So I'm 39 weeks tomorrow & while every once in a while I get twinges or contractions, little one has yet to make her debut.

The problem is that the longer she stays in there the bigger she gets, the bigger she gets the more uncomfortable I get, the more uncomfortable I get the more irritable I get. So irritable in fact that I start not liking myself as I'm usually fairly cheery.

So I've tried most of the natural inducing methods I know:
which was great fun & did move little one lower, but she's still not here

Spicy food which started some medium contractions, but tapered off after about two hours

Prenatal massage which started some medium contractions, but tapered off after about 4 hours

Lots of walking which actually didn't result in anything other than slight contractions for about 1/2 an hour

Sweep while I was contracting also resulted in only slight contractions for about an hour

Taking castor oil scares me a bit so I'm planning on forgoing that method

Intellectually I know little one will be ready when she's ready (and who knows when that will be ) & that ultimately she'll decide when to get here, but in the meantime...

I'm so miserable

Thanks for allowing me a place to vent, hubs (while great) just doesn't understand the physical misery.

I have no idea how I'm going to cope with if she decides to be fashionably late.

For anyone out there who is past due...have you found anything that helps?

(And by the way, know that you are greatly admired )