Right, someone convince me it's not long now...please!

[MidnightinMoscow]

I am 38+3 with DC2. Hoping for a VBAC after an EMCS for DC1 with who I got to 9cm's with.

I have had period cramps for over a week, two lots of plug coming away and last night lots of tight feelings high in my bump. The period like cramps are really painful and often are alongside sharp pains down below.

I have a week to go into labour, otherwise I am booked for a CS. I am so fed up of symptom spotting and being in this 'is it- is it not?' place. I went into labour at 38+4 with DC1.

So someone come along and tell me lie to me that todays the day.

Ooo no, personal space. I hate when I'm out for a quiet drink and someone sits at my table. Ask her if she'd mind moving so you can put your feet up on her chair Tell her you're MASSIVELY, dangerously, overdue. You won't see her for dust.
Am getting scared now. I wonder if I should wait til tomorrow for my sweep so it can be done at home. Surgery is only 5 minutes from home but I'm worried I'll have difficulty getting back if it's successful. I'm also worried that if it does kick things off, our road is pretty much inaccessable at rush hour so if I did have to call dp to get here from work he'd have no chance. Must. Stop. Overthinking.

I have counted 16 rings on her fingers that keep making a clicking noise when she turns the page.

I think you will be ok for the sweep, I doubt it will all kick off straight away. However, worst case scenario an ambulance can always get through any traffic!!

Make sure you find out what your Bishops score is.

I NEED to know about your cervix.

< waves at Flisspaps > you are the one who gave the great speech on natural methods of induction! I've already had a couple of 'Why don't you just have a shag?' comments, grrr! As for your DM and MIL I'd reply 'yes' every time they asked, hopefully they'd get the hint!

lou Good luck and yes, it's always worth a try I suppose!

Midnight Poor you. Could you not fart very loudly or something? My pregnancy has made me very good at that

fuckity Will you let me know how it goes? My lovely midwife has offered to give me a sweep on Weds even though I'll only be 39+6 and I thought I might pop to Bravissimo to get fitted after that. Didn't occur to me I might be in pain

Midnight Just give her the odd kick under the table and apologise, say its involuntary restless leg syndrome, very common in LATE pregnancy

Worry not, I'll be back with a full cervix report I've never been too convinced about sweeps, but maybe that's just because my body was never ready when I had them. I asked my midwife if she thought they were effective and she gave a hearty yes, apparently her record is 1 hour 40 from sweep to baby

I'm only due today, so a positive baby/impostor in terms of this thread, but before 10 am, I had fifteen texts asking variations on 'Any news?' I know it's because they love me, but honestly.

Never believe the midwives...

Hi, I'm Dreaming. I'm not even nearly overdue but can't get away from the 'do you really think you'll last another 2.5 weeks?' (Y Y, actually another bloody century) I'm feeling pretty exhausted today, and I will swop rib pain (I refuse to call it rib flare) and heartburn for 'the head in pelvis' waddle. I'll even throw in the ranitidine for the heartburn )its good stuff, promise!).

fuckity, I know someone who was 2 hours from sweep to baby!!! Her waters had already broken, no contractions though. I know a lot more who it was 48 hours + or never worked though....

And midnight, pull out the big guns: fart loudly, kick her with your restless legs AND discuss explosive breaking of waters on the phone or something... She'll move :-)

oooh i have some positive news ladies- went for my mid wife appt just now(40+1). baby is fully engaged and she offered to do a sweep. i said give it a go but i'd be very surprised if she could get anywhere as i've had totally no signs or symptoms whatsoever, but..., she could!! she couldn't quite touch the babies head but could get a finger tip in!! she also said cervix was 'soft, ripe, and something (cant remember what?) was starting to come away. so, feeling quite positive now! my body has been doing something all this time. currently just gone for a walk and now sitting here seeing if the sweep will kick anything off..........

I'm back home. The walk did nothing, except just give me shooting pains in my cervix.

Going to have a nap on the sofa.

X-posts.

Great news feek.

I want to cry. The MW's have been touching my baby's head for over a week, I am 2cm bloody dilated.

WHY AM I NOT IN LABOUR???!!!

i've just read back all the posts about unsuccesful sweeps that do nothing and have decided that actually i bet nothing happens here!!! although i am quite chuffed with my 1/2 cm diliation. lol!!!

oh midnight what a total let down. i suppose you'll be meeting your little onw very soon either way. wed/thur is still quite a bit away tho and they might give you a days grace past that by the time they are getting you all prepared etc

O god I feel like a child. Am so nervous at the prospect of a sweep, not so much the procedure as the actual getting my bits out. I've hated internals since being induced with dd and I find it very difficult to relax which I know makes it worse. The adrenalin has kicked in but I have to leave in a min. Will be back to report straight after. As much as it worries me, I will be gutted if she won't do it. I feel very horrible today, crampy and backachey and I just want it over with.

