Another overdue rant and desperate plea for natural induction ideas

[Dreemagurl]

Well I'm now 40 + 3 and just incredibly fed up of the waiting game. Had bloody show last Thurs but nothing since apart from the odd lower back twinge and lower abdomen pain - not severe. Anyone in a similar position feel free to join my rant, and if anyone has any great ideas to help move things along I'm open to anything. Have tried all the usual - pineapple, spicy food, sex, clary sage and raspberry leaf. I really do not want to have to be induced! Help please!

hi dreemagurl im 39 weeks and trying everything too. im sure these ideas are just put out there to see how gulible we are!!!! the active ones seem most believable though. my mw has suggested straddling chairs, climbing stairs like a crab, bounce on ball, walks and squats. basically all to 1. keep active and 2. help head move down. ds after i had a day of gardening and scrubing carpets!!! i must say the garden could do with weeding maybe i could do that today and get this baby out!!!!

patience ladies!!!!
I went to 42+5 and it didn't bother me one bit. just know that your baby is safely inside you and will come when he/she is ready.

I'm sure you're right ilff - doesn't stop us trying them though! Maybe I'll try some gardening - the thought of all that exercise is exhausting though. Guess I haven't got that pre-labour spurt of energy yet... :( I know it's best to try and stay active though all I really feel like doing is collapsing on the sofa!
bubbahubba don't know how you coped with being so long overdue. I am already tearing my hair out. Not least because I was convinced they'd got my dates wrong so in my mind I'm actually just over 42 wks! Grrr! I know we should be trying to make the most of our time before the baby comes and changes our lives but it's so uncomfortable and demoralising, it's hard to enjoy anything! (My God I'm such a whinge bag. Apologies!!)

Sending you labour dust ilff

bubbahubba you are a far better woman than me. of course we want our babies to be safe and ultimately they will come when ready.
dreemagurl ds was a long labour that with all sorts of difficulties resulted in emcs so going over due and being induced holds its risks with a vbac birth so not only am i impatient but needs must and the safest time for baby to come is naturally and prefferably NOW!!!!!!!! sending asap labour dust to you!

Im 39+3 and so ready for this pregnancy to end now. Im on maternity leave although im not sure how you can quite call it maternity leave when i have a 2.5 yr old to look after!

I just feel useless - im puffing and groaning just from getting up off the sofa and if i stand too long my back kills, i cant really amuse DS1 very well and bless him he gets bored of just amusing himself round the house. I want our baby girl out now, am totally fed up of moaning and whining and snapping at everyone cos of how crappy i feel!

i am currently sat on my birthing ball, and i agree i think these techniques are more likely the ones that work - or at least help things move along faster by getting the head further down and encouraging the cervix to start dialating so im trying to bounce around as much as i can!

Can I join in, also 40+3 today, and getting really fed up now. Have been ready for this baby to come out for a couple of week's really.

I have a 3 year old to run around after to, luckly she's in preschool for 3 hours everyday. But it's half term next week and they have finished today for the holidays, so unless this baby comes this weekend I'm going to have to entertain her all next week.

cor, I really must read these threads more often when I'm feeling broody, Gawd do I remember how awful those last few weeks are. You have my sympathy ladies, I hope those babies make an appearance soon. I've just been on the phone to my best friend who's currently 40+3 and so fed up too. Sadly I've never been in labour so I have no idea how to get it started, but with dd I tried everything under the sun and she wouldn't shift, it's true what they say - they come when they come.

Hi everyone,

I am 40+11 so I hear your pain!

We have tried everything. And I mean everything. I am convinced this baby knows we're desperate to meet him/her and is enjoying all our enticement!

On the plus side, these babies must be laid back types which can only be a good thing.

ok so i did many hrs of gardening yesterday like i said i did with ds and still no baby!!! garden looks nice though

im really not in the mood but i may have to bring up the 'sex chat' with dh soon.

i do think though that these babies do their best and most important growing inside and the longer they stay put the better for them. its so hard waiting in hell though isnt it?

miggril i feel your pain, ds only goes to pre-school 3 days a week for 3 hrs at a time but those rest periods are bliss and next week is going to be a real nightmare, especially as im stuck in middle of nowhere without transport.

im off to my mums today while ds is at school and i will see a couple of friends. sounds lovely right? wrong!!! between the 3 of them they have had 9 children. not 1 of them reached due date or went over due, so im in for all the 'oh just be patient' 'baby will come when its ready' 'you must have made such a cosy home for lo' comments. grrrr!!!!!
wish me luck

I swear by caulophyllum, (little herbal tablets), Orgasm? (yours that is!.. well his too, why not!)

I remember those waiting days too, but remember induction is your choice, you don't have to be induced if you don't want.

Good luck ladies!!