Thread for mooching around on and whinging about being overdue

[FrannyandZooey]

come and join me in my pit of gloom boredom and a little bit of excitement

I am 2 days over now and no signs whatsoever

Franny I feel faint seeing that bump
I forgot they get so big

Squonk - you are most-knowledgable-about-birth-cheerleader but I am Head Cheerleader because

1. I've been here longer than you.
2. I punch harder than you.
3. I thought of the cheerleading thing

So take that farking badge off or I'll ram it up your arse. Capisce?

Just sending my support to you all. I had DD2 at 40+12 last May (on the day before the full moon! ) so there is hope!

Franny - My induction was booked for 40+16 so I could have every possible chance of a homebirth and my widwife gave me a wink a nod and said if I was 42+1 that I should still giver her a call so she could "see what she could do". She wasn't saying "I'm fine with delivering after 42 weeks", because she wasn't allowed to, but she was letting me know that it would be ok. I think that relaxed me and things got moving.

Am currently 38+4 and already impatient. God help my family, because I am like a bear with a sore head.

your bump makes me want to be pregnant again franny !

sticky out belly button good, it does not pop out if baby is OP!

fairynuff. Can I be head cheerleader when it's your turn to be a couple of months overdue and everyone keeps saying "hasn't it come yet? " and you need virtual cake and bacon butties to get you through the day?

i have a badge, sou'wester and goggles from when nataliejane was in labour for aaaaaaaaaaaaaages!

Sou'wester and goggles??? [boggle]

full moon is GOOD news

Franny, that really is a fantastically round bump. Very good

ROAR I don't eat bacon madam, am veggie too!

Yes, I'll hand over to you as Head Cheerleader when I'm overdue. From 1st November you're IT! Get practicing

is it totally wrong that this thread is making me all broody?

Me too MrsJC

I have been broody for aaaaaaaaages

This recipe is supposed to start labour. Just don't have the energy to make it...

don;t ask tiger feet!

lully how are you lovely one?

F&Z you definitely win the prize for the biggest bump containing one baby that I have ever seen. It looks like you need some sort of hoist just to keep it attached to your body.

Oh it is also definitely the most decorative too. Very nice. Wish I had thought to paint and take photos of my bumps too.

thanks DG and everyone [proud] [scared]

lulu I am getting lots of gripes again
I have got to believe this is good, yes?
but hooooooow loooooooong will it taaaaaaake? the gripes are not uncomfortable enough to be bothering me, but I just want to know am I going to manage to get this poor baby out before the weekend

cause my midwife was not as amenable as 12years to me being at home after 40+14

would they do another rummage today Franny...if you pleaded?

Am okay lovely lulu
How about you & the little ones?

Franny am loving the photos, esp the one where it looks like the bump isn't attached to anything, like a ball!

May I suggest you all slam a door for your rage? Have just done so after huge row with dh who then stomped out of house, was most satisfying

just checking up

anything today ladies

SK think F&Z's absence means something has happened (hope so)

Ooh Franny, that's a great bump!

Are we allowed to guess what it is?

Could all members of the cheerleading squad please note who has handed out the most cake and vote for the leader accordingly. Thank you.

yes probably not now
they will do tomorrow I think

when I walk around, and even better if I jiggle up and down a bit it feels like something HUGE pressing on my pelvic floor, really feels as if something is about to burst

which is very encouraging
but I have heard people say they felt like this for 2 or 3 weeks just because the head was engaged, I think

sounds encouraging franny

oh sorry was replying to Lully, hadn't refreshed

yes please do guess, I can't wait to find out if boy or girl

I'd like MORE cake please Fabio

that is an amazing bump franny

good luck with the rummaging etc
hope you see that baby very soon!

it does sound encouraging, franny

Heads don't always engage in second and subsequent pregnancies, so if yours has engaged, then that can only be good.

um... fabio, surely I have managed to give the most cake, croissants, scones and foodstuffs...

MamaG here, I've finished with these too

here franny, this cake seemed appropriate