Past My EDD Support Thread

[Ianthe]

I am 3 days past my EDD. I am getting kind of nervous. If I go to long, I cannot go to the birthing center. I have an appointment next Weds for an NTS and u/s.

I still haven't lost my plug either! What can I do? I really don't want to have to get an induction! And, I am getting a little scared for the baby too (although he really seams to be just fine).

Currently, I have NO signs that labor is coming any time soon....

Anyone else?

[jldumm]

i am three days past too. My MW is so not concerned at all. She said we wouldn't talk about doing anything until 41.5 weeks plus.... and then we would have a NST first before doing anything. I am having a hard time concentrating on anything else... but if i think about not having my baby yet... i get sad and worried to, but still keep clinging to the thought that babies come when they are ready... I have a part of me that is scared to death that they will have to pull this baby out.... And my mom is coming in a week, so that would make two of us waiting for this baby to come out. I don't know if this was the support you were looking for, but i can commiserate. OH and i am so done feilding calls from friends and family asking if i have had the baby yet... We will tell you, we will be excited too and we will call you!!!!!!!

[ColinsMommy]

I'm going to be 41 weeks tomorrow and the birth center will only let me go to 42. I was induced with DS1 at 41.5 weeks and I SOOOOOOOOOOOO do not want to go through that again! I was 2-3 cm dilated at my last appt but baby was still high and the cervix far back. I've been losing mucous plug and contractions wake me up every night, but they never stick around.

A friend had a dream that I had the baby on Mother's Day, so hopefully that comes true!!

[Eaglevoice]

Wouldn't it be awesome to have a Mother's Day baby?!?! I lost a big glop of blood tinged mucous last night and a little bit more tonight. I haven't had any ctrx today besides my regular bh's. But I have a feeling that the baby is going to come very soon. My mw isn't even talking about induction, we don't even know my actual due date, but we are guessing by my fundal height and early landmarks like first fetal movements and such that I am getting close to 41 weeks right now. I went 15 days past my edd with dd, so I figured I'd go late again.

I guess I'm one of those who just take a while longer to cook my babies. FWIW...when dd was born over two weeks past her due date, there was no sign of placental aging and she was perfectly healthy.

[crittersmom]

i don't know my EDD really but the Drs made one up according to U/S and so I will be 40 weeks on Mon.I already had all three of my others by now.I didn't go to my last appt becuase I didn't like the MW and I'm thinking I don't want to go next week either because I don't want to deal with the overdue speech if it might not even be correct.I am hiding.I wonder if my decision to UC is keeping this mystery baby in and comfy.

[Krystal323]

2 days "late" so count me in....i'm frustrated already!

[MoonStarFalling]

I'm officially 'late'. I lost a bit of my plug a couple days ago but have only had about 3 BH since then. Baby is small so at least I don't have to worry about having another post dates whopper. We're not doing a thing as far as induction (natural or otherwise).

[Ianthe]

4 days past... I lost some mucous, but nothing with blood in it. Very crampy, but I have been for weeks now...

[EFPookie]

Not "late" yet but at 1:30 today I will be officially more pregnant than I have ever been before. Not nearly as miserable as I was with any of the others really. I know my doctor is going to start talking about BIG babies, but I don't think this one is. I'm too comfortable for him to be as big as his sisters.

[momto l&a]

I will be 41 weeks tomorrow. Good thing is is that we made it through all the overtime dh was getting without having a baby

Now the baby can come

Last baby I went to 43 weeks, time before that 42. My babys like to cook longer I guess

[koru]

can i join? i'm 40 weeks today but the odds of a mama's day baby are against me. (what's the percentage of babies actually born on their due dates? 10%?). dd1 was a few days late & dd2 was a week over. so.....

we went to church this morning & i left telling everyone i will NOT be seeing them next week. :

[darsmama]

same here, darci was 15 days post date & she looked so healthy & so did the placenta. hugs while you gals wait!

[megviolet]

I am 8 days overdue now.... I'm only slightly concerned about induction, the doc's office set one up for me but i have no intention of going to it if i haven't had the baby by then (the 17th).

How accurate are due dates anyway? And we are all so different, it's silly to assume that all babies are going to be born at the smae time. So.... just patiently waiting.

It does suck though! It's so consuming. I don't know what to do with myself, all i can think about is how close i am and when will it happen etc.

Lots of (((LABOUR VIBES))) to you all! Hope all the babies are ready to come out before the mommies have to worry about inductions!!

[Ianthe]

With me, I had a very early u/s to find out I was PG, because I had a miscarriage right before this PG, and without a period inbetween- so a HPT wouldn't have worked on me. At that point baby was just a sac floating in my uterus. I had another u/s one week later to check for HB and to see if it would be a "keeper" pregnancy, and it was! He measured then at 6w2d. An u/s THAT early wouldn't be very wrong. But, then there is the factor of my cycle- which usually is about 28 days- but sometimes longer.

