Due date passed and feeling fed up

[AJW90]

At the risk of sounding hugely ungrateful for being pregnant, I’ve officially reached my due date and have zero signs of the boy wanting to come out - and it’s making me feel really low. I’ve had HG the entire pregnancy so maybe part of me was also excited to just put the nausea/vomiting behind me - it’s not like maternity leave has been pleasant as I’ve still been feeling really ill.
I’m not a mood swing kinda person usually but I’m feeling glum, frustrated and fed up! Any others out there with June due dates wanting to vent? I’m all ears!

Have you tried the whole curb walking? You can even do it on the stairs…
crab walk up the stairs and down the stairs
stay active
get on a yoga ball and do figure 8s

I had zero signs of baby wanting to exit too but it happened so suddenly when Labour did start
& well done for getting through the pregnancy!

@AJW90 I second the light exercise, but also doing things that tell your body you are in a calm safe place and it’s safe for baby to come. Anything that gets the oxytocin flowing for you

I do totally get you - I went 16 days over with my first and had an induction, those two weeks after my due date really dragged.

I decided to do things I couldn't really do once the baby arrived so it felt like there was a treat?! It was silly stuff but mentally I felt better - totally depends what your vibe is and how much HG is impacting you. I went for a really nice meal, met friends for hot decaf coffee, read a book, bought random flowers and did a flower arrangement.. like I say, silly but it helped!

Sorry to hear about the HG @AJW90 . My mat leave plans have been scuppered by developing sciatica and even a short walk leaves me feeling knackered. Only 5 days overdue but am feeling a bit fed up. Trying to be positive and calm!

Hope things get moving soon x

Hoping you are settled with babes in arms now 🤞 I went 12 days over with both mine and I’d wake up positive and go to bed wailing or vice Versa for at least a week. Totally irrational but It is a nervy time and hormones are a bit haywire xx

Hopefully you've had your baby!?
I'm 34 weeks into a HG pregnancy, can totally empathise the desperation to get it over with!
The average gestation for birth is actually around 41 weeks. And that's the average. "Due dates" cause a lot of stress and feeling of failure when actually it's very normal for a baby to stay put until 41-42 weeks!

@Todaysthedayhey I had tried everything possible, and where we're on a second floor flat, it made it easier to have a go at these things regularly, but still no joy! Thank you for the reassuring words though, I really needed it. Baby was six days overdue in the end but when it happened, it happened very very fast and I didn't end up having contractions for very long before we were admitted to the labour ward, so you were right about that part!

@2mumlife I think there's something in this as once I stopped focusing on wanting him out and on other things, he decided to make a very swift appearance!

@Harriet1989 that fortnight is the slowest of your life isn't it!? But well done on being positive through it! I was struggling with the nausea again and was sofa bound more than I liked, but did read ferociously and made the house look as nice as possible before his arrival which made me feel happy. In the end he was +6 days, they'd booked me in for an induction on the Monday but my waters broke and he came the Wednesday before

@Passthefleece oh no, how is the sciatica now? it's hard when something dents the so called 'last wonderful moments' of baby-free time, I've got my little one now and can categorically say it's easier than pregnancy, even with the breastfeeding cluster feeding and sleep deprivation! I'm assuming you've had your baby now?

@Bibbiddiebopbiddiedooyeah you're so right about the hormones, and the weirdest part is I don't identify with feeling so haywire as it's not like me in normal times at all! Can now see that it's not normal times, there's an awful lot going on in the body it seems! Yes baby's here! :) Had a very rocky birth and a hospital stay for me (he was fine!) but we're home now and delighted!

@CheeryBiscuit sorry on the HG front, really hope you're finding things better. If there's any consolation, almost as soon as the day after I had him and ate a lasagne, I cried because I realised I was waiting for that anxious feeling of feeling sick, and it never came - it was TRULY glorious!! I read that about due dates too, he was 6 days overdue in the end and came before I was induced.

Thanks all for keeping me sane, wasn't the best of times! Now we're facing all kinds of different challenges but glad to have all the newborn cuddles that come with it, makes it all so much easier to face!

@AJW90 Congratulations on your new baby! Enjoy! :)

@AJW90 huge congratulations. I’m sure baby was worth the wait. Enjoy the newborn bubble.. it goes by too fast….