I am now two weeks overdue and I am going out of mind. i can't sleep at night and can hardly move. I feel like an elephant and I want my baby to come out already. I have tried so many ways to induce labor. I tired home remedies to induce labor except for drinking castor oil. Someone at work told me to have pea soup so i have been eating it every night! One friend suggested walking upstairs so i don't use the elevator in my building any more but it still isn't helping inducing labor!!! Any other ideas for my overdue pregnancy?

I never got around to writing a birth plan, probably because every time I sat down to think about what labour entailed I went into complete denial and managed to convince myself it wasn’t going to happen to me.

I don’t think that I would have personally found it a great deal of help because once I was actually in labour all I cared about was getting pain relief into my system and getting the baby out of my system, both as quickly as possible.

That is not to say that I don’t recommend having a birth plan written up in preparation for the birth of your child. It allows you to consider what issues might arise in labour before you lose most of your mental capacity due to guzzling gas and air.

Some thing you might want to consider putting into your birth plan are:
~ who you want as your birthing partner, whether you want them present at all times
~ what positions you would like to use for labour and birth
~ what pain relief you might want
~ whether you want the injection to help speed up the delivery of placenta

As the saying goes ‘forewarned is forearmed’. Your labour and birth may not follow your birth plan at all, but in having looked at your options at least you will understand a little more what is going on.