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BBhopes15
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Overdue and desperate
BBhopes15
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Hi ladies, I lurk here often and I've posted a few times.
Im 41.4 weeks and feeling defeated. I really wanted to wait for this baby to come on its own but I feel done. I never thought I would get to this point!
I am out of patience and extremely tired! This baby feels huge now....which by the way the u/s says baby is a little big for me....which doesn't scared me but I feel like at the end of my rope ready to call my OB and just say get it out!!
I also feel so alone in this. Everyone seems to just jump on the induction wagon and here I have waited in an attempt to do what I think it's best for this kid but I feel like I'm being punished for trying to do the right thing....sorry I am sounding so dramatic but I'm just so upset this isn't happening on its own.
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Re: Overdue and desperate
Going to post a couple of things that worked with my last pregnancy.
Caulophyllum and Cimicifuga (the homeopathic versions of blue and black cohosh.)
Also Castor Oil. It's nasty. But these 3 things in combination will help.
Good luck!!!
I only suggest castor oil as a SUPER last resort. It gave me horrible diarrhea, and I don't know if this is true, but I've heard people say it can cause the baby to have meconium...but like I said, I've never read or heard that from a reputable source. The tummy trouble was bad, tho so be warned.
Maybe try nipple stim, have lots of sex, take a brisk walk.
DS #1 born 05/25/2012
BFP#2: 06/12/2013 ---- loss
DS #2 born 4/08/2014
BPF#4: 2/1/2016 --- 2/23/2016 suspected molar pregnancy--- 3/15/2016 D&E - diagnosis MM
BFP#5 - 9/22/2016
* formally bornmommy
Hang in there and try to stay positive.
DD#1 December '12
DD#2 New Year's Baby '15
Married 07/09
I know how you feel
My first baby I was induced with at 42 weeks. In the days prior to that, I was so done with everything and emotional.
Someone at the grocery store asked when my due date was and I cried on the drive home.
I totally know how you feel about the 'induction wagon' too, I probably would have held off longer but it just felt like everyone had had their babies by that point and no one went past 42 weeks, but in the months after I had my baby I realized I wasn't alone.
If your dr mentions induction, say you will come in every few days for monitoring (nst's, blood pressure checks, make sure theres no protein in your urine etc) to make sure everythings going well, but you really dont need to be induced as long as you're both healthy. You will feel so much happier in the end if you just wait . It will be ANY DAY NOW, for real. Its not worth being induced if you are about to go into labor on your own
Take black and blue cohosh.
See a chiropractor ASAP--THIS is the biggest one. If your spine and/or pelvis are out of alignment baby cannot descend properly into the birth canal which can inhibit labor from starting naturally or can jeopardize your chances at a vaginal birth.
Walk, walk, walk, and have sex.
Take red raspberry leaves and insert EPO vaginally.
Also--know that outside of extenuating circumstances, your body won't make a baby that it cannot birth. Try to stay positive! Baby will be here before you know it.
Breastfeeding and pregnant!
I feel like your body will do what it needs to do. I held off as long as I could but ended up being induced at 41w6d. The induction didn't work, I had 2 doses of Cytotec throughout the night and the next morning started pitocin and was soon at the max dose where I stayed for quite a few hours, I was having contractions that looked good on the monitor but I wasn't even feeling. The contractions never did anything and I never dilated past "barely 1 cm". I ended up with a C-section.
I used to believe that your body would not grow a baby too big for you to birth and I waited and tried everything to go into labor. I even talked to the nurse about what happened back in the day before inductions and C-sections if you didn't go into labor and if she really thought people just died, which I didn't believe. I was so over it.
In the end my doctor decided that baby's head was just too big to drop into my pelvis. Thank goodness I had a C-section. I don't know what would have happened to us if this had happened before C-sections.
I didn't get the birth I planned for but at least we're alive and well! Do what you can for the birth you want but remember that a healthy mom and healthy baby is the ultimate goal. You'll be fine!