If she’s like my wife was, you’d be seeing them again anyhow.
Both our kids were two weeks late, but they turned out fine. I appreciate her frustration. For our first we were living above a couple who were due on the same day. Their kid was practically out of college before our’s was born.
And showing that doctors have some project manager in them, they kept moving the due date on us. 
Anyhow, good luck to her.
Yay! A baby!!
I had back labor with my oldest daughter and was told that was because she was trying to come sunny side up.
I got lucky and she turned around.
I have my fingers crossed this isn’t the case with your friend.
Drive carefully when you do head out and find a way to let us know when he makes his appearance.
Thank you for the well wishes, everyone! I passed them on to her and she totally started crying. Don’t worry, she’s just a crazy pregnant lady. She does say thank you, though!
If the baby isn’t right side up, it isn’t the end of the world. They told her a while ago that she might have to have a c-section due to low amniotic fluid levels, but refused to schedule her for one. So, instead, now she’s waiting. I think she has mentally prepared herself for that possiblity, though.
And tomorrow morning I’m heading out. I told her I’m dragging her through the outlet malls with me- I mean, if walking that much and jerky people don’t set off her labor, nothing will :-). Oh, and I mean, I’m only doing it because I care about her and the little one. Definitely not because I want to go to the outlet mall or anything.
. . . What? Don’t look at me like that.
Ooh! I just love baby toes! (Clarification: To look at, not to eat.)
Bummer that the little bugger can’t be bothered to be born. My doctor wouldn’t let me go past 10 days overdue and said he’d be okay inducing after that. Of course, both of mine were early so I didn’t have to decide.
Hope all’s well with your friend and her new little baby.
Be sure to post pictures.
I wasn’t overdue - my son was born right on his due date (after 35 freakin’ hours of labor, and an unwanted C-section), but it sounds like her little guy is definitely posterior (which is how Baby B was). Back labor is NO FUN. It seriously hurts like a little bitch. I cried like a little bitch, too (I went 19 hours unmedicated). Her contractions will probably remain irregular if he stays posterior - my midwife told me that’s why mine would be 5 minutes, then 3 minutes, then 5, then 3, etc., etc.
Just tell her to hang in there. Those contractions before labor really starts are annoying as hell. He’ll be here before she knows it, and then the sleepless nights will REALLY start :D.
E.
One thing to pack is a rolling pin. It can sometimes help back labor if you gently but firmly roll against her very, very lower back (her sacrum, for you anatomy students). Also try a tennis ball or a fist or a rolled up towel or even a knee. While it’s anatomically unlikely, it FEELS as if the baby’s pushing your spine out from the inside. Counter pressure sometimes relieves the pain.
You know, I was going to suggest the rolling pin as well, except I was going to say it might shoot the little bugger out if you roll her stomach out. Maybe you should make her do jumping jacks?
I know it’s not the end of the world, but it can feel like it.
Rolling pin, great idea. If she’s not up for that I sat on a little chair and let a shower run on my lower back. Sooooo nice.
She’s curious how you finally knew to go to the hospital.
She’s done jumping jacks. That didn’t work either. Nothing is working, that baby is a grade a selfish jerk.
I’m probably going to sound like a dripping, soaked, absolutely drenched blanket here…
…but is this getting dangerous for her, and if so, can they induce labour?
Well, one woman I knew had a kid after 12 or so hours of hellish labor. For her second kid, I was the designated driver. Unfortunately, on the day we had to go, my truck died a horrible death and my only transport was a 750 Honda. I started to rent a car for the occasion but the lady vetoed the idea.
She had me running over every set of railroad tracks and other bumps all the way to the hospital.
It was unsafe as hell but the kid was out within an hour or so.
