Anyone else 37/38 weeks pg?

[DeathMetalMum]

I'm 38 weeks today. Just wondering if anyone else is around the same point. Starting to feel a little fed up and I could still be waiting 4 weeks for baby to arrive. I don't have any real symptoms of impending labour at the moment. I am getting quite painfull tightenings with some back ache but saw the mw on friday who said head isn't engaged yet so not expecting much soon. How is everyone else dping?

Wow, Shiny and Szeli! Good luck! Joint labours.... I wonder which one will pop out first?

I am now feeling like my baby is NEVER going to come. All those stories about second babies coming early.... What a load of tosh!

Rooting for you Shiny - it's all 'purposeful' pain - hope your bub comes soon!

You can do it Shiny, it will all be wort it in the end! I've been having braxton hicks strongly all weekend which hurt like mad but just getting on with school run for the next three days then won't have to drag myself out every morning! Dreading half term and not being able to do much with ds(5) and its his birthday on Easter sun! Lets hope things get moving soon! Big snuggles to all the new mummies and babies x

Good luck Shiny and Szeli! Am very jealous. Absolutely nothing happening here. Had some crampy back pains and strong BHs yesterday but now zilch. Started with the EPO yesterday as a pessary. Not pleasant at all once it all comes out again, but I'll try anything at the moment!

I just want this sodding baby out!

40+2 now. Never thought I would be this far gone.

Apparently Romaine lettuce is supposed to have some sort of labour inducing quality? I'm going to give it a shot....

40+5 here... But I was always anticipating going late because the last two did and I know this one's back to back too. Doesn't make it any easier to be patient!

I think the hardest thing to get your head around is that there's nothing you can do. If you're hungry, you eat, if you've got a headache you take a paracetamol. But there nothing to be done to get a fully cooked baby OUT any quicker than he wants to come. (Barring medical intervention, of course. I have a certain amount of jealousy about the ELCSers!)

Yep me too! It's also the lack of control - I just need to know when it's happening

I can't stand the not-knowing. I'd be ok with being late if I knew 100% WHEN the baby would come. But it's the 'any day now' feeling of being in limbo.

And then I think I should at least do something useful like go for a really long walk but just the thought of it makes me even more knackered!

God I'm a whingey pants today.

Well hopefully baby news from Szeli and Shiny soon :)

I am joining the whingers. Whip, every time I see your name on here I think you have dropped and I feel grrr my little due date buddy!

Nothing doing here, I am preparing myself for being induced and producing a humungous baby.

Haha Sundae, methinks we'll be the last 2 on this thread.... Grimly hanging on.... I don't think I'll be dropping any time soon. I shall graciously allow you to go first....

My DH keeps saying things like 'Well you're obviously a nice comfy incubator' etc. which doesn't help. AIBU to want to make my womb inhospitable?!

Hi girls - here's me joining in at the last minute!

Am 40+2 today with DC2 (a boy) who has conveniently avoided both a dual bday with DD and interrupting DD's bday party 2 Saturdays ago. Have been so totally ready to not be pregnant any more since about 37wks, bub engaged since 36wks ... it's made a huge difference to my state of mind to read through this thread and know that it's not just me having to 'just deal with it'. It's definitely the lack of control that I'm finding most difficult to cope with.

More raspberry leaf tea, anyone?

Hello ladies!! Well today is my due date (its finally here!!) but no sign of the little one!! Fingers crossed there are some babies born over next few days

Hello ladies I'm a little behind some of you at 38+2, have been drinking my rasberry leaf tea and just started on the EPO, may get the birthing ball out today and do some bouncing. Just waiting for the nesting instinct to kick in but am still in lazy mode...Good luck to those in/about to go into labour!

josie, even if you don't use the birthing ball for bouncing, you'll find it so much easier to get up from than the sofa!!

Getting up and walking around has been a huge problem today! I feel like there is so much pressure on my pubic bone and getting up and down to do things for ds is a nightmare! May actually resort to hot curry at the weekend!

Hi ladies, I was directed here from another thread. I'm currently 41w (or is it 40+7) and had my 2nd sweep today. Midwife says I'm already 5cm dilated but not in active labour yet. Been in slow labour for over a week but not progressing due to baby's awkward positioning.

Induction booked for Sunday if nothing happens but midwife is confident I'll be in full labour tonight or tomorrow. I'm not sure I share her certainty!

Wow Turtle - 5cm and you're still walking around??! Blimey! At that stage with DD I was begging for gas and air.

Hope you progress quickly! Good luck

That's the thing, it doesn't feel like I'm that dilated if you know what I mean. This is DC2 and when I was 5cm with DD1 I was also on the gas and air but at the moment it just isn't nowhere near as painful, it's just uncomfortable.

Quite nice to have got to 5cm painlessly though!

I wish I was 5cm!

Everytime I sit down especiallly on the toilet I feel as though baby is pressing down. Anyone else? She was 3/5 a week ago

38+3

Wow Turtle, how exciting, you must keep us up to date!! :)

DC2, 39 plus 2 and Nothing! Not a bloody thing. Yes an uncomfortable tight tum due to baby sticking its bum right out, but that is it! I know the weather is freezing cold and horrible out here but come on baby...............

Good luck Turtle, you lucky devil :) x

Wow Turtle, 5cm & a week's worth of slow labour?

I had a sweep done last Friday for 40wks & midwife said I was c. 2cm then. Had an afternoon & evening of strong-but-not-painful contractions yesterday, but they came to nought . Fingers crossed things click into gear properly soon!

38+2 :)

Went to baby group today :) no baby group for a week or two cos of the holidays ;) hopefully next time I go back my baby will be here

Had some raspberry leaf tea at a friends then went to the shop specifically for it, then forgot to buy was too busy running around the reduced section buying various cakes

Must make sure I get some tommorow :)

Is anyone getting their dh and other dc's a present from the baby? Know it sounds silly, I'd have just given birth they should be getting me pressies but ill be getting them both a little pressie

DH & I have a couple of small things for the baby to 'give' our DD. I hadn't really thought about a gift for DH ... A healthy, happy baby & me?

Hi everyone! Mini bumpity arrived on Saturday at 2.30pm after 14 hrs of labour and 20 mins of pushing . I got my epidural and everything seemed to go textbook style with just one small stitch to show for it.... That is until I developed pre eclampsia in final stage of labour and then had an allergic reaction to the anti-emetic drip... Which meant me and the wee one spent our first night in the high dependency unit of the the hospital wired to various machines, which wasn't very fun (and wasn't in my birth plan... ) However all has ended well and these two factors are extremely rare so none of you should worry....and we're back to normal now and couldn't be happier! Hopefully we get to take all 6lbs15 of her home tomorrow morning. Neither me or her dad can take our eyes off her- I know I'm biased but she is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

Hopefully it won't be long now for the rest of you- will keep my fingers crossed for you all! Xxx