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I did Chinese food, which I think is just an old wives tale for Jews. Every single Jewish woman I've talked to ate Chinese the night before they gave birth..... except me.

I also did spicy food and lots of walking. But nothing worked, LO came on her due date when she wanted to come.

I walked a lot, ate lots of spicy food, lots of pineapple but nothing worked!

@PrincessBaby: I'm totally a believer when it comes to acupuncture! I was 2 days past my due date though and my mom had flown in from ca so I wanted baby out! Mom's an acupuncturist so it was convenient to get poked

Not sure if it was the acupuncture, but labor started fast 4 hours later.. So dunno.

Lots of women avoid pedicures and foot massages because one of the pressure points for going into labor is on the foot. Must be some truth to it.. Right? Worth a try!

I tried walking, sex, and bouncing on a ball. I also had reflexology the day before my water broke! Not sure if it was coincidence...

Sex, spicy food, eating papaya, walking, walking stairs...nothing worked for me!

@PrincessBaby: My friend did acupuncture, visited a chiropractor (to 'adjust' the baby in a perfect position to drop and start labor) and had her membranes swept twice and nothing worked. She tried the castor oil the night before she was 42 weeks pregnant.

@PrincessBaby: I don't know because I didn't do it personally, but I would've had my OB/midwife suggest it like hers did. I know that for her, her water was perfectly clear, no meconium at all.

Sex... as much as I didn't love the idea of having sex at the end, orgasms release oxytocin into your system. I would have contractions afterwards for quite a while. Also, semen contains something called protugladulin (sp) which ripens the cervix.

I literally tried every single thing except castor oil and none of it worked. lol. She took her good sweet time and wasn't coming until she was ready.

I've eaten pineapple, spicy food, primrose oil vitamins, bounced on.a birthing ball, got a prenatal massage, and a mani/pedi today and in the prior few days. Nothing yet... will keep you posted on any results

I was already having contractions from an early stage, but at 38++ I was ready to go. So I went on some really long walks - 2 the day I went into labor. Also tried spicy food the night before to no avail.

I don't think the exercise thing is true. My friend would run 2-3 miles a day, and I just took walks when I had the energy throughout pregnancy and I went 5 days early, SHE went late. I do however, believe that brisk walking after being dilated already really does help move things along. I did lots of walking when I felt BH, I bounced on my ball a lot, raspberry leaf tea gave me lots of BH...all helped prepare I believe but I think the thing (ok I know the thing) that did it was my membrane strip. I had bloody show like no other after that and 48 hours later I had my baby girl!

I was really, really hoping I wouldn't go into labor when I did because I was sick with the cold and completely miserable and weak! That night DH made roasted chicken with gravy and he accidentally made it way too spicy. We now call it the "water breaking chicken"

i tried all but castor and none of it worked, cat hurt go try though.

I tried it all--nothing worked BUT
I did raspberry leaf capsules & the tea because supposedly they strengthen your contractions and my contractions were super insane! All the nurses commented on our "powerful & progressive" my contractions were. My contractions never became closer than 5min apart yet my labor was only 8h long and 3 of those hours I labored down doing nada:)