hi, i am STILL here, 8 days over and not a contraction in sight... *sigh* i have an appoinment at the hos tomorrow to talk about being induced, which i am going for because i am SO over being pregnant. anyways before i found this site i had my mind made up about what was going to happen, but since ive found this site and started reading everything i have become not so much confused but unsure about what i want now...

take induction for example, i had NO idea what it was about till i read the articles and the threads about it. if i get the gel stuff then they pop my waters, can i tell them i want to wait longer than a few hours to see if i can start contracting naturally? or do i have to "obey" what they say?? also could i try nipple stimulation after having my waters popped?? i seen on the maternity ward show on foxtel, this chick was using a breast pump to try and bring on labour? is it safe to do that instead of using your hands?? i mean if it was on a low setting or something??

also i no that if they stick the syntocin/drug thing in me ill be asking for an epidural straight away and then knowing my luck theyll cut me again and use forceps and ill be even MORE damaged down there...

i am scared that this labour will be as out of control as my last one.

also ive just found the threads on the cord cutting and it being better to let it stop pulsating before doing anything... is it really a lot better to do it that way?? and i was wondering if i told them i wanted the cord cut AFTER it stopped pulsating, can they say no?? also is it better to let the placenta come out naturally?? and can they say no to that?? i lost a lot of blood with DD and became anaemic (sp?) i am scared that theyll say no to me because of that?

I havnt done a birthing plan, is it too late to do one and take it with me tomrrow??

with my DD i was young and stupid and i had NO idea what was happening. I was in labour for a couple of days and i wasnt dilating past 1cm and they popped my waters and i was then stuck on 3cms so they gave me the drip with an epidural and said if i hadnt dilated anymore they were going to to a c-section on me, thankfully i DID dilate. they cut me and then they tried vacuum but it didnt work and they tried forceps and that worked and yeah, i lost a lot of blood and they kept me in hospital for like 5 days and i HATED it, they were saying i didnt have enough blood yet they were doing blood tests ALL the time, lol how ironic. anyways it was a pretty horrible experience and i am scared that they are going to look at my records and totally ignore what i say because of what happened last time... i am happy to have medical intervention if its needed, not if its what THEY think is needed....

sorry for the ramblings but have all these thoughts running through my head and i just need some advice...