Past due date Oct 7

I am at my due date 40 weeks today and feel like something is wrong with me because my baby doesn’t want to come out yet 🙁. I’ve asked my partner to have sex because I heard it help induce labor but he doesn’t want to… I told him it makes me feel like I’m unattractive or if he’s cheating on me and now I just feel sad about the fact that he rejected me.

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Due dates are kind of a mindfuck. If this is your first baby it’s actually -more- normal to go “past due” than it is to have before you due date. In fact, it’s more common to have them -after- 41 weeks unless you are induced. Don’t be discouraged. Your body -does- know how to do this, you just have to trust it.

Also, usually when a dude doesn’t want to bang at this point in pregnancy it’s because he’s dealing with some emotional issues around the baby and pregnancy. A lot of guys are weirded out by the baby’s head being so close to your cervix or sometimes they can even feel it. Sometimes they just have a lot of anxiety about a new baby coming and all the pressure to support and keep them alive. I encourage you to ask him questions without offense, and try to understand what’s up so the two of you can work through it.

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My husband doesn’t want to have sex with me because he is afraid to hurt me or the baby. The last time we had sex, which was months ago, he hit my cervix is what my gyno said. So I bled a little. Our baby and I were perfectly fine, but after that my husband said no way.
So maybe your partner has similar concerns.

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I’m 40+4 with my first and no signs of labor yet. I’m pretty sure he’ll come when he is ready.

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