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Labor induction techniques that do not work

Since baby goulets due date is a mere 6 days away (what?), I have been taking it upon myself to try to speed up the process. Since I am still pregnant (Grrrrr) I count them all as failures.
1. Pineapple
- I had never heard of this one, but it came up on a google search. So I ate 2 cans of pineapple and drank almost a container of pineapple juice. The good news is that all that vitamin c kicked out the cold I was getting. But other than a vitamin boost, and thoughts of leaving for Hawaii the pineapple produced no uterus movement.
2. Raspberry leaf tea
- I like tea anyway, so this was not a stretch. But it did nothing. Then I read of an even better combo of drinking the tea and running up stairs 2 at a time. I was tempted to try this, but my fear of falling won and I did not. I don't want to damage baby Goulet, I just want him out.
3. Long walks
- Long walks have been a nice relaxing part of my day. And I can feel baby Goulet's body moving lower and lower as I walk. But no contractions, fail.
4. Pleading to God
- Jesus can you hear me??? Though I thought God would have mercy on me by this point, he has not. Apparently God doesn't think it's time for baby Goulet's arrival yet.


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Comments

  1. ValOctober 16, 2009 at 10:35 AM

    I drank a LOT of raspberry leaf tea in the two weeks befor Auggie was born, and i walked Stella for as least 45 min every morning. I had a great labor, so keep up with the tea and walking.

    he'll be here before you know it and then you'll be wishing you could put him back in very once and awhile. ;)

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