Very overdue = short labour?

[Arimeh]

Ok, so since I'm sitting here twiddling my thumbs waiting for SOMETHING to happen... thought I would pose a question..

If you are really really really overdue (ie. like me - 12 days and counting) what are the odds that you will have a really short labour? (I have to hope for something good at the end of all this waiting!!)

I know that my mum was 3 weeks over with my brother, and she had a short labour of 6 hours. She was also overdue with my sister and had a 2 hour labour (was induced with me so I don't count in statistics!!).

So I'm just after people's stories of being horribly horribly overdue, and what length their labour was....

Entertain me!!!! heheheheehe

Thanks

[Trillian]

I suppose it depends on how much pre-labouring you are doing and how effaced your cervix is beforehand, but that said it may not take that long at all. Its a real hard one to answer. The longest I went over was 4 days with Alister and the labour was only 6hrs once things got going.

[~clover~]

Well I think family history is a better chance at short labour.
DD1 - 41+1 - 18 hours
DD2 - 41 - 30 hours
DS - 39+5 - 5 hours.

But my mum's labours were 18, 9 & 3. All around due date.

A friend of mine has a family history of 1 - 2 hour labours on her mums side. Her first was 7.

[MantaRay]

Well I haven't gone way overdue, but I am wishing you a short labour.

[Hoody]

With DD1 i was induced 12 days over (so i dont know if this counts). I was 3 cm when i arrived and had had lots of pre labour etc. I ended up with and Emergency CS after 16hrs I do believe though if i had not been induced things would have gone alot better so here to hoping that with going over you will go nice and quickly.

GL and i hope things happen soon for you.

[Arimeh]

lol.. thanks MR

Skye - family history huh... hmm... sounds promising... (I know my mum only laboured for 3 hours with me - but I don't count it cos it was most likely because of being induced)

Trillian - no prelabour whatsoever here my friend...

Thanks Hoody - its induction for me on Thursday if not gone before then.... (but not chemical induction obviously because of risks, but old fashioned balloon up the clacker induction - sounds like a blast!!)

[~clover~]

Maybe you could try going for a really long walk. It worked for me.
DD2 wasn't established labour so DH & I walked about 5 k's.
DS just didn't want to go over, so I walked 2 k's & labour started at 5am the next morning. I wasn't very fit in the last pg.

[Arimeh]

Skye - I would but my back is sooo stuffed and sore that I can barely walk from the couch to the toilet... I'm hoping to get a massage tomorrow to try and make it better..

[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.