A few different baby questions?

Oh my gosh you sound just like me!! 1. You do get energy to push a baby they say. For me that wasn't the case. I was walking all that day and then went into labor a 10pm and had him at 743am so I didn't get ANY sleep. I was so exhausted by the time I had to push I couldn't push him out. They had to cut me and almost gave me an emergency c section because I started becoming unresponsive and could barely open my eyes. He told me that he was going to use the vaccume and I had to push just a few more times and he'd be out. Idk how I found the energy to do so but I did. 2. The only thing I reccomend is a heating pack and a pillow between your legs. It sucks but honestly I still to this day 9 weeks after having my son get those pains when I lay on one side for too long :(. 3. You could very easily be close to labor or you could be far you can't really tell by that. My doctor checked me on friday and I was 1cm and the baby was very low and I was very soft and I had my son wednesday. Only 2 cm when I went into labor. 4. My doctor was also going to be out of town on my due date!! Crazy, well I wanted to have my baby before he left so I walked, had sex, ate pinnapple (it softens your cervix), drank Red raspberry ice tea, walked up and down the stairs. I did all this sat and went into labor tuesday night. I don't think any of that had anything to do with it execpt the walking and sex. BUT what I really think did it was this recipe a href="http://pregnancyandbaby.sheknows.com/pregnancy/baby/Can-these-recipes-jump-start-labor-5153.htm." rel="nofollow"http://pregnancyandbaby.sheknows.com/pre…/a The recipe is VERY large I'd cut it in half but I swear I ate that for two days and boom I was in labor. After eating it the first night I had cramps and after the second night I was having strong contractions. I started trying to induce my labor at 38 weeks 4 days also. Weird I know! So hopefully it works for you. I believe it did for me. Read what it says on the site that recipe has made many woman go into labor after eating it. I think its the spices. Follow the recipe EXACTLY, just to be sure. 5. I washed the colors seperate on gentle cycle. I also used dreft baby detergent. Regular detergent can irritate they're new baby skin. They're are many different baby detergents. Dreft is an expensive one but I love it. Oh and don't use dryer sheets! Goodluck with your baby girl it's an amazing feeling being a momma! :)