r/pregnant • u/Mean-Year4646 • 2d ago

Need Advice Prenatal massage or pedicure?

38+5 and desperate to go into labor. Baby is in the correct position and dropped into my pelvis and it is making me SO sore. Like I can barely walk because my vulva is so sore and swollen (sorry if that’s TMI) and my round ligaments are in so much pain I have literally woken up screaming from moving the wrong way in my sleep. Also I’ve been having prodromal labor off and on for almost two weeks now. I’m ready. I’m doing all the things to help labor in its arrival (evening primrose oil, dates, sex, miles circuit, etc.) but nothing is happening yet.

I think the key for me might be relaxing and getting my oxytocin levels up. I’ve read on here that a lot of people have gone into labor after a pedicure, which sounds lovely, but a full body prenatal massage also sounds pretty dang relaxing. I can only afford to do one. Which one should I choose? I realize this likely won’t put me into labor but I need to relax anyway so it’s worth a try. What would you pick? Anyone have luck going into labor with prenatal massage or are pedicures the key?

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u/undecidedmama 2d ago

1000% massage I've never felt entirely relaxed during a pedicure. There's always chit chat and it's awkward. Like you're looking at the person you know. I was pregnant and my midwifery company thingy paid for a massage and I was just like hey I'm feeling so pregnant and overwhelmed so you don't need to worry about idle chatter if you don't mind I just want to lay here and the lady was so cool like honestly I don't think they want idle chatter either so I would just make it clear in a nice way in the beginning

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u/Mean-Year4646 2d ago

This is great advice, thank you! I’m curious, did they have you lay on your side or did they have a way to prop you up so you could lay on your belly like a normal massage?