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Hope I'm getting close....*Vent*
  • TattmomTattmom
    Posts: 17Member

    So I am 38 weeks along and as of last week only dialated to 1.5cm. 50% effaced yadda yadda yadda.  So last weekend I went on a spicy food bender, even going so far as to eat buffalo sauce (I hate the taste and smell of buffalo sauce).  DH and I went walking in the mall the other day, we have been getting intimate more frequently and still nothing.  Until today.  I havent really had much in the way of braxton hicks so I'm not sure what's going on right now.  Every 10-15 mins I have a contraction, it hurts but it's not awful (like when I had DD).  I can still function, talk, move around and all that. I hope I'm getting close, I'm HUGE and It's super hot out.  I see the dr tomorrow morning for my check up and should see how things are progressing.  Does anyone have any other ideas on how to get this going a little faster. 

    I guess I'm a little spoiled, my DD was born 3 weeks early at 8lbs 3oz.  So I suppose I sorta expected the same this time around.

    Thanks for reading, really no point to this post.  Just kinda felt like getting it all out.

  • meandmy243meandmy243
    Posts: 6,348Member
    Good luck.. Babies come when they want... but you dont have much longer
    mom of wild children
    going to the chapel 7/5/2014
  • canadamom
    Posts: 867Member
    I was told Raspberry Tea would help soften your cervix and help get things going.  It had to be bought at a health food store - not just processed tea at the grocery store.  

    I was also told to take mineral oil to get your bowels moving as the nerves that control BM's interact with the nerves that cause contractions - so if you get your bowels moving it was supposed to help stimulate the nerves to the uterus to help get labor going.

    My Obgyn at my last appointment before my due date with DS14 - did some sort of stretchy thing inside while checking my cervix which put me into labor about 6 hours later.  It wasn't pleasant but it worked.  
  • BeachyBeachy
    Posts: 3,938Member
    I got nothing, but good luck and Congratulations!
    Searching for my lost shaker of salt.
  • Pumpkinmama
    Posts: 122Member
    I'm with ya! Two weeks to go and miserable in this heat! I have given up on all self-inducing labor techniques, this is my 4th baby and none of it has ever worked for me. I'm also having contractions, some braxton hicks, and some quite painful, but still no labor. With the first 3 I tried everything to get it going, #1 was 5 days late, #2 was 4 days late, and #3 was 9 days early, so given my odds there's a chance I'll pass my due date right on by! Lol! Good luck to you, and hang in there, either way you don't have much longer to go! :)
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