Good luck with the sweep fuckity, it'll be over before you know it

Anyone want to go pick DD1 up from school for me? Anyone?? Nope? drags arse off sofa grudgingly

No sweep til next Wednesday! O god help me.

why not fuckity? i find it very odd that they differ their policy depending on the area your in. they hand sweeps out like sweets in my area and then you hear some stories of people not getting them until much later on. very odd. surely if you want one they should at least try/offer

Oh how pants fuckity . Of course, you won't need it next weds (you do mean 2 days time not 9 days time right?!) as you'll have had a nice sneeze birth by then, and avoided an internal

Now someone make a doctor come and look at this ctg so I can go home...

Midnight an ELCS will be a lovely calm birth, no real difference for baby risk wise just potentially harder recovery for you ( though I had a slower recovery post induction/ pph/ third degree tear than friends who had a CS) . You may still go into labour, but if not I hope your CS is v different to your emcs

hi, can i join? 40+3 ( worried about real prospect of killing thread... you'll all be off in labour..) second sweep tomorrow, had one on 39+6 2 cm dilated, cervix 1.5cm soft. been having light show since thursday. I live in a residential college and am so so so fed up of having people ask me 'any twinges?' bloody DH has point blank refused to have sex with with me because i am obviously gross and bovine and repulsive. But he hasn't stopped going on about how tired he is.
I think i am going to kill him, or my toddler if he doesn't step up and give me a break for an hour.

Nine days. Nine bloody days. She didn't do it today as she says it's not nice to do it at the surgery which is fair enough, so she flicked through her diary and pencilled me in at home for nine friggin days time. Sod that. The first midwife I was seeing til about 4 weeks ago said they'd do it from your due date. I'm going to call the community team tomorrow and get someone to put me out of my misery. My back is excruciating. Dp may be forced to have the sex. God help him. Nine days. I could weep.

Hi gauntlet, don't worry, we'll all be here til the bitter end I think you need to point out to your DH that if he wants to have sex with you again when you are post-baby and sexy and gorgeous and lithe, he'd better get in some brownie points NOW. Tired? pah.

fuckity 'Not nice to do it at the surgery'???? WTF? How does that work? I assume you're in a private room, not legs akimbo in the waiting room!

I feel your pain. I went in to have my sweep on this am and I'm still unfavourable, high and closed though apparently it's softened. Therefore they are sending me for a section. But the next available section day is Friday.
After having wanted a VBAC and being told it's not going to happen, i now just to get on and have this baby. But no. FIVE MORE FUCKING DAYS of being unable to walk properly and weeping with the pain over turning over in bed. I could cry. Oh hang on, I did. Actually, I am.

I know I should be grateful that I am getting all this wonderful care for free and I'll have a healthy baby at the end and yada yada but AAAAARGH.

Maybe a good weep will make me feel better.

In fact, fuckity, we should go out and get virtually drunk together.

It is a private room, but it's teeny. Truly truly tiny, and ds was busy building a train track on the floor. And truth be told, I would prefer it done at home. But nine days!? I suspect she's going on leave, but why oh why not just book me in with another midwife?? I don't like feeling so housebound. I know a lot of it is probably psychological but knowing my last labours started with waters going and no previous warning, it's made me reluctant to go too far from home, particuarly with all these niggles on top. And by god, the lack of sleep is killing me.
And there's no virtually about it. If this baby doesn't come soon, I'm hitting the gin.

9 days?! Ring the community team tomorrow and see what they say. You have had some good signs so I very much doubt it would be worthless.

Oh Kenobi my lovely, we can weep together. I can understand 100% where you are at, at the moment. Do have a good old cry and get it out. Yes, you'll have your lovely baby at the end etc, but there is still a lot of emotional emphasis on giving birth...I'm not going to say any of the usual stuff about how the outcome is the same etc, you know all that. All I'd say is be kind to yourself and have the knowledge that you did everything you could to make your VBAC happen. It has been taken out of your hands.

gauntlet, tell him man up for Christ's sake. Plenty of other DH's here have been gently coerced nagged into doing it.

PMSL at the idea of a sweep in the waiting room though. Cannot believe for a group of massive overdue pregnant woman, how funny we still are.

i bet you'll have your babe before friday kenobi, i have a good feeling that we might get some sneeze birth action shortly on this thread.
from tonight onwards i am having a drink every night. i dont care. hmm wine

I wish I had some wine. I may get some in protest tomorrow. The midwife did suggest to get a cheapy tens machine to help wiht the back pain so I might make that my mission tomorrow. I quite fancy electrocuting myself.

fuckity - Boots have 20% off tens machines at the moment (it's practically the same price as hiring one). My local store didn't have any in stock, I had to order one in but it only took a couple of days and where I live is fairly remote.

I really thought a sweep would work, but 3 days later & still nothing, haven't had any 'show yet either. And to make matters worse I'm pretty sure the baby's moved and is now back to back...although I think it's moved down a bit today.

Fuckity how ridiculous you won't still be pregnant in 9days! Hope the community team can help you tomorrow. I am also very interested in everyone's cervix
Kenobi and Midnight I'm sorry you feel so low today, I wish I could make it better but we all know we just have to wait and see, and that doesn't come as any comfort whatsoever.
Feek I'm with you on the glass of wine every night, it's medicinal!
Love to you all, just about to do bath book and bed with DD, nearly feet up time