How far "over due" were you? - Page 2

[texaspeach]

Her daughter was born this morning!

[G&B'sMama]

I went to 42 weeks with my DD. My mw was very patient, but she was in a practice with OBs. The standard of care for the practice was that at 42 weeks care was turned over to the doctor on call that day for induction. So I actually went in for induction at 1 day shy of 42 weeks, so I could stay in my midwife's care. The induction was painful and long- almost two whole days of unnaturally painful labor. After 24 hours on pitocin it was hospital policy that the doctor consult. I narrowly avoided a c-section. In hindsight I really wished I had waited. Baby was doing so well, there was plenty of fluid and movement. I would have preferred monitoring uterine conditions and waiting until the babe was ready.

[jmcqabigler]

past due

I went 18 days past due with my ds and I almost tried the caster oil becasue my midwives also have a law that says they have to transfer to hospital care after 43 weeks I went to an acupuncturist and that with a three hour walk started my labor. great waterbirth very healthy baby

[jenmamahen]

Does anyone know what percentage of "late" babies actually have problems? My 1st baby was born 13 days past her due date, my 2nd was born 12 days past his. I too am fudging my dates this time around, just so I don't have to listen to crap about speeding things up. The birth center I use won't let you deliver there if you're past 42 weeks. But why? It seems to me that I hear a lot more stories about moms induced at 37-38 weeks giving birth to 5 lb or smaller babies than I do about moms giving birth at 42+ weeks and having any problems.

[angelpie545]

With my first dd my due date was Aug 5th? I believe? I had her August 15, went into labor spontaneously. She was healthy, and showed no signs of being "overbaked". She still had vernix, smooth skin, and beautiful black hair.

My other dd, however, was a different story. Early in in my pregnancy I was accidentally hit in the stomach, and bled dark blood for a long time. I though that I had lost her, but we went in for the ultrasound, and yep, there she was, heart still beating! Breathed a huge sign of relief, and continued with the pregnancy. However, her heart tones were always very low, around 120 which is boderline normal. She never moved around very much, either, often times I'd have to poke her to get her to move throught the pregnancy. At 41 wks? I believe? we did a NST and the tests were less then reassuring, so my midwife ordered a biophysical profile, which turned out OK. After a couple of days with her heart tones still really low, and being 4 cm dilated, I agreed to have my midwife stip the membranes. It did the trick and I had mild contactions all through the night, progressing to hard ctrx for two hours, a quick transition and quick birth. Her apgars were 10 and 10, but she was very *overbaked* if you will, nails extremely long, and dry, cracked, peeling skin all over her body. Her placenta wasn't the blood red that it should have been either, it was very pale and aging. After looking at that it scared me and I wondered how close we might have to having a still birth. It reminded me that sometimes we do have to step in and help mother nature, rare incidence that it might be.

As an after thought, she did turn out to be mildy develpmentally delayed, with definite speech impediments. I can't help but wonder that somehow me getting hit in the stomach early on, with the bleeding afterwards, might have affected the placenta somehow and caused some of her delays. It was so weird, also her blood tested positive for ABO imcompatiblity (her blood type being A- and mine 0-) but she never had jaundice. Strange. Anyhoo..I gotta go make some dinners, and I probably wrote too much anyways!

[littleteapot]

I was a week over with my daughter. No talk of induction.

A good friend of mine recently had a baby at 45.5 weeks! Unassisted VBA2C.

[cappuccinosmom]

I was 16 or 17 days late with my second. Can't remember exactly. Stupid backup doctor was threatening c-section if I didn't let him induce but I thumbed my nose at him (not literally).

Ds was just 1 oz short of ten pounds when he was born, so he was big, but not over baked. Still had vernix, placenta was fine, and the midwife seemed shocked that there was no meconium. They were all prepared for the worst.

I'm honestly considering being "unclear" on the dates next time around. I want to use the birth center and the jacuzzi and if I go over 42 weeks, they can't take me.

[happyblessedmama]

with my 3rd child, I went to 41w2d. I would've been risked out at 42w and had to deliver @ a hospital.

We did have complications - baby aspirated meconium. I ended up delivering at the hospital; baby was in NICU for 12 days.

[kim_nz]

First DD was 10 days overdue and i was pretty much told you have to be induced and thats it and not surprisingly ended up with a c/s. Changed midwife and #3 was 18 days overdue, 10 days over by my date and 18 by the scan date. My midwife was really great and went by my dates and DS was definatly overdue dry skin and all that but very healthy.