still want to cry?

Question

i put up a message late last night about just expressing how desperate i am for this to end...i thought is would pass but i feel worse than ever.
i was due yesterday and went for a sweep but felt no different. i had one last week and the next day lost a bloody mucus plug (although the m/w this was probably because of the sweep)...i feel no different and feel like it's never going to end. i'm now 50% effaced and 1-2cm dilated but don't know what this means anymore.
my m/w is so laid back and just said to wait and see, she reckons because the head is so low i have an 80% chance of not being induced but i hate this uncertainty and it's making me so worried as i don't want any medical intrusion and want everything to be over.
x

head's been pretty much engaged for four and a half weeks.
lost a big old plug last week (part due to sweep and part as it was lose)
started to efface two and a half weeks ago
i have tightenings alot but they are never painful
i don't know what else to look for

x

sex is out of the question as i have no husband :) x

Answer 1

Oh sweetie! Its ok to cry about it! Nearly everyone that is overdue is frustrated and anxious and just "over it" at this point. You don't have to feel anything in order to be going into labour. 50% effaced and 1-2cm's is great news! that means its starting and baby is definately going to be born soon.
Have you tried having sex to bring on labour? It does actually work and nipple stimulation too!
Take comfort in the fact that the baby is in the safest and most secure place he can possibly be and that within the next week he'll be lying peacefully in your arms.

Have a cry, stamp your feet, scream and yell! Its completely justified and ok!! Then pounce on hubby and hopefully baby will be on its way!

Good luck! You'll get through it!

Answer 2

When I had my son (8 mo) I was induced because I had had enough and just wanted him out, they induced me three times and then had to do a sweep and break my waters to get anything to happen, I went 13 hours with no pain relief because pethidine makes me woozy but doesn't make the pain any better. I was in tears and just wanted it to stop and I wanted to go home to bed it was so much worse than with my daughter. Finally labour started after they managed to break my waters (after 3 tries) I was allowed to have and epidural (finally!!!) and I got some sleep. My son decided to make a rushed entrance after the Doctor said he would be back at midnight to deliver me, but my boy was born just he was leaving to go home for tea and the midwives were in a bit of a panic. If I decide to have a third then I will leave it up to nature to decide when that baby will come along, I have learnt from my mistakes. Hang in there it will be over soon.

Answer 3

please hang in there I had pitocin and it is not easy,the induced labour and epidural did not let things flow naturaly.I wish i had just done what you did.