My mom was 12 days late with me. They won't induce me unless something is wrong at my NST & u/s on Weds- until I am 42 weeks. Then, I cannot give birth at the BC .

[VOBetz]

I'm not overdue - but I'm two weeks more pregnant than I've ever been. (DS was born at 37 weeks, I'm 39 weeks now)

I'm starting to get concerned about my doc trying to force an induction - but he's a good doc and very supportive of my natural birthing plans - so I'm not even bringing up induction.

I was hoping for a Mother's Day baby, but I have no signs of that. Oh well. She's coming in her time, not mine. (Its my new mantra)

[richella]

Well, my "due date" was yesterday, but no one has expressed any expectation that that would be a real prediction of when the baby would come. MW is very relaxed and knows that dd1 cooked pretty long. This MW is the first person who ever asked me, "She was late, but was she developmentally late?" No, she wasn't, thanks for asking! But she was c/s, so induction isn't really an option, and if I have to go to hospital vbac isn't an option either, so MW knows how much it means to me to be at the birth center, and she hasn't said anything about a deadline. She did give me a squirt of epo last week.

[riversmommy]

Anxiety about our "due dates" is counterproductive. I need to find and keep that sane place in my head that allows me to have this baby when I/he's good and ready!!!!! I keep reminding myself that the risks of going past 42 weeks are so much less than most of the risks we've been through already in this pregnancy, so let's keep perspective. And let's be proactive! Be vocal! Tell your midwife you believe in your body and anxiety/stress/worry are the enemies of a safe, smooth labor. So, let's walk our pants off, have lots of sex, find something else to think about for awhile, and remember that hospitals, birth centers, and midwives have to go by the "rules" and how many of our babies go by the "rules"???? No stress...just breathe.

Oh, yeah...and refuse a NST and u/s until 42 weeks because that's full term! We start to worry AFTER that, right? The first lesson our babies teach us is that from now on---I have NO CONTROL, just let it happen! It's way more fun that way!

[Eaglevoice]

Originally Posted by riversmommy

Anxiety about our "due dates" is counterproductive. I need to find and keep that sane place in my head that allows me to have this baby when I/he's good and ready!!!!! I keep reminding myself that the risks of going past 42 weeks are so much less than most of the risks we've been through already in this pregnancy, so let's keep perspective. And let's be proactive! Be vocal! Tell your midwife you believe in your body and anxiety/stress/worry are the enemies of a safe, smooth labor. So, let's walk our pants off, have lots of sex, find something else to think about for awhile, and remember that hospitals, birth centers, and midwives have to go by the "rules" and how many of our babies go by the "rules"???? No stress...just breathe.

Oh, yeah...and refuse a NST and u/s until 42 weeks because that's full term! We start to worry AFTER that, right? The first lesson our babies teach us is that from now on---I have NO CONTROL, just let it happen! It's way more fun that way!

Well said, mama!

[beatee]

: My due date was Saturday, so I'm not far over at all, but I just know that I'm in it for the long haul. I think my EDD is a pile of crap, from the u/s they put it at the 22nd, and that makes more sense to me, but because it was a late u/s they won't go with that date because of inaccuracy at that stage. Plus it's my first, my mum went late with me and my brother, blah de blah all the rest that adds up to em being pregnant FOREVER. I have no signs whatsoever of impending labour. My boyfriend is too exhausted (and worried by the proximity to baby's head) to be having the vast amounts of sex that I am starting to demand (even though it's really not that much fun now!). I drink nothing but RRL tea, and am taking loads of EPO, but I dunno what difference it's gonna make. She will come when she's ready, I know.
To be fair, I'm not uncomfortably pregnant so it's not bothering me too much, and I'm kind of glad of the extra time to get things done (I only handed in my essays for university on Friday!). But I really really don't want to lose my homebirth, and midwives here (part of our health system rather than independent practitioners) are very reluctant to deliver at home after 42 weeks. Technically I have the legal right to demand that someone attends me at home whatever the situation, but I just don't want that fight on my hands, ya know? And I absolutely definitely do not want to be induced, or even to have to stave off induction.
Weirdly, my MW didn't even make an appointment for me this week, although she has referred me to a drop in clinic for a stretch and sweep next Tuesday (22nd), providing baby has engaged. So at least she's not stressing about things too much, it's just that our healthcare system means that she won't be the one responsible for deciding if I get a hassle free homebirth after 42 weeks.

[amyleigh33]

I guess I'm in, now, sort of... but i'm only 1 day over my 28-day due date that my mw gave me; the one I came up with using online calculators, based on 32 day cycle or so, is on Friday.

I don't understand why they don't just SAY that a normal pregnancy is anywhere from 38-42--make your EDD @ 42 weeks so that if the baby comes any earlier than that it's just a pleasant surprise-- and STOP the 40-week thing that has us all biting our nails thinking we're gonna be pregnant forever!