The Waiting Game

As of today, I am 38 weeks and 4 days. Everyday I wake up wondering if today is "the day". I really do not want to be induced and my doctor will only let me go 10 days over my due date before they medically induce, so I have started some natural induction remedies. I started drinking Red Raspberry leaf tea, which is suppose to soften the cervix. I have eaten Eggplant Parmesan everyday for the last 4 days. There are three ingredients (eggplant, basil and oregano) in the dish that are supposed to help with dilation. I have been eating so many spicy foods that I have constant heartburn...I have quickly gone through some Texas Pete. I wish it wasn't so cold (average temperature is 20) so I could walk outside, but I have been walking in our downstairs for about an hour a day. We shall see if any of these methods will work. My doctor told me to try any induction methods I want, but Dylan will only make his debut when he is ready:)

Funny story: I was at the grocery store the other morning and I kept passing this little boy in the aisles. He was probably around 4 or 5 and when I was checking out he came up and patted me on my arm. Our conversation went something like this...

Boy: "Hey, you got a baby in that belly?"
Me: "I sure do"
Boy: " Oh thank goodness"...as he put his hand over his heart to emphasize his relief.

Once I stopped laughing, I started to wonder what he would have said if I had said I wasn't pregnant :) The ironic thing was this little boy was a CHUNK himself.

We have a doctors appointment tomorrow and I am praying I have made more progress. The last two weeks I have stayed the same, but I am hoping that some of the remedies have helped. I will leave you with a pic of my humongous belly that was taken today. I will update if I have made any progress at my appt tomorrow.