Yesterday was my official due date. October the 15th. The day we've been told since week 26 we'd never ever make it to. No, we were told to hope for as many as 34 weeks, and if we were lucky we'd make it all the way to 36. No way in hell we'd go all 40 though, no siree. Nope, not with my sissy cervix. Any day now, they said. For the last month and a half.
So you might imagine we've become a bit impatient, however with no real reason to be. I'm now one day overdue. One. No, wait...at midnight tonight I'll be one day overdue. I'm a half day overdue. *sigh*
So if you have any folksy induction tips that do NOT include castor oil, red raspberry leaf, black cohosh, sex, gin, walking miles and miles, standing on ones head, jumping up and down, visualization, spicy food, more sex, or a hoolahoop (i.e. all the things we've tried or heard horror stories about and therefore will not try); please pass them along.
Swimming. Dancing. Blowing bubbles in the park (can that be done in New York in October? Not too cold yet? Never been there). Eating Greek food.
I have no idea if these things will induce labour, but I did them all the evening before going into labour with #2, just because they were fun things to do.
My favorite suggestion is to schedule a spa treatment, or a really fancy dinner out, because Murphy's Law should dictate that you go into labour. And, if you don't, you at least get to pamper yourself!
Posted by: Melania at October 16, 2006 06:22 PMYes, the Murphy's Law angle has the most promise, I bet. Over the weekend we were thinking we'd buy non-refundable, non-transferrable tickets to a show. But to work it would have to be a show I'd actually like to see (no fair buying $10 matinee seats for an off-off-off Broadway bomb), but nothing running piqued my interest.
I'll take my jar of bubbles with me on tonights dog walk. See how that works.
Posted by: anti at October 16, 2006 06:33 PMI was gonna answer this and then saw the no hulahoop stipulation. nevermind.
Posted by: monk at October 17, 2006 06:30 AMMaybe it's like hiccups. Except in reverse. I mean, that's not what I mean. Have someone startle you.
Boo!
Did that do anything?
Posted by: i, squub at October 17, 2006 08:25 AMone of my friends had great success with beer. and she ate wings. but the beer was helpful!
Posted by: alex at October 17, 2006 10:15 AMOr you could schedule coffee with my best friend. Twice in the past year she's had people cancel a coffee date because they were in labour - in the most recent case, the pregnant woman had the baby 3 weeks early, apparently just to avoid coffee with my friend . . .
Posted by: Melania at October 17, 2006 12:24 PMI say wait til Wednesday. Wednesday, good day for baby-having.
Posted by: titivil at October 18, 2006 01:02 PM