Due today, looks like we're going into extra time

[CaringForPod]

No sign of any baby action. But since this is our first, I guess it's not unusual for the baby to be late. Been for a walk, am thinking curry for dinner and then maybe, you know, nudge-nudge wink-wink...

Hi pissedrightoff, I was due yesterday too and can understand the foot stamping feeling! Made the mistake of having a curry yesterday, under the illusion of bringing on labour but all I ended up with was a serious case of heartburn!

Have had lots of uncomfortable feelings today but nothing significant. Baby is going mad now, it's like there's an octopus in there!

How's everyone else doing?

Cheeseandcrackers-any news?!

So glad we've got this thread, DH is moping enough that my due date has past without me moaning non stop! Nice to all be in the same boat!

Hi guys, I feel your pain, am 40+2 and no sign either - I feel like I've been in early labour since thursday last week but have been having regular painful contractions for a couple of hours at a time every few days since 37 weeks (this is my 3rd), my second arrived at 38+1 so was convinced this one would be early too. Am v fed up, in pain, baby feels like its about to burst out of me down there plus have SPD so just want it to come out!!! Not sure if waters started leaking on Sat night but they said because no more came out then it probably wasn't!

Seeing the MW today gonna try to convince her to give me a sweep.

Argh!!!!!!!!

Still pregnant and not in labour. 40+8.

After a bad day yesterday and I am going to be more positive today. Clean our already fairly clean house and attempt a walk with my also-overdue NCT friend.

Sweep booked for tomorrow, induction 4pm Friday. Just praying I will spontaneously kick-off...but every morning that I wake up and nowt, I am thinking it's less likely.

Got myself very worked up last night as SIL is getting married two weeks on Sat. With my induction booked for Friday, this means that I am likely to have a two week old baby at this wedding and it's FREAKING me out. It's my first and I know already that I'll just want to be at home getting to know it and learning how to feed it. Not parading it (at me) at a f*cking wedding. I just feel so angry that they chose a date so close to our EDD.

Sorry, like vent. But it's driving me mad!

Hello! I'm 40+4 today. I'd be anxious about the wedding too LittleMilla. If you have an episiotomy or other stitches then you may not feel very wedding-like and in any event I think the first month (or three) is all about sitting at home with your baps out trying to get a grip on life IMO; I even restrict visits by family in the first 6 weeks! No matter that I have 2 other DCs this is what I will be doing again this time! I changed the date of my wedding because my SIL would have had a 2 month old at the original date... Having ranted on your behalf (I like a rant especially at the moment) you may be generally anxious at the moment and certainly unable to properly sleep so it seems worse than it is and I'm sure you're not a weakling as I am... you'll be up and about and may well get a great deal of pleasure from an excuse to have a little drink, maybe get your hair done etc. There are loads of useful threads on MN about where to get a breastfeed-friendly dress if you intend to/can breastfeed and want a new dress. Please if you can let us know how the sweep goes- mine is booked for next Sunday. I'm having no signs at all of impending labour. Except extreme grumpiness towards long-suffering DH. Hope today is happy.

Thanks for reply Yoey. The worst thing is that DH is best man...his best mate is marrying his sis, so we're expected to be very involved in everything. Thankfully I've got a very good relationship with my in-laws, but the thought of even being there a day early gives me heart palpitations. And with it looking highly likely that I'll be induced, I am terrified that i'll end up having a c-section. Ahhh, it really is worst-case scenario. Must try not to be too upset with SIL as I just don't think they considered how tough it's going to be. And as it stands, she's worried about being upstaged by a cute baby at her own wedding - ha!

Today I am in cleaning mode. Washing cushion covers, changing bed sheets, bit of dusting, cleaned kitchen and about to put the vacuum cleaner about. Think I will then take boxes that DH was meant to take to tip as they're cluttering up the hallway. Along with his cofin-sized kitesurfing kit that he isn't going to be using any time soon...despite protestations!

Hi all. You poor things. Just read through this thread. I hope there's at least one baby today. LittleMilla I really feel for you. You mustn't put yourself through a wedding two weeks after a C section if you feel
dreadful. You may feel sort of OK of course. Lots of people seem
to feel fairly alright after a straightforward section pretty quickly. Here's hoping though that you're cuddling your baby well before Friday.

My due date today. No signs at all of impending labour for me. I'm feeling a bit tearful as I was supposed to have a sweep today (I ha e fairly bad SPD so my midwives are taking pity) and it's been cancelled. Only till tomorrow, but I'd been so hoping that it might get things going. I'm sore and tired. Can't walk to get things going; anything remotely spicy gives me utterly appalling trapped (and not so trapped) wind, and bouncing on my ball sends my pelvis into
spasm.

LittleMilla I'm sorry I'm so pathetic I can't do or learn how to do bold type but your fear of a c-section made me leap to the computer... induction does not I repeat does not lead to a c-section. It may involve the sweep then a pessary, then waters broken, then a drip with the speedy-up drug and maybe an epidural to go with that, but at the risk of starting a row, even if you end up with all that, remember that pain relief can enhance the fulfilling experience of birth.

