I know how you feel!!! Our alien was due on the 20th but I'm still here..........
I was originally given the date of the 14th, then the 17th, then 20th - so we stuck with the 20th. Now we're past all of those I'm very frustrated and annoyed! I really want to avoid an induction! Am seeing dr on Tuesday too - I am worried as he's off on holidays the first week in July so I really need ot have the baby in the next week!!!
Have been trying to get things moving with no luck. I want to keep going for long walks but because I've got unresolving pitting oedema in my legs, I'm under orders to rest not walk. Frustrating!
Thanks again ladies, i think i am getting anxious because i DP has planned to take a week off once she arrived and his employers were happy to work around if she was early or late etc but now other people have put in for holidays and are all waiting for my baby to be born so they can take DP can take his holidays!!
DP came home yesterday and informed me that they can no longer hold off and his holidays start monday...i have an appointment with the post dates clininc on tuesday to do an ultrasound, internal etc and if nothing has happened by then they will plan to induce me!! My midwife said they usually induce you around 41 1/2 weeks i will be 41 on the day of the appointment so that makes it approx friday if they do it quickly.
Ok after all that if this baby doesnt come and i am induced late then DP has to go back to work on the monday and i wont have anyone to look after DS...so maybe all of that on my mind is stalling things??
I know all the little pains etc i have been experiencing are contributing to the labour process but i keep hearing everyone say it dragged out for weeks before the birth!!!
I cant deal with that it soooo frustrating, and i can only walk to so many places by myself lol!!
After all the waiting i am having to do i bet little miss will arrive and be the most impatient child in the world !!!
Rylansmum, mine did NOT drag out for weeks - coupla days. It's coming. I know it's hard to wait and all the other stuff you've got going on are big considerations too.
Induction at EDD+10 can be usual. In the UK they'll let you go EDD+14 if you want and if you insist, they'll let you go longer, but you must have a hospital birth in that case (i homebirthed but my midwives would only come out between weeks 38 and 42).
I know it's hard, but try not to worry about it. This baby will come out i PROMISE you. You're doing everything great, trying to avoid induction etc. Bubs only gets one birth and you only get to give it once, so make sure that whatever happens (induction/spontaneous etc.) you do it the way YOU want to. You will forget things like when DH's hols were or how you ended up dealing with DS in the days following the birth (is there no-one who could come over, even just for a few hours in the day, to look after DS and make sure you're ok? Also OMG at DH only getting 1 week off and them telling HIM when he has to take it. Grrrr! Very bad employers adding to your family's stresses!) but you will remember your child's birth forever.
Thanks hoobley, i could probably find someone to watch DS while im in hospital but its pretty hard my sister has 2 kids of her own plus is 30 weeks preg, one of my sisters lives 40 mins away, and the others all work fulltime.
It is difficult to organise aswell because DP starts work at 5.30am leaving at 4.30 and doesnt get home till 3pm so its a big ask!!
I guess i just gotta stay positive and wait till she is ready i just dont want to miss out on experiencing this birth because that is how i feel about DS birth as i was induced after my waters broke and ended up having an epidural because i couldnt handle the intensity of the contractions.
Thanks for the vote of confidence...cross fingers it all works out
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