Anonymous
Post 10/08/2013 12:33     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
Have you tried starting some sort of project that you can't leave unfinished without ruining? jk.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2013 10:16     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
Have sex with an orgasm for both of you. It works.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2013 10:11     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
Just look up every old wives tale and try them. Sex, pineapple, eggplant, spicy foods, walking up and down stairs. That's what I did to keep from going crazy. I didn't actually think any would work, I just sort of kept myself busy by trying random things. FWIW, I went into labor a few hours after having an incredibly spicy dinner.
Anonymous
Post 10/08/2013 00:03     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
Anonymous wrote:I mean what is EPO?


Evening Primrose Oil
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2013 13:36     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
I mean what is EPO?
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2013 12:04     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
Keep us posted, OP! Good luck...any day or hour now...
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2013 12:03     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
What is EOP?
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2013 22:22     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
Anonymous wrote:OP here. 39 weeks today. Have tried EPO (oral and inserted) for about a week, used the pump today, and have been trying to walk as much as possible. I'm sort of resigned to just waiting it out -- I can't handle the idea of castor oil!


EPO won't induce labor - just helps your cervix thin out so that it is ready when your body decides to go into labor. If you're already 80% effaced, it's not going to make much difference in that department! Try crawling around on hands and knees, hands and knees up and down the stairs, hip circles on the yoga ball...might help to bring baby down and engage! Also: sex.
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2013 17:37     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
OP here. 39 weeks today. Have tried EPO (oral and inserted) for about a week, used the pump today, and have been trying to walk as much as possible. I'm sort of resigned to just waiting it out -- I can't handle the idea of castor oil!
Anonymous
Post 10/06/2013 14:45     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
I was 2 and 90 percent effaced at 37 wks, delivered the day after my due date. My labor did go fast, after 3hrs contractions I was at 7 cm, 1 hr later I was fully dilated. My advice if you want pain relief is to not wait around too long to go to the hospital--I couldn't have IV sedatives because it was too close, and then waiting for the anesthesiologist for an hour and a half meant I was fully dilated by the time I got the epidural.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 16:02     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
Try nipple stimulation.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2013 15:43     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
How far along are you? And PP is right, it does go quicker/easier if you've already progressed that much before labor even starts! My last one was like that too.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2013 13:34     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
My first pregnancy, I was like that at 36 weeks and was all ready to go early... baby was born at 39 weeks. BUT... labor was a snap because I had already progressed so much. So there's some hope there!
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2013 13:24     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
Start walking and have lots of sex, both those things pushed me into full blown labor. From a week at 80% & 2cm
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2013 12:18     Subject: 2cm, 80 percent effaced
I've been in this position for at least a week and a half (first internal exam). I know I can walk around like this with no progress for several weeks, I just DON'T WANT TO. Anyone have any stories that will (falsely) delude me into thinking I could go soon? I AM SO DONE.