Monday, March 28, 2011

Labor Cookies

The countdown continues...5 days until Snow Pea's official due date. Chad and I keep hoping that she will decide to make an early appearance but it seems she is still pretty comfortable for now. So this weekend we split our time between enjoying quality pre-parent time together and trying everything we could think of to coax our daughter to come out and meet us.

I have been talking to her a lot, telling her all about the world that is waiting to meet her, and how amazing it all is. I love sitting in her room and feeling her move while I talk to her or sing her song. Chad has also been reading to her, the same book he has read since Christmas, and it always seems to get a reaction from her. I especially make sure he emphasizes the last lines "It's a scrumptulous world and it's ready to greet you, and as for myself, well I can't wait to meet you!" I know that technically she can't understand what we are saying but I think the feelings get through, and she knows how much we love her and can't wait to be her mommy and daddy.

We have also been trying some more direct approaches to help labor along, like walking, lots and lots of walking. Saturday I think we walked a total of 5 times. Every time we realized that we had nothing specific we were doing, we walked. It clearly didn't start my labor yet, but it still felt good to get out and about. Chad has also very kindly been rubbing my feet after these walks, paying extra close attention to the supposed acupressure points located there that are said to cause contractions. A twitter friend also gave me link to a recipe for so-called "Jump Start Your Labor Cookies", which you can read about by clicking here. Of course, I have never thought there was any real way something I eat could cause labor to start, but honestly the recipe sounded delicious and as soon as I read it I was craving them. Besides, what a great excuse to scarf down some yummy cookies!

So yesterday, we ventured out to procure the ingredients and get baking. Not only was it a lot of fun to spend time in the kitchen with Chad making silly puns and jokes about baking and ovens, I was right, the cookies turned out amazing! So good in fact that of the 3 trays we made yesterday, only 10 cookies remain. Chad was especially addicted to them and had forcibly remove them from sight to stop himself from eating any more. I enjoyed my fair share too, while sipping on red raspberry leaf tea, which is said to strengthen uterine contractions.

As expected, none of this got my labor going, but it was still so worth it and made for a great memory for us. We also took advantage of our weekend and enjoyed a lot of other great moments. Friday night we enjoyed a long, leisurely coffee date and again on Saturday we had nice long lunch together. We slept in every morning and took naps every afternoon. Of course, we both can't help but wish we were sleepily holding our little girl instead, but we know these carefree, rested days will soon be gone, so we are doing our best to enjoy them while we can. After all, even if she decides to come late, she is coming! And in the meantime I am going to continue to enjoy dreaming of her and snacking on some mighty delicious cookies.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a lovely weekend, even if you'd rather have spent it with Snow Pea on the outside! :-) The cookies look yummy.

Anonymous said...

Castor oil worked for me! My due date was Dec 26(Sunday) but we knew we had to induce it earlier because my 1st child was too big for my body. On Dec 17(Friday) my membranes were stripped and did not appear to be doing anything. On the 18th I drank castor oil and walked 2 miles, I felt contractions but not labor. I was scheduled for induction in a couple days. When I went in for my induction on the 22nd I was already 4 cm. My daughter was born 3 hours later!

manymanymoons said...

Sounds like you had an awesome weekend. You are so close, but I'm sure it feels like it's taking forever. At least you have cookies to eat to pass the time. :)

Elle The Heiress said...

Hopefully she decides to show up soon! Your tweets were really funny. =)

Andrea said...

I hope you tried more than a cup a day of the raspberry leaf tea!

Kim3278 said...

I SWEAR by that tea. Got both my labors going. I plan to have plenty in stock for my next one:) Best wishes...I check in daily!

Busted Kate said...

So glad you're enjoying your last little bit of time together!! And I know everyone says this, but SLEEP. And savor every little moment, you'll be glad to tell your little one all you did the last few days before she was born! Hope you get some excitement soon!! HUGS and LOVE :-)