Pregnancy - Things to do when you're overdue (Pregnancy Complications)

Member Name: jenniferjain

Product:	Pregnancy Complications
Date:	13/01/09 (270 review reads)
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Advantages: Will keep you busy

Disadvantages: Impossible to block imaginary signs of labour

I have been extremely lucky with my pregnancy so far, and going overdue is among the least serious of any pregnancy complications. But to keep me occupied in my wait, I thought I'd put together a list of things to do if you do go overdue.

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Re-calculate your due date using on-line calculators, books, magazines, advice from friends etc.

Comfort yourself with statistics that show just how many women go overdue (I've read 45%)

Go for a long walk (taking along of course medical notes, mobile phone and not venturing too far away)

Have a hot bath

Give yourself a manicure

Give yourself a pedicure

Sit in the nursery and admire all the new things you've bought

Have a nap

Learn how to use some of your more complicated purchases e.g. baby monitor, steriliser, camcorder

Have a curry

Enjoy a full night of sleep

Make a full inventory of your baby clothes

Start a baby scrapbook or journal

Send out an e-mail to all your friends promising to tell them when you have any news so that they don't keep texting you

Drink raspberry leaf tea to tone your uterus

Practice your pelvic floor exercises

Bounce on an exercise ball

Sort through your collection of pregnancy magazines and leaflets, cutting out key articles and filing into categories

Eat some raw pineapple

Try other traditional ways to bring on labour (nudge nudge, wink wink)

Watch baby kicking through your stomach - complain how uncomfortable it is and then worry if you don't feel anything for five minutes

Double check that you have everything in your hospital bag

Get the car cleaned so that it is nice for baby

Practice taking the car seat in and out of the car

Write out greeting cards for upcoming birthdays and occasions and stamp and address them ready to send out

Make sure that the house is tidy for all the visitors

Stock up on nice biscuits, tea and coffee

Go out for a grown-up meal with your other half

Go to the cinema

Video your tummy going up and down

Practice your breathing and relaxation techniques

Take photographs of your tummy at its largest

Plan your post-natal diet and exercise strategy

Make the most of a tidy, clean house

Two words - Perineal Massage

Check you have an up to date contact list to take to the hospital

Put on some loud music and have a sing-along to entertain baby

Write articles for dooyoo!

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Fingers crossed we won't have to wait too long. Thanks for reading!

Summary: Ways to keep yourself busy when waiting for baby to arrive