Get this baby out! Any tips?

[Pumpkin20]

Raspberry leaf tea? - check
Curry? - check
Fresh pineapple? - check
Sex? - with difficulty, but check

Is there anything else I can try?

Huge, desperate and grumpy.

I was late with the lovely (but screamy) three week old little boy who is currently asleep on my chest,
and I too was very, very large and very very fed up,

I also tried everything on your list as well as lots of long walks, and nipple stimulation, I was willing to try anything

what you probably don't want to hear is I don't think any of it helped and he just came along when he was ready not when I was ready. (although in my case my waters broke but he still didn't seem to want to make an appearance so was induced in the end)

I am sure that others will have said this but it will happen the baby can't stay there forever.

Sex, pineapple, curry, sweep, driving over bumpy country lanes...none of these worked for me with ds1 so I just relaxed with the others and they all turned up, all late, but all healthy!

(not sure I'd recommend curry. Do you really want to have had a recent curry when labour starts?)

I'm going to hesitantly suggest castor oil if you're very desperate. It worked for dc2 when I couldn't face another induction, but it isn't much fun.

It was recommended by my hospital midwife with the words "I'm not allowed to recommend this but the only thing that actually works is..."

Be warned: you will be on the loo for a few hours after taking it, so I suggest you try it in the morning, rather than last thing at night. Suggested dose is 30-60ml (best knocked back in a glass of fruit juice!). The risk is that you can get dehydrated from the subseqent upset tummy, so you do need to be careful. On the plus side, it just means there's less to come out during actual labour !

I did this at 8am, was on the loo (not too badly) on and off until around midday. Then spent about 5 hours on my feet in the kitchen bulk cooking. When I sat down at 5pm the contraction kicked straight in.

Good luck

A variation on fillybuster's suggestion that I've heard of is castor oil in sarsparilla (ie - American Root beer). There's apparently something in the root beer that helps with prepping your body as well. Two good friends of mine have both used it with some success (either that or happy coincidence)

reflexology

What worked for me was soft play with my toddler, followed by swimming in the afternoon, then more soft play the next day. I'd worked through your list first too.

DD gave up and set off out the next morning.

Good luck!