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My contractions started at 40w3d...Gave birth the next day. good luck!

I was overdue by a week! They won't strip your membranes unless you've dilated. From what i hear though, labour starts pretty early if you get them stripped. It sounds like you can ask your OB to do it.

2 days before i went into labour (which ended up being the day i was supposed to be induced), i did acupuncture to get it started. It took two treatments, and finally contractions started. Unfortunately, i had contractions for 12 hours before they got close enough for me to go to the hospital.

Good luck! I understand how annoying it is to play the waiting game.

I had my membranes stripped twice....no dice. At 39 weeks I was 5 cm dilated and still did not feel a single contraction. Over a week later, still no action.

I ended up having to get induced and up until that point I never felt a single contraction on my own even though I was half way dilated already! Weird.

I was induced 7 days after my EDD and gave birth almost 2 days later! Good luck! Boning...lol!

I was checked AT 40 weeks (not effaced, soft, still high, & barely 1cm) & not again until I was in labor. I went to 41+3 & had her at 41+5. We also didn't sweep bc DD was still high, she didn't really get engaged until I was in labor after we used a rebozo to help get her in better position.

I did alot of nothing until 41+2 & then did only things that would wear me out like food choices, acupressure, got an adjustment, & sex with DH. I knew I'd need my energy for labor so I just let my body do its thing. It was a VERY long labor (5 nights of "false labor" from 3-7am then 36 hrs to go from 1-4cm & another 8 to have her) but it was totally worth it! I took every bit of progress, whether more effaced, or dilated & ran with it to stay encouraged.

eee! good luck! I was 2 days overdue. I wonder if I would have been later if I didn't have my mom give me acupuncture..
I went into labor 4 hours after she poked me with needles!