I am 37w5d and have been in the beginning (I suppose you would call it that) stages of labor for about 5 to 6 weeks now. Contractions started out irregular/infrequent and are now becoming more frequent and regular (mostly been around 10 - 20 minutes apart and only a few here and there are lasting around a minute long), as of 4 weeks ago my OB told me that (after a check) my cervix was still closed, I wasn't effacing yet, but my lil guy was head down (and my OB could just start to feel the head), as of 3 weeks ago my OB told me that I was 60% effaced, wasn't dilating yet, and the baby's head seemed to have dropped down a little more, as of 2 weeks ago my OB told me that I wasn't going to make it to my July 5th due date, I was still at 60% effacement, now dilated 1cm, and baby's head had definitely dropped down more. I go to see my OB for my next appointment tomorrow morning, and I am hoping to hear that I have dilated more, (it's not that I want to deliver early, more that my baby boy is very impatient and doesn't seem to want to wait much longer). I lost a decent chunk of my mucus plug over the weekend and since then it seems like the contractions have started regulating in time between and how often I get them, I have been taking Evening Primrose Oil since 36 weeks to help with delivery, I have bought a bottle of Castor Oil to try but after reading about it *could* cause baby to pass stool in utero or in-transit I am scared to try it, someone told me to try Karo Syrup but I haven't really been able to find anything useful on that, I walk up and down stairs a TON everyday (I currently live in a 2-story house) and have been (in general) walking more as well, also me and my fiancee have been having sex every weekend (he works nights Mon. - Frid. at a factory and doesn't get home til at least 3:45am, if they aren't working overtime that is). Is there ANYTHING else that I can try to help *move things along*? With my first pregnancy I was in beginning stages of labor for 3 - 4 weeks before I had started to dilate and even then I wouldn't dilate more than 1.5cm, until the doctor broke my water (my water wouldn't break on its own for some reason) but after they broke my water I started dilating fairly quickly and we all know what happens after you hit 10cm. I am kind of worried (and I know not every pregnancy is the same) that something like that is going to happen again, the not dilating past a certain point and my water not breaking on its own. If anyone can give me any tip/opinions/advice on to what I might be able to try next or can do now I would greatly appreciate it and I thank everyone in advance (in case I forget to later).