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January 2012 Moms
abbsg
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I love the unsolitcited advice so many share these last few days
abbsg
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Hi everyone,
I am 38 weeks tomorrow and think the comments others have given me are so interesting. Tonight a waitress told me she swallowed 1 cod liver oil vitamin and went into labor the next day. A cashier told me to have sex (most common) then said once the contractions come on I will want to go back in time. (I disagree and cant wait to have baby).
Last night my rents tell me to have spicy food which I did, which did nothing.
I really think baby will come when baby wants to. I am due Jan 2 and would love the idea of having baby and being able to enjoy Christmas with my family and be home from the hospital but I know when I was born I was 3 weeks late, which makes me wonder.
Last week, Dr checked me and I was about 3 cm dialted and 80% effaced. No contractions yet or water breaking.
Who knows?
Good luck to everyone due in the coming weeks. Take care 
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Re: I love the unsolitcited advice so many share these last few days
You just never know. Your LO will come when he/she is good and ready, regardless of what you eat/do. Of course that doesn't mean I'm not trying just about everything myself.
I'm due 1/3 and also "1 cm and very soft" so maybe we'll be labor buddies
But in all reality...my whole family keeps trying to get me to do different things to bring on labor. I'm convinced none of them will work, so I don't even bother! On the other hand, I can't wait to meet her 
I'm in a completely torn state where I would love to go into labor now, but I still really want to go past Christmas. I still have a few things I need to do cleaning wise or that I just really want to get done, so that helps and the fact that my H works at a grocery store and does stocking. He will leave if I go into labor and they will work around that, but it would not be a good week before Christmas for him and he'd lose out on a lot of accepted OT.
At my last dr. appt for 37 weeks, they didn't even check because they were so short staffed that day. But I am kind of glad because I don't have any numbers bothering me as I know they don't really tell you when baby will come. I've been checked twice before that and I was still completely closed with no progress.
I suppose I could take advantage of my H or do some nipple stimulation but both sound like way too much effort. Although I'm sure H seeing some nipple stimulation would lead to sex so that would be two things that might work. Spicy food is out though. I get heartburn from water so no need to make myself miserable.
Someone asked me if I was going to eat some spicey food to try and induce labor the other day...
I asked them back, "If spicey food induces labor how come mexican food isnt banned for pregnant women?"
At my appointment last week i was 1-2 cm, 70% effaced, and I'm ready for baby to come any time now! I spent the day with my dad, his fiance, & my step-sisters yesterday & they were having me walk around a lot and suggesting all these methods for going into labor because we also think it would be so special to have baby here for Christmas!
Good luck to you as well!