Natural induction methods
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Anonymous
| Reflexology may be worth a try. Plus it is superbly relaxing. |
Anonymous
| Op here, I am at 39 weeks. This may come as a suprise to you but not all decisions/desires in life are made solely based on medical reasons. We are an immigrant family and both my kids were preemies so my mom came early to support us and she has to leave next week- leaving me with no support person. Husband has no leave from work and we have no family/close friends around. I really wanted my mom to meet with the baby. |
Anonymous
Haha - thank you, I knew I wasn’t calling it the right thing but couldn’t think of the word. Membrane sweep! Yes I believe this helped kick my body into labor all 3 times |
Anonymous
That is not a reason to force the baby to be born when it isn’t ready. You are not overdue. How incredible selfish and inappropriate. People have babies everyday with no support person. You are ridiculous. My husband had no leave whatsoever and we lived out of state with no family or friends. Get over yourself. |
Anonymous
And…? You want a cookie? Women around the world do this all the time. Probably happening right now. |
Anonymous
I’m, the only reason should be medical. Your mom visiting is not a mandatory induction. Surprise! |
Anonymous
I hope it works out for you, OP. Ignore the preachy a-holes on this thread, most people I know were trying natural induction techniques once they hit 39 weeks. In fact, when I had my last baby my practice pushed hard for me to have an induction at 39 weeks, saying that it was medical best practice (ended up being a moot point, as I went into labor on my own). I would not try castor oil, but no reason not to try the other things mentioned here. Good luck to you! |
Anonymous
| Putting the word “natural” in front of something doesn’t mean anything. I had an induction at 39 weeks, it’s not like I’m opposed to induction. But either do it with your doctor’s blessing or don’t. |
Anonymous
When I had one of my children, I didn’t get induced till after 40 weeks. Pushing to induce at 39 makes no medical sense unless there is a medical issue. Babies are due at 40 weeks, this is nothing new. |
Anonymous
| I get it. It’s really down to when baby is ready unless you have medical intervention. Even with all the homespun methods. Keep doing everything you’re doing and get some bodywork too. You could add evening primrose oil capsules at bedtime. Or chance castor oil clear out…but that’s awful and doesn’t always work. I’d go for acupuncture again and lots of sex. |
Anonymous
And not to put it to indiscreetly, semen helps with cervical ripening, but your orgasm is really important too. It’s a contraction of sorts. |
Anonymous
| OP, you want to do this because of your mom visiting? Bizarre. |
Anonymous
It’s not that bizarre. Stop trolling please. She’s anxious. |
Anonymous
She wouldn’t be anxious if she would let her baby come when it’s ready as long as she isn’t overdue. |
Anonymous
NP. It is bizarre. Never in our practice would we induce for visiting family. Visitors don’t get a consideration in our medical decisions. |