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Mythbusting
Around this time a year ago, I was hearing a lot about what sorts of things catapult women into labor. Among them:
Chilies
Moon cycles
Blizzard
Sex
Walking
Garlic
Sleep
Massage
Acupressure
Some of these things are beyond one's control while others are the result of merely pointing to the "spicy" icon on a menu and I dabbled in every labor inducer I could dig up, especially Sichuan Kung-Pao chicken from a fabulous place on 9th avenue.
By the time people began making cracks about not wanting to get into an elevator with me I had Nature on my side. A full moon came and went and my doctor said she was sure to see me on one choice Saturday evening because a blizzard was due. It snowed a lot. I made a bunch of people join me for a long hike through snowbanks for barbecue.
And nothing happened.
I was actually too pregnant to go into labor, but that is a much larger story.
The news this week is that I could have crossed one element of hope off my list. Apparently the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the New England Journal of Medicine both did studies that reveal that the phases of the moon are not remotely helpful in bringing on labor. This ran in the often amusing "Really?" column of the New York Times's Health section. So if you're pending, cross that one off your list.
And another word to the wise also made the rounds, which is that the hormonal cocktail one lives with while pregnant apparently won't prevent depression. Years ago a friend told me that his wife was never sad or weirded out about her body changing because of the "happy hormones" of pregnancy. Even at the time I doubted this, since no surge of hormonal activity had ever made me more sanguine about anything. Being pregnant is incredibly nervous-making. Don't let anyone tell you to be giddy.
And if Nature isn't working for you, you aren't alone. There's plenty of evidence to combat the rumor that Nature has any interest in making things easy for you.
posted by Elise at 7:39 PM
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Nice post, although I'd not be so quick to cross every labor inducer off your list...on our daughters due date just 2 1/2 weeks ago, a little nookie was all it took for my wife's water to break and begin our contraction counting and eventual journey across the bridge into parenthood. Literally 5 minutes of blissfully lying in each others arms was all we got before it all started.
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