Overdue Club

[mrsjskelton]

Come on ladies, how are you feeling?
40+3

Libertybelles - When all you want is no time and to be up on your feet and feeling useful once again hey!

Sunflower - EXACTLY

Sunflower did you say you had to be induced previously? What's that like? I have been into triage twice (29 weeks and 39 weeks) for reduced fetal movement (prob cos my placenta is anterior and so in some positions I can't feel her as easily) and they've said because of this I have to have a consultant appointment to talk about being induced (I'm assuming they wouldn't let me go to 42 weeks?!) - from what I understand being induced is more painful?

Libertybelles..
I've been induced with both previous pregnancies and they were both very different experiences ..
With my eldest - I was induced at 12 days over, I had the pessary in the morning and labour pretty much kicked off straight away, much to the midwifes disbelief - as my mum ( I was 18 at the time) had to practically force them to check me at 6pm and I was 8cms dilated and rushed to delivery room I managed all that time on just paracetamol, and I do not have a high pain threshold! Lol .. Just after midnight my little girl was born and the only other pain relief I had was pethidine .. Apparently first babies take longer with inducing but that was not the case for me - and I'm sure with many others too ..
My second experience wasn't so great ..
I was taken in on the 12th day - had the pessary .. But nothing happened .. Cut a long story short - numerous sweeps and pessaries over the next 3 days still nothing .. And then finally on the 4th afternoon they took me down to have my waters broke and put on the drip ( pitocin) .. I didn't like the drip .. It makes contractions come on very hard and fast and were painful .. I actually was advised to have an epidural - as I wasn't coping too well .. Which I did and that did give me a few hours relief until pushing - where they turned it down so I could feel it .. And then my little boy arrived on the 5th morning ..
Now with the second experience please don't let that scare you in any way .. The hospital were way understaffed as it was a bank holiday and I do believe that i would have been taken down sooner if it hadn't been .. Plus my experience was not helped by numerous nights of no sleep, and not much food, as I just didn't want to be in hospital - let alone still be heavily pregnant, I missed home badly! So in some ways I prob didn't help myself
Everyone copes with pain differently and situations differently x

Sunflower - thanks for the reply! Useful to know, it's so hard to plan these things when it's different every time and different for everyone! Hey ho! We'll see what happens. I hope we're all here in the next week saying our babies have been born!!

Fingers crossed Libertybelles ...

Come on ladies we need some births on this thread!!! Where's everyone at today? I'm 40+5 and nooooot impressed!!

40+1, also not impressed. Been running up and down the stairs, to no avail. DS was born at 40+1, and I was told this one would "definitely" be earlier

Well another day nearly over and nothing ..
Feeling crap ..

Same here - went for a walk, nearly killed me but nothing happening sending lots of

Right back to you Libertybelles ..

Grrr it's so frustrating! I've been getting aches if I go on the yoga ball and I think GREAT! And then nothing we can do this ladies xx

MrsJSkeleton - I get some really full on tightenings .. But they always lead to nothing .. Grrrrr ... Lots of labour dust to you all ladies

I've never known anything so frustrating! I've been having a really low, hormonal day today and I think it's all the hoping and then having nothing happen. Fingers crossed for all of us

Argh two people I know have posted their new babies on Facebook today!!!

Urghhh this sucks ...

Agh no! And you have to be happy for them haha! My step sis just had hers 2 days ago but well over a week late - so I don't begrudge her at all!!

Yeah if people are late I can't just about survive the jealously! But these were due after me no fair

Due after?? That's so unfair!!

I hear you on the babies on FB! 4 so far all born and were due after me. One is using my fave name for girl. Is ok as is online friend but doesn't help!

I am 40+12 tomorrow (in 30 mins). Only fun part is being asked by strangers when I'm due and watching their mouths drop when I say 'oh, 11 days ago'.

I seem to have developed insomnia now which doesn't help! I'm knackered but quite zen about being overdue in the day but when I go to bed I get all worked up!!! Help

Oh Blerg you must be losing your mind!are you booked for an induction?

Libertybelles I totally sympathise! I usually get to sleep around 3 then my lovely bf has his alarm set for 6.30 which wakes me up til around 9 and then I maybe doze for another hour. I suspect if I could sleep I could relax enough to go into labour haha. Sadly not much advise other than I try to tell myself little stories (non related to babies etc) to steer my mind away from worrying. Good luck!

Thanks Jenjen - it's so annoying isn't it. I know I need to relax I just can't