Alternative Methods To Bring On Labor

So I found this list of 40+ things to help induce and/or shorten labor.  As a woman who began contracting at 25 week, and at 36 weeks has been at 3cm for 2 weeks and contracting every 3 minutes with no change, can you blame me for wanting to move things along, now what we can't prevent anything anymore?  Most of the items on the list are suppose to bring on contractions, which I'm already doing.  It would be nice if the contractions would actually be doing something, though...

This is what I've tried from the list:

Acupressure:  I had gone for a prenatal massage, and then for a trigger point massage.  The trigger points did make the contractions a bit more intense, but didn't do anything to help dilate.

Balsamic Vinegar:  I use this often anyway, don't see any change after I increased use.

Bananas:  I don't like bananas, but I did add it to my berry smoothies, didn't notice anything

Basil: Again, I eat it regularly, but have been a bit more generous when using it.

Bouncing on Exercise Ball:  I think mine needs to be inflated a bit more, I can't seem to get into a comfortable position with it; the bouncing is more uncomfortable to my back than helpful to the contractions.

Bumpy Car Ride: Any car ride is bumpy from potholes after the winter we've had… if anything it's more painful.

Chinese Food:  Yea… I must not be ordering the right thing...


Clary Sage Oil: I've never been one for essential oils, but I'm open to aroma therapy.  It's VERY strong smell.  My husband doesn't like it.  I did put it on the cotton balls, as several articles suggested, and mixed it with coconut oil as a lotion.  Not sure I'd call it relaxing, though, which is what it's suppose to do.  Perhaps if I mixed it with lavender oil, as one article recommended...

Eggplant:  I've never been a fan of eggplant, but I've heard that Eggplant Parmesan (with lots of basil & oregano) has put women into labor… might need to find someone to make me some, since it's hard for me to go to the store right now.

Evening Primrose:  Now this has been on my radar for a few weeks, but everything I read said not to try until 36 week.  Some articles say to start w/ 3 500mg capsules a day for a week, then drop down to 2 until delivery.  Others say 3 a day until delivery.  And others say 1000mg.  This is the only item on the list that's suppose to help the cervix dilate, which is what I really need, since I seem to be contracting just fine…  The 1000mg pills are huge, so if you can't handle pills, try to find the 500mg.

Massage:  Helped ease some of the pains, but didn't do anything to move things along.

Oregano: I've added more to my regular use, perhaps an hour of stronger contractions after the meal.

Pineapple:  They say to really notice something, you need to eat like 7 fresh pineapples in a day.  At $3.99 each, that's almost $30 for a lot of fruit!  I've had 1, and I was done!  No change, but perhaps I should try eating more…

Raspberry Leaf:  I've been drinking this tea for a couple of weeks, I make a pot (24oz) with 5 tea bags (so it's a bit stronger).  It might be contributing to my stronger contractions, but not enough to enable dilating.

Relaxation Exercises:  Mother of 3, sick all the time, in lots of pain…  I'm trying to stay relaxed, really I am…

Spicy Foods:  I hear this all the time, and I do enjoy spicy foods, but all it does for me is add to my heartburn.

Stairs:  With all the back pain and pelvic pressure, stairs are hard to do at this point.

Walking:  I do quite a bit of this everyday now, I've joined the league of "mall walkers," lol.  It's more of a waddle now.  The benefit of being at the mall is I can stop and look in stores when I'm having a really bad contractions, so I'm not so obvious out in the main walkthrough.

So… do YOU have any tips to help move things along.