FTM & 38 weeks! Naturally preparing body for labour????

Question

I’ve been going for 2 mile walks every day, bouncing on a birthing ball, drinking raspberry leaf tea, and massages. I’m about 38 weeks and want to hear what everyone else is doing around this time! I know it’s still early and labour will only start when my body is ready. Just curious! 🤷‍♀️

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I'll be 38 weeks on Monday and after my checkup im definitely getting into the whole array of natural induction methods. Meant to start the tea earlier and forgot 🙄 but I've also read about eating pineapple (especially the core), spicy foods, eggplant parmesan (apparently not so much because of the eggplant but the spices).
Even though I want my baby to be healthy and be inside as long as naturally necessary, today was the first day I woke up and felt like I'm fine to give this another week and I'd like to be done. My ribs have taken their beatings.

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Honestly nothing. I am so miserable and in so much pain already. I rather let my body progress naturally I rather not be doing things that are going to make me even more uncomfortable. If I didn't have 3 children already I'd probably sleep 16 hours a day for the next 3 weeks.

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Eating 60-80 grams of dates a day has been shown to help ripen the cervix and reduce the rate of medical induction 👍🏼

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38 weeks tomorrow, but at the start of 37 weeks I started trying to help my body dilate/efface. I’ve just been walking, having sex when I have the energy, bouncing on a ball, and cleaning my house like crazy (hands and knees scrubbing the baseboards cleaning 😂). At my 38 week appt yesterday I had dilated 1cm and was 20% effaced, which isn’t much, but I was closer prior so I’m hoping I can continue to make progress. I think I might try eating dates, EPO didn’t work with me and I can’t stomach the teas, so honestly just trying to find ANYTHING that will help get this baby out of me.

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My bff did evening primrose oil capsules in her cervix.  That seemed to work well for her.  I’ve never made it far enough to try anything 😬

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I've been taking evening primrose oil both orally and vaginally and I went from 20% to 80% effaced in less than 2 weeks, as well as from not being dilated at all to 2cm, and baby went from a -4 to a 0. I also have been taking res raspberry leaf capsules, because I hate tea and will not drink it. I'm pretty active, I'm a waitress so I'm running around for most of my day. 36w now and I think I'll start doing some of the other labor prepping things in the next week, like an exercise ball or something

FTM & 38 weeks! Naturally preparing body for labour????

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