did you do something to bring on labour

[kaysha_blake]

hi jst wondering for you mums who went over due date what did you use and is it safe to use castor oil as ive heard alot of diff opinions on this x

 

[Jade&Evie]

castor oil. lets hope you don't get the runs when you are in labour

I didn't do anything but I did take raspberry leaf tablets from 36 weeks. I had a nice 'easy', quick labour so maybe it helped

 

[Bloom]

I didnt go overdue but i ate fresh pineapple the day before my waters broke so im sure this had something to do with it.

Good luck on the castor oil

 

[fran_23]

i tried just about everything (sex, pinnapple, walks, running up and down stairs, hot curries) and none of it worked- babies come when they are ready thats for sure..lol
I didn't try castor oil though..heard some grim stuff about it! lol

 

[Sherlock]

Castor oil is harsh stuff. It basically causes your intestines to contract and gives you the runs. Can cause you to dehydrate also if you have the runs. I'd really steer clear of it tbh. Why do something this harsh to your body when you then may have to go through a lot more in labour.

If it does cause your bowels to contract it may also kick start contractions elsewhere, but tbh if your LO is not ready to make an appearance I'd not force the issue with that stuff. Its more or less like taking a poison

I'd suggest going for a walk I went walking lots one day, had conractions that night, went for a hike up a hill here and went into labour that evening. Our LO was born 11 hours later

 

[debecca]

Things that DID NOT work for me:

* Lots of energetic walking (as much as a 39-week pregnant woman can manage)
* Masturbation (sorry but I was desperate to get her out!)

Things that DID work:

* Raspberry leaf tea - didn't bring on labour early but definitely sped up my 2nd stage and I had a brilliant delivery. Tastes ming though.
* Curry - went out on my due date and went into labour 12 hours later. Might have been coincidence though especially as I only had a mild chicken tikka masala!!!

I think Tegala tried everything under the sun and still ended up being induced so I don't think there's too much you can do...

 

[trixipaws]

i didnt go overdue i gave birth on my due date. but at 39 weeks the weather was warm and i was massive and i was so hot and fed up, i read up on the internet how to bring on labour. castor oil wont work! it just makes u shit a lot pineapples dont work either unless u eat about 20 which is physically impossible to do without blistering ur mouth

the only things that work (and i did my research on this!) are prostaglandins (found in semen!) and oxytocin (brought on by constant nipple stimulation and/or orgasms) so i badgered my boyf to help me get labour going- i wasnt very covert about it lol i just whinged "please help get this baby out of me, we need to try sex first and if that doesnt work ill hav 2 give u a bj" walkin around in my trackie bottoms and a scrunchie in my sweaty hair puffing and panting and groaning under the weight of my enormous bump...

hehe needless to say he wouldnt come near me! so i couldnt get hold of any prostaglandins but the oxytocin i didnt need him for got some of that every day in week 39 it seemed to work- altho i couldve given birth on ma due date anyway but even so its always fun anyway lol

 

[NIE]

I tried sex, nipple stimulation, long brisk walks, hand and foot massage and orgasms but nothing worked.......sorry. xxx

 

[keeley]

I had one of my mums currys and sex, a few hours later i was in labour - even if it was slow lol. dd was born at 37 weeks. x

 

[maybebaby]

I tried curry, long walks and a lot of sex but still went a week overdue. I think babies just come when they're ready.

 

[Squiglet]

I cleaned the bathrooms... we have floor to celing tiles and I was really aggressive while cleaning them... I popped the next day... I tried everything else...it id nothing