Anyone else getting impatient waiting to have your HB?

My due date is today...This is our first homebirth. 3 out of 4 of my previous pregnancies/labors I had some form of intervention to get labor started (due to impatience mainly)...but I'm about 3 days past my longest pregnancy (1st one, intervention of RM was after I was at 6cm, so I feel like I must have been in true labor at that point and started on my own)

I'm ready, I havn't slept more than 2-4 hours the past 3 nights. I wake up just before 3:00 and am wide awake until about 6....by then I can usually catch a few minutes of sleep before the kiddos start waking up, and I catch a couple short cat naps throughout the day while the babies are napping. I'm not super sleepy, just tired of being uncomfortable and pregnant and excited to have this baby!

At my last appointment baby was floating high and posterior, but at least he is head down. My cervix is also high and posterior, but based on my uneducated self checks I tihnk I might be about 75% effaced (seems that my cervix is about 1cm long), but thick and I'm not sure on dilation at least a 2...but its hard to tell since its all so high....and I know it doesn't really mean anything. I do think that I can feel the head in my pelvis, but I think he's still pretty high up.

I have tons of contractions throughout the day for the past 3 weeks. My midwife told me to just stop timing them and concentrate on feeling the baby move down instead, I've always contracted a lot so, I've never really known the difference between real or prodromal labor. Even with my last birth...which was my first med-free....the only reason I knew I was going to have a baby was because I was in the hospital and they broke my bag because I was a 4+ with the baby floating and the doc thought I'd have the baby in the car if I waited till it was time...I got impatient and agreed. Thankfully labor started and I had an amazing experience and 3 hours later I was holding my LO. I've never had my bag break on its own and the contractions I have leading up to them breaking my bag aren't any different from what I've been experiencing the past few weeks.

I have a MW appointment this afternoon, and I'm hoping my DH can take paid sick family leave today and stay home with me, maybe we can go on a couple family walks and get the house back in order and ready for labor...AGAIN.

I've been half way paying attention and timing contractions this morning, just for something to do since I'm up...and they are anywhere from 8-12 minutes apart and lasting about 1½ minutes....but that is nothing new!

Oh and for those of you who are feeling big...I started measuring 43 at 37 weeks! Thankfully with some rehydration homeopathics my water has reduced (I always have LOTS of amnio-fluid, but not enough to cause concern) I measured only 40cm at my 39 week appointment.

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My sister was very similar to you for all four of her births. She would show up at the OBs for a check-up on her due date, having experienced no contractions thus far. The OB would announce that she was dilated 8 cm and send her to the hospital. At the hospital, they would break the amniotic sack, labour would start right away, and the baby was always born within 45 minutes.

40 weeks 2 days here, though I am doing dual care with an OB who thinks I am 40 and 6. Really, I think my temp charts are more accurate than their U/S. Anyway, I am really looking forward to everything...to going into labor, laboring, pushing this baby out, and getting to know this new little person. I am just trying so hard to be patient and let this LO come when ready.
I saw the OB yesterday, who does not know my HB plans. They wanted to schedule my repeat C/S for when they think I am 42 weeks. I told them no. They asked how long I planned to wait. I told them I was waiting until the baby came on its own. "Even if that is 42 1/2 weeks?" Yes, I said. They must think I am nuts and want me to start having ultrasounds twice weekly. I am very excited to have my HBAC and calling to cancel my appointment.

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I really have to commend you for being so strong about this. It's so frustrating dealing with OBs on the whole due date thing. When I was seeing an OB prior to my HB midwife, they were deadset on not going over the due date by even one day. I mean, really. Technically normal gestation is between 38 and 43 weeks, and even then, there's give and take because there's no 100% accuracy on the exact date of conception. How frustrating. Good for you for not letting them bully you. Hopefully this will happen soon and you won't have to worry about it. I look forward to your success story!! : )