Overdue baby, what to do in the meantime?

flower24

Go out and get some magazines and puzzle books, and some good books, if you end up having to be induced you might be in for a long time of it (sorry, that's probably not what you want to hear!). I was overdue with both of mine and ended up having to be induced both times.

SkintBrideToBe

Awww i feel for u, the waitis the worst part. When i was waiting on my little darling to come along, i ate fresh pineapple the day before to try induce labour and went into labour during the night. Its quite a popular choice for trying to bring on baby. Dunno if theres any truth in it huni but it seemed to work for me

airhostess

Thank you so much for all your replies!

I think I must have tried everything - curry, pineapple, (ate a whole fresh one all by myself!!) red leaf tea, sex, jumping up and down. Had a sweep yesterday and that hasn't had any effect so far. Am too scared of diahorrea to try the castor oil thing, I think that is the only thing I haven't tried!

Well I've arranged to meet some friends in a cafe later and am off to the library now to get some books out, great idea! We also got one of those baby record books that had space for scan photos and my husband and I have had a lot of fun filling that in so far (up to the page where they want the birth date, time, weight etc - dying to be able to fill in that part in!!)

I feel so fed up as I am so enormous - went from 8 stone to just under 13 stone now, I can barely move about but I'm making the effort to go out for a walk every day just to get out of the house... glad I am not the only one though!

xx

miss.bint

I was 13 days overdue when I went in to be induced.
I ate pineapples, hot curries, scrubbed the house from top to bottom and even hoovered the stairs twice a day! Nothing worked.

Have you made sure your hospital bag is packed properly?
Have you got enough nappies? You can never have too many nappies.
Maybe go out and buy some nappies. I'm driving you daft, aren't I?

Trust me, I feel your pain
But the outcome is amazing (and exhausting) so just take it easy xxx

squibbs25

Having a good old foot massage can work wonders, (I actually used my foot spa when i was expecting my dd and went into labour the following day.)
I know it's hard but just sit back and relax while you can as soon you'll have no time to at all.

PrincessPlaty

Lots of googling last week showed that it takes 10 pineapples to have any effect :eek: after 5 or 6 of them they start to taste really bitter though _pale_ trust me i found that out the hard way i cant bare to look at a pineapple now :rotfl: in the pregnancy thread we actually made a list of all the things to try and bring on labour i think it was last week i will see if i can find it for you :rotfl:

PrincessPlaty

Found it!

jha wrote: »

Can you imagine if we did them all :eek: It would be something like this

get up
dtd
nipple stimulation
walk up / down staris a couple of times
pineapple for breakfast
star jumps
hot shower / bath
get dressed
go for a long walk
back for a curry lunch
bounce on gymball
watch a bit of afternoon telly whilst rocking on all fours
walk up / down staris a couple of times again
do the cleaning and alot of nesting
have a rest but make sure its lying on your left for baby positioning
have rest of curry for dinner followed by a desert of .... pineapple
Practice using tens (from wk37) and do birthing positions
do a bit of yoga
walk up and down the stairs again
dtd
go to bed
:eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::D

Hang on that is frightningly similar to my day:o - minus the curry, pineapple dtd, nipple stimulation & starjumps:eek::rotfl::rotfl: Think i might subconciously want this baby to make an appearance:rolleyes:

There was also a diy sweep that we found :eek: :eek: :rotfl:

ELLA

I went 11 days over and did some lunges in the middle of the lounge, I lunged as low as I could go and low and behold went into labour a few hours later ;-) and hey if nothing else happens then your giving yourself a gentle work out.

Tigsteroonie

Spend time online working out where to invest your CTF voucher :money:

Molly41

No one really knows why a woman goes into labour. Its thought to be a combination of hormones released by baby and mother. Relax and try to structure your days.x