I've never been over, but I found it useful to have 43 weeks as my countdown date. I've always put up to 43 weeks in my calendar, even though I feel over it near the end (39 weeks) it helps my mindset.
I'm only 40 weeks + 2 days but feeling a bit nervous and I'm anticipating the dreaded 41 week hospital appointment. This is my second pregnancy.
With my first, DS went to 42 weeks and 3 days before I 'let' them induce me (under severe emotional pressure), but only because they said I had no fluid left around baby (or rather, not enough to be considered safe). The midwife and Doctor I'd been seeing for baby 1 really gave me a verbal dressing down, to the point of me leaving hospital in tears at my 41 week appointment.
I really had to develop a thick skin and tell them to get stuffed (in a nice way, of course)
It's seriously tough.
So now... 21 months later I'm ready for DS 2 and am now getting those "scared of Doctors/Hospitals/Midwives/induction chats nerves".
I just remember all the crap I went through last time and dragged hubby in to every appointment from 41 weeks to 42+3 (everyday for monitoring).
This time I think I'll leave hubba at home and seriously just tell them to rack off and leave me alone or I won't bother coming in for any monitoring.
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