Comments on: Go beyond prego pizza + meet your baby already

By: Holden’s birth story: preeclampsia

Holden’s birth story: preeclampsia — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:42:38 +0000

[...] for my pregnancy because it sounded cool. My husband, Alec, stayed home from work on the 4th and we tried all the stuff: sex, meaty “prego pizza”, and a stationary scooter “ride” to simulate a [...]

By: Week 16 BUMPdate « How the Wild Things Are

Week 16 BUMPdate « How the Wild Things Are — Fri, 06 May 2011 22:45:59 +0000

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By: Brandy

Brandy — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:47:35 +0000

Gotta say, the Prego Pizza from Skipolini’s is a BAD IDEA. Don’t want to be too nasty here, but that pizza will give you and everyone who eats it really nasty gas. And let’s just say that if you happen to go into labor within a couple days of eating it… and perhaps you happen to be one of those unlucky ladies who passes a little poo while you’re pushing… well, you see where I’m going. STINKY! Just trust me, I’m speaking from experience here… do not eat the pizza if you’re close to giving birth! Although I have to admit that it sure is a tasty pizza!

By: Milo’s birth story (the funny one)

Milo’s birth story (the funny one) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:52:47 +0000

[...] a day spent wolfing down jump-start-your-labor ginger cookies and an evening enjoying the Oscars at Whitney’s house, I went to bed feeling a little [...]

By: Sahara

Sahara — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:16:17 +0000

Castor oil makes you violently ill – throwing up, diahrrea, etc. It’s that which can sometimes induce labor. I’m not sure why anyone would want to put themselves through such misery to begin a painful labor, especially since sometimes you don’t stop being sick for the whole labor!

By: beck

beck — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:24:48 +0000

I made these yesterday, i could only eat two because they are so disgusting! I was getting sick while trying to eat the third…So still preggo, guess i will just stick to walking. Good luck everyone.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:58:14 +0000

We tried sex, acupuncture, raspberry leaf tea and evening primrose oil, including oral capsules and rubbing some on my husband’s penis before sex. I’m convinced that it was the acupuncture that did the trick but who knows? I was already 9 days late. 16 hours after I got acupuncture, I started having contractions(and I hadn’t had ANY by then) and 16 hours later, our daughter FINALLY arrived(on 8/8/08).

I went to an acupuncturist specializing in reproductive health. She offered to meet me at the hospital in case I had to be induced and said that acupunture could help inductions go more smoothly and less painfully. I didn’t know that was an option so I set it up and thankfully, had to cancel.

By: Allison

Allison — Sun, 09 May 2010 13:45:04 +0000

My theory was that babies come at inconvenient times. So I tried to create those times. I’d go for long drives, with little gas, leaving my cell phone at home. I always let my cell phone batteries die. I was convinced I’d go into labor in the church at a March 3rd wedding I went to (L was born on March 7). But, alas, none of it worked.

By: bopeeplady

bopeeplady — Sat, 08 May 2010 05:07:35 +0000

Hey Jessica, it’s not selfish if you’re trying to avoid induction or a c-section! I was induced with my first and it SUCKED – I wanted to avoid that with my second, so started drinking raspberry leaf tea like crazy the day after my “due date”. 5 hours after my second cup, the contractions started. 5 hours after that, we had a baby boy. I recommend it to all the pregnant ladies I know.

By: Rhiannon

Rhiannon — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:10:29 +0000

We tried it all too! We weren’t trying because he was late but rather because I had had two days of very tiring “early, disorganized labor” and was trying to have a natural birth. After two days of sleeping, walking, eating spicy food, bouncing on a yoga ball, scrubbing floors (which DID get him to turn out of posterior!) and nothing… we tried the evening primrose oil vag. suppository, sex, and nipple stimulation. Ten hours later we had our little boy! But my midwife told me, those things will only work if your body is actually ready to have the baby. If you aren’t, it won’t work at all.
I do have to agree though- after having him, I wondered why I was in such a hurry!

By: kachina Hoag

kachina Hoag — Fri, 07 May 2010 04:59:16 +0000

Curb walking! I was overdue and sooo swollen & i heard about walking for an hour or so with one foot on the curb the other on the street, switching sides every ten minutes. Really silly, but 2 hours later my water broke. I told a friend who was overdue about “curb walking” & she laughed and said she would try it & she had the baby that night. so who knows

By: Dylsmom

Dylsmom — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:22:17 +0000

When I was pregnant I was so miserable and impatient. I was scared to try all of the tricks mentioned in your blog but I did do some bending and reaching (cleaning up) and my contractions started the same day. Though they were mild, a day later the real contractions came and I had him a day before my due date.