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@MissLace: I've never heard of eating dates to help with labor. It's interesting to hear about all these things people are trying. Let me know if it helps!

Found it! Small but legitimate study... Only 6 dates a day and all these benefits?! Why isn't this better known?! Can't hurt to try! http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21280989

@MissLace: I had heard it, but hadn't tried. I'm going to pick some up! I've been drinking RRL tea and started taking Evening Primrose Oil.

@aprild: We had some crazy storms today, too, but they were over a few hours ago. Not sure where you are, but we're on the coast. The thunder woke LO up from his nap early

@MissLace: I just read about the dates thing earlier this week.
For anyone eating them, if you want a good snack, put a tiny bit of peanutbutter on each one! amazing!
My wife told me I need to be doing all these things; evening primrose oil, black or blue
Cohosh, nipple stimulation, and lots and lots of sex. She reccomended these especially since she won't do any sort of medical induction for a VBAC. My husband was quite interested in some of them, as you can imagine. I feel like she clearly doesn't remember what a circus end of pregnancy sex can be!

@getjazzy: LO was born during a tornado!!

Haha someone posted this pregnancy meme in one of my FB groups

@aprild: Gotcha

And hahaha that meme is pretty accurate!

@AprilD LOL! That pic, I'm dying!! I am not allowed to have sex until I get to 37 weeks since it might send me into preterm labor. Too bad. I also feel you on the storms! I am in Florida (on the coast) and I am a little afraid of going into labor when there's a hurricane coming! It's unlikely but not impossible this time of year!

I'm officially 34 weeks today!!!! Yeehaw. So excited to have made it this far.

@buttermilk: Evening primrose oil is suppose to help soft and thin out the cervix. It won't dilate you but by thinning you out, it makes if easier for the baby and your body do the dilation. There are some controversies about it because studies have shown it isn't effective and since it's also a blood thinner, it *could* increase chances of bleeding/hemmorage. It hasn't been studied very much which I guess is one of the issues with it but lots and lots of people use it and when I was doing my googling, a ton of people reported shorter and less painful labours. Some also actually reported that it helps prevent tearing? Who knows! Planning to ask my OB about it today.

Almost in the teens! 20 days over here!

@MrsADS: Yay! Hope baby stays put a bit longer.

@buttermilk: I'm at 31 days if you go by my EDD (29 if you go by when I think I O'ed). But I'm definitely feeling like I'll be happy if this baby arrives a couple weeks ahead of schedule. I've been struggling the last few days-- physically exhausted (even when I get a decent night's sleep), strange bouts of nausea in the evenings and I feel like I've pulled a muscle in my crotch. My walks to/from the metro for work everyday are starting to become challenging too.

I spent an hour last night googling early signs of labor-- not sure at this point whether it is anxiety or wishful thinking

I have my 36 week appointment and my GBS test tomorrow!

This is going to sound weird, but I hope my baby isn't born in July. I doubt he will be more than 9 days early, but I have negative associations with guys born in July. All of my college ex boyfriends were July babies - isn't that crazy? I didn't find this out until I had been dating each of them a little while, and they would tell me their birthdays. After having bad breakups with most of them, I decided that guys born in July just weren't for me. My husband is born in March, so he broke the trend. Anyway, I know it's crazy, but it's always stuck with me lol.

@buttermilk: It's so weird! Sunday and Monday both, I felt fine all day and then 5-6pm hits and I feel like I'm going to barf for no apparent reason. It usually goes away after an hour or two but I have to force myself to eat dinner. So strange.

Mmm I love dates so I'll definitely be giving that a try!

I had a little scare last night. I went to bed feeling a bit crampy and then woke up in the middle of the night in quite a bit of pain. It was mainly concentrated in my lower left abdomen and lower back. It was so painful that I couldn't sit still. The pain was constant but I could still feel my uterus tightening every once in awhile. I tried timing it and it would happen every 5-20 mins so there didn't seem to be any real pattern to it. I started panicking that I was in labor. It subsided enough for me to go back to sleep after about 2-2.5 hours though and this morning I feel fine. Not sure what all that was about but it was scary.

@FliegepilzHut: @getjazzy: yeah they are kind of like prunes, but a bit of a different taste. Like brown sugar/molasses kind of taste.

@Portboston: wait I'm confused now. How is this full moon thing possible?

@Portboston: okay that's better still, I bet we will get some August babies out of it!!

@buttermilk: Ok...worth a try, then!

@lilteacherbee: Ah! Exciting! We bought yogurt last week and I was telling DH that we will have 2 kids when it expires

@buttermilk: I plan to, but I'm an information junkie! I think it depends on your personality, if you'd rather focus on numbers or how you are feeling. No right or wrong, just preference!