunatley. got v excited after favourable sweep yesterday and now just feel v let down. happened to me last week when i thought i might be having contractions but turned out just to be a v nasty (tho mercifully v short) bout of food poisoning.

[tyaca]

grrr... just reading thru old sweep threads and found someone saying that 45% of first induction end up in a CS. not true. refuse to believe. also, info about still birth rate. ah feck, working myself up. should tidy flat but am going back to bed.

[JayneF]

Hey tyaca, if you are not getting down to business right now, have a look at my posting on placenta function after 40 weeks..if you feel up to a read.

Hope it goes well for you.

[Jaysthird]

tyaca.......i am feeling your pain frustration and boredom! Dont let it get to you love, try and do something nice today that doent involve wondering whether the baby will come or not, like get a manicure(?) or see someone you havnt seen for ages - maybe go to a movie????? i cant remember if you have other LO's, so somethings are a bit difficult.

Shout me anytime, i dont have anything planned today, i can always cat you my email if you want to have a right good moan??

Sending you the vibes!

[lutonlass]

Hey Tyaca,

I had a sweep on the Friday and early hours of Sunday morning my contractions kicked in, i had a show the day after the sweep was done, i was 40+10 when this finally happened. Good luck girl and try to get as much rest as possible before anything starts you are gonna need all the energy you need.

Good luck

[pooka]

I had a sweep on a monday, sex on a tuesday, show on the wednesday/thursday, and ds on the friday (40+7).
Actually, I say sweep, but was so unfavourable, completely shut on the Monday that the midwife couldn't do the sweep proper.

[pooka]

This was 2nd baby BTW, with first I had the sweep on due date, because was already having contractions and was 2cm dilated.