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kbaxter2014kbaxter2014 member
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So my due date is tomorrow, i went to the doctor friday and i was 2cm....what will help me go into labor naturally instead of being induced?
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  • BookitBooBookitBoo member
    You're at the finish line and it can literally happen any moment! You can do this! Try to be patient and realize your baby will let you know when it's time.
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  • janda426janda426 member
    Why would you be induced? You're not even "late" yet.. Come back in a week
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  • graciesmurfgraciesmurf member
    I understand how you feel, I remember feeling the same way before DD was born.  It sucks when you're a punctual or early person and you have to wait on someone's schedule.  However, that's what you have to do now.  Your baby does not know his due date or your schedule.  Baby doesn't even know his own schedule yet.  Type A personalities have a hard time with this and I sympathize with you wanting things to get going since you have plans for him to already be here.

    That being said, try to be patient and change your thinking.  Do you know how far your doctor will let you go before induction?  Typically it's 42 weeks.  Find out whatever that time is for you, look at your calendar, and say to yourself, "This is my new due date.  I will have my baby on or before this date".  Then, try to fill your time with last minute prep stuff.  Repack your hospital bag a few times.  Take pictures of the nursery while it's pristine.  Go out and get your nails/toes done.  Have a date night with DH.  Watch trashy tv shows that you wouldn't watch in front of a baby.  If you sew/knit/crochet/other craft, try to make one last project (or 2, or 3, or 4...) for baby.  Call friends/relatives and chat for several uninterrupted minutes about their lives.  Wrap Christmas presents or decorate some more.  Make a few more freezer meals.  Clean behind the toilet.  Try to finish a new book (or 2, or 3, or 4...).  There are thousands of things to do now, before baby, that will have to wait months if you try to do them after baby.

    Again, I know how you feel.  I was there.  It sucks.  But take a deep breath and try to be patient.


    Non-OP people reading this:  If you are type A with time management (like I am) it's a good idea to change your perception of your due date to your absolute-last-day-I-will-be-pregnant date (again, typically 2 weeks, but check with your OB).
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  • graciesmurfgraciesmurf member
    edited December 2014
    amt1983 said:
    @graciesmurf‌ totally off topic but do people really not watch certain TV shows in front of newborn babies? I hadn't even thought about this.
    IDK.  I did, but that doesn't mean it's normal.  I didn't like having the TV on if people were cursing or being violent while DD was in the room.  Also, I SAH and used the TV for background noise in the first few weeks while I got used to not having adult conversations.  There was a lot of Food Network and much less MTV/HBO.
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  • MaebbMaebb member
    amt1983 said:

    @graciesmurf‌ totally off topic but do people really not watch certain TV shows in front of newborn babies? I hadn't even thought about this.

    @amt1983, maybe people will judge me for this, but I watched Breaking Bad and other non-child appropriate stuff when I was up in the MOTN nursing DS. I kept the volume low and stopped when he was about 6 months old. His face was pointed toward my chest, so he didn't see it.
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  • abbyfulabbyful member
    Let this be a lesson in patience, you will need a lot of patience being a mom.

    Up to 42 weeks is considered normal.

    My DS was 6 days late and DD was 10 days late (and those are accurate figures, I was charting so know exactly when I ovulated).
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  • graciesmurfgraciesmurf member
    Maebb said:
    @graciesmurf‌ totally off topic but do people really not watch certain TV shows in front of newborn babies? I hadn't even thought about this.
    @amt1983, maybe people will judge me for this, but I watched Breaking Bad and other non-child appropriate stuff when I was up in the MOTN nursing DS. I kept the volume low and stopped when he was about 6 months old. His face was pointed toward my chest, so he didn't see it.
    No judgement from me.  It was something I did because I was uncomfortable.  I agree that babies that young are not alert enough to be affected (effected?).
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  • kbaxter2014kbaxter2014 member
    Had her exactly a week late.
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  • allrightmeowallrightmeow member
    edited January 2015
    kbaxter2014 said:
    Had her exactly a week late.
    Congrats and kudos for coming back to update.  
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