Everyone is trying to offer ways to help induce and a few people said Castro oil which I’m not down…

As soon as I hit 38 weeks on November 5th I'm going to start chowing down on pineapple and anything else that softens my cervix. Walking is like repeatedly stabbing myself in the cervix with a knife so I'm going to hopefully get an exercise ball and start bouncing as well. I don't want to necessarily induce labor, but I want to make it easier for him to come when he's ready. Lol

@damiensmommy1117, squats will make it easier. Try doing 100 a day until you deliver

@damiensmommy1117, I’m due November 5th and only 1 cm dilated. I’ve walked and have had plenty of sex and both are becoming to much. I’ll be 39 weeks on sunday so buying an exercise ball is pointless at this point. I just don’t know what else to do. I think if I’m still between 1-3 cm dilated on the 3rd, I’m going to ask them to induce me. Everything is just so painful at this point.

@mamabree92

Idk if I can manage even a tenth of that 😅 every time I squat to sit down my cervix burns so much and it feels like it's being stabbed with a knife until my butt reaches whatever surface I'm aiming for 😂

@caityyy_lynnn

Oh jeez, I hope you can get yourself progressing! I can't imagine how much pain you must be in, I thought I was prepared for the pain starting and I so was not. With the amount of pain I'm already in, I can't imagine how much its going to hurt when I get to where you are. I'm honestly so scared. 😖

@damiensmommy1117, ohhh my nvm then. I haven’t been pregnant in 8 years, I’m 30 weeks now. So I forgot what all the pre delivery feels like lol.

@damiensmommy1117, the painful part is just all the pressure and back pain. I can’t stay asleep anymore and the shooting pain that goes from my hips to my legs. That’s why I’m trying to find ways to help but not even the common walking and sex helps.

I believe the tea just prepares your body for Labor it doesn’t really induce you . A lot of moms on here start it like a month before the due date.

99% of things that people think will help start labor only actually help women who are already in early labor.

Nothing is working because your body is not ready.

Inducing before it's necessary can lead to other complications that may land you in more pain such as having an emergency csection because you aren't progressing. Pregnancy is hard and it sucks, but the best thing you can do for yourself is try some relaxation techniques. Relaxing the body can allow it to progress. When you're anxious and tense it can actually stall labor from progressing or starting.

@arivera64, my doctor keeps telling me to walk to help with dilating, but I walk so much. I have Braxton Hicks, I’m having pressure everywhere so I wouldn’t say I’m not ready, it’s just taking my body time. I’m not really looking to induce labor but more of looking at things to help soften my cervix and dilate.

@mamabearof2, it’s worth a shot to try. Especially with all the pain I’m in.

@caityyy_lynnn, I totally feel you . I’m having a scheduled csection in like 9 days. I’m just holding out until then . Even though he’s trying to come way before that

Well good luck. Most women just end up tiring themselves out. Our bodies don't really need all of this extra stuff you progress.

The tea is a good uterine toner and can help you once you're in labor but it won't induce labor

@mamabearof2, I feel so much pressure in my pelvic area and the contractions come and go but nothing.. I see my OB again at 39 weeks and 5 days so I’m scared I won’t be dilated anymore than I am now.. @arivera64, I try to walk as much as possible and keep the light exercise going. Like I said, I’m not trying to so hardly induce labor but my due date is nearly a week away and the pain is getting to be unbearable.

Dilation before labor means nothing. Don't get discouraged. This is why I give my clients resources so that most of them choose to decline cervical checks. They lead to stress and anxiety. Things are getting painful because you're very close. It's going to end very soon so just try your best to find things to relax you. Tylenol pm, warm baths, massage, etc. Take this last bit of time to pamper yourself.

@caityyy_lynnn, yes feels like a bowling ball between your legs. Sometimes I can barely walk. I’ll have contractions really close together than it stops

@arivera64, I’ve tried but I can’t stay asleep for more than 3 hours if that and warm showers do nothing. My doctor just keeps telling me to walk but I don’t even walk anymore, I waddle with terrible back pain and pressure. @mamabearof2, it doesn’t even feel like a bowling ball, I can’t explain the feeling. But the strikes of pain that hit in my vagina area is something else.

Well it's almost over. We all go thru it. It's rough. I've done it 4 times. I know how you feel. Just hang in there. You're at the finish line. You got this. You don't need to walk anymore. Almost nothing you do is gonna make that baby come before it's ready. Not even induction.

@caityyy_lynnn, sounds like baby is pressing on your cervix maybe .

@arivera64, induction is because my moms job. She’s a bus driver and does a lot of field trips and is hours away. So that’s why that would be my last thing to try. Everyone says it’s almost over but it doesn’t feel like it is.

@mamabearof2, I don’t even know. She’s been head down pretty much since she got big enough to be head down.

Pregnancy only lasts a certain amount of time. It is a fact that it's almost over. 😉

@arivera64, my aunt went a month over her due date..

Yes ppl go overdue. Usually that far overdue is a miscalculation. Generally doctors do not allow more than 2 to 3 weeks overdue for risk of stillbirth. Even gooing overdue.... the pregnancy still had to end at some point. You'll be ok. I've been trying to lift you up and speak encouraging words but there's not much more I could say. I hope you start labor soon and that you have a smooth delivery.

@arivera64, I’m sorry.. it’s just a lot of pain that my body is going through all at once. There’s not much for me to enjoy anymore, sadly. Leaving the house and walking around is a hassle. I do appreciate it, just feeling discouraged.

I understand.

@caityyy_lynnn, I suggest not getting induced until at least a week overdue. It should be a last resort. I was induced and me and my daughter almost died because of it and I was in labor 2 days

@eryka616, my OB won’t induce me till after my due date.

I started to drink my chamomile tea one day before delivery and i walled 2 miles it helped i know its hard to walk but the point of it is to power walk help you baby get his head in pelvic area so it can help you and baby in delivery and the chamomile helps you relax you so you can open i thought was 39 weeks but according to the 1st ultrasound i got don down hill when i live there it was 38 so i end up having baby at 38 weeks anothere thing i did was jump on a ball while. Watching tv

With my third i schedule to get induce every thing went well it just takes longer

@caityyy_lynnn. The pressure helps baby go down its work you need to do for you and baby my last baby i felt like it was the most work i had to put for him to get out i took a week of power walks and i tryed teas and warm baths they help belive it or not when you push you will remember walking really works oh have sex the more sex walks the more you help you self and baby you can do it just focus dont push your self to the point you cant no more but power walk and if you need to sit sit or rest do so but keep power walking