Eggplant parm and other wives' tales

mtngirl2007

I'm all about it. Just had some for lunch. Bring on the birthing time! I can't believe I'm almost at the top of the baby list and going to meet my baby any day now...it feels sooooo surreal. I'm just trying to enjoy these moments, give my dog lots of attention, feel on top of things and rest.

The wives' tales for inducing labor are purely for fun, but if my birthing time starts in the next 48 hours, I'm totally attributing it to the parm!!!

WineCat

I put the next full moon as my guess to when you'll have the baby.  So, you've got a couple of weeks.   

I think we need a bump pic.  

WonderRed

I'm still voting for this Thursday for you so start doing some squats and lunges or something!

goldenjes

I've never heard of the eggplant parm tale, but I wish you luck!

Mrs.Greeko

Let's see, walking, sex, membrane stripping,  spicy food, cinnamon stick tea, scrubbing the floors on your hands and knees, eggplant prm, pineapple, completely relaxing/meditation, talking to your baby and telling them to come out, labor cookies, mostly just the baby being ready.  My first didn't come till 41w4d so I tried almost everything...  Nothing really worked!  Didn't stop me from trying all the OWT the second and third times though!  Good luck!

ruby soho

I had lots of sex, bounced on an exercise ball, had my membranes stripped and walked a lot the week Lizzie was born. Oh! And the full moon too (:

whitdog23

Mrs.Greeko:

Let's see, walking, sex, membrane stripping,  spicy food, cinnamon stick tea, scrubbing the floors on your hands and knees, eggplant prm, pineapple, completely relaxing/meditation, talking to your baby and telling them to come out, labor cookies, mostly just the baby being ready.  My first didn't come till 41w4d so I tried almost everything...  Nothing really worked! Good luck!

This - all to no avail (and add in running the stairs at Red Rocks in an attempt to shake DS out ).  Hopefully you have better luck!

carrierrie

Get down on your hands and knees and paint trim   We were finishing our basement and the baby's room and I my water broke immediately followed by labor 9 days before my due date.  I think there's something to be said about physical nesting.  Look at Dolly's post

DownToEarthGirl

To add to the mix of wives tales...hiking and squats.  I hiked up a South Table Mountain as fast as I could the day before DS#1's birth and went to the top of Mt. Evans (change in pressure and hiking) a couple days before DS#2's birth.  That's also good dog-bonding time to take the dog with you. 

 

schoolsoutbride

With O, I did evening primrose oil by my cervix at night. Water broke in the middle of the 3rd night at 38w5d.

With the babies, DH said he needed until Wednesday to clear stuff up at work, so he asked me to hold off on nice long walks until then. (By that point, a trip to target had me contractions bad enough I had to stop to breathe through them.) My water broke at 1am on Wednesday (so he missed that day at work anyway, but hey, he didn't clarify )

bethanyturon

Yay!  I wonder which of us will go first!!!

LittleMissGreenEyes

I'm swearing by the pedicure and walking, I went into labor that night, granted it lasted for two days, but hey it started everything!

dolly1030

With BOTH boys for me it was evening primrose oil, a big walk that day, chicken parmesan, foreplay and sex!! I did it the night before labor with DS2 just to see if it would work the same as DS1 and sure enough I had a baby by the next night!