I've officially joined this club. 40+1 today. I have an induction scheduled for this Sunday into Monday when I'm 41 weeks but I'm really hoping something happens naturally before then!
40+5 here. My baby boy is too happy to come out. I am not planning on an induction or hospital birth, no thank you. Wonder how long this is going to take. I am huge, oh my. I get frusterated at times but then I tell myself to just enjoy being pregnant and growing my baby. It's an awesome feeling and deep connection to have him inside of me.
Well I guess I'll just say: Happy due date to me! Glad and slightly frustrated to join the 40+ club today. I have been religiously reading all birth stories and this thread also, and I hope everybody here will meet their baby real real soon and it'll all be fast and smooth deliveries. All sorts of funny things are happening to my body, feelings I have never had before. Every evening and night I have a few moments where I think: is this it? And then I feel a stab of anxiety/nervousness/excitement in my chest because of the idea that it might be starting (and then nothing happens of course.....). I am sooo curious what he/she looks like! Can you believe we're going to meet our babies soon?
40+3 today and had a check up with the dr. We set the date for Monday morning if baby boy doesn't come on his own this weekend. Thankfully my doc is going to be om duty on Monday so there's that to look forward to. He says that my cervix is looking great in his opinion (2cm, 70%, -1 station)
I'm 40+3, -1, 50% effaced and 2 cm dilated. Had my bloody show a day ago. Bag is packed, laundry is done, legs are shaved, baby clothes washed... Come on baby time to this party started!
Looks like I can join the club- I'm really hoping for some action tonight! I want to avoid an induction so I'm praying labor starts before my 41wk appointment on Wendesday when I have an ultrasound scheduled.
Unfortunately joined the club today. 40w1d. Last appointment was Wednesday where I was still at 2 cm and 50% effaced like the week before. I really want to get things going but I also don't want her born on Valentine's Day. The doctor said it would be Wednesday when I got induced but then she said that's only if there was room so it wasn't definite
40+1 now... Yay! Due dates sure are anticlimactic. I just want to see ladies in this club having late babies without having to get to the point of induction! FXed for everyone.
S & A married 8.12.2013 Expecting Saulie O 2.12.2016
Also 40+3, drs appointment last Thursday showed I was 50% effaced and 2 cm dilated, 1cm more than last week. Lost mucous plug last week + bloody show last Saturday but after Dr's appointment I am still losing blood and tissue.
I would also love love love to have this baby spontaneous. I would really like to see my body functioning properly. I also prefer birth and death as unscheduled and unpredictable events... we can schedule the rest of our lives but it is kind of a good joke that you don't exactly know where the beginning and the end is. I politely declined scheduling my induction last Thursday but I think if baby is not here yet and the membrane swipe next Tuesday doesn't do anything i'll have to go for it
I am feeling alright apart from insomnia. That kind of worries me, what if I start this thing already exhausted?
Well last encouragement for all those babies here on this thread. Come on guys/girls! You know where the exit is. Time to celebrate your birthday!
If this little one doesn't get moving, looks like I'll be joining you overdue mamas. Due on Monday, but have shown no signs of imminent labor. I think this is baby's way of letting us know who is in charge! I just want to meet her already! Patience is a virtue. Hang in there mamas; our babies are teaching us a lesson.
40w2d. No plans for induction - giving birth at a low intervention birthing center that does not follow those protocols. Appt on Tuesday to check fluid levels and non-stress test (standard at this point). So excited to meet our little girl but also thankful to have carried her this far, as the drs never thought I would make it beyond December or January. Stubborn kiddo already.
40 weeks, 3 days today! On Thursday, my OB couldn't even reach my cervix (it's still in the posterior position), so no reports on dilation/effacement. Also, no sightings of the plug nor any other show. Appointment on Tuesday to see if there's been any progress... patience IS a virtue - trying to keep hold of mine!!!
