August 2015 Moms

Inducing labour naturally

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Re: Inducing labour naturally

  • Castor oil is dangerous for the baby, it can cause the baby to have their first bowel movement. If this happens the baby can inhale / ingest the meconium and have serious issues. It simply us not worth the risk.
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  • eebaby said:

    Castor oil did work for more than one friend of mine......can't wait to see how that comment goes over on here

    You know what else castor oil can do for labor induction? It can cause your baby to have its first bowel movement while he/she is still inside you and then baby can suck it into its lungs during birth. Nothing like sending your baby right to NICU and watching it have to go through that ordeal just so you could have him or her early...
    My best friends childhood friend had a baby and he inhaled his meconium. He has permanent brain damage and will never be able to care for himself. Her dreams of her perfect son were shattered the day he was born. He has seizures in his brain all day and at almost a year old they still don't know the extent of the damage done. So PLEASE people, don't use castor oil, don't risk this happening to your baby. (She didn't use it in this case, it was negligence by a doctor who had never delivered a baby, but please don't even take a chance.)

  • I agree. Some of these comments are un called for. But , to answer your question , have you spoken to your Obgyn about what you can do? I have to be induced on Friday and due to medical reasons. I want to have my baby in longer, but it's the best option for mama and baby. I'm hoping my water breaks before than because I heard inducing is rough. I'm a ftm and it can be nerve racking. But, so far so good with baby. Good luck and hope all works out.
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    I have heard from nurses, horror stories about women who have used Castro oil an can in with horrible diarrhea. I don't know about you, but i personally would not want that while in labor. I mean, the chances of pooping during labor are high enough already, but adding diarrhea to the mix would be even more embarrassing!
    Also, the regular sex and walking and everything else will only help if baby is ready. I was 41 weeks last time and was doing all I could for 2-3 weeks before due date and nothing.. Good luck to you though wit whatever you decide to do!
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  • ridhiaman ignore the assholes on here. I broke my back 4 years ago, and i can barely walk to even go to the bathroom. I feel the same way. You are not alone on wanting to induce your own labor.Technology is so advanced, your baby would be fine coming early. If you want to try, it is your child. If you try naturally and it doesn't work, well then obviously your baby is supposed to stay in there. You didn't say you wanted to hurt the baby, you just want her in this world already. I get that completely! People have kids naturally (with out inducing) all the time before 40 weeks. So if anyone has an issue with you wanting to try early they can get over themselves, you don't care, or you wouldn't be asking publicly. Now to answer your actual question:

    My cousin tried castor oil at 36 weeks with her 2nd child and it worked. Her first came naturally at 34 weeks with no complications. She said inducing was awful, and hurt a lot worse being induced with castor oil. She told me she would just wait until they naturally came because the stress of inducing was just not worth it. 

    you can also try sex because the progesterone in semen "ripens" the cervix so you dilate more. That is how my sister induced herself, and it worked within hours the day before her due date. He is healthy and 10 months old now.

    I also had another family friend induce herself at 38 weeks with a medical workout ball. She just bounced on it until she was in labor. The baby is healthy and doing great! Her labor was only 2 hours long. 

    I am going to try all of them around 38 weeks. Good luck! I hope this helps!


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    ridhiaman ignore the assholes on here. I broke my back 4 years ago, and i can barely walk to even go to the bathroom. I feel the same way. You are not alone on wanting to induce your own labor.Technology is so advanced, your baby would be fine coming early. If you want to try, it is your child. If you try naturally and it doesn't work, well then obviously your baby is supposed to stay in there. You didn't say you wanted to hurt the baby, you just want her in this world already. I get that completely! People have kids naturally (with out inducing) all the time before 40 weeks. So if anyone has an issue with you wanting to try early they can get over themselves, you don't care, or you wouldn't be asking publicly. Now to answer your actual question:


    My cousin tried castor oil at 36 weeks with her 2nd child and it worked. Her first came naturally at 34 weeks with no complications. She said inducing was awful, and hurt a lot worse being induced with castor oil. She told me she would just wait until they naturally came because the stress of inducing was just not worth it. 

    you can also try sex because the progesterone in semen "ripens" the cervix so you dilate more. That is how my sister induced herself, and it worked within hours the day before her due date. He is healthy and 10 months old now.

