Anyone else overdue and want to say hi (moan!)

[PreggoEggo]

Hello! Im 40+4 today, not quite at the fed up stage as this is my third, and last PG so I am savouring it! (quite difficult with 2 DD's running around making me stressed!).

Any signs? None from me, have had a bit of cramping on/off the last couple of days but thats all. Irritability for no reason but in a surprisingly good mood today and have had a good clean of the house and caught up on all my washing horrah!

Enjoy your last few days of bump-hood to anyone hanging about and hope baby is with you soon!!

Argh. Have had a rubbish day - thought labour started at midnight. Didn't sleep all night. Contractions stopped at 5am. Had a cry. Gave up on sleeping. 2nd sweep today which was unpleasant. And now I just bloody hurt but don't think in any useful way. Just in a post rummage way.
+11 today why won't this baby GTFO? Am feeling v sorry for myself and on the verge of tears all day. It's not like the baby isn't ready, the mws keep telling me he's ''massive". Rar.

As always preggo - have my ovaries crossed today is your day! Come on preggo baby!

awww mama, im sorry you are feeling down today. I've woken up so many times in the night thinking yessssssss lets go!! then to find i have spent half the night being awake for nothing. I dont think ill actually be in labour til i am physically pushing this baby out! I got very crampy after my sweeps, and thought it was the start of labour both times but it was an evil ploy!!!!!! Im sure baby isnt massive, mw cant really tell at all. I had a scan to check my fluid levels and couldnt believe how much fluid was in there!!

wondering if im going to have a feb baby now!! cant see myself having it before the induction if im honest. But hey, just looking forward to meeting him/her. Hope tonight is your night mama xx

Likewise preggo - bring on those babies! Come on come on come on!

Although I think I am just going to bed early with a packet of chocolate digestives.

Maybe tonight!! Good luck Preggo and Mama! Still waiting here too - heading in to check my waters tomorrow at 40+10. I'm with you Mama on feeling fed up and tearful.

Oh and well done Preggo on getting yourself a bit of time before the induction protocol kicks in...!

Hello all! I've been lurking for a while and am now 40+9 and am becoming increasingly fed up. My midwife kept telling me the baby was coming early and to expect him at around 37 weeks. Ha bloody ha! I was hoping for a homebirth and I get so down every evening when I get to the end of the day and I am still bloody pregnant and I am running out of time! Hope some babies made their appearance last night for you all!

Morning all. No baby here. Sigh.
Hope all good with waters brown.
Hope you have a baby preggo.
And hello rubbish.

My in laws are arriving from Canada today. I'd hoped to be able to introduce them to their first grand-daughter. They're not staying for very long, so they may not even get to meet her. FFS.

I am feeling very glum. Sorry no baby for you yet Mama. Hopefully silence from Preggo means she is 'busy'. And hello Rubbish - sorry your wee one is holding out on you too! I was hoping for about 38 - 39 weeks myself, and was pretty upbeat until Friday last week. Now I'm at the point where I want to rip the head off anyone who says, "have you tried...?"

Hello.... still nothing. I had to go in for monitoring again today as we are now +16, and induction looming over my head. :( i so did not think i was having a feb baby. I am thinking of deflating my birth pool and putting it all away, its just a sore reminder of what is highly unlikely to happen. Baby's movements have slowed down, so i know that its the right time to be induced tomorrow. I just cant understand why this baby hasnt come, i really really cant. Sorry for lack of personals im feeling so low, and my youngest has been screaming and just smacked me in the face. So fed up. Big hugs to all and baby vibes xx

Oh boo preggo. I am sorry for you that sucks. I was just thinking today that everything is 'fine' - baby is healthy, right size, been in there for ages I just really don't understand why it won't come out. It's ridiculous and mega frustrating. You have every right to be über hacked off.

I hope whatever you decide to do goes smoothly - I am thinking of you and sending good birthing vibes.

Gutter on the in laws Brown - fingers crossed they do get to meet their grandchild!

I am sulking. Fed up, grumpy, no change there then :)

FFS come on babies!

Sad for you Preggo. Sad for me too... though a little excited too:

I went to have the baby monitored today and there was a little less amniotic fluid than they were happy with. There is no immediate issue, but they want to keep a close eye on me. And I reckoned if they're keeping a close eye on me, I may as well kick start this performance. So, it is not the birthing centre thing I wanted, but there you go. The result is what I will keep my eyes on - ie a happy healthy baby.

