**** Thanks ladies. I have no intention of allowing them to induce. I'm just concerned because for weeks I have been having stabbing pains in my cervix, which I assumed was it dilating but since my due date that has all seemed to have stopped. Has anybody else experienced these pains and know what they are for sure? They were happening every day?
The average baby is ready at 40 weeks + 8 days, some earlier and some later. If they try scaring you into induction, find out why, go home, and research it asap. It's so easy to scare someone into thinking there is no time to verify what the doctors are saying.
my advice is quit worrying about being "overdue" your body will go into labor when it's ready
You could have sex to help soften your cervix:)
Have you considered not going to anymore prenatal appointments? Extra stress, anxiety, and pressure to "perform" definitely makes it more difficult for your body to start the labor process.
My suggestion - try to pinpoint what you're afraid of, do some research on it. Spend a fun day getting your nails done, shopping, whatever would be fun and take your mind off your upcoming birth.
Quoting Cynthje:Technically you should have 42 full weeks. Honestly nothing will work unless your body and baby are both ready. Doctors will probably come up with all sorts of reasons to induce but you do not have to agree to it!
Good luck and hang in there
:( i remember the pains in the the cervix area and they sucked....mine started early in pregancy so i never saw them as an indication of anything really. He will come soon enough though!!!
Quoting Evelynrosser:
Thanks, I won't let them induce. It's just I had pains in cervix for weeks until due date now nothing......? I felt as though he was coming soon, now I don't feel like he is coming soon
Quoting Cynthje:Technically you should have 42 full weeks. Honestly nothing will work unless your body and baby are both ready. Doctors will probably come up with all sorts of reasons to induce but you do not have to agree to it!
Good luck and hang in there
Throughout the world, there exists a group of women who feel mightily drawn to giving care to women in childbirth. At the same time maternal and independent, responsive to a mother's needs, yet accepting full responsibility as her attendant; such women are natural midwives. Without the presence and acceptance of the midwife, obstetrics becomes aggressive, technical, and inhuman.
Professor G.J. Kloosterman, Chief of OB/GYN, Univ. of
Quoting Mrs.Salz:Have you considered not going to anymore prenatal appointments? Extra stress, anxiety, and pressure to "perform" definitely makes it more difficult for your body to start the labor process.
My suggestion - try to pinpoint what you're afraid of, do some research on it. Spend a fun day getting your nails done, shopping, whatever would be fun and take your mind off your upcoming birth.
Quoting cpflum08:
My 3rd was born the latest at 41.1 weeks. She was also my smallest baby. They come when they want to because only they know when it's time:)
You could have sex to help soften your cervix:)
I was thinking
- Evelynrosser
on Jan. 6, 2013 at 5:47 PM