Hmm... Yes, I believe that backfired.

ctygrlstl · August 2011

As you can see from my lovely ticker, I am a tad overdue. So, I decided, what the hey, sex and walking aren't doing anything, lets try the next thing on my list: Spicy foods! Yay! I love spicy food, and it gives me a great excuse to send hubby to Taco Bell. Now, I know what you're thinking, 'Taco Bell? So not spicy.' Well, with the addition of as many Fire Sauce packets as I could squeeze on there, it counts. Fire dripped from my chalupas like glorious, labor inducing gold (or so I thought...).

This was a learning experience, and I learned this:

1. Wow, acid reflux, I didn't realize you could get worse.

2. There is officially such a thing as too much fire sauce.

3. My LO does not like spicy food. Oh no, no he most certainly does not. He has never moved so much in his life. Ever. And my kidneys, lungs, diaphragm, and liver can all attest to that. I now know where all those organs really are.

4. Fire sauce lingers, right up to that next morning bowel movement. Joy.

So that happened... And I feel like an absolute moron. Anyone else have a natural method back"fire"? :-P

mamastich · August 2011

Oh my gosh! If im over due Ill be in your boat and i HATE hot stuff, my doula suggested red rasberry leaf tea (once I hit 37 wks) maybe give it a try

and good luck... i know I want this baby out!!

Disneygeek77 · August 2011

Well this is probably just as bad but my friend swears by White Castle.

ctygrlstl · August 2011

stw_77:
Well this is probably just as bad but my friend swears by White Castle.

WHAT!? Really?! My dad told me to try White Castle too, because it was my mom's last meal before I popped out. I thought he was nutso and it was just coincidence, but there's someone else out there who says it works, too? No way, small world. I must try this now, lol.

Disneygeek77 · August 2011

Yeah my friend didn't believe it either but her husband kept saying that it is what worked for all of his co-workers wives. Well she was overdue and they went to target to buy her bigger maternity clothes because she couldn't fit in hers anymore and she started to cry. He asked her is she wanted White Castle on the way home and she nodded yes. Sure enough, by 4 in the morning she was in labor.

lilmac2929 · August 2011

My friend has four kids and with EACH of them White Castle was her last meal. Maybe it does work...

ampetway · August 2011

Ohh!! We don't have White Castle but maybe Krystal will work!! My mom said Chinese food was her ticket to labor ville! We shall see! If not, scheduled for induction Sunday

LauraLovesJon · August 2011

ctygrlstl:
stw_77:
Well this is probably just as bad but my friend swears by White Castle.
WHAT!? Really?! My dad told me to try White Castle too, because it was my mom's last meal before I popped out. I thought he was nutso and it was just coincidence, but there's someone else out there who says it works, too? No way, small world. I must try this now, lol.

My guess is that it stimulates your bowls which can also trigger contractions, lol.

varkeyr · August 2011

oops! Well now you know. You might try something else like nipple stimulation.

raena242 · August 2011

LOL!! Thank you so much for that laugh! I'm sorry for your pain though! I read recently that castor oil starts labor.

CNAMamaof2 · August 2011

Ok, scratching that plan off my list Tongue Tied

weddingbells2010 · August 2011

Ouch! Sorry you learned that lesson...

In our birthing class this week, the nurse said that some people do believe that spicy foods help induce labor, but in her experience it just helps pregnant women come to L&D with full, greasy bellies and causes some... err... bowel concerns during delivery. If you think about it, it makes sense because your body is so focused on the act of L&D that it's not concerned with digestion- whatever goes in must come out, either during labor or sit there uncomfortably until after...

She said walking is really the best thing to get your heart rate going and as a way to use gravity to help bring the baby down.

Good luck!

mrsjenniferg2010 · August 2011

I was reading about eating pineapples can help induce. If you Google it you can find where woman are commenting on a post from babycenter.com. I think it was that site. A bunch said they went into labor after eating it. It must be fresh though. I think when I get to the end I may try it!

weddnplanninfun · August 2011

All wives tales with the spicy food etc..sorry you were in distress

My 1st child didn't want to come out either, induction failed + CSection followed.

katchowski · August 2011

I have eaten spicy food non-stop this entire pregnancy. Can't help it, I live in South Korea, if you don't eat spicy, you don't eat much.

I actually freaked out my FIL last May by filling my plate up with pepperoncinis when I flew bag for my SILs wedding. (they don't have those in korea... and I love them peppers) I didn't even know it was an OWT until then.

beloved09 · August 2011

I just want you all to know that because of this post, I skipped my weekly dinner plans (for Mongolian BBQ) to eat Taco Bell by myself! :P Hope it's just an OWT that it causes labor, because my baby needs to bake for a while longer!

jaeleigh25 · August 2011

Even if it doesn't put you in labor, it will give you the runs and clean things out so you won't poop when you deliver! HAHA!

Good luck! Hope "everything comes out ok!"

Corbin30 · August 2011

My family's OWT is ginger snaps. They seem to have worked for several people, and being forced to eat cookies? yes please! I think I ate half a pan of them the night I went into labor with my DD...granted I was 42 weeks, 3 days, and she HAD to come out eventually!

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