What's your favourite old wives' tale for induction of labour?

I'm 39 weeks, my fourth pregnancy so it's not my first time round the track, and I'm being bombarded with "recommendations" (aka, old wives' tales) to try and induce labour.



So far I've been told:



- take raspberry leaf tea and labour will start. It doesn't, RLT is a uterine tonic and can help the uterus work more effectively in labour (and return to normal size more quickly afterwards) but it won't induce labour. I've been taking capsules of this on the recommendation of my midwife for these reasons.



- have sex. Fun, but isn't going to start labour.



- eat pineapple. Pineapple has an enzyme in it that the body naturally produces during labour, but it contains it in minuscule amounts and I'd have to eat around 20 whole pineapples to get enough. It's processed quickly by the body though so by the time I eat pineapple number 20 all of the enzyme from the first 19 will have disappeared.



- eat curry. No thanks, my heartburn is bad enough.



- drink castor oil. Why?! Aside from it being dangerous (linked to foetal distress) why would I want to spend several hours glued to the toilet whilst my insides evacuate themselves?!



Anyone else got any golden nuggets of "advice" given to them by well-wishers trying to get labour going?What's your favourite old wives' tale for induction of labour?
Being a driver for an ambulance company I have to say my favorite is "drive fast down a bumpy road to shake the baby out." do we really need to discus why this is a bad idea lol. Egg plant parmesan has an enzyme that is though to start labor and when Good Morning America gave it to a handful of pregnant women between 38-40 weeks along they all went into labor within 48 hours. I'm leaning towards egg plant being the real deal. (there were like 8 or 10 women i dont remember the exact number of women) But as everyone's biochemistry is slightly different I'm sure it doesn't work for everyone as is the case with all treatments.
Drive on a bumpy road, eat a salad, jump on a trampoline.What's your favourite old wives' tale for induction of labour?
I went out to a fairly fancy restaurant with my husband a couple weeks before our first child was due. It is a more expensive place that we both love, but it's a treat to go because we can't afford it very often. So I decided I really wanted the Eggplant Parmesean because theirs is SO good there. And the waitress nearly wouldn't serve me! "No, that starts labor! You can't have that!"



Please. What about an eggplant would start labor? These things are so stupid, but there are so many people who absolutely believe them.