What are you doing to bring on the baby train?

[mainermoma]

Hi there,

I am 39 weeks and 4 days today, so I am totally ready to meet this baby. I have been taking walks everyday, doing yoga, sitting on the birth ball, drinking raspberry leaf tea everyday and trying to gather my strength. Now that I am off of work, I want to spend my time off with the new babe and not use my leave time waiting, but I don't have much say in the matter do I!! What have all of you been doing to get your body into labor?

[She2dancer]

I feel like I have been doing everything! I have been drinking RRL tea daily for many weeks, have been taking EPO orally and vaginally for the past week and a half. I have also been doing water aerobics, yoga and daily walks (this past week I have tried to include a hill or two in each of those walks). I have also tried to eat a whole pineapple and spicy curry followed by a roll in bed w/ DH I only sit on my birth ball when I am sitting, I have been burning clary sage oil hoping to encourage these sporadic contractions and most of all I am trying to RELAX!

It is so hard to relax when you know that meeting baby is only around the corner and you can't decide exactly when that is going to be. This whole waiting game is so hard for a type A personality like myself! Hubby insists it the baby is a stubborn girl just like me

[Mama~Love]

DH is threatening me with castor oil .

ETA: I don't think I'll do that though!!

[bc1995]

I have been doing lots of walking and some sex. I am mostly just trying to be patient. Now if I could just get everyone else (family/friends) to be as patient as I am it would be a whole lot easier!

[mlh]

She2dancer...you are doing everything!!
I am also doing walks, warm baths, spicy foods,epo, tea
who knows what if anything works? i think it just takes patience..which is hard for me. but at least I know within a few weeks I will have a new baby!

[njbeachgirl]

I'm doing all of the above (NOT castor oil though) EPO, RRL, walks, sex, etc. etc. my due date is tomorrow and no dilation, no engagement, nothin'. : I am SOOO ready. Also today I cried and pleaded for the baby to come out. I know she will come when she's ready, but I have been having contractions and bloody show, but then the MW said I am not dilated and my cervix is still way posterior. ugh.

[a~...Mamacitaa~...]

what is EPO???? sry..not my ddc...but i hope all your babys come out soon... so you can hold your lil angels close..

[tinkinpink84]

ive been trying the sex to induce labor and walking , my dr said all is ok basically just waiting on the kid to pop out lol but the sex part is hard when u gotta tell hubby to stop or youll puke lmao. all i get is some random contractions that taper off, i havent found the tea here yet to try it though

[mlh]

Originally Posted by *MAMACITA*

what is EPO???? sry..not my ddc...but i hope all your babys come out soon... so you can hold your lil angels close..

evening primrose oil

[~*~MamaJava~*~]

Just continuing to take my RRL caplets and EPO. Upping both of those a bit...that's all.

Wondering if my wacky hormone shift into crybaby land today means something