Labour

Thats it Ive hit my 37 week mark now and I have had enough 😅 someone please tell me how to get this baby out of me! I need a night of not peeing every hour, being uncomfortable, being able to go back to work and stop having anxiety issues caused by hormones 😑 is anyone else done with pregnancy yet?

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I’m 37 weeks today. It’s like a switch went in my head last night and I’ve suddenly woken up with the attitude of no longer being patient for baby to come now she’s full term 😫🙈

honestly i have been waiting for the last week for the 37 week mark and that is it i am starting my planning on how to get him out now 🤣🤣

Me the baby has just turned and is at an angle causing me extreme pain

I’m bouncing on my ball before dinner then planning a walk afterwards followed by a raspberry leaf tea 😛 even if nothings proven to actually encourage labour starting I like having the mindset that I’m doing good stuff for my body and baby could be encouraged by it haha

I’m 50/50 split, 37w +2 now. I cannot wait for the day I can sleep on my back again, honestly no position now is giving me any relief and the back pain is getting worse by the minute. But my motherly instinct is still loving having baby still with me so I can protect them as they continue to grow in the last few weeks. I also just cannot wait to meet them 🥰

Apparently pineapple and kiwi is meant to have an enzyme called bromine in that can induce labour

im a front sleeper and without looking like a spin top that has not been possible for obvious reasons 🤣🤣

The only 2 things proven to cause labour to begin well stimulate contractions is sex & nipple stimulation but it’s best to use a breast pump to stimulate them and do it for about 80 minutes a day which I can imagine painful nips after that 😂

good lord painful could be a new way to describe delightful after 80 minutes!!

Haha 🤣 I do enjoy sleeping on my front too from time to time. I feel your pain. Not too long to go and we’ll appreciate those sleeping positions a little more afterwards 😅

Yep - 36+5 now and i am done !!! I have been suffering with pgp since about 16 weeks and its horrendous now, im not sleeping much, every time i move in bed im awake in pain, im being so short & snappy with my partner & kids - think they will all be glad when shes here too 🤣🤣 will be 38+6 at my next midwife appt so hoping she will do a sweep but will be trying anything and everything to move her along now x

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