thoughts on being over due

[BunnyN]

I was quite upset that docs started talking induction dates with me BEFORE my due date had even arrived. I just wanted a couple of days to enjoy actually being due! Anyway hugs girls hope they are here soon!

 

[irish_cob]

Just remember as well that being anxious and upset and worrying is actually going to inhibit labour starting because of all the hormones involved. If you've got loads of adrenaline flowing round your body because you're anxious then you're not going to go into labour because all your systems are still the same as when we were cavemen and your body is now thinking you're about to get eaten by a tiger so it'd better not go into labour now.

You want lots of lovely safe relaxation hormomes to get labour started, so try and not get anxious about it starting, it will as soon as you relax enough so your body knows that there isn't a tiger waiting to pounce. So lots of lovely relaxation tracks, cuddles with your partner, as much rest as you can, and you'll be away

Honestly you'd think drs and MWs would realise this and realise that by scaring their ladies and pressurising them, they're actually making labour less likely to happen as the adrenaline levels start to rise.

 

[lynnikins]

the 2 times i went really past my EDD my body did have good reason first time i was starting latent labour at 40+4 when my sister-in-law arrived to stay, the 11 yr old who hated me, still baffles me why DH thought it was ok to aggree to babysit her for 2wks and anyway my body was trying to get going every night but as soon as it would get to the point of me wanting to phone the delivery ward she would wake up or need DH or someone would mention her name and my stress levels would skyrocket, didnt help being my first and scared of labour anyway.
with my second my hB level was way too low and we didnt know how low as my results had gotten lost so they shouldnt have induced me at 40+10 but my body was totally not trying to do anything as my hB was like 6.3 or something when it should have been 10 or more.
the last one with a relatively normal hB of 9.5 ( normal for me ) then i went into labour naturally at 40+3 or what was my original worked out EDD so theres hope this one wont be late. my hB last check this time was 10.0 so no issues there

 

[Blob]

My second went to 40+14, though I think they had my dates wrong really. I agreed to an induction for my own sanity, but also cancelled it I had no intentions on getting induced.

 

[Viola Payne]

I went to 40+9 declining all interventions and waited for labour to start spontaneously. 40+4 isn't actually if you accept that human gestation occurs in a range (not a set number of days) and the range is 37 to 42 weeks. Also, i'd avoid hospital induction at all costs, if it were me, as i had this done and it was an awful traumatic experience plus now apparently they've linked induction to autism. :/

https://www.science20.com/news_articles/human_pregnancy_length_40_weeks_exception_rather_rule-117937

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/lif...tism-risk-new-study-suggests/article13726295/

 

[berniegroves]

I really hope your baby makes a move soon and you get your home water birth.

I think midwives jump straight to induction too quickly these days!
With my DD I had a midwife appointment the day before my due date. At that check-up she weighed me and said I'd gotten 'too fat' and I'd need to see a consultant about managing my weight gain. And she said I was having a massive baby who wasn't engaged and so I would definitely need to be induced. She made an appointment for me to go back I. 2 days later to make a plan for induction.
I was so upset about the 'fat' comments that I just left and spent the rest of the day crying!

When I went back the day after my due date she again said the baby wouldn't be arriving anytime soon and that I'd need an induction.

My waters broke about 2 hours later and I started having contractions immediately! My daughter was born at 5am the following morning.
So the midwife was freaking me out about a massive baby and being induced etc for no reason.

My friend was told at 40 weeks she needed an induction and she was induced at 41 weeks. When I spoke to her she said she didn't want one but they told her she had to have one. She didn't know enough to question the midwife. She ended up in hospital for days, the induction didn't work and she had a c-section.

Go for what you want. As long as you and baby are healthy there is no reason to induce.

X

 

[BunnyN]

How's it going girls?

 

[merristems]

Ladies my baby girl arrived 8 days over due 22nd august 21.23 after a completly drug free natu4al beautiful birth. Please see my journal for birth story im so happy. The full moon worked her magic for me and baby Mahayla Alice

 

[BunnyN]

Ladies my baby girl arrived 8 days over due 22nd august 21.23 after a completly drug free natu4al beautiful birth. Please see my journal for birth story im so happy. The full moon worked her magic for me and baby Mahayla Alice

Congratulations, so happy to hear that!

 

[lynnikins]

congrats hun