    I also had another family friend induce herself at 38 weeks with a medical workout ball. She just bounced on it until she was in labor. The baby is healthy and doing great! Her labor was only 2 hours long. 

    I am going to try all of them around 38 weeks. Good luck! I hope this helps!


    there is so much wrong in this post I wouldn't know where to start.
    Wow. I reallllly hope OP doesn't take her advice. Just wow.


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  • ridhiaman ignore the assholes on here. I broke my back 4 years ago, and i can barely walk to even go to the bathroom. I feel the same way. You are not alone on wanting to induce your own labor.Technology is so advanced, your baby would be fine coming early. If you want to try, it is your child. If you try naturally and it doesn't work, well then obviously your baby is supposed to stay in there. You didn't say you wanted to hurt the baby, you just want her in this world already. I get that completely! People have kids naturally (with out inducing) all the time before 40 weeks. So if anyone has an issue with you wanting to try early they can get over themselves, you don't care, or you wouldn't be asking publicly. Now to answer your actual question:


    My cousin tried castor oil at 36 weeks with her 2nd child and it worked. Her first came naturally at 34 weeks with no complications. She said inducing was awful, and hurt a lot worse being induced with castor oil. She told me she would just wait until they naturally came because the stress of inducing was just not worth it. 

    you can also try sex because the progesterone in semen "ripens" the cervix so you dilate more. That is how my sister induced herself, and it worked within hours the day before her due date. He is healthy and 10 months old now.

    I also had another family friend induce herself at 38 weeks with a medical workout ball. She just bounced on it until she was in labor. The baby is healthy and doing great! Her labor was only 2 hours long. 

    I am going to try all of them around 38 weeks. Good luck! I hope this helps!


    This is the worst advice ever! Plus, nobody on here is an asshole for encouraging her to let her baby bake until it's ready to be born!
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  • I'm keeping up with this post so I can Read all of the suggestions so I can make sure I don't accidentally induce my labor. While 40 weeks sounds like it will suck, I'll try to hold this sucker in as long as possible.
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  • ridhiaman ignore the assholes on here. I broke my back 4 years ago, and i can barely walk to even go to the bathroom. I feel the same way. You are not alone on wanting to induce your own labor.Technology is so advanced, your baby would be fine coming early. If you want to try, it is your child. If you try naturally and it doesn't work, well then obviously your baby is supposed to stay in there. You didn't say you wanted to hurt the baby, you just want her in this world already. I get that completely! People have kids naturally (with out inducing) all the time before 40 weeks. So if anyone has an issue with you wanting to try early they can get over themselves, you don't care, or you wouldn't be asking publicly. Now to answer your actual question:


    My cousin tried castor oil at 36 weeks with her 2nd child and it worked. Her first came naturally at 34 weeks with no complications. She said inducing was awful, and hurt a lot worse being induced with castor oil. She told me she would just wait until they naturally came because the stress of inducing was just not worth it. 

    you can also try sex because the progesterone in semen "ripens" the cervix so you dilate more. That is how my sister induced herself, and it worked within hours the day before her due date. He is healthy and 10 months old now.

    I also had another family friend induce herself at 38 weeks with a medical workout ball. She just bounced on it until she was in labor. The baby is healthy and doing great! Her labor was only 2 hours long. 

    I am going to try all of them around 38 weeks. Good luck! I hope this helps!



