Overdue

Well, apparently our little man needs some more time to cook.  I was expecting to go late -- my mom went late with Doug, and Grandma went late with Dave, so it's in the family genes -- but still, I'm super over being pregnant.  That being said, I've tried a bunch of things to get this party started sooner rather than later.

Here is a list of things that DO NOT induce labor, no matter how many people/websites/message boards tell you otherwise:
- Pineapple
- Long walks
- Labor inducing cookies (ginger snaps with cayenne pepper)
- Spicy/ethnic food
- Bouncing on an exercise ball
- Chocolate
- Ankle massages/acupressure
- Wishful thinking

It would appear that the only thing that WILL induce labor is the baby deciding to come out on his own, and since the extreme amounts of pineapple I've been eating have done nothing but cause some serious heartburn, I'm going to stop my herculean efforts to speed things along and wait for Gavin to tell me when he's ready.  I have an appointment tomorrow morning -- one that my doctor said he was fairly sure he wouldn't be seeing me at (surprise!) -- and we'll see if there's been any progress since last week, but I'm fairly sure my stubborn little boy will be living in my tummy for another few days.

The upside of still being pregnant?  It's pretty fun when people ask me when I'm due and I can respond with "...three days ago."  People look at me like I'm some kind of circus freak out in public, just waiting for my water to break all over the place.  Today I got a manicure and pedicure and took unsolicited advice from literally every single person who passed me on how to get this baby out.  My nail technician, a Vietnamese man no more than two or three years older than me, whispered to me that "sex is the only real way to open the pelvis for the miracle of childbirth."  Apparently it worked for his wife.  I kid you not...this was actually said to me.  People get super inappropriate when you're this pregnant.

Anyway, I'm enjoying the last few days of one-on-one time with my husband and have been taken out for some AWESOME date nights recently, so we're definitely taking advantage of our baby's delayed entrance into the world.  I'm lucky to have such an amazing partner-in-crime...and I just know I'll fall that much more in love with Stephen when I see him hold our son for the first time.

Stay tuned!  One of these days I'll have big news...