Here we are, one week away from baby’s due date. So far, nothing to report. I was all kinds of optimistic about baby coming the first week of September, but I guess he pays no heed to my optimism. Instead we remain firmly and largely pregnant.
The fun of the last week or so is focused on all the wild rumors of tricks for inducing labor. The most popular recommendation seems to be to eat spicy food and have sex. If you’ve ever been a 39 weeks pregnant lady, you know full well that the last two things on your mind are sex and spicy food. Mixing spicy food with my heart-burn and indigestion would most definitely induce something to be forced out, but a baby probably is not that thing. As for sex, well, as I’ve said before.. It’s quite hard to give anyone a convincing “come hither” look as you waddle around with an extra 40 lbs on your body, most of which is centered around a huge watermelon baby-belly. Nevertheless, I’ll admit that Rick took one for the team and gave it a whirl, but so far, no positive results.
The next trick we’re on to trying is the Labor Inducing Salad from the infamous Caioti Pizza Cafe in Studio City. Rick’s sister first mentioned it to me and now Jamie says she’ll pick one up for me this weekend to give it a try. Apparently the magic ingredient is balsamic vinegar. I’ve heard about that separately and have been enjoying mixing balsamic with fresh mozzarella since last week. Again, so far, no results. Who knows though.. I read a review that says someone from Good Day LA went there to try it while she was pregnant and she went into labor the next day.
Next on the list: foot massage. More gossip claims there’s a pressure point on a woman’s foot that can induce labor. Sounds interesting to me. I need a pedicure anyway, so it’s worth a try.
Any other ideas folks? Suggestions?
Oh yeah, and another fast fact: Only 5% of babies are born on their actual due date. Since we all know we’re dealing with the 1% baby already, we wouldn’t put it past him to tack on an additional against-all-odds bit to his record. If that happens, we’ll definitely have to take him to Vegas and bet it all on double-zeros on roulette!
