i just wanted to ask you all who have had overdue babies. not the first but later babies. i have 4 now. i had 3 natural mastly 2 to 15 days lat. but my last was 2 anda half weeks late. i had been in a car accident where the othercar ramed into me right in the drivers side. the door came in and actually hit me in the pelvis and through up toward the passanger when we hit heads. thank god i did have my seatbelt on or i would have went through the passenger window. but anyway i became pregnant soon after. i got pregnant 2 days before my BF went to rehab then prison. when he did get oput i ended up beind 2 and a half weeks late. and this didn't sit well with his family and all, i ended up having a c section. after my water was broke for 2 days. anyway i would like to here from anyone who was really late or may hve had a similar experionus
I've never dealt with what you're experiencing. Mine all came a little earlier. Almost a week early for my first son, and four weeks early for my twins, althugh, when I had them, I was already considered full-term for an expectant mother of twins. Your baby is probably all comfy cozy in there, and isn't wanting to come out just yet. They say that they'll come when they're ready. I'm not sure about the OB or midwife you may be seeing, but many doctors will not let you go any further than 2 weeks past your delivery date. The placenta starts to not function as well at that point. Of course, if you're daring, you can always ask to be induced, but it's not very pleasant and I wouldn't recommend it. I was induced with both of my pregnancies, given the Pit drip, water broken artifically, not because I wanted to, but because of complications. I know you're probably miserable. Heck, I was miserable the last 2 months of my pregnancies and couldn't wait for my babies to come out, so I can only imagine how you're feeling! Try moving about more, sometimes that can put things into action. I've heard of some ladies using certain herbal teas to try and speed up things, but I can't remember what type, so that's no help to you. Basically, that baby will come when it's good and ready to. Good luck, and I'll be sending you some labor vibes! Hugs.
I fdeel your pain. My baby's due date was on June 28th and I didn't have her till JUly 13th, the day befroe I was going to be induced. I hated it. Everyday after my due date was like another friggin month of being prego. The heat wave didn't help much either. Just hang in there. (S)he'll come when she's ready. If not, you'll get induced and make that sucker come out of there. Either way, they get there. If you can, have lots of sex and that helps.... or go for a ride on a bumpy road, or do lots of exersize. I was told all these things work. Not sure if they do o not, but they do keep you occupied.... especially the sex one
My kids were not even late, and Bear and I had lots of sex around 38 to 39 weeks with two of my kids (I was having really lame ass, but tiresome nightly false labor, and I just wanted those babies OUT!) and I did go into labor. Some womyn are more sensitive to oxytocin than others (oxytocin is a hormone which controls orgasm, labor and milk let down.) so your milage may vary. But at least you'll have some sex before the baby comes........cuz you probably won't feel like it much afterward. ALL I wanted to do once my babies finally fell asleep was SLEEP!
My first child, my son was born one day before his due date. My daughter was 10 days late. She was due on June 20-21 but born on June 30. With both pregnancies, sex helped me go into labour. In fact, I had sex the day before both babies were born. The midwife also did a natural method of "induction" She put her fingers in and stretched my cervix. She said it was supposed to get the labour hormones started. She got my cervix stretched to 4 cm the day before I went into labour.
All of my children were late. My first was 9 days late and it progressed from there. My daughter, (number 4) was due on May 3 and was born May 30. They didn't do inductions as much then as they do now. It was the most miserable May in history 100-110 degrees and 95 % humidity. I sat between a fan and an air conditioner. #5 was only 10 days late. Even our adopted son was late. We were expecting to have him home by the end of October. We brought him home December 18. Like I said, all of my kids were late. Kathi
Some women "cook" babies a little longer than others. Women of Scandinavian or Slavic ancestry seem to carry babies 40-44 weeks. maybe it has something to do with needing bigger babies with more fat stores in order to survive the cold weather. Stress can also cause babies to be born after their due date, women's bodies won't labour if they don't feel "safe" and secure. Many women will "wait" until an absent spouse returns home before labour begins. Personally, I wouldn't call anyone actually late until after 42 weeks. And even then, I would probably be more inclined to recalculate the estimated due date than say she was late.
For all of you overdue mama's out there, I was overdue and I drank 1 or 2 ounces of caster oil mixed in orange juice and that night I got contractions and had my baby the next day. Its nasty and the last resort if you don't want to be pregnant anymore. Also, get some evening primrose oil and take it orally and you can also insert it to soften the cervex and help it to stretch.
I heard that if you swallow a bunch of castor oil it will bring on labor. Ewwww...castor oil. *Gags to even think of it*
I tried that on number 1's due date. He still was 10 days late. It tastes nasty and doesn't always work. Kathi
Every baby ever born in our family has been born at home, delivered by the eldest woman and assisted by the other women. So we have experienced this a lot. All women carry babies different amounts of time. As my 97 year old Great Grandmother says, "When that apple's ripe, it'll drop!"