40+5 today. Yesterday was a weird day : first I thought I had pretty strong contractions starting around 2pm, packed bags, called doula etc, but after two hours they were gone. We went for a stroll, then I slept and woke up with strong pain on the right side of my stomach. It lasted long and I got worried because I had never heard of that and couldn't find a lot of information, so we decided to go in and be checked, I was worried about the placenta etc. I was also suddenly out of nowhere crying and couldn't really tell why. Of course, in the car it already got less intense and once hooked up to the monitors it stopped altogether, so we went home. I feel a bit stupid about it, but I was just afraid something was wrong. Now I was reassured, Baby is healthy, I'm healthy, plenty of amniotic fluid, and I had like 5 or 6 BH contractions in the 20 minutes I was hooked to the monitor. I slept for at least 6 hrs afterwards so pretty happy with that. I hope something will happen soon! Good luck ladies!
This board seems to have died down a bit but hoping to get it going again and hear from other 40+ weekers to remind myself I'm not alone over here!
I'm 40+3 today. Had an appointment this morning and was 2.5cm dilated and 50% effaced, although she said the baby is still high. She did a membrane sweep to hopefully get things going but I'm not holding my breath! I've had contractions and menstrual like cramping on and off for weeks, so every time I think it might be the start of something, everything fizzles out. I'm officially on maternity leave now so don't have work to distract me anymore. Has anyone tried acupressure or essential oils to get things going? I made a labor oil with clary sage in it which is supposed to get contractions going, although no luck so far. How's everyone else doing??
You're not alone @Cherylaf83 ! I'm 40+3 today too... or wait... maybe 40+2 actually. I can't keep it straight since days feel like weeks now. I also had membranes swept this morning and apparently while she was in there I had some strong contractions that my doctor could feel, but I haven't felt anything too out of the ordinary. I'm 2cm and my cervix is "ready" she said - not sure percentage wise but she said it was "super soft and squishy" (fancy medical terms haha). Without having any real way to know, she thinks I'll go in the next two days (if she had to guess, she said).
I'm still at work as I really want to maximize my time off since I only get 8 weeks.
I haven't made any big attempts at natural induction besides eating some spicy foods, which I like to do anyway, and walking a bit. I got a GREAT pedicure though and the foot massage was nice and it distracted me. I've thought about going to acupuncture but I think I'm going to save my money and just wait it out for now.
I'm 40+10 and going in for my induction tomorrow afternoon. I've tried almost everything I've heard of. (Stretch/sweep after 40 weeks, sex/o every day, very spicy food at least once or twice every day, entire pineapple cores many times, raspberry leaf tea, 'prego pizza', shots of balsamic vinegar, a saline enema, walking a LOT--enough that I'm sore every evening, reflexology/acupressure massage twice, three sessions of acupuncture for labor induction...) I now know that self-induction methods are for certain absolute bullshit if baby/body aren't ready.
S & A married 8.12.2013 Expecting Saulie O 2.12.2016
40 week over here. I was barely a 3 this morning, 80% effaced. I asked for a membrane sweep this morning, which my MW somewhat reluctantly agree to. I bounce on my dang exercise ball all the time, and hope to take some more long walks this week since it's not supposed to be as rainy. I'm so annoyed with my H these days that I don't even want to think about trying sex. Also doing EPO orally and vaginally.
I haven't posted on any of the boards until now, but I am 40+2 and going insane! Let me clarify though... I had to switch doctors due to a move right at the end of my first trimester. My first doctor gave me a due date of February 8th by my LMP and first ultrasound. My current doctor gave me the due date of February 20th off of the ultrasound they did here. So, I can't shake the thought that by the first due date I'm 42 weeks already. Let's put that aside though while I rant out my frustration.
I am a doula in training who has put a lot of thought into my birth plan. It's so very important to me. I've wanted an unmedicated natural birth without induction. If my insurance covered it, and I had planned this pregnancy, I would have wanted a midwife homebirth. That was unable to happen. I settled for a hospital and an OBGYN. My OB is awesome and flexible thankfully, but very stuck in his ways. He wants to consider an induction this week because he believes there's little to no chance I'd go into labor on my own between 41-42 weeks.
