> Well, Hannah due date is now more than half-way over. Still no baby. I'm starting to get anxious. Her mom has been taking her on bumpy car rides and walks for the past week or so. I guess that's supposed to trigger labor or something. Anybody else heard of ways to non-medicinally "induce" labor? I heard coughing would do it after a while, but I don't think making her sick is the way to go on this one.
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> Shan-with child...in a manner of speaking-dar

Heck, if she's put up with being pregnant for nine months, I suppose she can put up with it for a few more days. If she wants to go on bumpy car rides and long walks, fine, but do try to keep them within reaching distance of civilisation. Recently a woman who was two weeks overdue went into labour on the ferry I work on, while it was halfway back from the island. I knew labour could take anything from several hours to more than a day, but that was still half a ferry trip I didn't particularly need.

Brunnen-"fortunately we got back to the city and the ambulance took over before anything majorly icky needed to be done"G