We are quickly approaching the end of this pregnancy. Talk about time speeding by as we count down these final few weeks! As I’ve mentioned before, we are planning to use the Hypnobirthing approach for our birth. The belief behind this approach is that a woman’s body knows how and when to birth a baby, without additional medical interventions. Under special circumstances, or when the need arises, there may be a need for a medical intervention, but in most cases, there isn’t any need at all. Throughout the book and class we took, we discussed different ways to naturally induce labor, before deciding to induce in a hospital setting with Pitocin, releasing membranes, or any other forced intervention. Things such as walking, pitted dates, acupuncture, essential oils, pineapple, raspberry leaf tea, and eating spicy foods were a few of the options. With this in mind, I decided to do a little research and came across this yummy smoothie that can help induce labor. It is suggested that you drink this smoothie during the last month of pregnancy, and I started drinking it daily at 36.5 weeks. I originally planned on starting it right at 36 weeks, but I was afraid …