The last 4 apointments have been such a let down. Despite red raspberry leaf tea and capsules, evening primrose oil vaginally and orally, pineapple, walking, bouncing on a yoga ball, and streches since 36-37, I am still bairly 1cm and 70% effaced. Last Wednesday my doctor was unable to even do a membrane sweep like we had planned. Im feeling nothing more than occasional cramping and BH. Nothing even close to painful, and nothing falling into a pattern. I'm just feeling so discouraged! I understandgoing later raises the chances of needing intervention or c-section, which is everything I'd like to avoid. At the same time I feel wrongfully pushed into speeding things up, until I remember my first due date. I'm halfway between feeling rushed, and rushing myself through the paniced idea that I'd I don't give in to an induction that I'll be putting my baby I'm danger. Any advice from another other mommas?
Well the early dating scans are most accurate so I personally would put things in the context of your original due date. This means you are past 42 weeks. Sounds like your doctor's desire to move things along is justified, honestly. Good luck!
I am now 40 + 3 and had my second stretch and sweep this morning. At 40 weeks I was 1-1.5 cm dilated, cervix was still firm, 2cm long and 1cm thick baby's head at -2 station. Had my show after that. Today I had another stretch and sweep, 1.5-2 cm dilated, cervix is softer 1cm long and 1cm thick and baby's head is at -2 station still. I am so looking forward to having her and am so impatient. I feel no different! I have another stretch and sweep on Friday..
Wish I had some advice for you Rebekah, but I will say I'm also hoping for an unmedicated birth without induction so I feel you! If induction happens for those of us hoping to go unmedicated...we just have to remember that we can still achieve our ideal birth. It might not be exactly how we pictured it and we might have to dig deep at times but we can still do it!! Best of luck to you and keep us posted.
I haven't posted on any of the boards until now, but I am 40+2 and going insane! Let me clarify though... I had to switch doctors due to a move right at the end of my first trimester. My first doctor gave me a due date of February 8th by my LMP and first ultrasound. My current doctor gave me the due date of February 20th off of the ultrasound they did here. So, I can't shake the thought that by the first due date I'm 42 weeks already. Let's put that aside though while I rant out my frustration.
I am a doula in training who has put a lot of thought into my birth plan. It's so very important to me. I've wanted an unmedicated natural birth without induction. If my insurance covered it, and I had planned this pregnancy, I would have wanted a midwife homebirth. That was unable to happen. I settled for a hospital and an OBGYN. My OB is awesome and flexible thankfully, but very stuck in his ways. He wants to consider an induction this week because he believes there's little to no chance I'd go into labor on my own between 41-42 weeks.
The last 4 apointments have been such a let down. Despite red raspberry leaf tea and capsules, evening primrose oil vaginally and orally, pineapple, walking, bouncing on a yoga ball, and streches since 36-37, I am still bairly 1cm and 70% effaced. Last Wednesday my doctor was unable to even do a membrane sweep like we had planned. Im feeling nothing more than occasional cramping and BH. Nothing even close to painful, and nothing falling into a pattern. I'm just feeling so discouraged! I understandgoing later raises the chances of needing intervention or c-section, which is everything I'd like to avoid. At the same time I feel wrongfully pushed into speeding things up, until I remember my first due date. I'm halfway between feeling rushed, and rushing myself through the paniced idea that I'd I don't give in to an induction that I'll be putting my baby I'm danger. Any advice from another other mommas?
-Rebekah FTM Due date - Feb 20th
I can feel your pain! unmedicated birth was (is?) also very important to me. It is so frustrating to try and wait for your body to get moving and also worrying about letting things go "too long" without feeling like you are putting your baby at risk. I ended up getting induced at 41 weeks because my fluid was low (among other things- my birth story is in the chatter free thread). I was still able to follow most of my wishes on my birth plan though and overall, I was able to let go of the disappointment of being induced once things got rolling and focus on the things I could still control (avoiding epidural, pushing in positions I wanted, delayed cord clamping, etc). Good luck to you! I don't really have any advice, just empathy! I guess I would say take things as they come and make the best of whatever happens! Fingers crossed you go into labor naturally very soon!!
Thanks for the support ladies! I don't wish the waiting on anyone else, but at the same time it's nice to know I'm not the only one.
