The strategy of reversed psychology

[frualeydis]

Yesterday Teddy suggested that I should just tell the baby it's time to come out. Believe me, I have tried that approach. Now I'm going to try something else. Today there's a small seminar at my job, where one of the new PhD-students will present the topic of her doctoral thesis which is Swedish and Danish medieval saint's cults: a template for sainthood in the north. So I thought that if I read the paper an prepare to go to the seminar baby will decide to come out. Good plan, eh?

Comments

[guyelfkin.livejournal.com]

Best of Luck!

Personally, I think that if telling the baby that *I* said it was time to arrive didn't work, plans to go to a seminar won't either...{gggg}

I hope it works

Teddy

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Decided to skip the seminar because I realized that if I go there nobody will be at home when Vendela and Valeria comes from school. But I'm going to the university library to return Valerie Steele's the corset that somebody has asked to get. Then I'm considering continuing downtown and buy a record with a swedish group called Paris who makes sweet 80s pop. I think it would cheer us all up.

Eva

[marymont.livejournal.com]

When my first was at the ready-to-pop stage, I looked at my belly and said, "ok, kiddo. I have an appointment on Monday. If you don't show up by Monday, you aren't allowed to come until Thursday," because my dr. had said that I should stay at rest for 3 days after the birth. Went to noon appointment on Monday. At 3:00 Monday afternoon, water broke, labor started half an hour later. The Lad was born Tuesday at 9:26 a.m. after 17 hours of labor.

Might work for you.

Hey Eva's baby! Lissen Up! Time to come out!

reverse psychology tips :)

[serenalyons.livejournal.com]

Tell s/he that you are never going to let them out of your belly. You love being pregnant with their little fat butt lodged in your right lung and you want it to stay that way forever. Tell them you have stocks and stocks of tributilene with which you will stop all contractions in order to keep them where they belong. Spank them lightly on your right lung whenever they ram their head into your cervix and bladder telling them "no, you wanted to stay there now you're stuck. There is no getting out of it now." Hum quietly while rubbing belly and baby and proclaim loudly that you have decided you never want labor to start since you have gotten rather fond of one cracker meals and peeing every 2 1/2 seconds. You like that breathless feminine feeling and you would be heartbroken to lose it. :)