Overdue

Hi! I was 9 days overdue before I was induced due to decreased movements! Have you tried getting a sweep? I hear having more than 1 can be beneficial, I only had 1 and it did help me a little bit! Otherwise, try some walking if you can, sex as well I hear can help it get a long! My induction was a little complicated and so was my labour so I’m not going to go into that. However due to being induced my labour was only 4hrs so if you plan on having pain relief like the epidural I’d recommend making it clear you’d like one! Only because when I did ask for one, i was too late 😬 not sure if this was helpful but I wish you all the best! Try relaxing (I know easier said than done) as we want to release the happy hormones that can help trigger labour! You got this girl!

Thanks Chloe.

With my first I went into labour naturally at 39+3 (1 week before my scheduled induction, due to gestational diabetes). To naturally induced I did at the tricks in the book, raspberry leaf tea, accupuncture, etc. We did the following the night I went into labour: sex @10pm, then I listened on YouTube to a "Sleep hypnosis to induced Labor naturally (girl)" by Anthony Reed. Labor started at 1am, baby girl arrived 3am.

With my second I was overdue and since I had gestational diabetes again I booked the induction on 40+5. It was great, pitocin drip at 9am, easy contractions till 1pm, bit more difficult from that point and baby boy arrived 3.50pm.

Both labours were without an epidural.

You can do it!

I went 40+6, I had an induction scheduled for that 6th morning but went into labour naturally before I left (then had to get induced with pitocin because there was mec 🫠). In at 9am, baby out by midnight no drama. I was walking everyday, eating dates, drinking raspberry tea etc. You'll probably get a mixture of responses, unfortunately, what works for one woman won't be the case for the other. I know it's so daunting! But take it as it comes 🙂

I went into labour at 41+4 before my induction date and everything went well! I had the epidural and was the best decision ever! Labour lasted 30 hours!

I had reflexiology and the lady said she was gonna press the points for me to go into labour and 3 hrs later the contractions started!