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Hit me with your 'old wives tales'

46 replies

Lizi192 · 26/10/2017 21:09

Hi all. Tomorrow is D-Day and not a twinge 😕. Baby is still bouncing on top of my pelvis, I'm desperate to go into labour soon. I'm willing to try anything at this moment in time.

Here are some off limits:
Hot curries- I'm intolerant
Sex- partner is in the army
Nipple stimulation- my nips are ridiculously sore as it is..
Bounce on birth ball-i don't have one.

Hit me with what you've got ladies 😁

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Santawontbelong · 26/10/2017 21:10

Hoover the whole house. .

YouCantArgueWithStupid · 26/10/2017 21:10

Resign yourself to another 2 weeks of pregnancy. Worked for me! Woke up in labour 4h later 😂

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Lizi192 · 26/10/2017 21:18

Santawontbelong- actually done that today and on my hands and knees washing the laminate flooring 😂

YouCantArgueWithStupid- I kind of have, i was 8 days overdue with my 1st, I had to be induced, convinced it's going to happen again 😕

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Mugglenet · 26/10/2017 21:22

Cod liver oil. Mix with orange juice. 😉

YouCantArgueWithStupid · 26/10/2017 21:25

Book an appointment every other day for the next 2 weeks?

Hairdressers
Mani/pedi
Brow appointment
Lash extensions
Etc

At least then if babe is mega late you’ll look fab in the delivery room Wink

WinkyisbackontheButterBeer · 26/10/2017 21:25

Don't do what I did and eat a full pineapple. It did jack all and my mouth was sore for days.

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Lizi192 · 26/10/2017 21:28

Ooh I could do with abit of pampering haha.

Orange juice gives me mega heart burn 😕 and I deffo won't be trying the pineapple then haha

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OldWitch00 · 26/10/2017 21:28

Cod liver, and or castor oil can be really dangerous so leave that old wives tale in the 1950’s.
As for sex...sperm helps but not necessary, try just the orgasm part.

YouCantArgueWithStupid · 26/10/2017 21:36

Put brand new luxury bed linen on the bed? Waters are bound to go all over them!

Wear your new slippers?

Prep a lovely dinner?

Book a table at your fav restaurant?

Have you looked at the moon cycles and when you fell pregnant? Mine suggested I’d go into labour on the Wednesday and that day it all started.....then stopped 6h later 😂 I’m not woo at all but gave me a laugh

readysetcake · 26/10/2017 21:38

Totally agree with resigning yourself to the wait. I was convinced I'd have a long wait and cried to my husband that baby wouldn't come with induction. And bam, my waters broke!
I also had been for a 5 mile country walk day before and been having clary sage oil baths. Good luck!

readysetcake · 26/10/2017 21:39

baby wouldn't come without* induction

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Lizi192 · 26/10/2017 21:44

I think I need to unpack my new pjs and slippers then resign to a long wait 😂😂

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YouCantArgueWithStupid · 26/10/2017 21:49

Im 21 weeks so feel free to come back and tell me the same thing in March Grin

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Lizi192 · 26/10/2017 21:53

Haha. Waiting is so much easier said than done really. Every day from now is going to drag

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YouCantArgueWithStupid · 26/10/2017 21:55

I remember it well!

Hit me with your 'old wives tales'
Choccablock · 26/10/2017 21:56

Accupuncture? It can induce labour!

ForeverHopeful21 · 27/10/2017 08:57

You need to find someone willing to give you a foot massage - back of the ankle and inside of the foot and pressure points on the sole of foot. These are the areas avoided in pregnancy massage as it's thought to 'induce labour'.
I told my friend to do it when she was 2 days overdue and probably a coincidence but she had the baby that night x

yoyoyoyoyo · 27/10/2017 16:56

Go on a train journey. One that stops a lot, not at a station platform but waiting on lights to change in the middle of nowhere. Preferably with terrible mobile reception.

That kicked me off into a very fast labour.

Make plans to do nice stuff. Agree about eyelash and brow tint and shape. Perhaps eyelash extensions. Haircut etc. Is win-win.

yoyoyoyoyo · 27/10/2017 16:57

How is your walking? Could you go for a long walk (with a friend!)

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Lizi192 · 27/10/2017 20:56

I have been walking loads these last couple of weeks. And I can't cope with people touching my feet

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YouCantArgueWithStupid · 27/10/2017 21:23

So tell me what you’re having done to your hair? Brows? Nails? Etc and how excited you are about your appointments (baby might hear and start getting a wriggle on!)

And please do update when baby is born

LorelaiVictoriaGilmore · 28/10/2017 08:11

Ds came 5 weeks early and I am so convinced it was because of my commute. I recommend spending two and a half hours a day walking and going on trains and tubes and then at the end of the day climbing a massive hill! My neighbour who was doing the same commute (and lives on the same hill) also have birth five weeks early!

scrivette · 28/10/2017 13:07

Book or plan something really nice, just for you in a couple of days time, baby is blind to arrive before hand.

Have an orgasm, worked with both of mine, DH refused so I just took myself off to bed early! Blush

Can you eat chilli? I had loads of chilli olive oil on salad the day before DS2 arrived.

Falconhoof1 · 28/10/2017 13:18

Raspberry leaf tea. I had some one day and was in labour the next. (Probably coincidence!)

Hazandduck · 28/10/2017 15:29

@scrivette that is my plan if sex with DH doesn’t work Blush It usually speeds up my period starting..maybe it will start my uterus off..But I am 38 weeks today and don’t want baby to come yet, I’m quite happy lounging about reading right now Grin
Good luck OP! This is my first so I’ll be keeping all these suggestions in mind for a couple of weeks time :)