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... and we're still just chugging along at home. Strong enough and painful enough to keep me up and keep me from resting well, but not nearly strong enough to send us in to the hospital to have this baby.

Been squatting, walking, taking baths, doing acupuncture every few days, foot rubs, eating good food in small amounts to keep my energy up, and doing every other "safe" old wives tale... I'm 40 weeks 2 days.

anyone have any ideas? I need to get this baby OUT before I'm so exhausted I have no choice but to get an epidural just to sleep. My first baby was an 80 hour labor and I was delirious after 72 hours and couldn't speak in coherent sentences... I would like to avoid that this time around!

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 Sarah, I closed this as you should be concentrating on your baby. You are ordered to stay away from PaleoHacks. Thanks. – Patrik♦ Aug 5 at 23:19
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 Hah! Early labor is funny like that - the contractions aren't fun, but you can't just stop your life for three or four days. Thought this forum might be helpful as there are many natural birth advocates here. – Sarah Aug 5 at 23:39
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 @Patrik - how could you do it to a woman in labor!?! The person needs some relief from all that hospital stuff! Those cruel, cruel guys - you don't know how much it takes to type on the computer while pushing the baby out. I hope an umbrella will get stuck in you at some point and you will try to pull it out while accidentally opening it. She has a legitimate question - anyone has any ideas how to push this baby out the Paleo way? I have a suggestion - go to a sauna. That's how my mom had me. – VB Aug 5 at 23:41
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 hi i know this is closed, but i just like to say that women need calcium during labor (specialy if it's a long one), because if the calcium reserves you have been saving up during pregnacny get to low you will get exhausted very quickly. taking calcium also helps with the pain.. google it!! and this IS a legitamit question.. – hunts-with-wolves Aug 5 at 23:58
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 I had a friend who just gave birth, after laboring for 60 hours. I don't know how she did it. I think after a few hours I'd be trying to reach my own hands up inside there and pull the damn thing out. – Sara S. Aug 6 at 0:12
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closed as not a real question by Patrik♦♦ Aug 5 at 23:18

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