What can I do to make labor come ?!!!?

mybabylove3415 · March 2015

i was due March 9th and still no baby I am a FTM and I'm so ready to get my little boy out! I tried everything walking, sex , nipple stimulation but I still have no contractions! I don't want to wait until March 21 to be induced [-( Please help!!

mybabylove3415 · March 2015

I am 4cm 70% effaced as of last Tuesday didn't loose mucus plug or water didn't break yet

adelems · March 2015

There are some past threads about foods to eat and things to try. But honestly, not much will bring baby before he's ready. Just have to try and remember that the "due date" estimate is a general time line and every woman has a different cycle length so your due date could be off by as much as a week or two. Hopefully that's not the case with you because I TOTALLY sympathize with how you feel. I was late with my first and I thought I would die I was miserable haha. Eventually she just decided to come out. Just a normal day. I hadn't done anything special.

I know, it's killer waiting. I still have another week until my due date and I'm already VERY done. But who knows when he will actually arrive

littlepawsbigears · March 2015

I've read that using a breast pump will help. Good luck.

mybabylove3415 · March 2015

I hope that's not the case I don't think I can wait a nother week but That helps it is making me miserable I just want it to be over ! I hope he comes out tomorrow or something !!! ? Good luck with yours hopfully your next one is a easy one

mybabylove3415 · March 2015

Really?!!? I'm gonna hook it up now and start pumping

Amy and Jay · March 2015

Does your doctor require you to go to 42 weeks before they'll induce? My practice will induce at 41 weeks (unless there is a medical reason to do so earlier) but will let a mom go to 42 weeks if she's medically okay to do it and comes in for multiple NSTs.

mybabylove3415 · March 2015

Basically well they don't want us to go to 42 weeks I get induced at 41+5 days I will have another NST Tuesday at 41 weeks

Amy and Jay · March 2015

Well, hopefully your little one won't make you wait that long!

mybabylove3415 · March 2015

( Thanks I hope he Dosent I'm ready for pregnancy to be over it feels like I've been pregnant forever !!!

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mybabylove3415 · March 2015

Ok I will Tuesday does that hurt as bad as getting your cervix stretched ?

jalufkameghan · March 2015

STEFMXO I wish my dr would allow me to ask for membrane sweep

it's stupid the place I go to doesn't do that. Yall are lucky

littlepawsbigears · March 2015

At 40 weeks with my midwives, they will sweep your membrains if you ask. But they won't do it before then. I'm opting to wait until 42 weeks though, just to give baby time to come all on its own.

jqfs · March 2015

At 41 weeks my OB swept my membranes...it was soo uncomfortable but it was brief and didn't hurt. I also lost my mucus plug back at 38 weeks - and still labour did not come!! I'm getting induced this week at 41 weeks & 6 days. Just hang in there!!!

Lark425 · March 2015

Honestly, no one knows what gets the process going, it's all hormones. I've been told to relax, stay away from anxiety. Try to create a welcoming environment. Red raspberry leaf tea and evening primrose oil help to tone the uterous and prime the cervix. Look into clary sage essential oil, that is suppose to bring about contractions. Worse comes to worse...a couple tablespoons of castor oil...expect diarrhea though. Mostly just relax.

AEmily · March 2015

jalufkameghan said:
STEFMXO you cannot "ask" for a membrane sweep aka ask to get your water broke....that's just stupid

Having the OB sweep your membranes is not the same thing as having them break your water.. A lot of OB's offer to sweep your membranes around 38 weeks, mine offered on Monday.

mybabylove3415 · March 2015

Thanks for the help and support everybody!! Yea I guess I have to wait till baby comes on his owni made it this far so why complain ! I'll be 41 tomorrow so hopfully little man comes out soon 8->

ngolimento · March 2015

jalufkameghan said:
STEFMXO you cannot "ask" for a membrane sweep aka ask to get your water broke....that's just stupid

Point of fact, you can. I am scheduled for one that I ASKED for tomorrow. Also, sweeping/stripping is not at all the same as breaking the amniotic sack. Instead, the doctor inserts a finger between the sac and the uterine wall, and separates them. In women who are on the brink of labor, it can trigger labor. In women who are not, it hastens dilation.

