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Tips for inducing labor?
me | August 17 | Rampage8

Posted on 08/17/2005 12:03:45 PM PDT by rampage8

I realize this isn't a typical question on FR, but I am looking for any advice I can get. I was due to have my 3rd baby on August 12, and as of yet, she is a no-show. I was wondering if anyone knows of any safe ways to bring on labor. I bought a bottle of castor oil today, but that will be my last resort. If you've tried this, did it work? I've heard mixed reviews on it.

Any info/advice/stories would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!


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To: rampage8

Offer tax incentives, extravagant benifits packages, campaign promises etc.

Oh THAT kind of labor.

never mind.


21 posted on 08/17/2005 12:15:21 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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To: Owl_Eagle

LOL...great minds think alike. :)


22 posted on 08/17/2005 12:16:03 PM PDT by EX52D
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To: Owl_Eagle

We all know you are a big perv!!


23 posted on 08/17/2005 12:16:35 PM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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To: ZGuy

I should have included more info in my original post. I am scheduled to be induced on Monday the 22 (10 past due date), but I would really prefer to avoid that. I was induced with my first and it was awful. I cannot get an epidural so I am looking to avoid getting pitocin since it causes very sharp, painful contractions (yes, I realize that contractions are generally painful, but for me forced ones hurt more).

My doctor only recomended sex and walking... neither of which is very appealing this late in the game and in this heat!I just like hearing stories from other people and seeing what worked for them. I will obivously follow the advice of my doctor and not do anything stupid.


24 posted on 08/17/2005 12:17:09 PM PDT by rampage8
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To: rampage8

Go for a nice LOOOOONG walk....come home and take a nice relaxing warm bath. It's worked for me 3 times when I was overdue.


25 posted on 08/17/2005 12:17:44 PM PDT by colorcountry (Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words. .....Zell Miller)
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To: rampage8
Tips for inducing labor?

Pay more than minimum wage?

26 posted on 08/17/2005 12:18:12 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: Registered

LOL! That kid would take one look at that old hag and crawl back up into the womb forever!


27 posted on 08/17/2005 12:18:41 PM PDT by Rebelbase ("Run Hillary Run" bumper stickers. Liberals place on rear bumper, conservatives put on front bumper)
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To: rampage8

Good advise from you Doctor
My wife ate spicy mexican food, worked for 2 beautiful babies

God Bless you and yours


28 posted on 08/17/2005 12:20:46 PM PDT by paradoxical
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To: rampage8
Start yelling at your husband now. That ought to do it....
;-)
29 posted on 08/17/2005 12:25:10 PM PDT by b4its2late (Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.)
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To: rampage8
Our first child - on the day it was due -I had my wife try everything we had heard (Castor oil, walking, sex). 2 hours after she took the castor oil she went into labor, but she only dilated 2 cm. She was in labor (according to the doctors her labor pains were extreme) literally 5 days before her water broke. Don't do it.
30 posted on 08/17/2005 12:25:43 PM PDT by loreldan (Lincoln, Reagan, & G. W. Bush - the cure for Democrat lunacy.)
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To: rampage8

freepmail


31 posted on 08/17/2005 12:27:21 PM PDT by alisasny
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To: rampage8

Well with our second child I went to the local park and walked up and down steep hills and then I came home and jumped up and down on the bed. Went into labor later early the next morning.


32 posted on 08/17/2005 12:29:06 PM PDT by Vicki (Washington State where there are no rules or standards in elections.)
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To: rampage8

Is there any medical reason to hurry up the delivery?


33 posted on 08/17/2005 12:29:55 PM PDT by js1138 (Science has it all: the fun of being still, paying attention, writing down numbers...)
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To: alisasny
freepmail

Figures, the super secret solution is always freepmailed...
34 posted on 08/17/2005 12:33:31 PM PDT by Registered (They couldn't find the artist, so they hung the picture)
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To: rampage8

I don't know anything about castor oil, but I can tell you my wife swears by the cobblestones on Germantown Avenue. If you don't live near Philadelphia, just try any heavily potholed road. Good luck and God Bless.


35 posted on 08/17/2005 12:33:58 PM PDT by old and tired
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To: Registered
Figures, the super secret solution is always freepmailed...

LOL, now she may just go into labor over laughter : ))) There is a movie or cartoon in the super secret solution I am sure : )))

36 posted on 08/17/2005 12:37:03 PM PDT by alisasny
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To: rampage8
Try a long taxi ride into a traffic jam. Then you'll get to be on the local news as well.

SD

37 posted on 08/17/2005 12:37:05 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: js1138
Is there any medical reason to hurry up the delivery?

I've got to agree with your question. Doctors are too impatient nowdays. I went overdue with all 5 of my children. Some as long as three weeks and all were medically sound.

The nine months of gestation are based on averages. That means for every short gestation there is a long one. I'm just afraid that there are way too many medical interventions because the doctor or mom doesn't want to wait.

38 posted on 08/17/2005 12:37:32 PM PDT by colorcountry (Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words. .....Zell Miller)
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To: rampage8

raspberry tea.


39 posted on 08/17/2005 12:37:55 PM PDT by toomanygrasshoppers
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To: rampage8

Spicy eggplant parmigiana? The recipe is at:


http://img1.tapuz.co.il/forums/36345780.htm


40 posted on 08/17/2005 1:49:33 PM PDT by Cecily
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