My fear in induction (pitocin) is because I've heard so many people talk about how natural labor is fine without pain meds, yet labor with pitocin is unbearable. In my head pitocin=epidural, which I really want to avoid.
I'm hoping my doctor has some good news for me tomorrow, or can help me out with something to move things along. I'm emotional, tired, uncomfortable, and I'm great need of some good news and progress!
40 + 4 today. Just went to the doc and she offered an induction on Sunday, but said I can wait until next Thursday until one. I decided to wait (because I really rather this all start on it's own), but can't believe I might have a March baby now. The only plus side is that I am still working, and every day I am here I get paid, which is helpful, since my 12 weeks of FMLA leave will be unpaid
40 weeks today. The baby is measuring 8lbs 11oz. The doc says not enough to make them schedule a c section and my cervix is still not dilating and unfavorable for an induction. I'm scheduled to be induced Monday meaning I would give birth March 1 at the latest. I stared crying and told the doc that I felt like I'm going to end up with a c section no matter what at this point. She grabbed tissues and felt bad so she called labor and delivery to double check if they were booked for inductions this Thursday. Since they still are, she told me to call Thursday at 5 and see if any inductions have opened. If so, I can go in then to be induced and she will deliver the baby herself Friday. She said she can't ask a different doc to deliver me any earlier bc she doesn't technically have a medical necessity since I am not close enough to 10lbs yet. So worst case scenario is an induction with a pretty large baby on Monday. Best case scenario is my baby drops and I dilate and go into labor on my own before she gets any bigger. Trying to relax and not stress about the situation. I know plenty of people have had larger babies, but I've always been a very small person. I'm not curvy or womanly. Small hips, extremely thin. Just hoping my body can take whatever they'll be throwing at it without ending in an emergency c section.
40 weeks today. The baby is measuring 8lbs 11oz. The doc says not enough to make them schedule a c section and my cervix is still not dilating and unfavorable for an induction. I'm scheduled to be induced Monday meaning I would give birth March 1 at the latest. I stared crying and told the doc that I felt like I'm going to end up with a c section no matter what at this point. She grabbed tissues and felt bad so she called labor and delivery to double check if they were booked for inductions this Thursday. Since they still are, she told me to call Thursday at 5 and see if any inductions have opened. If so, I can go in then to be induced and she will deliver the baby herself Friday. She said she can't ask a different doc to deliver me any earlier bc she doesn't technically have a medical necessity since I am not close enough to 10lbs yet. So worst case scenario is an induction with a pretty large baby on Monday. Best case scenario is my baby drops and I dilate and go into labor on my own before she gets any bigger. Trying to relax and not stress about the situation. I know plenty of people have had larger babies, but I've always been a very small person. I'm not curvy or womanly. Small hips, extremely thin. Just hoping my body can take whatever they'll be throwing at it without ending in an emergency c section.
Trust your body, girl! Chances are you won't grow a baby that's "too big", and being induced doesn't equal c section. I totally understand your fears (I've had them myself!) but try to stay positive !
41 weeks tomorrow... At 40 + 1 I was only 1 cm, zero effaced despite having painful 2 weeks full of regular contractions lasting over 5 hours a day before then. Apparently all of those 'signs' meant nothing.
At my appointment tomorrow I will be forced into doing a bunch of monitoring and scheduling an induction date I don't want. (I hate all Doctor's visits, medications, needles, etc, so all of this is pretty much my worst nightmare.) Anyone else in the same boat? It feels pretty terrible!
@middy411 your best bet for avoiding a c/s is to give your body a chance to go into labor on your own. Weight estimates can be WAY off, particularly this late in the game. Don't let that factor into your stress/decision!
@dem068aI know! Another Feb mom here, who can't believe she might have a March baby either.
I was due Feb 16th (so 41 weeks + 1 day now), and while I know full well some women go over their due dates...I just didn't think it would happen to me. I was 10 days early myself - and as far as family history goes, both my partner and I have lots of early births in the family. But so far not much has been happening.
If I'm not in labor by Monday, I'll be induced on Tuesday, March 1st. Crazy.
@dem068aI know! Another Feb mom here, who can't believe she might have a March baby either.
