What got your labour started?

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I'm due in 3 days and ready to get this baby OUT! I've had 2 stretch and sweeps, been eating lots of dates, cut up a fresh pineapple this morning and made a date and pineapple smoothie, and been walking as much as I can. What else can I do to help get things started? What worked for you?

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Moving around a lot. I did some heavy duty cleaning around my room and my water broke two hrs after

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Constantly walk, curb walking they say helps bring baby down more, bounce on the peanut ball thing, sex! If your body and baby aren’t ready though it won’t happen.

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Sex, rough sex and deep squats on the ball. I was bouncing on it sooo much towards the end! Goodluck

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With my first I worked up until about 4 days before he was born, walking around, in my feet constantly.
With my second I was a SAHM and it was during covid so we weren't going anywhere. My son stayed with my in laws the week before she was born so I wasn't even chasing him around.
They both came at exactly 39 weeks. I think most things people say started labor are just coincidence.

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I can't say what will work for you,  but for me I just asked my little one to wait until I was on leave... and then he came on my first day off!

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Sat on the toilet to pee, stayed a little longer to scroll through Facebook because I was stalling so I wouldn’t have to go out to eat, had a very big Braxton to the point I couldn’t stand up. I got up and laid down then my water broke a minute later. Turned out due to me sitting on the toilet longer than I needed put pressure on my slightly dilated cervix and when the braxton hit me it tore the amniotic sack. I was at 37 weeks and 3 days

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A prenatal massage. I had baby 2 days later

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I declined all the cervical checks except for one time. That put me into labor lol. Started having contractions that night. Had baby the next day.

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Thus caused complications when my sister did this. If you've already done all that, I'd stop trying to force it. Maybe just do some light walking or sex, but I'd really stop at this point.

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I tried EVERYTHING 😂 started two weeks before due date and gave birth one day after due date. I had a membrane sweep two days before so not sure if that helped but I made sure to stay active! The day I went into labor I walked 2.5 miles and i between walking I did 100 squats total 😂 went into labor that night!

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