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41 weeks and feel like I want to die

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Overduedistressed · 20/11/2019 14:43

Firstly I'm incredibly sorry if this thread upsets anyone, I also want to say I'm very grateful to be having a baby and don't want to cause them any harm.

I'm 41 weeks pregnant, suffering with pgp, carpal tunnel... the lot. I'm in agony and have been since 16 weeks, been signed off work since 28 weeks and essentially have been isolated at home since then.

I've had 3 weeks of daily false labour, no dilation or effacement, and I'm just exhausted, miserable and quite honestly have thought about ending it. I have absolutely no end in sight with this pregnancy, my midwife has shut me down every time I've tried talking to her about how miserable I feel and how much pain I'm in, so I don't feel like I can even try and speak to her again about it.

I've cried every day for weeks, I'm so lonely and so tired, I sleep about 2.5 hours a night (broken into 15-20 min bursts) and spend my days crying at my bump because I just won't go into labour. I've tried all the usual tricks to no avail, I've tried keeping busy to distract myself but it's not working. I've been fantasising about throwing myself down the stairs because then my baby would have to be born. I wouldn't actually do it, but I can't help the thoughts.

I don't really know if any of this is making sense, I just don't know what to do or who to turn to.

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VapeVamp12 · 21/11/2019 16:07

So pleased to read they’ve given you an induction date OP. Hang in there! It sounds like you’re really going through it at the moment. I think your needs for your physical and mental health should have been taken into account a couple of weeks ago really.

I do worry when I read people recommending to fake reduced movements though. I’d hate to think someone with reduced movements had extra time to wait because someone was using a space to be monitored for no reason. Please don’t advise this to anyone.

Rubyroost · 21/11/2019 16:16

Excellent news op!
@VapeVamp at my hospital there's plenty of space for reduced movements to be monitored. In my opinion when the nhs has a policy of induction at 42 weeks I would say I wouldn't blame someone for faking reduced movements. Don't forget that this is not always the best policy.

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