My daughter was born 16 days late. She was born less than 12 hours before I was scheduled to go in and be induced.
I had Braxton Hick contractions pretty early, but no progress. After my due date, I spent about 2 weeks trying everything under the sun to get labor to start (accupuncture, accupressure, ridiculously long hilly hikes, long bumpy car rides, EPO, black and blue cohoch, castor oil, spicy food, ginger tea, RRL tea, sex, etc.).
Then I decided to stop trying so hard and just take some time off and relax, since the hospital induction seemed unavoidable at that point.
It was only after a day of not trying to naturally induce myself that I finally went into labor on my own.
I had Braxton Hick contractions pretty early, but no progress. After my due date, I spent about 2 weeks trying everything under the sun to get labor to start (accupuncture, accupressure, ridiculously long hilly hikes, long bumpy car rides, EPO, black and blue cohoch, castor oil, spicy food, ginger tea, RRL tea, sex, etc.).
Then I decided to stop trying so hard and just take some time off and relax, since the hospital induction seemed unavoidable at that point.
It was only after a day of not trying to naturally induce myself that I finally went into labor on my own.
