36 +2 and feeling like its imminent

[ali_marie]

anyone else feeling as rubbish as me? like im coming down with flu but not really, lots and lots of big braxton hicks, pressure in groin, emotional oh and tmi but loose stools too,
really tempted to keep trying nipple stimulation to help get things moving a bit sooner. sooo fed up and sure the other half and my 11 year old are sick of hearing me huff and puff and moan all the time

 

[hopingforbabyf]

Oh no hope things either settle down or start moving for you soon! Soon your baby will be here and everything will be forgotten

It's weird you mention the nipple stimulation - at our antenatal class last week our midwife told us to try expressing some colostrum. Thought this was weird as had read that nipple stimulation can encourage labour.

 

[ali_marie]

ive read alot about it and it doesnt seem to be dangerous so long as you have a normal healthy pregnancy. think is time to run a nice warm bath and see what happens

 

[MrsTLC]

I've been exactly the same for about 10 days. I've hit "the wall".... You know which one.... The "grab me a knife and I'll cut this baby out" wall. Increased braxtons, false labour, back pain, pelvic pain, inability to bend or lift legs, not able to sleep but exhausted all the same.... Desperate to avoid an induction as determined to achieve a VBAC but sometimes it's so tempting to just opt for a section.... At least that way I have an end date

 

[ali_marie]

i dont know if i can request a c-section, trips to the midwife tend to just check im ok and off you pop till the next appointment and hope nothing happens in between
would you consider trying to naturally induce?

 

[MrsTLC]

Not really. Anything that encourages bby out before baby is ready sort of makes it more likely for complications. I'm booked to have sweeps from 40 weeks but I'm not sure if I'll have them. I had PET last time and was induced, I strongly believe that baby was being forced out before ready and this was the reason for his distress. If PET stays at bay this time I am planning to go completely without intervention, if PET raises its ugly head then I'll agree to sweeps in the hope this will be enough for things to start.
Bouncing on the ball and a hump in the evening is probably as far as I will go. I have to express colostrum in advance as baby is going to have difficulty at birth, but that's not particularly through choice rather than necessity.
Now, I'm just trying to remind myself why it is that I am putting myself through this as it would be easier to have an end day in sight, but I am so adamant that I want to be able to say "I have done everything I can" to avoid another section, that I really am reluctant for any intervention. If it was down to me solely (and hubs didn't have a say) I would be planning on a home water birth after c section rather than being subjected to the labour suite.