I too have the cleaning bug- I want a clean house to come home to and as labour seems to falsely start every 6 minutes (every time I need a wee, basically) I clean every 6 minutes. I've lost count of how often I've washed my DD's sheets this week- I aim for those because she has a child-sized bed and I can manage the sheets more easily! StiffyByng I hope you get your sweep asap, SPD is truly horrible. I must stop obsessing over this thread- my DD is not getting any attention at all!

Hi Everyone! I'm still here! Still no sign!

Littlemilla- the whole wedding thing is something I can relate too. I was due on 1st may and in march my auntie decided to book her wedding for 7th may! She's now not speaking to me as I've declined to go on the basis of either having a very new baby or being very overdue! She knew I was pregnant and when I was due, yet somehow it's all my fault and I'm just being difficult! The wedding is 2 hours away from home and I'm just not prepared to do it.
Also don't Stress over induction leading to c section-I was induced with my first, and while not the experience I hoped for I can honestly say it was fine, and two weeks later I was pretty much back to my old self. It's amazing how a womans body can cope with it all really!
I have the cleaning bug too! Completely blitzed DS room yesterday and then decided to defrost the freezer! This morning I was in the supermarket by half 9 buying stuff so that the fridge and freezer are stocked ready for me going into labour! It's not like we don't have local shops, it's just I don't know what else to do with myself so am trying to prepare everything in advance to pass the time!!!
Well at least with all these sweeps scheduled, mine is on Friday, there should be some baby news soon!

OK, so in the last couple of hours (bar one quick check in on this thread!) I have managed to:

Clean kitchen, inc polishing my kettle and toaster (yes, really)
Dusted sitting room and polished coffee table
Vacuumed: skirting boards, spare room bed, kitchen, hallway, sitting room, actual spare bedroom floors, sofas
Washed walls and skirting boards in sitting room
Washed cushions and bedding and now hung it out

And now my back REALLY hurts (had SPD for most of this pg so first time I have used the v/c, usually let the cleaner do it!). Sat down with a cuppa, still in my PJs and contemplating a shower. Meeting a friend for a stroll at 2pm. Then I might vac our own bed and bedroom when I get home.

I think they call this nesting . ha

I honestly wouldn't contemplate this wedding unless it was such close family. Think it's just fear of the unknown - not knowing when I'll give birth, what it'll be like, how I'll fear afterwards, how I'll feel in two weeks' time. Grrr. Thanks for words of encouragement. And Milky just ignore your aunt. She's being very selfish and I am sure that once you've got your LO you won't give a sh*t if she's annoyed with you or not!

Milky I agree with LittleMilla, ignore aunt's wedding! LittleMilla I now feel like a complete failure... I have never washed a wall in my life let alone during this intense cleaning period. I wonder what has become of the OP CaringForPod?

I wondered what had happened to caringforpod too. I wonder if she has had her baby?

I'm not really bothered with the whole wedding, thankfully the rest of the family think she's being out of order and are ready to defend me if she says anything! She's not had children, and isn't aware that you bleed after, may have sore boobs if breast feeding and just generally feel hormonal and tired! She honestly thinks that a week after giving birth there's no reason why I can't make it! She even suggested my DH and DS go, leaving me either a week overdue or expect them to rather be at her wedding than with me and the new LO! Madness!

Don't overdo the cleaning everyone! We'll all need energy for labour! :)

Hi ladies.

DD was yesterday, managed to have some 'time' with DH last night, had some really bad cramps after but just fell asleep and woke is morning.

Been for a 3 hour walk but not holding much hope.

From being sure a week ago that I'd have my little man by now (was having mega pains, show ect then) I don't think hes coming ANY time soon :(

It will prob be mid may - am trying to stay positive but its hard!

I must admit I'm so self-absorbed that I could also behave like your aunt Milkybrew! It's weird this last bit of pregnancy when we should all be enjoying the relative calm and relative ability to sleep, but we're all hating the wait! I suppose it's the discomfort too, and the inability to move very much, and the not getting on with life. I'm depressed yet also not wanting this my final pregnancy to end because I'll never again feel all the fantastic things that being pregnant brings, but I'm also desperate to get on with and get over the tough newborn stage rather than sitting here faintly dreading it! And I want to be free of this anxiety that there's something wrong with the baby every time there's a lull in the octopus action. Here's hoping to some overnight action for us all. Am amazed there isn't a power surge on the national grid what with all this cleaning.

Hey ladies,

I'm also still with bump, 40+3 today. Got a sweep booked for tomorrow, but am secretly hoping I won't need it (suppose to be bloody painful...ouch!)- would love to go to sleep tonight and find myself in labour tomorrow! Who knows, it 'could' happen....

Hope everyone is hanging in there! Come on babies, make your move!!

Saw my consultant today and really pleased as he was happy. She is growing well and all my bloods where good so he is happy to review me again at 41 weeks if I have not had her already so I am really pleased. He said that to give me the best chance of a good labour thats the best for me and LO the least interventions the better as interventions tend to lead to more and women in labour really are wonderful when left to go what they feel they should be doing

Now I need to remember his words and positivity to remind me I really can do it as I have been having a confidence crisis!

pissedrightoff I am going for an all you can eat curry on Thursday with some mates so I will be packing plenty of Gaviscon but I cant wait to go again and do it properly with a beer!

