6 days?

What...is that even possible? 6 days to go! This past Monday I thought we had reached our moment. I had contractions for about 5 or so hours that were in regular intervals...so I called the husband at work and just said "I'm monitoring this...maybe today is the day!"

Then I ate lunch and the baby calmed right down and the body stopped the 15 minute-interval contraction. And I felt quite disappointed. I thought for sure that I would be meeting our son. No such luck. So we wait. And wait.

Christmas is coming up fast and nothing would make me happier than to have our little family together on Christmas morning. I'm not sure I'll be so lucky. I've scoured the internet for natural ways to induce labour and this is what they've said:

• Pineapple - easy enough, but apparently it has to be "fresh"....I hate cutting pineapple...so nix that.
• Walking - trying that, although some sites say that it helps progress labour once you've started, not that it actually starts labour. But I've walked. Not hours on end, but daily walks. So far, nothing!
• Sex - really? Seriously. I look and feel like a beached whale. Plus, it didn't work. Not wanting to try that again. Ugh. 
• Nipple Stimulation - this is weird. Apparently if you do it for like 7 hours you can cause your uterus to contract. Too funny. And so not happening.
• Castor Oil - acts like the most effective and major laxative ever and because of all that "cleansing", you can trigger your contractions. Not really deemed safe as it can cause fetal distress and/or cause the baby to have meconium during labour which is never a good idea. Some midwives and docs swear by it and others area adamantly against it. It sounds gross.
• Spicy food - I like spicy food and have eaten some but again - nothing is happening. 

So there we have it. I can walk. Big deal. It's not working. I thought based on my size and all that this baby would come early....short folks are known to deliver early, and I am definitely of the "short" size category....at barely 5ft I held out hop he'd need to make an early exit.

And today is another day. Another day of waiting.

I dispise waiting!

Come on baby. We're all anxiously waiting to meet you.