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When to start the eviction process?

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Fissawissa · 29/09/2014 16:20

I'm 37+5 and as expected I'm feeling tired, fed up, excited etc.
I have been drinking raspberry leaf tea, taking evening primrose & bouncing on my ball but im wondering when I can I start the proper eviction process? Clary sage oil, pineapple, sex etc. I'm getting impatient.
Baby weighed 8lbs according to a growth scan last week & consistently measuring 2 weeks ahead in the 95th percentile.

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AnythingNotEverything · 29/09/2014 16:24

I hate to tell you this, but there's nothing you can do. Baby will come when baby is ready. Sorry!

ouryve · 29/09/2014 16:25

For most women, the eviction process will happen naturally, some time in the next month.

You'll be tired with a new born, too.

Bolshybookworm · 29/09/2014 16:33

Yep, I tried everything going to get labour started when I went overdue, and NOTHING worked. Might as well put your feet up and relax, as very soon you won't have much downtime!

Bolshybookworm · 29/09/2014 16:34

PS. Hope you meet your new baby soon, I know how frustrating the wait it!

MrsBungle · 29/09/2014 16:36

If any of that worked there would be no need for inductions. Rest up and baby will come when it's ready.

ohthegoats · 29/09/2014 17:01

Agree with the above. I'm 1 day overdue now, and have been doing low level eviction stuff since about week 36 - nothing too exhausting though. The only thing that did anything at all, was sex - at week 38 - had a night of contractions and period pain, but they came to nothing. Sex since has done nothing.

Fissawissa · 29/09/2014 17:59

This is my second & I went a week over with DD. Wishful thinking!

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