OWO It sounds like it's getting ready, but not interested in making an arrival just yet. I love making gingerbread houses and then eating them. I like to make mine look like the one in hansel and gretel with jelly tots, buttons etc. It's such a festive thing to do as well. Also try warming some cranberry juice in the microwave, it's tasty with gingerbread and helps with thrush.
Lauren EPO can be taken orally as well, as you are now at your due date taken 4 capsules daily. It's good your cervix is soft, hopefully it'll start to open before your next sweep. And if you can't stomach the raspberry leaf tea as it's a little vile, try mixing it with cranberry and raspberry juice. I'm obsessed with the stuff, but it takes some of the vileness out. :)
C&G I hope that LO moves around for you and/or they monitor you from home, rather than being on ward.
notso glad someones finally listened, it's very frustrating when your ignored. Fingers crossed they look after you now.
chooster It's exciting being snowed in, but scary when you realise there isn't a way to get out. Do you know anyone with a 4 wheel drive vehicle [landrover] etc? that could rescue you if needs be. I can't believe I'm monitoring every weather report and comparing amounts.
button nausea comes and goes but not as bad as 1st trimester. Certain smells set me off. Still off chocolate so no advent calendar for me, but I really hope that once LO arrives things will go back to normal.
CAT ikwym it feels like my pelvis is being pushed apart at times, that's when I know LO is in the right position. It's even more uncomfortable to move around and bend, then suddenly it frees up, so know it's then moved. I would say things may happen soon for you if the pressure is constant, sounds like LO's negotiating their way out.
laziness welcome to the group. I think pelvic pain is common at this stage, though I've had SPD for a little while now and the pelvic pain has changed along the way, now feels like my pelvis is opening up to make way, but then LO shifts and it closes again, painfully.
I'm 38+3 and LO keeps moving around, ROT/ROA are the favoured positions. They aren't checking me again until next Friday. It still seems likes there is plenty of room for manouvers, so thinking I may go overdue, but then last night woke up at 2am with back ache, BH and cramps and came down to bounce on my ball for a bit, lots of pelvic pain as well, LO felt engaged and wondered if this was the start, warmed up my heat wrap and went back to bed as it's freezing, pains kept on until about 5 and then disappated. My nipples have been really leaking again, 4 pads in a 24 hour period, and they both seem to be leaking equalish amounts, though often not at the same time.
I too have been banned from leaving the house as the ice is sooo bad, the snow isn't the problem as such, our lane doesn't get gritted, or get the sun so it doesn't melt, just layers and more snow then compressed on top just makes it evil. The farm use the yard scraper along the lane to 'help' but it just makes it smooth like an ice rink. I am so unstable anyhow. More snow expected tomorrow and friday in our area. Other end of the village has icing sugar coating, our end being on the hill has still got 3-4 inches hanging around.