Sorry to all of you having extra family shit stress that you dont need at the moment especially weddings and stuff because I find events like that hard at the best of times.

LittleMilla and others I am in wonder of all your cleaning prowess! I wish I was in the cleaning zone at the moment as I am in the mode of pointing out things that need cleaning but not actually doing anything about it besides annoying DH and tiring my Mum out!

TotorosOcarina Well done on trying to keep positive as its soo hard. I saw on other threads that you have had a sweep and others here so wondering what it is like? I know what it is but not how that actually works?

Well if not before there is a full moon on 17th and apparently that is the busiest night and they have more MW on duty so they can cope and we will have a baby before May is out!

Had a sweep with DS1. Two in 24 hours actually. OUCH, was totally shocked at how much it hurt, largely because the guy just said he was going to 'have a look' lol.

Still here, also 40+1. Nestedthe past 2 days, am too tired to keep it up now. Going to bed. Feel very premenstrual and sick. Maybe it will be tonight. HAHA no way. No achey pains for me.

Good luck girls, lets hope one of us goes tonight! xx

Another night, another early start (yawn!) and still no baby or signs of imminant arrival. Been up for an hour and half feeling sick, so needing to eat, which means I cannot get back to sleep yet. I say yet cause I am waiting for DH to wake up, will have a cuddle then try and sleep some more when he heads to work.

Cowboy I have had two sweeps now and another booked in for later today. First one wasn't too bad as she used lots of lube-ey stuff and made me feel very relaxed. One I had on Friday flipping hurt. Different MW who questioned why I was having another "erm, I was told to by your colleague " and proceeded to be quite rough and barely bother to lubricate. Felt quite violated afterwards and it did feck all. At least I got to practice visulisation technique for a few minutes .

Thinking positively I have got two more sleeps before I get to meet my LO. Quite exciting (and scary) when I think like that. Flat is gleaming after yesterday's efforts. Although back/SPD is a little too painful for labour today...so maybe it's a good thing that I am still here. And baby is squirming like a good one.

Does anyone else wonder how their waters manage to stay in tact when the LOs really go for it? I've thought on so many evenings this weeks that they're bound to burst with so much squirming/pushing/shoving/dancing.

Morning! Well I am still here, still pregnant! Last night I had 6 pains, they came every 15 mins, and I stupidly thought that labour was starting! They were so painful that I couldn't speak and had to do my full on labour breathing but as quick as they came they went again!

Littlemilla-I've often wondered how my waters have remained in tact, sometimes when she's very active, last night for example between each pain, i feel as it they are bulging and pressing down but they just don't go! The position I adopted to defrost and clean the freezer also had this affect!

Will resume my cleaning, bouncing, walking schedule again to day and see if that gets things going. My friend is coming to visit with her baby so that will be nice-get to have a cuddle with a baby today, even if it's not my own!

Hope today's the day for one of us at least!

Still here! ah well get to watch DS1's first football class this afternoon bless him.

Still here too. Sigh. The days seem so long don't they? I honestly cannot make any more damn freezer food, and I'm struggling bending down so scrubbing the floor is out, although i may be forced to give it a try today! I've got lunch with a friend which is nice and then mw this aft. She hasn't offers me a sweep at that appointment, and was a bit evasive she I asked her about it last time. Can I request one? I'm 40+3 today and just starting to panic a bit because I've got my heart set on a water birth at the midwife led unit with natal hypnotherapy for relaxation and to help me chill out but if I have to be induced it's hospital, monitors, interventions possibly. I've had such a straightforward pregnancy, I was really hoping I'd just deliver on or near my due date. I'm not sure if she'll want me to wait for a sweep as she's referred me to the hospital for an appointment at 41+1 if I've not popped by then, and they could do one then. Ooof this is hard work isn't it?!? Good luck to everyone. Really hope today's the day for some of us. May 4th...star wars birthday! Xxx

Hello again! Good luck with the sweeps today ladies. There was/is a useful & positive thread on AIBU about someone being scared of their induction due today- lots of positive replies about labour after induction. Am fully expecting to require a Medieval-style iron contraption to get my baby out and nothing less is likely to work. I can just feel that she's stuck there, comfy on life support. I actually need today for a washing day as my DD's nappy is for some reason completely failing at night & involves washing everything down to duvet. Twice in 3 days has gone beyond my cleaning thing & tipped into bloody annoying. I'll be thinking of you all today.

I want another sweepppp! :(

still here after last weeks, show and cramps everyday.

can't get in to see midwife till 11th May!!

I know shes round the corner at clinic today and i so want to go and sneak in and beg her for another!! lol

I'm still here too ladies, getting frustrated now. My friend is kindly taking DD out for the day. So I think I will have some quality time with DH then clean the house again.

Hopefully one of us will have our babies today. Good luck everyone.

just been to see MW and she wouldn't do a sweep :(

am gutted and teary :(

Oh Totoros you poor thing- did MW explain why not?