Overdue?! Lets rant and see who pops first

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2 day over now and irregular period cramps and back ache are leading to NOWT!

And if one more persons tries to give me some 'helpful' advice I shall tell them
"Yes, I have been having sex whilst eating curried pineapple"
Fuck off!!!!

Good luck today katie
Hope all is ok doodle
How is everyone else doing?
I'm still here, 2/5th engaged and had some niggles last night...we were then joined by both dc!
Hmmph! I'll never labour at this rate. DP is seriously grumpy which is really not helping. Sorry my woeful rant over!

Good luck katie and doodle!

seabuck why is your DP grumpy?!

Both our DC aren't sleeping reliably at the moment and he has a cold.
I'm only sleep deprived and overdue a baby. The former is so so much worse you know?

I think toddlers have some kind of sixth sense, both of mine have been quite clingy last few days and not sleeping well. Not like them. It must be a sign yes?

Ahh, man flu. NDN has that at the moment and apparently isn't getting enough sympathy from his fiancée (with 2 young children) so DH bought him a box of chocolates to show solidarity :o

that's brilliant!
I'm eating chocolate iced donuts to cheer myself up. So bored now!

Mmm, I want ones with chocolate sprinkles now.

I have 2 left, help yourself :)

Anyone popped?
I haven't! I was being so good not getting annoyed or stressed. It was short lived!

I got stressed and spent most of the day before DD was born crying about one thing or another. See it as a good sign!

Well I burst into tears this morning (really unlike me, poor DP!) as this is another weekend I'm pregnant. I had another reflexology session last night in a vain attempt to relax me more than anything. I don't feel anymore relaxed or in labour.
I'm having an M&S meal deal tonight and today has been sponsored by Nutella on toast.
I can't be the only one left. I swear if my cervix isn't favourable next week I will have a full on pregnant tantrum!

I'm hoping tears are a good sign

Hey guys. Had my little boy in the early hours of Friday morning after having waters broken at lunch time thursday, despite not being at all dilated. Went on drip and after 7 hours was only 1.5 cm. more talk of cs. After another 4 hours they checked again and I was 10cm! He was born about 90 mins later.

Still feeling slightly she'll shocked and confused about what I'm supposed to do with this whole new human, but we'll get there. Certainly worth the wait and the effort

Oh I didn't know there was already an overdue thread.. I just started another one.

Im two days overdue.. not alot I know, but after three/four weeks of strong braxton hicks, a week of period pains, backache and irregular contractions, I would've thought the baby would have come by now!!

Congratulations Doodle! So glad you got there in the end without a CS :) I'm on DC2 and still looking at her wondering what to do with her. Mostly she just requires snuggles and milk...

Mickey I tried to go back to sleep and didn't wake DH up for hours when I went into labour because I'd had so many false alarms I refused to believe it was the real thing.

Oh help!
I feel sick, I have pains which go all the way round and down with pressure which makes me think I need the loo.
Hurts especially when he moves, pretty much just hurts when he moves.
Ow and in my back too.
In bed on my left side, can't sleep through these!
Labour or wishful thinking? I'm such a pessimist I think it must just die down

Humph calming down already and DS1 is awake!

Shhh sea's DS1!

still here!
All died down in the end. I have just been left with horrible backache.
I'm so so annoyed!
Left the sleeping beauties in our bed went down and sat on my birth ball listened to classical music and it all died down.
I'm gutted. I just don't see how I will go into natural labour with the DC about. DP was frigging useless I am so cross.
Think it might well an induction, just what I wanted to avoid.
Sorry this is very woe is me but just how many false starts can one labour take?!

can i join 40+4
been reading all the birth stories, im soo jelous...
seabuckthorn i know that feeling i was certain i was starting labor 2 days ago but it died off
also desparatly trying to avoid induction....
on the other hand i know there is less than two weeks till little man is definitely here

seabuckthorn i had that last night as well. second stretch and sweep today so lets see if that gets things going!!

good luck MickeyTheShortOne hope it works this time round for you

Hope the sweep goes well mickey
I feel your pain these stop starts are dreadful not to mention exhausting!

I am back, after a protracted induction experience, and I now have a little DS who is wailing in his moses basket because Mummy has put him down.

Went in on Thursday for induction, got put on induction ward, they examined me and said I was 1 to 2cm blah blah, but the labour ward was full so basically I had to wait. And wait. And wait. They did try a pessary to get me to dilate more so my waters might go themselves but that fell out! At 5am Friday they came to fetch me to go to labour ward so they could break my waters. And we waited, and waited. At 9am my waters were broken, at this point I was contracting roughly every 10 mins but nothing was happening. DS was back to back and there was meconium in the waters so my options were limited but I had a great time sat on the ball with my gas and air. Still not dilating!

At 11am they put me on a drip, the rest of my labour and he arrived at 1pm on Friday. We came home on Saturday and the reality of life with a toddler and a baby is starting to sink in!

congratulations runningkatie
only just got my show this morning at 40+6 go for a sweep tomorrow really hope it works...