Sweep or not?

[threecurrantbuns]

I'm due today with number4 and not even a twinge to hint that baby maybe on the way.

This is the first time I've made my due date..I have midwive next week and if I make that appt I'm undecided whether to sweep.

Can't believe number four is the latest to arrive!

Bump

I'm convinced that is what worked for me with dd2.
I had a sweep at 7 days overdue at 16.00 and was in labour by 10pm that evening,i didn't find it painful just slightly uncomfortable.
I would go for it.

Thank you, think i'm so scared of labour that it's tempting to not sweep but it's got to come out sometime!

I really want to go to the birth centre close by to me so need to avoid induction once I'm 40+10 I would have to go to CLU, which I really don't want and it's an hour away.

I had a sweep with both mine and I swear neither made the blindest bit of difference! They just came when they were ready (DD 40+10, DS 40+4) But, if I was in the same situation again I'd have another sweep - for the smallest chance it would start to get things going. At that point I just wanted them out out out!

I had two sweeps and I'm convinced it was the second one that did the trick. Sweep done at 1pm, contractions started at 7pm, dd born at 9.30pm

I would definitely go for it, if you end up being induced you'll always be wondering if you could have avoided the CLU!

you don't have to accept either the sweep or the induction.

+10 seems a short cut off point for MLU access, as many areas are happy for you to home birth all the way up to +14 (presuming this to be the 'policy' and not specific to your case)

sweeps do reduce the chance of being induced though cochrane review.

I had no fewer than five attempted sweeps and none did any good ... I still had to be induced when I went 14 days past the due date! However, it might work for you and I didn't find mine all that terribly uncomfortable, so go for it if you are willing.