Why you shouldn’t rush your due date
June 16, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Women's Health
I know, it’s hard. You’ve been pregnant for what feels like forever. You’re bigger than you ever have been, you’re uncomfortable, the baby likes to use your bladder as a punching bag – when he or she isn’t sitting on it, and you haven’t been able to eat your favorite foods since you realized that baby doesn’t like it either. So, it’s tempting to try to speed things up a little bit – especially if all this is taking place in the heat of summer.
I’ve been there and, honestly, I did speed things up for my second and third children. …read more