I was due Feb 16th (so 41 weeks + 1 day now), and while I know full well some women go over their due dates...I just didn't think it would happen to me. I was 10 days early myself - and as far as family history goes, both my partner and I have lots of early births in the family. But so far not much has been happening.
If I'm not in labor by Monday, I'll be induced on Tuesday, March 1st. Crazy.
Same due date here and still pregnant! I thought I'd be overdue but not this overdue. I'll be induced Monday night if I'm still pregnant. Hoping neither of us need it!
I'll be 40 tomorrow with no signs of baby arriving any time soon, so I may as well join the phone. I'm feeling okay physically, just getting more anxious every day. And the daily texts from family and friends are THE WORST. I will call you when I'm in labor, I promise. They are stressing me out
My appointment today went OK I guess. There was a smidge of progress as far as dialation-about 2cm now. Although baby's heartbeat is lower than we'd like... Bairly base-lining at 110bpm and that's after trying to nudge him along with cold juices and stimulation. Even considering my dialation there aren't any signs my body is trying to go into labor on its own. Bairly any BH or extra cramping. He did a sweep finally, but there hasn't been anything moving along because of that either. I go back for another non-stress test Saturday to make sure he's still OK. Then, if he doesn't come before now and then, I'm scheduled for an induction Tuesday morning. I wouldn't schedule an induction if it wasn't for how low his heartbeat is. I can't put him at risk with a clear conscience... So uneasy about all this and emotionally spent.
40+1 today. 1-2cm dilated, cervix midline, 50% effaced, -3 station yesterday. Aka not much. Midwife tried to sweep but couldn't and it was really painful. I'm measuring 42 weeks fundal height already & midwife is a little concerned and doesn't want me to go to 42.
Today I had acupuncture w/electrostulation to try to induce! The guy I went to has been doing it for 20+ years with great results apparently. That was kinda fun. He had me go home and use my breastpump for 15 mins after. But no contractions at all. Nada. I go back Friday for another treatment if necessary.
@Lindsaym5! Good luck to both of us then. The babies still have a few days to get their acts together before next week. Fingers crossed.
@MrsCurlyFries I've been trying acupuncture treatments as well. 2x a week for the past 3 or 4 weeks. Each of my 3 membrane sweeps was paired with a session, since it gets things going for a lot of women. Not me, apparently. :-p I must admit I don't really enjoy the sessions as the needles and electricity make me nervous, but I do like the lavender oil massage the acupuncturist gives me afterwards!
I know babies don't operate on calendars and due dates are just guesses, but I can't lie when I say I woke up extremely let down this morning when I realized it was my due date and he isn't here yet hopefully my appointment today will bring good news!
Thank you, FMLA, for calling me every day since my due date just in case I forgot how to contact them once I had a baby. I really can't wait til they call me again. One or both of us may cry. If you give me directions on what to do once I give birth, I really don't need you calling me every day after an arbitrary due date to see if it's happened yet. I get enough calls and texts every day from family and friends reminding me that I'm still pregnant and asking me if anything's happening as if I would just have the baby and disappear of the planet. Clearly, I'm about done with all of this...
Re: 40+ weekers
All sorts of funny things are happening to my body, feelings I have never had before. Every evening and night I have a few moments where I think: is this it? And then I feel a stab of anxiety/nervousness/excitement in my chest because of the idea that it might be starting (and then nothing happens of course.....). I am sooo curious what he/she looks like! Can you believe we're going to meet our babies soon?
Expecting Saulie O 2.12.2016
I would also love love love to have this baby spontaneous. I would really like to see my body functioning properly. I also prefer birth and death as unscheduled and unpredictable events... we can schedule the rest of our lives but it is kind of a good joke that you don't exactly know where the beginning and the end is. I politely declined scheduling my induction last Thursday but I think if baby is not here yet and the membrane swipe next Tuesday doesn't do anything i'll have to go for it
I am feeling alright apart from insomnia. That kind of worries me, what if I start this thing already exhausted?
Well last encouragement for all those babies here on this thread. Come on guys/girls! You know where the exit is. Time to celebrate your birthday!
