All of mine were late in the days before they did inductions or
C-sections if the baby was late. In order they were 10 days, 13 days,
18 days and the last one was 6 days from the time they calculated and
probably in reality 14 days [I knew exactly when I got pregnant with
that one because we only had sex one time at it was at the end of my
menses - before that he was out at sea and he went back right after
that]

With the 18 days one, my mom ragged on me until I got upset and cried,
and that night I went. She said she did this on purpose to get me
going.

"Kat" wrote:

Ugh... Today's my EDD with this one. I'm really so sick and tired of being
pregnant. With my due date here right now and absolutely nothing, I'm not
exactly thrilled haha
Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do to try and bring labor on??
I've tried everything I can think of...
I've done the pineapple idea... I've done the castor oil (which has worked
like a charm for me in the past)... I spent a good part of today going up
and down the stairs to do laundry, carrying baskets of laundry up and down,
up and down... I've had a "relaxing" bath - I even fell asleep for a bit in
the bath with some nice scented candles and such... I've been using the
Evening Primrose Oil for a couple weeks now, maybe... I've tried those
pressure points that apparently can start labor, but not sure if I was
getting the right spots or not... I've even tried the nipple stimulation and
that's just made me sore and it was more of a pain than it was worth.
My main concern, really, is that on Wednesday is my final OB appointment. I
was already told at my last appointment on Tuesday that if she "doesn't see
me sooner" she's going to be "talking C-section" on Wednesday and will plan
a section by the end of the week. The end of next week will only bring me 6
days past my EDD, though. I also will NOT agree to a C-section. I just
can't. Unless it's an actual medical emergency and absolutely CANNOT be
avoided, I will not agree to it. I don't think at this point I can be
*forced* into that, and considering 6 days over due isn't unusual... #1 was
2 days late, #2 was 7 days late, #3 was 4 days late (I used castor oil for
this time) and #4 was 7 days early - but that time we had all spent the
entire weekend very sick with that norovirus.
With DD1 she had me scheduled for a C-section when I would have been only 8
days over (I was due on a Sunday, IIRC, when they don't schedule the OR so
it had to be the next Monday) and with DD2 she was scheduling me for the OR
at only 1 day over.
I'm also not eligible for induction due to my first being an emergency
C-section as he was a footling breech found that way at the last possible
second.
So... Is there anything else that I can try? Or keep trying? I still have
some pineapple left, and some pineapple juice, but the thought of pineapple
is starting to make me feel ill. Same with the castor oil... I have some
left but even the thought of it is making me sick and it hasn't worked yet.
Oh, and sex is out of the question... It has not worked at all in the past
for me, and being a single mom now, I have NO desire to call my ex up or
anything like that... And not interested in something random LOL IYKWIM haha
So, since there's a lot of moms here, any ideas on things that worked for
you, if you were in a similar situation??