Tomorrow is my due date

Well girls, tomorrow is my due date!! Bring on the labor vibes .....PLEASE!!! My dh and I are so excited to meet our little girl. I'll take any suggestions to help BRING IT ON!!!

Labor dust?? GOOD LUCK!

It looks like it might be a nice day. Take a LONG walk!! That helps.
They say getting intimate w/ the hubby works.

And then there is this:

Yum … The Baby's Coming!
Scalini's Restaurant Serves
a Powerful Eggplant Parmigiana

Oct. 16— Nearly 300 baby pictures decorate Scalini's old-fashioned Italian restaurant in Cobb County, Ga.


All of the babies pictured on the Italian restaurant wall were born after their mothers ate the Scalini's eggplant parmigiana. The $9.95 plate of breaded eggplant smothered in cheese and thick marinara sauce is 'guaranteed' to induce labor, the restaurant claims.

The eggplant legend began not long after the restaurant opened 23 years ago.

'Two or three years after we began, a few people had just mentioned to us they came in when they were pregnant, and ate this eggplant and had a baby a short time after that,' said John Bogino, who runs the restaurant with his son, Bobby Bogino. 'One person told another, and it just grew by itself by leaps and bounds.'

To date, more than 300 of the pregnant women customers who ordered the eggplant have given birth within 48 hours, and the restaurant dubs them the 'eggplant babies.' If it doesn't work in two days, the moms-to-be get a gift certificate for another meal.

Good Morning America certainly isn't making any promises, but the restaurant has graciously shared the recipe. Here it is:


Eggplant Parmigiana Alla Scalini's

Ingredients:

• 3 medium sized eggplants
• 1 cup flour
• 6 eggs, beaten
• 4 cups fine Italian bread crumbs, seasoned
• Olive oil for sautéing
• 8 cups of marinara sauce (recipe below)
• 1/2 cup grated Romano cheese
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 1/2 pounds of mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 2 cups of ricotta cheese


Directions:

1. After you wash the eggplant, slice them into ¼-inch thick slices. You may choose to peel the eggplant before you slice it. However, you may want to leave the skin on since it contains a lot of vitamins.
2. Place the eggplant slices on a layer of paper towels and sprinkle with a little salt, then cover with another layer of paper towels and hold it down with something heavy to drain the excess moisture. Let them sit for about an hour.
3. Working with one slice of eggplant at a time, dust with flour, dip in beaten eggs, then coat well with breadcrumbs.
4. Sauté in preheated olive oil on both sides until golden brown.
5. In baking dish, alternate layers of marinara sauce, eggplant slices, ricotta, parmesan and Romano cheeses, until you fill the baking dish, about 1/8 inch from the top. Cover with shredded mozzarella cheese, and bake for 25 minutes in a 375 degree oven. Let sit for 10 minutes before serving.




Scalini's Marinara Sauce

Ingredients:

• 2 Tablespoons of chopped garlic
• 3 Tablespoons of olive oil
• 8 cups chopped tomatoes (fresh or canned)
• 1 cup onions, chopped
• 1/2 cup of fresh chopped parsley
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon of crushed red pepper
• 1/8 cup of fresh chopped sweet basil
• Pinch of thyme
• Pinch of rosemary
• One teaspoon salt
• One teaspoon black pepper


Directions:

1. Lightly sauté the onions in olive oil in large pot for a few minutes.
2. Add garlic and sauté another minute.
3. Add tomatoes and bring sauce to a boil, then turn heat low.
4. Add remaining ingredients, stir, cover and let simmer for one hour, stirring occasionally.

Recipe courtesy of John Bogino, Scalini's Italian Restaurant, Smyrna, Ga. (scalinis.com)

Lots of labor vibes to you

Good luck! I hope you meet your little girl today!

Good luck!!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~* LABOR VIBES TO YOU~*~*~*~*~*~

I hope you get to meet your little girl today.

Good luck!!

Good luck! You must be so excited! I hope you get to met her real soon!!!
~~~Labor vibes!!~~~

I ate spicy food and the next day I was in labor.

Have sex too cause it will be the last time for a few weeks for your DH so he'd probably like to get that in

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Posted by kptoys

I ate spicy food and the next day I was in labor.

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Same here. I had Mexican burritos the night before and he was born the next morning.

good luck!!!!

Good Luck!!

Thanks girls!! I have a question:
For the last three hours I have been getting cramps. They feel exactly like when you first get AF. I get a warm sensation throughout my body and then the cramp comes. Each time the cramps last thirty seconds. They are coming every 18-20 minutes. I can talk through them but I can't hold a conversation. Could it be the VERY early stages of labor??? I have been monitoring them for the last three hours. I haven't called the dr. because I wanted to see a pattern first. I think I am going to put a call in when I am finished here. Could it be all your labor vibes are paying off????? I am so excited if it is labor!! I promise I'll try to keep you posted. If not my SIL will.

Good luck!!!!!

Yayyyy Debbie!! I found out from Dennis when I came home from work! See, I told you to have your baby on my day off! LOL. Funny thing I have an appointment with the gyno, just a regular appointment!!! Good luck and have Rob call us with more info.

good luck

I'm still here. I went shopping and took a walk around the block!! Still the same cramping and its now 9:00. I hope this is it. I didn't call the dr. because I remembered they said not to call until they are about 5-10 min. apart for an hour. These are 15-20 so I think I have awhile. Jen, I think you'll meet your niece by the end of this week.

Best of Luck to you