Hello,
I have heard that Pitocin and other medicinal forms of induction can (and usually do) intensify the pain of contractions, but I wonder if the same is true about Castor Oil inductions?
Anyone know? I have a MW and she said they don't induce until 42 weeks and I am only at 29w6d so I know I'm jumping the gun, but I am determined to go med free even if I have to be induced with pitocin or anything (of course not being induced at all is my plan).
Thanks for the insight
Re: Castor Oil Induction? Stronger Contractions?
I took castor oil (4oz) per my CNM at 41w 5d and had the baby 15 hours later. I had a really fast labor (6 hrs from start to finish) and it was pretty intense but I think that was not related to the castor oil but just due to how quickly my contractions ramped up into full active, hard labor.
There is some evidence that says castor oil may cause the baby to pass meconium in utero but my understanding is that late babies are more likely to pass meconium anyway so it might be a correlation, not a causation. For what it's worth, my CNM practice has been around since 1983, is pretty conservative and has an incredible track record and they do castor oil inductions regularly.
I took Castor Oil to help get my labor started with my first one. I was induced later on with pitocin at the hospital.
I dont think the CO did anything except give me very frequent and thin bowel movements which did not make the process anymore enjoyable.
I took 2 tablespoons of castor oil (not sure how many ounces that equals). DS was born about 14 hours later. He didn't have any meconium, but we were only 4 days "late."
It definitely cleans you out, but I don't think it made it more painful at all.By the time I was in hard labor, the CO had already worked itself out of my system. I actually liked that it cleaned me out since I was having a homebirth and didn't want poop in my birth pool during pushing!
If I need to, I would do it again without hesitation. FWIW. :-)
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Ladies, did you take the castor oil by itself or did you mix it in something? If my doctor starts to talk induction, I would like to try castor oil to see if that can get things going more naturally rather than using pitocin.
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I mixed 2 oz castor oil with about half a cup slushie (almost defrosted) orange juice concentrate.