OVERDUE

Hi there - was due the 12th August 08. Anyone else overdue????!!! [

im not overdue yet but my baby has turned posterior, which with 1st time mums often means labour won't start naturally. so im also keeping an eye out for tips to start labour!
(am also in lots of pain and cant wait for it to start!)

Any adivce on how to keep busy? I just sit herre waiting - which makes time take AGES!

mummytobesep08 wrote: im not overdue yet but my baby has turned posterior, which with 1st time mums often means labour won't start naturally. so im also keeping an eye out for tips to start labour! (am also in lots of pain and cant wait for it to start!)

I went into labour at 38 weeks naturally and my baby was posterior and continued to be posterior the whole way through labour!

My advice is get down on your hands and knees to get baby to turn, you really want to get your baby to turn, trust me!!!!!

As for starting labour, I walked a million miles from 37 weeks and went into labour the following week!

Best of luck everyone waiting to go into labour!!

As for the posterior thing, like peachy said you REALLY want baby to turn! I birthed a posterior baby and went into labour naturally (but had regular contractions for 2 weeks before my waters broke!) so they are usually longer, but I had no idea it meant possibly not starting on its own? Interesting.

And it's not all that bad, just take the epidural I gave birth to the back of DS's neck cos he was posterior and turned but at the end of the day you just want that baby out and it doesn't really matter how it happens.

Oh, as for the overdue thing, I put 3 capsules of EPO orally and 4 (pricked) vaginally for 3 days before DS was born. DH and I also had sex in awkward positions to make baby want out lol (sorry TMI!)

I was 8 days over, i tried everything (except sex) but she came when it suited her , funny , she still does ....

My friend was 14 days over, and annoyingly calm about it , i was more anxious than her ( i was also bored and wanted a new toy to play with )

arghh I know how you feel, I was 2 weeks over due with my boy! he did not want to come out!! lol

I was 9 days over - nothing works unless they are ready! but yes, i went a bit mad, however did notice the phone calls and texts dropped off after a week!

also had a posterior baby, and tried hands and knees to no avail! my MW said almost all babies are posterior at some stage, and just not to worry about it - as soon as i stopped even thinking about it, she turned around (albeit completing a 360+ turn, which no doubt contributed to the corfd being wrapped twice around her neck lol!) I would keep making sure you are sitting leaning forward, but not to stress too much - most posterior babies turn before or during labour.