Testy
Well, and this may be a smidge TMI, so look away if you must! The due date of the 17th is based on the ultrasounds she’s had at a different doctor. She moved mid pregnancy and had to switch everything over and- long story short- after getting screwed by the system, she’s just barely getting her insurance back. The doctors at the hospital she’s been going to wont go by the date from the ultrasounds, but rather the date of her last period. Which would be fine, normally, except she had various sicknesses before she got pregnant (not any more, thankfully) and was quite irregular. So, the doctors at the hospital she is delivering at said they wont induce until two weeks after the date the decided on based on her periods. That date was yesterday (23). The ultrasound prediction was the 17th.
The doctor she is working with said he wont induce before two weeks after his due date because it’s bad for the baby. I. . .don’t know why or how, but I’m neither a doctor nor a mother. She doesn’t quite understand it herself, but obviously it is preferential for the baby to come as naturally as possible. This is the same doctor that, after telling her she was low on amniotic fluid and probably wouldn’t carry to term AND would likely need a c section, said he wont schedule a c section because they are bad for babies.
Needless to say she’s a little less than happy with the service she’s getting, but up until about two days ago she was insuranceless and taking what she could get. At this point, no doctor is going to take on a 9.5 month pregnant woman, so she has to stay with what she’s got.
As of right now, I’m in my sweet sweet bed on my laptop and she’s walking up and down the Las Vegas strip (with the husband! heh), attempting to make a baby fall out of her.
That really sucks about the insurance and being screwed by the system, and I’m sorry to hear that. Give her an extra hug for me? 
(Also: come on, baby! It’s really not that scary a place out here!)
The baby just knows that Kfed and Britney broke up. I mean, if there’s no hope for them, what hope is there for the rest of us? He’s going to stay up there until they get back together. Here’s hoping!
The only thing I’m hoping for out of that relationship is the possibility of a sex tape… 
(Incidentally, I saw a chick at a bar tonight who looks a lot like a young Britney, even though this woman was at least 21, since she was drinking in a bar.)
Has she tried really warm water on her nipples? Or, even gently pinching the nipples? That can stimulate uterine contractions. My first was late by ten days, and my doctor told me to put washrags as warm as I could stand on my nipples to try to stimulate labor. (No really warm water on the stomach though, remember.) The doctors caring for her now want to be sure the 2 week window of error is safely covered, to be absolutely certain the baby is full term when it is born. This is what I was told when I went in a week after my due date. That my due date was “give or take a week or two”. 36 weeks versus 38-40 weeks makes a big difference in the lungs of the baby. I feel for her. If it’ll make her chuckle, tell her she ought to charge the baby a set amount per day he is “overdue”, for rent. I don’t know if she’d laugh or cry at that. I get the feeling, that once her labor gets settled, things will go quickly.
My contractions started coming closer together - just like regular contractions, but they were still irregular. My midwives knew he was posterior, so they were fine with me coming in. I’d already tried a warm bath, walking, etc., and the contractions didn’t stop, so they figured it was real labor.
I ended up going in when they were between 4-6 minutes apart. They were incredibly painful, but I was still a slow progression - only 1 cm dilated when I got there. That’s common with posterior babies, though - if he remains in the posterior position, she really should expect a long, slow labor. But there are things she can do to get him out of it - get on all fours and rock on her hands and knees, sit on a birthing ball…granted, none of them worked on Baby B, but he was a stubborn little bugger. Spinning Babies can give her more tips on how to get him in the correct position.
E.
Has she tried raspberry leaf tea? It tastes yummy and may help. The scientific study did not conclude that it positively affects labor, but did show it was at worse harmless. The raw results showed it to be beneficial for labor, though the results were not statistically significant.
As I said, it is yummy. I took it three times a day starting the day before I was due and gave birth on my due date with a relatively easy labor.
I also did lots of sex, both oral and otherwise.
Take her to Cape Canaveral. They’ve got centerfuges that’ll shoot that fetal-asshole right out into a well-placed, fluffy, extra-large catcher’s mitt at the outside of the room.
Afterwards, remember to thank me.