Well, I had another doctor's appointment this morning, and no new news. He "stripped my membranes" (ew...) to try to get things started, which left me hurting and very anxiously laying on a towel counting the seconds between cramps wondering was that a contraction? Andy is just as anxious, asking me periodically "Are we about to go to the hospital?" No, hon... it doesn't appear that way.
.... Damn.
You know, despite how lucky I have been, I think every woman reaches a point, usually BEFORE her due date, when she just wants to not be pregnant anymore and will try just about anything to make that so. Of course, they share all their tricks with first-timers like myself and while a week or so ago I chuckled at the thought of bouncing on a yoga ball playing with my nipples and choking down castor oil, I now find my self thinking It can't really taste THAT bad, can it?
Last night I went out to eat with some friends and decided it would be a good idea to add hot sauce to everything the server put in front of me and then walk the 3(ish) miles back to my house to try to send myself into labor. No labor, but as I meandered home with leg cramps, blistered feet and raging heartburn, I realized something: women will try anything, and then when they coincidentally go into labor while doing one of their little labor-inducing tricks, they credit their labor to said trick. If their water breaks while they are brushing their teeth, it's definitely the Colgate! If they were doing laundry, it's the incredible smell of Downy that did it!
I know so many of you are anxiously awaiting a call, or a post with adorable pics of our little girl, and for that I'm sorry. Apparently my uterus is far too comfortable a place for her... I'll have to work on that.
Sorry you haven't had any luck yet. I feel the same way about all the ways to induce labor. When the baby is ready, he or she will come, no matter what has been done. I'm getting induced Monday! Hopefully you don't have too much longer.
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