In medical fuckery news... The doctors were typically AWFUL. There was some 12 year old trainee scanning my tummy being told how to hold the fucking monitor, and she looked confused frankly. She was talking to her senior [aged perhaps 17 at a push] who then had to rush off to check the figures to see it they were okay or not. They came back and told me that I was going to "have to be induced," no buildup, no explanation, you know, one second everything was fine and I was in the birthing centre and the next, "oh - it's going to have to be medical and we'd prefer it if you stay in tonight..." As I was digesting this [read - crying] the more senior doctor declared she had to rush off to an emcs.

I was about to storm out of the building when the midwife caught me and sat me down and convinced me to have another scan (given that the first one was done by an incompetent trainee). She then found the consultant who scanned me again, sadly confirming that the amnionic fluid was indeed a little bit low, and recommended that I come in for induction in the next few days - but that they'd like to keep an eye on the baby. She had some bedside manner - which is always nice. She gave me a sweep which wasn't nearly as nasty as the one on Sunday, and I headed for the door. Back in tomorrow for induction.

good luck for today brown, we will soon be holding our babies and all of this will just be another birth story...! I share your anxiousness, i am all ready to go. Just rang the ward and they've told me to ring back in 10 minutes (not a great start...!). Had a melt down at 2 this morning then listened to my hypno tapes for 2 hours and calmed down. This will all be over soon enough!
Good luck to everyone else xxxxxx

hello ladies. I've been lurking only in the hope I'll go into labour, but think I better join you here! I'm term plus seven with my first and had a stretch n sweep today. The midwife was ace and it was a lot less uncomfortable than I expected, so I'm feeling relieved (as I assume there'll be lots of similar stuff to come so should get used to it!). No labour signs as of yet though...
Booked in for an induction on Tues so I'm hoping bambino makes an appearance before then, that way we can go to the birthing centre rather than antenatal/delivery suite, but I don't mind either way (just happy to have a definite date).
I feel very crampy but can any of you second and third timers tell me, how painful are contractions when they first start (I mean at the very very start)? I keep worrying that I'll somehow not realise I'm in labour. This is ridiculous isn't it?! Surely it will hurt enough that I'll know!... the things I can find to worry about, honestly :-S
My tummy also feels helluva hard/tight (but all the time, not in a BH or contractions way...) but I did tell the midwife and she didn't seem worried. But I worry I won't notice an actual BH or contraction (have not noticed any BH throughout pregnancy, arghhh!) because my tum's so hard all the time. BTW I think this is just because I have a big baby and small bump :-)
Good luck everyone and hopefully tonight will be the night for some of us!

Hey ladies!
The big scary hospital summoned me for an induction. I freaked out as 40+13 and thougjt i had a few more days, so I cried. But came in, was already 5cm, they broke my waters and 1 hour later my enormous 9lb 13oz son appeared!
Considering I was so worried about induction it was an amazing birth - in the pool, really calm (apart from the occasional FUCK!) - as close to my birth plan as it found have been. Chuffed to bits.
Hope you are all ok - good luck, am thinking of you and sending good birthing vibes.

Aww mama CONGRATS!!!! you super star xx

I went to be induced on (er what day is it today??) wednesday. got in at 930, 2 hours on monitor as baby so wriggly, broke my waters nothing happened (no waters came out). back on monitor for another hour, then told i had an hour for contractions to start. Ran around hospital. No contractions. managed to squeeze out another 6 hours of 'i dont want the drip ill go into labour myself' but still nothing happened. Ended up on drip (and stuck on bed!), 1.45hours later my little boy was born, 8lb 11oz G+A, small tear.

I didnt get the birth I wanted at all, so far from it. But it was clear that my son was in no hurry to be born so i could have gone even more over due, PLUS my placenta didnt deliver and after 2 hours they were getting ready to take me to theatre when the surgeon came in for one more 'go' and out came it came (even mw commented on how huge it was, like having another baby!). We were able to go home 3 hours later when my drip had finished off.

So so happy he's here just exhausted as both my girls are full of cold and crying/whinging ALL the time so its a bit OTT at the moment!!

good luck to the rest of you, and if like me, you had your heart completely set on a HB please dont despair like i did if it doesnt go to plan. The bigger picture is your new little baby and everything else just melts away into nothingness when they arrive :)

oh and PS- as i was +17 i asked to look at placenta- and even mw said it didnt look like it was old/degrading at all so i still think my dates were wrong!!!! BUT i couldnt be happier he is finally here!!

YAY preggo - kept checking back for news. Congratulations that is brilliant news! Xx