Two sweeps and still nothing

sorry bout bad spelling , have 5 month old and am preg again so brain and fingers ahve gone on holiday!

Mosschops my first dd was a week late and the day before I went into labour I was in adreadful mood and even phoned my midwife up and bellowed down the phomne at her!!! she calmly replied that she thought the baby wouldnt be long!!!I was sooo fed up it was the last day of june and we had the first bit of sunshine fir months, my landlady said, go and lie in the sun, maybe the baby will see the sun on your tummy and decide to be born!!! I went into labour that night!!! seriously though, nipple stimulation can help, try getting dh to do it with some body lotion or nipple cream, I was already 2 cms dilated with ds 2 when I went in to be induced and I had been tweaking my nipples all week!! also if you feel up to it, go for a gentle walk as this will hopefully cause your babyies head to put pressure on your cervix, if all else fails you will prob find that when you do go for your induction it wont take much to get you going, you could well be in labour after one lot of prost gel..good luck

Mosschops, just make sure in later years you tell your dd/ds how much trouble they were. Appropriate occasions for this conversation are: first time they bring boyfriend/girlfriend back home/at their wedding/any time they aren't being sufficiently grateful to you.

And GOOD LUCK!

Have a large gin and tonic

good luck mosschops. Try and get some rest if you can

.... though if she had a show it might be.... I'd say might worth having a go.

Castor oil is a good idea IF your cervix is favourable..... not sure hers is.

Bad mood is a good sign..... come on Mosschops... hang in there... baby is coming on his/her own....

Mosschops, if you are still around and really want to try to have your baby in the birth center. I would suggest trying castor oil. I use it the night before I was to be induced and had contractions every 2 minutes 6 hours later. Just a tbsp. I didn't have any nasty reaction to it, and thought this all to be better than drip induction!
But hopefully you are alrady in labour!

Where is Moschops????

mosschops ikwym about the show - I had one for about 2 weeks prior to labour with both of mine!! It is a good sign though as I am sure you know - your cervix is softening. Pupuce is right - there is a point to waiting - it may well have an effect on your labour.

especially if by your dates you will only be 1 week over. Wonder why the hospital are going by "their" dates and not yours? Presumably you booked birthing centre hoping for a fairly natural birth with less intervention - your chances of this do slide with an induction. Your chances will remain high though if you follow your babys cues and birth when you are both ready. You don't "have to take" any induction date. It is your labour and your body and you have the right to go into labour spontaneously!

I know it is all very well for me to sit here and egg you on to wait - I do remember what it feels like to be 9 months + (both mine were 14 days over) but it helped me to visualise my baby and think about it from the babys point of view - then weigh up the pros and cons.

I hope none of this sounds harsh or pressurising, I don't mean it to be that way - just the opposite. Its just that I have met so many women who have had births that have not turned out the way they planned after inductions, and memories of birth stay with you all your life. Of course your health and the baby's health are more important than your experience in labour and birth, but a good birth means a quick recovery in most cases.

Really really hoping you are in labour NOW or will be very soon. Hope this doesn't seem like a rant.

Love and support x

well the fact you are having braxton hicks and a show is very positive!!! hopefully you will go into labour in the next few days, how engaged is you babies head? if it is well down (3/5 2/5) this well help as the babies head will be applying pressure to your cervix. I hope all go's well for you, remember it is your body, your baby dont be afraid to ask lots of questions and tell the midwives what you want.They are supposed to facillitate YOUR birth and provide you with informed choices.

Both!! a show means that your cervix is getting ready for labour and the mucus plug that was there has started to come away. it can happen without having a sweep or after a sweep the midwife will have disturbed the mucus plug during the sweep if it was a sucsessful sweep!. You can only do a sweep if the cervix is open enough to insert a finger into (Sorry about the graphic detail!!!)

yeah, it will all come to a end soon!!! it just does not feel like it at the min!!!
the fact that you are having a good show is positive

well it does sound like something is happening at least! fingers x'd you go to bed tonight and wake up with contractions xx

oh sorry to hear its not happening yet, go for the more sex route, if nothing else you may have fun (and you won't be doing it again for a few weeks...)

just rub in a firm circular motion for around 15mins, might not work but its worth a try. Sometimes your body is just not ready or willing to go into labour on its own!! i had induction of labour with my first baby.

do you ever manage to give yourself a braxton hicks (practice contraction?) where your stomache goes rock hard?