    This really is the biggest load of shit I've read in a long time. Nothing about this is right.
  • ridhiaman ignore the assholes on here. I broke my back 4 years ago, and i can barely walk to even go to the bathroom. I feel the same way. You are not alone on wanting to induce your own labor.Technology is so advanced, your baby would be fine coming early. If you want to try, it is your child. If you try naturally and it doesn't work, well then obviously your baby is supposed to stay in there. You didn't say you wanted to hurt the baby, you just want her in this world already. I get that completely! People have kids naturally (with out inducing) all the time before 40 weeks. So if anyone has an issue with you wanting to try early they can get over themselves, you don't care, or you wouldn't be asking publicly. Now to answer your actual question:


    My cousin tried castor oil at 36 weeks with her 2nd child and it worked. Her first came naturally at 34 weeks with no complications. She said inducing was awful, and hurt a lot worse being induced with castor oil. She told me she would just wait until they naturally came because the stress of inducing was just not worth it. 

    you can also try sex because the progesterone in semen "ripens" the cervix so you dilate more. That is how my sister induced herself, and it worked within hours the day before her due date. He is healthy and 10 months old now.

    I also had another family friend induce herself at 38 weeks with a medical workout ball. She just bounced on it until she was in labor. The baby is healthy and doing great! Her labor was only 2 hours long. 

    I am going to try all of them around 38 weeks. Good luck! I hope this helps!


    I sure hope you don't ever need support from any of us since we are such assholes.
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  • edited July 2015
    @hazeldagarr , if this is the support you guys are giving her, i wouldn't want it anyway. 
    @mamaloaf , I never said NICU is easy. And I never said, all the people on here who don't support it are assholes, because they  are not. I am truly Sorry you have to go through that. But every person i know who has had their child before EDD has been completely fine. @ridhiaman is looking for support, not criticism on early delivery.

    She has already decided she wants her baby to come as soon as possible. Saying things like " What a shame" , "I have never seen crap like this in my life." ," Ignorance on your part." , and "Wow. Just wow." probably will not change her opinion at all

    @ridhiaman Here is a website I was able to find with natural ways to induce. It does not seem pro castor oil but has other things on there that i haven't heard of. I would read up on them, and ask your doctor about how they would feel if you tried some of them. 

     Heads up, you have to copy, paste, and put it in google in order for the link to work. 

  • Yes please @ridhiaman please do not take my advice on looking up facts via google in my second post, and then asking your doctor about it. And i am so very sorry for supporting your unpopular opinion in my first post. (sarcasm) .... All these comments are still not changing my opinion. Sorry People. 
  • So because everyone you know who has early babies has been ok that makes it fine to try and have yours when you feel like it! So you'd be happy to try and induce at 34/35/36 weeks because of the chance that the baby wouldn't have any problems and the fact technology would just make everything ok. 38-39 weeks I can stomach (NOT castor oil) but you wanna eat a load of pineapple and have a load of sex then go ahead but to throw around statements like you have here makes me worry and really hope no one ever takes your advice.
  • Yes please @ridhiaman please do not take my advice on looking up facts via google in my second post, and then asking your doctor about it. And i am so very sorry for supporting your unpopular opinion in my first post. (sarcasm) .... All these comments are still not changing my opinion. Sorry People. 
    Have you ever posted before this one? Please stop otherwise. You're doing no one any favors by sharing your garbage advice.
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  • I agree with this. How awful some of these responses are. No doubt they made her feel absolutly awful. There should be support on here not making fun of people or calling them stupid.
  • gulimzgulimz member
    I would never "support" anyone making selfish and stupid decisions
  • Someone please put a gif of a sexy firefighter putting out a fire or just simply looking sexy on here and end this bullshit post.

    *imagine in your heads the part in mean girls where Lindsay Lohan breaks the crown apart and throws it to everyone.... Now girls, everyone is a winner.
  • Ladies, please dont get so offended... As per my OB and her observation i hav a full term baby 37 week baby is a full term baby... Its jus some of the cases happen to be in the NICU. My cousin delivered in 38weeks and one of my friend delivered in 37 weeks and the both are fine and their babies are fine.. i jus asked for the opinion not your bad words even i concieved truing after 1.5 yrs with all those treatments and medicines.... And even i m concerned about my baby... My mother took castor oil when my lil sis was on her way .. and she is absolutely fine... So thia post was jus to ask your opinion and if anyone has tried it and were they successful in any way
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