No Signs =/

[Stacey91]

Okies so I am due on Thursday .. going in for a sweep if the baby isn't here .. which I don't think he will be because I am having no signs that he wants out!... is it normal to not get signs and still go into labor or do you have to get signs ?? x

[alexiah]

I'm in the same place rightnow my due date is Monday the 12 if I don't have it within these days ill be induced march 13 ...I got induce with my first child ..I was over due six days  but now doctors don't wanna let u go over your due date that much...goodluck and I hope u have your baby soon...

[coffeebuzzedliz]

A lot of women will get pressure down below. It is just that the baby is making its way down, this is really common. I didn't know my daughter was going to show up, I hoped she was, but I woke up at 5 in the morning to my water breaking, before this there were no signs, but I did walk A LOT that whole weekend before.

[sorenr]

I dont remember having any pressure at all, but it was a while ago now!!

[Stacey91]

Eww ! I desperately hope that I need no help with my waters breaking and stuff lol!! though I suppose it's not the end of the world if I do!.. did you feel heavy down below and pressure and stuff before you went into labour.. my friend is pregnant and is due today ! she keeps complaining of pressure like her baby is trying to come out lol.. but I have none of this lol! x

[sorenr]

Yeah, me too, first time they did it for me, its a horrible feeling! When I went into labour second time all on my own I have no recollection of them going at all, my brain must've been elsewhere by then cos I dont think she was born in the caul..they didnt tell me if she was anyway! x

[Stacey91]

Hehe maybe! :) fingers crossed anyways :) I really can't wait to give him a cuddle ... Really lol I always thought (before I got pregnant) that your waters braking was the only indicator or labour lol just simply because of the whole movie stereotype waters braking in middle of shopping centre scenarios  lol! x

[sorenr]

I'm sure he will, I still dont remember my waters going!! Maybe you felt 'off' today for a reason ;) x

[Stacey91]

Yes I want a water birth etc so I'm hoping I don't get induced and stuff I just want him to come on his own though I was feeling a little worried because I haven't had a bloody show or anything really.. I have lost some mucus but nothing dramatic.. lol .. I'ts good to know that it can just be so sporadic! lol .. hopefully he will just come soon then on his own :) thanks

[Stacey91]

Yea I walk everyday quite a lot in fact this is the first day I have had a 'lazy day' in yonks! and it's just because I was feeling quite run down and a little stressy so I thought I'd relax a bit!... I don't really think anything is going to help him come out lol .. I was just feeling a bit 'meh' lol because I haven't had a show etc and Iv'e heard of people having these like weeks before they have their babies lol .. thanks for your reponse :) lucky you lol :P

[Stacey91]

Thanks very much ladies for your responses!! has helped me relax a little lol! :)

[kai0912]

have you tried walking???? i mean walking alot... you will be tired but it may (or may not help). i was 38 weeks and not near my due date but one day i started to have braxton hicks so i started to walk. i went to the mall and walked the entire mall went home to eat and rest for couple hourshen went to a different mall and walked that entire mall also... contractions didnt start immediately but with in a couple hours they begin to get stronger and by 3am next morning was in active labor

[Lesley27]

I wasnt dialated enough to get this done... as you have to be somewhat dialated... but my sister had it done with both and each time it did kick start labour for her...

[Lesley27]

Membrane sweep, also known as membrane stripping or stretching... where the midwife or doctor "sweeps" a finger around your cervix (neck of your womb) The aim is to separate the membranes around your baby from your cervix. This releases hormones called prostaglandins, which may kick-start your labour

[RippedonScotch]

I know people that have had no signs at all.  They had sweeps done and they didn't help at all.  They all ended up being induced.

[sorenr]

I had no signs until I woke up with period like pain. I had my daughter 4 hrs later!! I had a sweep the day before labour, but I was 4 days overdue when she arrived. Dont panic, baby will come when he's ready, I think it was you who wanted the water birth so I hope you manage to go on your own, you'll need as little interference as possible for that to happen x

[Britbrat24]

What is a sweep

[jend83]

Everyone is different but I didn't have any signs with my last two. My first one woke me up and the second I was at work and my contractions started. My water never broke until right before I had them. I was at the hospital less than 3 hours before I had either one of them.

[Stacey91]

What signs do you even get!! lol