Depressed

i feel like nothing is progressing. i had a membrane sweep this morning and i had cramping and some discharge, and now cramping again but i feel like it didnt help. i guess it could change and BAM im in labor but i feel like im never going to have her. im measuring 40 weeks and im so ready   anybody have any advice that can progress my labor? mind you i have tried a long walk today and tried sex twice, what else is there? my dr said its safe to try things to progress the labor. i have been contracting but no progress in dialating   please help!!!

Your LO will come when he/she is ready. I went to 42 weeks 5 days.

Just relax and enjoy your pregnancy. I fought preterm labor for weeks before I had my lo.

i am trying..just so uncomfortable :/

The thing that helped me progress the most with my first was the walking. Sex did nothing!!!

I had a sweep 2 days before labor started.

Wish there was more i could tell ya! but good luck!

i really dont want to be induced. so i am just wondering anything else that has worked?

<blockquote><b>Quoting Brittany Alspaugh:</b>" i am trying..just so uncomfortable :/"</blockquote>




I thought that with my first too. But I didn't know how uncomfortable it could be until this pregnancy. Try a yoga ball. Primrose oil. And get centered. Take time to just relax and let things happen.

what happens with the primose oil?

<blockquote><b>Quoting Brittany Alspaugh:</b>" what happens with the primose oil?"</blockquote>




It's a natural oil that comes in gel capsules and ripens your cervix so the walking and sex have a better effect. Look it up.

ok maybe i will try that. do squats help at all/ if so how long to do those?

<blockquote><b>Quoting Brittany Alspaugh:</b>" ok maybe i will try that. do squats help at all/ if so how long to do those?"</blockquote>




Yeah, I really like putting my yoga ball by my bed and stacking pillows and rolling my hips back and forth while resting my upper body on the pillows. Anything opening your hips is good. Some women like to dance. Not something I can do pregnant.

Quoting lil*Mama*Bear™:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Brittany Alspaugh:</b>" ok maybe i will try that. do squats ... [snip!] ... my upper body on the pillows. Anything opening your hips is good. Some women like to dance. Not something I can do pregnant."

thank you...i dont think my body can take anymore lol

<blockquote><b>Quoting Brittany Alspaugh:</b>" thank you...i dont think my body can take anymore lol"</blockquote>




I thought that yesterday. My daughter was stretching my c-section scar. Worst pain I have ever felt. I labored my son too. I cried and begged them to get her out but they didn't. And I'm happy they didn't. I would have regretted it. You want the healthiest baby possible. So be patient.it's worth the wait I promise. I have a friend who had both her boys 3wk early. the first came on his own, he is very ahead in development and did well adjusting to the new world. Her second was taken out early. He is almost a year old and hasn't adjusted fully to being out. He is high needs and behind in development. it feels like forever now, but it will come. You waited this long already.

Quoting lil*Mama*Bear™:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Brittany Alspaugh:</b>" thank you...i dont think my body can ... [snip!] ... out. He is high needs and behind in development. it feels like forever now, but it will come. You waited this long already."

i know i sound selfish im just so anxiious. i got that membrane sweep done this morn so i hope it works...i feel like i have been pregnant for years lol

<blockquote><b>Quoting Brittany Alspaugh:</b>" i know i sound selfish im just so anxiious. i got that membrane sweep done this morn so i hope it works...i feel like i have been pregnant for years lol"</blockquote>




I actually have. I had a 4 month "break" between mine. So it's been forever that I have been pregnant. Seriously make peace with it and things will go quicker. The more you rush the longer the minutes will feel.