Very overdue = short labour?

[Hoody]

Walking didnt work for me either with DD1 i walked 5km on my 10 day over and still nothing just up with BH all night but my morning it had stopped.

[visitor1]

With DD2 i was on 40+5 and i had a 6 hour labour

[AnyDream]

I went to 42.5 with my first and was then induced and I had a very long 20 hr labour plus all sorts of interventions. Sorry!

[satya]

The ladies I know who went over had long labours and most had interventions due to the large size of their overcooked bubs. My recent labour was quite different to those my mother had even though we both experienced very similar easy trouble free pregnancies.

Best of luck with the labour. If you need one don't forget to ask for the epidural like I did!!!

[{sarah}]

Sadly Mel I don't think it makes a difference. I was 6 days over when I went into labour with Zander & he was born at 8 days over (36 hour labour). Juliette was 10 days over when I went into labour & hers was 11 hours for me to get to the same point as I did with Zander. (I got to 9cm with both)

[~Raven~]

Mel in my case it did.

My PG's have gotten longer and my labours have gotten shorter.

I also had a lot of prelabour with Angus & Calebs PG's.

[christy]

Maybe? But not for me.... Matilda was 17 days post EDD and labour was around 20 hoursish and then c/s. Jovie was 12 days post EDD and labour from the first noticable twinge to birth was 12 hours exactly.

[Arimeh]

Geez.. none of that is too darn hopeful... lol... maybe I'll go with Skye's theory of it being like past family members...

Satya - Thanks, but I won't be having an epidural. It will take away any sensation that I have near my scar, and I want to be able to feel what my body is doing, just in case of uterine rupture. It's the only drug I can't have.