So I'm 40w5d (having never gone past 39w6d previously) and it's starting to do my head in. I thought it was FIRST babies who took the longest to cook - not the third and - in my case - last baby!!

I've tried everything under the sun to get this bub to leave the building, but not much is working . I've tried:
- walking
- curry
- acupuncture
- moxa and acupressure
- DTD
- being on all fours (NO, not related to the above point!)
- power of positive thinking/visualisation

Last Sunday night I had about four hours of contractions on and off, but I went to sleep and they went away. I've had some vague period-type cramps since and lots of downward pressures/sensations.

At my last check at 40w, bub still wasn't engaged and GP said she could move him "up and down". She indicated it wasn't a problem that he wasn't engaged. I've never had a posterior/malpositioned bub before, so I'm not sure that's the "problem" either, although I'm doing what I can to try and keep bub in an optimal position (he moves around a bit with his back to the left and right of my tummy).

So any thoughts/ideas on how I can encourage this kid out? Perhaps I need to shine a torch up my clacker to show him the way out???

Logic is screaming at me to just be patient, but given I've had two spontaneous labours prior to EDD I'm a little confuddled as to why this bub is taking so darn long to make his appearance. I've got a hospital appointment on Tuesday (note: hospital has my EDD at 17 Aug, not 14 Aug) and I want this little boy out before there is any talk of medical induction.