"R" is for Rest

At least once, if not many more times, a day
in the pregnancy groups I'm in on Facebook
someone posts:
"How do I get labor going again?"
It may be a doula looking for advice on a client
or just a birthing person curious on why their contractions started steady for a while,
but then fizzled out. 

What do I answer every single time?

REST.
EAT A GOOD MEAL. 
REST.
SEX.
REST.

Why,
when there are hundreds of blogs
and websites
that tell you to do all the things,
to move into 100 different positions, 
would I give such boring advice?

Because going into ACTIVE LABOR exhausted doesn't help anyone!

I'd say 90% of the time I hear stories about birthing people getting an epidural they hadn't planned on,
 it was because they say they were completely exhausted.
Coincidence?
I don't think so!

If you're in labor, you're in labor.
Doing 100 stair sets, walking for hours,
 or moving into 1,000 different positions isn't going to change anything.
And as frustrating as it is 
(I know it is)
it isn't going to get you into active labor, if you're not in labor.
It is going to get you tired, irritable, and frustrated.

There are certainly so many other factors at play here
(and, by golly, I know all those positions if you really want to do them),
but REST is your friend.
LOVE IT.
EMBRACE IT.

REST.
(You won't get the option unless you have good postpartum help for much longer anyhow)

Your emotional and physical well being will thank you!