So, not "stupid".

mybabylove3415 · March 2015

I'm going to ask my doctor Tuesday to sweep my membranes then hopfully I'm close to labor

ju123 · March 2015

I refused membrane sweep for the second time he offered as I thought it hurt me the first time but I know I am very sensitive, my Dr understood but it was kind of awkward...
I'm due March 20 and I have no signs of real labour no mucous loss, bloody show, real timed contractions only BH

The only problem I find is that I'm constantly wondering if the baby is ok, very paranoid, touching my stomach and wanting her to move... This stress me out

nicolerae90 · March 2015

I was offered a sweep for 38 weeks. It isnt breaking water. Regardless i didnt make it to 38 weeks.
I dont know if DD was just ready or the fact the husband and i had sex twice in a day the night my membranes ruptured.

adelems · March 2015

@ju123 I'm due the 22nd and I feel the exact same way.

Amy and Jay · March 2015

AEmily said:

jalufkameghan said:
STEFMXO you cannot "ask" for a membrane sweep aka ask to get your water broke....that's just stupid
Having the OB sweep your membranes is not the same thing as having them break your water.. A lot of OB's offer to sweep your membranes around 38 weeks, mine offered on Monday.

Yeah, not at all the same thing. I'm asking for a membrane sweep at my appointment tomorrow.

allisonmaxwell · March 2015

A membrane sweep is not breaking your water. Your OB uses they fingers to separate your cervix from your amniotics sac in hopes to loosen you up. It is not inducing labor and you CAN ask your provider if they think it will help.

shootznladrz · March 2015

I did a membrane sweep at 38 weeks and nothing happened

jalufkameghan · March 2015

Well I go to the chickasaw Indian hospital and they haven't offered that. I don't even think they do that there

erwallace089 · March 2015

Ask for it?

jalufkameghan · March 2015

Yeah I know! That's what I'm sayin, "ask for it???" That's not even an option where I go..

KD32412 · March 2015

littlepawsbigears said:
At 40 weeks with my midwives, they will sweep your membrains if you ask. But they won't do it before then. I'm opting to wait until 42 weeks though, just to give baby time to come all on its own.

All I can think is: "Brains, brains, BRAINS!!!!" Membraaiinnnnsssss...

jalufkameghan · March 2015

I'm 38 weeks 2 days and baby will be here next monday if I don't go into labor sooner. Read online that eating a fresh pineapple will make you go into labor. This is my 3rd pregnancy and I have never tried it. I've tried everything else that only made me go #2 and have bh contractions so all the positive reviews on pineapple I'm pretty excited

jalufkameghan · March 2015

https://www.babycenter.com/400_does-pineapple-induce-labor_2510750_836.bc

Read all those positive reviews about how pineapple worked for these ladies. Whoever wants to eat pineapple tomorrow with me, we can keep in touch to see if it's working for either of us..

erwallace089 · March 2015

Lol good luck with your pineapples

kris523sydney · March 2015

I've been eating pineapple for days and nothing is happening! I'm 39w2d.

Random question....I've been having a weird unpleasant taste in my mouth the last few days. Is anyone else experiencing this?

moonbaby61284 · March 2015

Yeah I am 39w 5d and was scared that I got strep throat from my first child because of the nasty taste so I also went to Dr and was neg. I can not figure out how to get rid of this taste either.

kmvisioli · March 2015

kris523sydney said:
I've been eating pineapple for days and nothing is happening! I'm 39w2d.
Random question....I've been having a weird unpleasant taste in my mouth the last few days. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Maybe it's from all the pineapple...

myjessesgirl · March 2015

Tried the pineapple, and I'd agree that the taste is coming from that. I've also tried red raspberry leaf tea, labor cookies (tasty, but ineffective), sex... But nothing seems to change anything. She's even positioned well, so that isn't the issue. 40 weeks 1 day now, so I'm going to continue eating my pineapple, but I'm not very hopeful that it will actually do anything. At this point, I would doubt that anything will induce labor aside from being ready to go into labor!

jalufkameghan · March 2015

I have that taste in my mouth to. I haven't eaten pineapples yet.

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mybabylove3415 · March 2015

41 weeks today I tried everything still no baby !!! He's way to big to be in my stomach I'm so miserable and uncomfortable

princesslockness · March 2015

*lurker from August 15* My reflexologist said she could manipulate muscles, tendons, and things on my feet to start labor if I ever got the okay from the doc to start labor 'unnaturally'.

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