Some questions about labour.
Hi everyone...I am 39 weeks today and getting a little fed up. Keep waking up in the night with heartburn, congestion & just generally feelin stiff and awkward. Or to go to the loo...bloody nightmare!!
Really feel ready to have my baby now!
But I have had NO signs whatsoever! Had the teeniest spot of blood the other day. But it was hardly anything. Haven't had a show...have had NO braxton hicks contractions! Is it possible to go into labour when you havent previously had regular BH contractions?? Most people I've spoken to say it has nothing to do with actual labour. I know someone who had their lo early and never had any. And someone who had loads and went 16 days over. But I'm not convinced tbh that I will go into labour naturally if I've had no "signs".
Also, does sex help at all? I've kind of got my sex drive back anyway so we've been having it every day...is it a myth or did it start labour for any of you?
Sooooo fed up! (
Really feel ready to have my baby now!
But I have had NO signs whatsoever! Had the teeniest spot of blood the other day. But it was hardly anything. Haven't had a show...have had NO braxton hicks contractions! Is it possible to go into labour when you havent previously had regular BH contractions?? Most people I've spoken to say it has nothing to do with actual labour. I know someone who had their lo early and never had any. And someone who had loads and went 16 days over. But I'm not convinced tbh that I will go into labour naturally if I've had no "signs".
Also, does sex help at all? I've kind of got my sex drive back anyway so we've been having it every day...is it a myth or did it start labour for any of you?
Sooooo fed up! (
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[Modified by: discodevilx on April 21, 2008 08:25 PM]
[Modified by: discodevilx on April 21, 2008 08:25 PM]
I've had a few pains today but I don't think anything is really happening...though I prob wouldn't know if it was happening!
Lea. xxx
Dd - I had every bloody sign going from 34wk onwards and tried everything to bring on labour. The last straw was sex...neither of us keen as I was huge, but the day b4 she was born we did the deed and that night I felt restless and woke to contractions at 5am! Convinced it was sex that did it! Gracie was born bang on her due date!
Good luck, look forward to reading your birth announcement! x
Have sex every day for at least a week but once OH does the deed, lay with your feet up and let it soak in! sorry but you were warned! LOL
This softens your cervix. Sit for about 5 minutes with your legs up like trying to get pg! It worked for me. I wouldnt worry about a show either, i didnt have anything like that and lo was born less than 1 hour after getting to the hospital with no tears or anything! LOL
Diane, I had thought of doing that oddly enough! May try it!xxx
eat fresh (but not tinned) pineapple
lots of sex (cause the hormone in semen acts like the gel they use for inducing labour - apparently has pigs sperm in it or something)
but she also said to tilt yourself (your hips)up the way for at least half hour after sex (so semen cant run out - we did this to conceive baby too)
i have also heard about nipple stimulation (altho i think you need to do it for at least 15 mins to have any affect - this apparently causes some kind of hormone in you.
hope that helps you a bit x
[Modified by: lauragcam on April 21, 2008 09:43 PM]
From the things I've heard this is your week before baby this should be include in your daily tasks...from what i've gaqthered from friends and on here, just doing one of the things below doesnt always work. So my guess is, you have to do it more frequently! Then again im only guessing as this is my first! i can cope with the sex and curry eating. If im not to tired should be able to do the walk...not sure about all the pineapple though!!
1) eat curry for tea
2) have sex
3) go for a walk
4) eat pineapple for each meal!
According to my antenatal classes - you'd need to eat 7 pineapples in a day for it to have any effect. As for the nipple tweaking - 2 hours a day for 3 days i think it was. Hubby liked the nipple tweaking idea but I told him to get lost!!
I had my lo 6 days early (well it was a week early when i went into labour) - I'd had no bh that I'd noticed, no sex, no pineapples or curry, and a mw appt about 14 hours before I woke with contractions where the mw had said my lo was barely engaged and to make an appt in 2 weeks time cause he wasn't coming any time soon! She was surprised to see me in hospital 2 days later . My friend saw me that evening and she knew i'd be having my lo soon because apparently I was so fidgity and up and down off my birth ball (only comfy seat!) and complaining of backache (my lo was back to back) and thats probably the only sign I had. My friend didn't tell me though because she didn't want to panic me...shame she didn't cause I'd have probably packed my bag better!!
There were 3 of us on the Dec forum due on the same day and I was the one with no signs and the baby back to back and he was early, the other 2 were late and I'm sure at least one of them had bh's quite a bit.
Hope your lo arrives soon for you
good luck, baby cant stay in there forever!!
love grace and erica xxx
but my labour went all day the next day.GGGGrrrrrrrrrr
Hope it happens soon for you
Tash+Genevieve
Just wanted to add that I had no pre-labour symptoms at all. I had a very small show but only after both my sweeps. No BH. No "nesting". My hind-waters broke when my contractions started but the fore-waters were broken my mw.
I went 14 days overdue and was quite convinced that I'd never actually give birth, I'd just keep getting bigger and bigger until I eventually popped!
you must be getting annoyed now hun, you were only a week after me!!! n jason's 3 weeks tomorrow!
good luck hun & hope you have a smooth labour
you must be getting annoyed now hun, you were only a week after me!!! n jason's 3 weeks tomorrow!
good luck hun & hope you have a smooth labour
I know how you feel! I was 9 day over with Jacob and got sick to death of everyone ringing me everyday to see if there was any news! As if we wouldn't ring! Anyway, I went for a walk with my hubby and the dog every night and bounced around on my birthing ball! I had a sweep as well, and I also ate quite a hot chilli con carne the night before i went into labour! I never had any braxton hicks, only the real deal! Don't know about the sex thing, is it a myth? I had a hard time pursuading my hubby when I was so pregnant anwway, but we had a good laugh trying!
Hopefully you won't have to wait too much longer! Good Luck
Sorry - bit in the dark here!
tmi.....we had sex weekly throughout pregnancy. My waters broke immediately after we had sex. 14 hours later our daughter was born, with only 1.5 hrs being in active labour!
In guess, at the end of the day our babies will arrive when they want to. However hard we try to encourage them to come sooner! xxx