over-due club

[Jillybean]

Ok I know its early still but I was just wondering if anyone else was past their EDD yet. Mine was yesterday. Oh my was I in a bad mood yesterday! Today I'm feeling better-trying to think positive thoughts. I mean, I knew I would go late, I did with my other two (ds1 ten days past and ds2 6 days past). Still a bummer, though And the constant contractions that don't go anywhere aren't really helping! So anyone esle want to join my sad little club? How are you coping?

[starry_mama]

I'm 41 weeks today. My water sprung a leak last Sunday, and then I had a bunch of contractions,so I totally thought that was "it". When it wasn't, I cried. A lot. Now I'm sort of back and forth between extreme impatience and near-hysteria to peace and calm. I tend to get the most impatient when I have hours of contractions that piddle out. I am GBS positive also, so the whole possible broken water thing is stressful. I haven't leaked any fluid since the initial gush though. I tried blue and black cohosh yesterday, but they made me vomit so I'm just stuck waiting.

[aaronsmom]

I'm 40+4 today. I've been in prodromal labor FOREVER! (okay...more like a few days but still! )

[KittyTheCat]

Originally Posted by aaronsmom

I'm 40+4 today. I've been in prodromal labor FOREVER! (okay...more like a few days but still! )

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[my kidlets and me]

40+2 here. I might be in the minority, in that I don't want the babe to come until next Thursday (41 weeks) - the further away from Christmas, the better. Of course, I might feel differently when next week comes around...

[Pilgrim]

I'm 40+3 today. I'm miserable, but I suppose reading these other posts makes me grateful that I'm not dealing with contractions that aren't real labor. I'm sorry you ladies are having to go thru that!!

Just a few days ago I was in the same space as MyKidlets, but I've come out of that space and just want the baby out!!

[aaronsmom]

I'm so done being pregnant. Everyone think positive labor thoughts! lol

[Jillybean]

starry_mama that sounds so frustrating! I would have cried, too.

I'm still hanging in there, we cleaned the house and then went shopping and took a nice walk around the neighborhood and... nothing. Well my back hurts and there are the ever-present bh contractions : ah well.

how about some go-into-labor-already! vibes for all of us :

[Stacymama]

I'm 40+1. I have no signs of anything happening. Just the regular Braxton Hicks, and my pubic bone is sore. I'm ready. I went on my due date with #1 and 6 days early with #2 so this is new to me. I'm ready to get on with the next phase. I am sooo bored waiting for this baby. I can't nest anymore, cook anymore, was, clean etc.....I think even my kids are wondering if I'm telling stories and I'm just really fat...
I keep thinking......at least I'm not an elephant...gestation wise.

[mama-meg]

41 +1 here

I am feeling pretty impatient...

[UmmBnB]

Not pregnant here...in fact I'm VERY done with babies but I saw this thread in the new posts and just wanted to say HANG IN THERE! Both my kids were 42+ weekers - one a castor oil induction and the other finally came out on her own.

Collectively the longest damn 4 weeks of my life. I'd go to bed everynight crying, convinced that I was going to be pregnant FOREVER! LOL!

They do come out.....some just like to cook a bit longer than others.

[3xx1xyFamily]

I'm 40 today and not doing anything, so count me into the past EDD club. I sprung a leak on Jan 1 and thought that that was it, it's happening.... but nooooooo, what freakin tease that was.

I decided to let my MW check me on friday (my first vaginal exam all PG)... a whopping 1cm and 50% effaced.... Were in it for the long haul....

Here's to 42 weeks!

[motherlode]

I'm 40 +3 today and it is beginning to feel surreal. Walking, sometimes for hours to try and get things going. The only thing that seems to accomplish is swollen feet. Tried homeopathy and accupressure points and sex - still nothing. Somehow I really thought this one would be early despite the lessons I learned waiting for my first. She was two weeks late and scheduled for a hospital induction. Back then, upon the advice of my midwives, I took castor oil and had my membranes stripped which worked within a matter of hours. I'd like to avoid the castor oil this time though because the labor and the hemorrhoids were unbelievable. (REALLY!)
I plan on having a home birth and I don't want to get into scary territory. I know that up to 42 weeks is considered normal but my first aspirated muconium (they thought b/c of being post-date) and wound up in the nicu. I've worried about so many things this pregnancy yet somehow haven't worried about that happening to this baby but if i go much longer, I know I'll start to worry.......
And then there are the moments when I think that perhaps this was all a dream and I am not really pregnant after all.

[happymomma]

Yay! I get to join. I plan to be here awhile so let me get a nice comfy chair. My 2nd was 11 days "late" so lets see how long this little man wants to stay in. Midwife's due date was the 6th...I think its more like th 8th either way I expect to go much later than those dates. I have contractions every so many minutes for an hour and then they disappear...so its looking like the same prodromal labor setup as before.

[lilylove]

I'll be 41 weeks tomorrow, which will also be my sisters b-day.
I had a day long pity party yesterday. I spent the day watching tv in bed and whining. I've had a couple of times where contractions started a regular pattern then peetered out. I'm tired and I'd like to hold my baby now.

Hopefully we will all start labor this week!!!

[3xx1xyFamily]

Originally Posted by motherlode

And then there are the moments when I think that perhaps this was all a dream and I am not really pregnant after all.

LOL.... sometimes I think... "I'm not pregnant... I can't be... this kid would have been out by now" Then she reminds me she's really in there by kicking my ribs!

[my kidlets and me]

Originally Posted by 3xx1xyFamily

LOL.... sometimes I think... "I'm not pregnant... I can't be... this kid would have been out by now" Then she reminds me she's really in there by kicking my ribs!

Me too - it all seems surreal sometimes. Maybe that's why I'm so much more patient about being overdue this time.