I ate labour inducing gelato!

My midwife supposed to be out of the town for couple days. Those couple days that I thought would be perfect for giving a birth.

My second midwife have just took her vacation and was unavailable as well.

So if I didn’t come up with contractions in the right moment I could end up giving a birth to my baby with someone I saw for the very first time.

I know, for some women it isn’t very important but I wasn’t one of them.

Someone told me about labour inducing gelato that I could get in one of Ottawa’s gelato cafes. ‘This is my chance and this is the time!’- I decided on the last evening of August after spending a great day with my friends.

I thought that will be a fun story to tell: about how I ate a serving of chocolate ice cream and rushed from the cafe to the birthing center.

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So I went there and got a huge serving of spicy gelato. And - guess what!

Nothing happened 💁🏻‍♀️

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I went to bed, woke up same absolutely pregnant. But I have another good story to tell!

But first, tell me if you ever have tried anything to help yourself into labour? Did it work?