41weeks and nothing happening!!

Well folks, I guess I'm looking for some moral support here. I'm at 41
weeks and I have NO signs of going into labour at all! Not a one...
Baby is stll wriggling, no bloody show, no appetite change, no stool
change, no extra nesting, no mucous plug, etc., etc..
If she doesn't arrive by Friday I will probably be in hospital over
Christmas

as the stay in is 4 or 5 days not including the birthdate. Boo hoo!
Please tell me that it can come out of the blue with no signs at all.
Oh and please send me your labour vibes!!
Many thanks and the happiest of seasons greetings to you all!

-Iseult

"Iseult" wrote in message
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Well folks, I guess I'm looking for some moral support here. I'm at 41
weeks and I have NO signs of going into labour at all! Not a one...
Baby is stll wriggling, no bloody show, no appetite change, no stool
change, no extra nesting, no mucous plug, etc., etc..
If she doesn't arrive by Friday I will probably be in hospital over
Christmas

as the stay in is 4 or 5 days not including the birthdate. Boo hoo!

Can you not leave earlier if you feel like it? (I would have gone absolutely
stark, raving mad if they'd tried to keep me in the hospital that long after
a birth. The *longest* I ever stayed was 28 hours, and that was about 24
hours longer than I'd have liked!)

Please tell me that it can come out of the blue with no signs at all.

Oh, absolutely. In fact, it almost always *does* seem to come right out of
the blue (even if it takes a long time to really get going).

Oh and please send me your labour vibes!!

{{{{{{Vibes}}}}}

Is this your first? If so, take some comfort in realizing that you're
actually not "due" until tomorrow (roughly half of all first-timers deliver
on or after 41w1d).
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Iseult wrote:

Well folks, I guess I'm looking for some moral support here. I'm at 41
weeks and I have NO signs of going into labour at all! Not a one...
Baby is stll wriggling, no bloody show, no appetite change, no stool
change, no extra nesting, no mucous plug, etc., etc..
If she doesn't arrive by Friday I will probably be in hospital over
Christmas

as the stay in is 4 or 5 days not including the birthdate. Boo hoo!
Please tell me that it can come out of the blue with no signs at all.


It absolutely can, and certainly did with my first.
I had not one single sign, even in hindsight, and just woke
up in labor one morning.


Oh and please send me your labour vibes!!


Lots of labor vibes coming your way ~~~~~~~~~~

Good luck,
Ericka

Okay, so I have been in your shoes....TWICE.

My second baby was due on Dec 10 and I went into spontaneous labour on
Christmas Eve (I was a VBAC, and I was not going to let them induce me
unless there was a sign of a problem for me or baby), so my son was
born Christmas morning. My third baby was due Dec 12 and she came on
Boxing Day.

You hang in. I had virtually no signs of impending labour either time
- baby up high, very little effacement or dilation. Things can change
fast, and as long as you are healthy and baby is doing okay, just sit
tight. You never know, babies have plans of their own, so any time
might be IT.

Also, why would you spend so much time in hospital? Go HOME. My first
VBAC, I had to hang around a few days because my son had wetlung, and
they needed to keep an eye on him, but with my daughter, I went home
right after delivery (literally within a few hours). I was a whole lot
happier and more comfortable at home. You don't have to scoot out as
fast as I did, but if you are doing okay and baby is doing okay, you
can go home. After all, if anything worrying happens, you can always
call for advice or go back in. Much better to be home in your own bed,
with family around, eating real food, and far away from all the germs
in hospital (both from patients and their visitors).

Mary G.

Iseult wrote:
Please tell me that it can come out of the blue with no signs at all.
Oh and please send me your labour vibes!!
Many thanks and the happiest of seasons greetings to you all!

Awww, hang in there, and I hope you're in labor as I type this. Yes, it
can come out of the blue.

I second the advice to feel free to leave early if you're feeling good.
I had no complications and we left the birth center 6 hours after
Sproutkin was born. It was so nice to spend our first night as a family
tucked into our own bed at home.

Mary S.
mom to the Sproutkin, 21 months

My second labor came out of the blue. I was 6 days overdue and had my 41 week
appt that moring. Nothing going on, no change from the week before, and I had
my son in my arms 12 hours later!

Good luck, I know those last couple of weeks are SO HARD!!!!!!!!

laurie
mommy to Jessica, 2.5 years and
Christopher, 8 months

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"Iseult" wrote in message
m...
Well folks, I guess I'm looking for some moral support here. I'm at 41
weeks and I have NO signs of going into labour at all! Not a one...
Baby is stll wriggling, no bloody show, no appetite change, no stool
change, no extra nesting, no mucous plug, etc., etc..
If she doesn't arrive by Friday I will probably be in hospital over
Christmas

as the stay in is 4 or 5 days not including the birthdate. Boo hoo!

Can you not leave earlier if you feel like it? (I would have gone absolutely
stark, raving mad if they'd tried to keep me in the hospital that long after
a birth. The *longest* I ever stayed was 28 hours, and that was about 24
hours longer than I'd have liked!)

Please tell me that it can come out of the blue with no signs at all.

Oh, absolutely. In fact, it almost always *does* seem to come right out of
the blue (even if it takes a long time to really get going).

Oh and please send me your labour vibes!!

{{{{{{Vibes}}}}}

Is this your first? If so, take some comfort in realizing that you're
actually not "due" until tomorrow (roughly half of all first-timers deliver
on or after 41w1d).


Thanks for all responses - I'm still here and still pregnant!
To answer you all - yes, this my 1st, no I've not popped yet and still
no signs.
The reason I'll be in for 4 or 5 days is that the docs here kind of
insist til they know there's no hermorraging or infection - I'm the
type who follows doc's orders so tho' I could discharge myself early I
know I won't.
Hey, at least they aren't busting to induce me - not til on/after the
27th.
Thanks you all again, you've given me hope she could appear any minute
- but my guess now is Christmas Day!

Take it easy, I am!!

-Iseult