natural ways to induce labor??

kparker26

39 weeks!! Natural ways to induce labor?? Things that ACTUALLY work!! PLEASE! !

pnwlover12

I've heard great things about Castor oil

suncake

What does QFP stand for ?

kparker26

No idea

suncake said:

What does QFP stand for ?

kparker26

My Gma mentioned this

pnwlover12 said:

I've heard great things about Castor oil

suncake

I'm 39 weeks also. And I have just been staying active. It's all you can do. I'm not trying any methods unless my doctor suggest something.

kparker26

Kaylajade8911 said:

kparker26 said:

39 weeks!! Natural ways to induce labor?? Things that ACTUALLY work!! PLEASE! !

QFP

What's that? ?

kparker26

TicketTuesday said:

@kparker26 in all seriousness, don't try castor oil - it's a joke. Just wait for baby to come.

Noted!! Lol no castor oil

kparker26

I'm just getting really sad bc I wanna meet my LO..I'm a FTM and I am ready to meet him.

aander6

I've heard if you stick a pixi stick up there your baby will be drawn to the sugar and want to come out to get it. 

kparker26

aander6 said:

I've heard if you stick a pixi stick up there your baby will be drawn to the sugar and want to come out to get it. 

OMG that sounds scary lol

windwithfingers

Man, this is worse than it was in first tri.

kparker26

suncake said:

I'm 39 weeks also. And I have just been staying active. It's all you can do. I'm not trying any methods unless my doctor suggest something.

What's your due date?
Are you a FTM?

pnwlover12

savagek7 said:

OP- nothing *actually* works. The only "scientific" method is sex, as the prostaglandins (I think that's right...) in sperm help to soften your cervix. I went 9 days past my due date, and I was doing everything under the sun to try to "naturally" induce. Unfortunately, there is nothing natural about inducing. Your baby comes when he's ready.

I even call bullshit on sperm helping.

suncake

kparker26 said:

suncake said:

I'm 39 weeks also. And I have just been staying active. It's all you can do. I'm not trying any methods unless my doctor suggest something.

What's your due date?
Are you a FTM?

Nope. But I'm due on the 26th. I think most FTM normally go at least to 40 weeks. I was induced the first time at 41. So just hang tight and enjoy the time you have left. Once they come out you can't put them back.

kparker26

Lol thanks ladies lol guess I will come out of my denial box!

Dani0329

pnwlover12 said:

savagek7 said:

OP- nothing *actually* works. The only "scientific" method is sex, as the prostaglandins (I think that's right...) in sperm help to soften your cervix. I went 9 days past my due date, and I was doing everything under the sun to try to "naturally" induce. Unfortunately, there is nothing natural about inducing. Your baby comes when he's ready.

I even call bullshit on sperm helping.

In birthing class, they said it works... But you would need about a gallon to be effective. I don't know about you guys, but ain't nobody got time for that!

pnwlover12

Dani0329 said:

pnwlover12 said:

savagek7 said:

OP- nothing *actually* works. The only "scientific" method is sex, as the prostaglandins (I think that's right...) in sperm help to soften your cervix. I went 9 days past my due date, and I was doing everything under the sun to try to "naturally" induce. Unfortunately, there is nothing natural about inducing. Your baby comes when he's ready.

I even call bullshit on sperm helping.

In birthing class, they said it works... But you would need about a gallon to be effective. I don't know about you guys, but ain't nobody got time for that!

A gallon?! :-O

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KrissyR13

OP- nothing actually works, I was 12 days overdue and had to be induced. I tried everything but castrol oil.. The LO will come when they want or sometimes they need a little help !

golfingdarwinfish

MonstoMommy said:

I'm just getting really sad bc I wanna meet my LO..I'm a FTM and I am ready to meet him.

Newborns aren't that great. You're better off staying pregnant. It's easier.

Completely disagree. But I hate pregnancy. There is something about dates making labor easier.

My doctor mentioned figs. She said some study suggested if you started eating them at 36 weeks it could prep your ute or something. Figs are gross, so is sperm. I might just stay pregnant forever.

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!!!  FIGS ARE GLORIOUS.

Emerald27

Natural induction methods only work if your body and baby are ready to be born. That said, sperm and evening primrose oil contain prostaglandins that are helpful for thinning the cervix. So have lots of sex and take evening primrose oil. Red raspberry leaf tea is known to help cause contractions.

There's also acccupressure, so you could see a chiropractor to get things moving.

Again, these things work with your body if you and baby are ready. Otherwise they won't work. Why are you in a rush to get baby out anyway? I'd only recommend trying to induce labor if it was medically necessary or if you were past your due date.

Cutiecruz327

I've been told sex, spicy food & walking. All horrible things to do to ones self at this stage of the game. Spicy food gives me massive indigestion, I am too tired & swollen to walk, and the last thing I want to do is put something else up in my body, especially in a poking motion! Lol

I have no idea if any really work or if coincidence but I have been trying all 3. If this kid doesn't come on his own by Tuesday than I am having csection Wednesday. I prefer vaginal but if this kid gets any bigger it's not an option either way.

MendozaAJ

When I was 39 weeks my doctor suggested I go home and soften my cervix with my hubby if you know what I mean

suncake

So I have a friend who says she went into labor the day after she made a mango pinapple smoothie. With yogurt and frozen strawberry/and ice. But she swears it is what did it. I'm guessing it's worth a try. I bet it's yummy at the least.

Emerald27

suncake said:

So I have a friend who says she went into labor the day after she made a mango pinapple smoothie. With yogurt and frozen strawberry/and ice. But she swears it is what did it. I'm guessing it's worth a try. I bet it's yummy at the least.

I went into labor after ONE cup of red raspberry leaf tea. :P I doubt it's the tea that did it, though. My speedy labor seems to indicate that he was ready to go, raspberries or not!

badgererin

Also 39 weeks and hoping for a VBAC, so really needing baby to come on her own before getting evicted by CS at 41 weeks. What my midwife has recommended, though none have obviously worked for me: pineapple, evening primrose oil (Both orally and topically), red rasp tea, bouncing on yoga ball, walking, orgasm, sex (sperm), accupressure, but most of all, RELAXING and trusting your body will do it's thing when it's ready, which is hard for me too Good luck!

Saragoeswest

Watch every single Harry Potter movie.

And/or get sent to the hospital for an emergency induction. Worked for me.

BreandMikewedding

Dani0329 said:

pnwlover12 said:

savagek7 said:

OP- nothing *actually* works. The only "scientific" method is sex, as the prostaglandins (I think that's right...) in sperm help to soften your cervix. I went 9 days past my due date, and I was doing everything under the sun to try to "naturally" induce. Unfortunately, there is nothing natural about inducing. Your baby comes when he's ready.

I even call bullshit on sperm helping.

In birthing class, they said it works... But you would need about a gallon to be effective. I don't know about you guys, but ain't nobody got time for that!

Damn! I better go to the bar to find a group of guys to get that much sperm! I don't know any one guy who produces that much at a time. Cue disturbing mental image.

Op, I am almost 40 weeks with my third and I have tried all natural induction methods and none of them really work. Hell, I was medically induced 3 times my last pregnancy and those didn't even work. Just wait for your lo to come.

Tabithahaileyc

Nothing works! I'll be 42 weeks on Tuesday!

TheOtherJacobsons

I am impressed at OPs ability to either

a) not get pissed off easily
b) understand our sense of humor
or c) be unable to spot said humor

@BreandMikewedding‌ I am pretty sure someone has a bag of dicks around here somewhere.