Just curious if any of the mums here have used natural induction methods in the past and what there experiences were.
How did you 'get things going'?
Anything from teas,castor oil, sex, homeopathics & aromatherapy?
Was it effective for you? Good/bad? Unadvised?
Just curious.. well maybe because I'm so sick of being heavily pregnant in the middle of summer (southern hemisphere)!
With our eldest I was 40wk 3days and told by a doctor that as the kid hadn't dropped yet I'd have to be induced and we'd chat about it at next weeks appointment.
That night my wife gave me a massage with clary sage oil* and then we fucked**. 3 hours later my waters broke and I gave birth 14 hours later.
With our second my wife was thoroughly pissed off with being pregnant so she ate 5 curries in 24 hours, drank raspberry leaf tea, I rubbed her pressure points near her ankle and we had a heap of sex**. She went into labour, which ended up being 33 hours as little J was in posterior position and gave birth at 39 weeks on the dot.
* Clary sage oil causes contractions and shouldn't be used til your pregnancy is term It really great for menstral problems.
Mix 4-6 drops of essential oil into half a cup of carrier oil (like almond oil) and massage onto belly.
** I know hetero fucking is probably way more effective for bringing on labour due to semen being very rich in prostaglandins but hey we had fun anyway. Plus orgasms do bring on contractions and release endorphins.
altho it didnt start labor for me, nipple stimulation brought on some serious contractions. i actually dilated to four cm. i was later induced but if i had kept that going i might have actualy made it work
I walked, a lot. That really got things going. Nipple situmlation gave me hard contractions. Though I stopped because I didn't want to go into labor the night my doctor was off. Funny...I did anyways, but lucky for me he was at the hospital assisting a c-section so he stayed there until I had Kade.
nipple stimulation and sex for me...
i also took evening primrose oil capsules...both orally and vaginally
i cant wait to see you post that you had your bub!!
II tried all of it and nothing worked.
But then again, I ws told my body would not ever be able to go into and sustain natural labor. For weeks before my births I would have contraxtions 6 minutes apart for 8 hours or so that would just stop.
I think I may have 'naturally induced' without even trying to. My friend Amanda, always told me how when she was pregnant she lightly belly bumped all her friends for fun, so one night I tried it, and clumsy me went barreling towards Shawn and thump! I giggled.. then started crying cause it hurt, then went into labor that night.
I don't suggest it, it got me really worried. I felt pretty stupid too. ;)
For one of my friends, lukewarm baths and walking did the trick.
My friend just had her baby last week. She used castor oil to induce herself because she was 2 days overdue and sick of being pregnant. She took the castor oil at about 9pm and started having contractions at about midnight. She gave birth at 9 the next night. However when she got to the hospital her doctor yelled at her taking the castor oil. . I'm still not sure why, but I know he did frown upon it.
I took long walks, had sex, played with my nippes constantly, took a blend of black cohosh, cramp bark, and...hmm, i can't remember the other. At 41 weeks, I got acupuncture to induce (at the recommendation of my midwife). Two days later I had my baby.
Sex worked for me. Caused my water to break actually.
I also did nipple stimulation,and it didnt help at all.
Nipple Stimulation worked for me and also sex, I seriously cant wait to hear when you have your baby
Good Luck!!!