There is this restaurant called Scalini's in Marietta, GA that makes an eggplant parmesan that supposedly induces labor. We were all ready to go have dinner at Scalinis last night until I had an emotional and physical breakdown in the afternoon and decided I couldn't get off the couch. I just felt horrible. My toes look like little sausages and my fatigue was at an all time low. I think I really just needed to have a good cry and let it all out. Luckily Mr. Cob and my mom were both at the house and helped peel me off the floor and decided that if I couldn't go out to Scalini's then they would bring the eggplant parmesan to me. Luckily, Scalini's posts their recipe online so Mr. Cob went grocery shopping and my mom prepared the recipe.
We ate around 7:30pm and oh my was it delicious! I had an extra large helping to ensure that I was getting enough eggplant to actually start labor. About an hour later I started having contractions. 9 minutes later, a second contraction. 10 minutes later, a third. I even downloaded a contraction counter application for my phone so we could keep track. And then, NOTHING. Well, Lukas was bumping around, but the contractions completely stopped. So I took a long bath and went to sleep, convinced that I would wake up in the middle of the night because my water had broken. Well I woke up during the middle of the night, but not because I was in labor. I now haven't had any contractions in 12 hours. So I think its safe to say that the eggplant didn't work.
But, just in case, I'm eating it again for lunch today. And maybe even for dinner. And I think we'll throw a long walk in for good measure. But I'm still not to the point of wanting to try the castor oil. I'm not that desperate. Not yet anyway.
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