A WEEK AGO I WAS JUST 1CM AND 70% OPEN MY DUE DATE IS JUNE 9 THIS IS MY FIRST CHILD AND I DONT WONT TO BE OVER DUE DONT SO WHAT CAN I DO? DONT SAY SEX OR IT DONT WORK FOR ME
2007-06-04 14:12:05 · 12 answers · asked by rita 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Pregnancy can go for up to 42 weeks. Your body will go into labor when both it and the baby is ready. There is really nothing you can do to dialate yourself. None of the myths work. I've always wondered why people are wiling to have the baby a week before their due date, but they don't want it to go a week past their due date. The due date is approximated, not an exact date.
2007-06-04 14:17:26 · answer #1 · answered by Melissa 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Just let nature take it's course. I bet at your next appt, you are dialated alot more. Lots of women go into labor at a 2 and then "boom", they are fully dialated. Just wait until your next appt. I know it's frustrating. We have all been there. The last stretch is so miserable. I went over and begged for an induction and lived to regret it. Your baby will come when it's ready. Try to rest or get any last minute things together. Once he/she is here, it will be a whirl of baby, you'll be lucky to get a shower or even eat !! Best of luck to you. I hope you have a smooth labor and a healthy baby!
2007-06-04 21:18:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Walk, walk and more walk. Also gardening works nicely too. In this heat you should have no trouble becomming more dialated.
The doctors wont let you go over, but good luck and congrats!
2007-06-04 21:20:06 · answer #3 · answered by JellyCat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Going past your due date is not bad... It just means that either your or your baby or both are not ready!!!!
According to the book The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer...
*Average first pregnancies are 41 weeks 1 day*
According to Pregnancy, Childbirth & the Newborn by Simkin, Whalley and Keppler:
*Only 4% of babies arrive on their due date*
*While 2/3's arrive within 10 days*
The real risk is INDUCTION, especially if your body and baby are not ready. IT IS A FACT THE INDUCTIONS INCREASE YOU CHANCE OF HAVING A C-SECTION!!! You are 4x more likey to die during a c-section than from vaginal delivery!!!
Unless it is medically necessary to have a child early induction is not the safest route to go. Average first pregnancies are 41 weeks 1 day & pregnancies with prior births average 40 weeks 3 days… It is optimal to be patient and wait until your body & baby are ready. Intervention usually leads to more intervening, and having an induction can put you at a higher risk of having a cesarean section, something that despite being the most common surgery in the U.S. carries many, many risks.
Some safe ways to try to bring on labor at home are:
Walking. And especially up & down stairs sideways. This helps the baby navigate the pelvic bones and allows the baby to put pressure on your cervix aiding in dilation.
Squatting is also good, both before labor & during. Before labor you can do squats to strengthen your legs for long periods of squatting during labor as well as stretching the joints & muscles associated with squatting. It also helps the baby put pressure on the cervix. And during labor it can open your pelvis up to 33% more, allowing more room for the baby to squeeze out!
I have heard good things about red raspberry tea (drink it chilled, hot it is gross!) It is said to strengthen your uterus, thus causing your contractions to be more efficient.
Sex or more specifically semen and orgasm are said to help you to release more of the natural labor-inducing hormone Oxytocin. And Sperm/semen contain prostaglandins another substance that is synthetically produced and used to aid in dilation!
Nipple stimulation is also another way to get your body to produce Oxytocin, as well as help to toughen up your nipples for the task of breast feeding that lay ahead!
I hope this was helpful, a great book about labor & birth is:
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
I recommend it to all expectant parents!
CASTOR OIL IS A LAXATIVE AND HAS NEVER BEEN PROVEN TO BE SAFE OR EFFECTIVE AT INDUCING LABOR. IT CAN PASS THE PLACENTA CAUSING THE BABY TO PASS MECONIUM (POOP) INSIDE PUTTING HIM/HER AT A HIGHER RISK OF INFECTION AND OTHER SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS!
2007-06-04 22:06:23 · answer #4 · answered by Boppysgirl 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
my best advice is to just have sex and then go jogging if you can, i did it and then went to sleep and the next morning after i got out the shower my water broke, do not try castor oil it will only give you diareeha really bad
2007-06-04 21:42:10 · answer #5 · answered by VJS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can eat currys, do dancing, eatting fresh pinapple or fresh jucies worked for me, alot of walking helps the babies head move lower down ready for labour, and stimulation of you nipples is ment to work xx
2007-06-08 07:06:12 · answer #6 · answered by emma b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start by filling yourself a warm bath, whilst this is happening walk up and down the stairs (CAREFULLY and SLOWLY), then lie in the bath, this should help.
2007-06-04 21:20:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My CV is impressive and I wouldn't want to dilate it. I didn't have to offer sex btw.
2007-06-04 21:16:26 · answer #8 · answered by Harriet 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Walk. walk and walk some more
oh! yeh - also ...
... wait a while.
Good luck
2007-06-04 21:24:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your doctor will give something to dilate you if you need it..no home remedies work.
2007-06-04 21:19:09 · answer #10 · answered by stormy4 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