We're in the home stretch. 5 days left until my due date. My doc says that .I'll probably go into labor in the next couple of days, but that if i'm still around on .Tuesday then we'll go ahead and induce. Good enough for me and my husband! So now .I'm taking my sweet time tying up all my loose ends (housework, making sure all bills are paid up, repacking my hospital bag for the millionth time) as well as nursing a sprained ankle.

Well, apparently "tuesday or before" isn't good enough for my family. I get at least two phone calls from .E.A.C.H family member a day asking if I have any symptoms of labor. It's a bit annoying, but I go with it, and calmly explain that I *promise* .I'll call at the first sign. Well, today it went totally overboard. My stepmother point-blank asked me if my husband and I were having sex to try to encourage labor. Talk about uncomfortable silences. I told her no, because my ankle hurts and .I'm extremely worn-out by this point. She recommended that I break out my breast pump, since it might bring on contractions. I reminded her (bit annoyed at this point) that .I've read that can cause breast infections, and .I'd really rather not. Then she asked if my ankle was too swollen for me to take a long walk.

I am .N.O.T going to walk on a sprained ankle to bring on labor! It'll either happen on its own, or .I'll have an induction in 5 days! I don't feel like putting strain on an injured foot because they're impatient. She told me that it would be "really nice if you had her this weekend, because it'd be more convenient for us to come to the hospital." well .I'm sorry, but that's a little bit ridiculous. Now that I have a clear-cut idea of when my baby's coming, .I'm no longer in a rush to try to force her out, and I don't feel that it's proper for someone else to expect me to injure myself for their convenience. I understand that they're excited. I am too! But come on... Lay off just a little. Let me spend my last few days relaxing, and keep your fingers crossed that .I'll go before .Tuesday.

Sorry, just needed to vent. I'm so sick of defending myself over the phone to relatives as to why .I'm not bending over backwards trying different "techniques" when I have a definite induction date and a thumbs-up on possibly going earlier than that on my own.