I'm 40+3 today. Had an appointment this morning and was 2.5cm dilated and 50% effaced, although she said the baby is still high. She did a membrane sweep to hopefully get things going but I'm not holding my breath! I've had contractions and menstrual like cramping on and off for weeks, so every time I think it might be the start of something, everything fizzles out. I'm officially on maternity leave now so don't have work to distract me anymore. Has anyone tried acupressure or essential oils to get things going? I made a labor oil with clary sage in it which is supposed to get contractions going, although no luck so far. How's everyone else doing??
I'm still at work as I really want to maximize my time off since I only get 8 weeks.
I haven't made any big attempts at natural induction besides eating some spicy foods, which I like to do anyway, and walking a bit. I got a GREAT pedicure though and the foot massage was nice and it distracted me. I've thought about going to acupuncture but I think I'm going to save my money and just wait it out for now.
Good luck. Hang in there!
DS1 was here 2 weeks early on his own, so this is REALLY new and strange to me. LOL.
Expecting Saulie O 2.12.2016
I am a doula in training who has put a lot of thought into my birth plan. It's so very important to me. I've wanted an unmedicated natural birth without induction. If my insurance covered it, and I had planned this pregnancy, I would have wanted a midwife homebirth. That was unable to happen. I settled for a hospital and an OBGYN. My OB is awesome and flexible thankfully, but very stuck in his ways. He wants to consider an induction this week because he believes there's little to no chance I'd go into labor on my own between 41-42 weeks.
The last 4 apointments have been such a let down. Despite red raspberry leaf tea and capsules, evening primrose oil vaginally and orally, pineapple, walking, bouncing on a yoga ball, and streches since 36-37, I am still bairly 1cm and 70% effaced. Last Wednesday my doctor was unable to even do a membrane sweep like we had planned. Im feeling nothing more than occasional cramping and BH. Nothing even close to painful, and nothing falling into a pattern. I'm just feeling so discouraged! I understandgoing later raises the chances of needing intervention or c-section, which is everything I'd like to avoid. At the same time I feel wrongfully pushed into speeding things up, until I remember my first due date. I'm halfway between feeling rushed, and rushing myself through the paniced idea that I'd I don't give in to an induction that I'll be putting my baby I'm danger.
-Rebekah
FTM
Due date - Feb 20th
My fear in induction (pitocin) is because I've heard so many people talk about how natural labor is fine without pain meds, yet labor with pitocin is unbearable. In my head pitocin=epidural, which I really want to avoid.
I'm hoping my doctor has some good news for me tomorrow, or can help me out with something to move things along. I'm emotional, tired, uncomfortable, and I'm great need of some good news and progress!
DS (2.29.16) via Homebirth
~ Proverbs 22:6 ~
41 weeks tomorrow... At 40 + 1 I was only 1 cm, zero effaced despite having painful 2 weeks full of regular contractions lasting over 5 hours a day before then. Apparently all of those 'signs' meant nothing.
At my appointment tomorrow I will be forced into doing a bunch of monitoring and scheduling an induction date I don't want. (I hate all Doctor's visits, medications, needles, etc, so all of this is pretty much my worst nightmare.) Anyone else in the same boat? It feels pretty terrible!
I was due Feb 16th (so 41 weeks + 1 day now), and while I know full well some women go over their due dates...I just didn't think it would happen to me. I was 10 days early myself - and as far as family history goes, both my partner and I have lots of early births in the family. But so far not much has been happening.
If I'm not in labor by Monday, I'll be induced on Tuesday, March 1st. Crazy.
Today I had acupuncture w/electrostulation to try to induce! The guy I went to has been doing it for 20+ years with great results apparently. That was kinda fun. He had me go home and use my breastpump for 15 mins after. But no contractions at all. Nada. I go back Friday for another treatment if necessary.
@MrsCurlyFries I've been trying acupuncture treatments as well. 2x a week for the past 3 or 4 weeks. Each of my 3 membrane sweeps was paired with a session, since it gets things going for a lot of women. Not me, apparently. :-p I must admit I don't really enjoy the sessions as the needles and electricity make me nervous, but I do like the lavender oil massage the acupuncturist gives me afterwards!