How do I get this baby to drop??

[Anonymous]

Today is my due date and the baby hasn't dropped. He must be very comfy in there because he doesn't seem to want to come out. I was 2 cm dilated and 50% effaced at my appointment on Tuesday (1 cm dilated on the 'inside'). But I'm not having any contractions. I feel totally normal, etc.

Can anyone offer advice on how to get the baby to drop/engage? Does anything really work, or it's just whenever he's ready? I've been going for walks every day. I've been told to have lots of sex--harder to do now that I feel like a total beach ball and have the agility of a walrus. But those things are more about bringing on contractions than getting the baby to drop, right?

Any advice from the sages on this site?

[Anonymous]

sit tight and remember they are easier on the inside than on the outside sometimes.

[Anonymous]

I think there is a thread on natural induction with a few snippets of advice on how to get things moving along. I saw i t posted not too long ago.

Good luck and congrats.

[Anonymous]

Walk as much as possible.

[Anonymous]

Let nature takes its course. The baby will come when it's ready and things like sex have supposedly been proved to NOT work. I know it's hard, but I bet he/she will be here within the next week.

[Anonymous]

I have read an article about the sex thing where they researched two groups; one did have sex in the last weeks and the other group didn't. It actually turned out that the 'sex group' delivered their baby later than the other group.

[Anonymous]

It's actually nipple stimulation that moves things along, so
foreplay rather than intercourse would be a better course of action...