Preggo question: Tips for getting things moving?

    • Gold Top Dog
    OK, I just heard another one:  Loads of pelvic floor exercises!  And drive down a bumpy road. (????) (check, check!) 
    • Gold Top Dog
    Dang woman....you're still here pregnant?[:D]
     
     
    • Gold Top Dog
    I'm only 3 days over.  Realistically I could still be here in a week..... ugh.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Oh Chuffy! I know how you feel! My boys were both overdue. When you come walking into work 10 days after your due date you are ready to mutilate the first person who says "haven't you had that kid yet?"
    • Gold Top Dog
    It's just the suspense!!  And the milk! (sorry to be gross)  I had to buy a new top in town today because I had wet headlights (HOW embarrassing???)  I'm never forgetting my pads again!!
    • Silver
    Oh Chuffy! I know how you feel! My boys were both overdue. When you come walking into work 10 days after your due date you are ready to mutilate the first person who says "haven't you had that kid yet?"

    I was  exactly 2 weeks late with my first 2, I worked right up until I went into labor and just walking into work and hearing everyone groan would crack me up, I told them imagine how I felt carrying a 2 week old baby on my bladder.
    • Gold Top Dog
    Anything happening yet? I'm soooo nosy.

    Stripping membranes is not breaking the water. When the doctor strips membranes, they put a finger (or two if you have started to dialate) and kind of stretch the sides out a bit. Its alot of pressure and very uncomfy, but it doesn't hurt. My doctor did it twice for me on the two weeks previous to going into labour.
    • Gold Top Dog

    Would laughing a lot help? Monty Python? Richard Pryor? What cracks you up?
    • Gold Top Dog
    Stripping membranes is not breaking the water. When the doctor strips membranes, they put a finger (or two if you have started to dialate) and kind of stretch the sides out a bit.

     
    Ah right, that sounds like what my midwfie called a stretch and sweep.... they would have been doing that to me tomorrow (if I wanted) if I hadn't... no wait, I'm going to open a new thread!