Weather - labor?

It's a lovely rainy day - which made me think about all the times labor seemed to come when the storms came.  I have always heard that a full moon can bring labor  on - gravitational pull being stronger and all of that reasoning.  But I've had so many postdate moms who looked on a calender for the next full moon feeling that would be the day we would head to the hospital....and didn't. 

But I've had many times where a huge storm came through town and it brought labor with it.  Such an interesting drive to the hospital at 3am during a driving rain storm trying to avoid the limbs on the street.  Of course I will take rain over fog anyday!  Still remember a 2am drive over the causeway to Davis with visibility almost zero....arrived in time to push a baby out-but the drive was not fun.

So can we rely on weather to help encourage the timing of labor - perhaps. But I would prefer to remember that it is the baby who signals the start of  labor so the more we can be patient to allow labor to happen on a baby's terms, the better the birth will be. 

Are you waiting for labor to start?  Sit back and relax and enjoy these rainy days - and hopefully the baby will cooperate in your hopes of labor beginning soon.