Kickstarting labor
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Anonymous
| I’m almost 38 weeks and ready to be done. 3rd child. Baby is very low. Any tips to kickstart labor? What worked for you? |
Anonymous
| Schedule an induction? |
Anonymous
| Acupuncture. |
Anonymous
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Long, long walks. I was due with twins and i took 2 1-hour slow walks each day for 4 days. Slowest I ever walked! in week 37. Happily, delivered on that 4th day of walking. Fairly easy birth, but really i had no reference as they were my first. No meds, but oooohh boy pretty intense for the last 60 minutes. I was 36 and my now 10-year girls (we didn't know the sex ahead of time) are thriving. They were each exactly 5 pounds, born about 20 minutes apart.
Walk walk walk. My husband had even built a labyrinth in the backyard for me so I could meditate as i did my much shorter walks. |
Anonymous
| Sex. It is the only thing proven to work. |
Anonymous
| Membrane sweep worked for me for both of my pregnancies. |
Anonymous
|
sex, bounce, walk
sex, bounce, walk maybe pineapple? |
Anonymous
| Castor oil worked for me |
Anonymous
| Membrane sweep did it for me with my 2nd pregnancy. Sex is the only other thing my MW told me would possibly work. |
Anonymous
??? The only thing proven to work is Cytotec, Cervidil, and Pitocin. |
Anonymous
Sex only helps ripen the cervix but an orgasm might help. Don't need semen for that. |
Anonymous
| Membrane sweep, but you’ll probably have to wait until 39 weeks to get it. |
Anonymous
| Talk the baby. My acupuncturist suggested this. I went into labor after 2 days of long days where I talked to the baby the whole time, out loud, about how ready and excited we were! |
Anonymous
| I ordered raspberry leaf tea because I heard it worked - package arrived and water broke right after I opened the box 😂 |
Anonymous
| Induction muy dear. I have had 2 natural 2 inductions with epidural. Never going back |