Congratulations on your miracle swing, GB, and I hope it's a successful evening for you, the Mrs., and Baby GB!
No news, just an fyi ping...and any comments about castor oil are welcome of course.
Good luck! If the baby is born today, then he shares his birthday with the start of the Boxer Rebellion, the decision by the Supreme Court in Miranda, and Thurgood Marshall's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. He also will share his birthday with William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet. If he arrives tomorrow, he shares his birthday with Che Guevara, as well as the founding of the U.S. Army, and the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official U.S. flag. Don't you just love the Internet?
My first was induced on my due date because my BP was supposedly high. It was really hard on me and I think it may have caused some consequences for my son. If I had it to do over, I wouldn't have done it. Hope the baby will just come naturally. It's best for mom and baby. How overdue is she? I know babies during my mom's era were sometimes over two weeks. Why is it that babies only get 1 week overdue now? There must be a reason.
I don't know anything about castor oil and labor.
Speaking of your golf swing, I've been told that there are other ways to stimulate labor. :)
Hopefully, you and Mrs. G.B. will have a new wee G.B. within the next 24 hours! God bless!
http://bbs.babycenter.com/board/pregnancy/childbirth/1379807
Here's the overdue baby board at Babycenter.com if you don't already go there.
When I was overdue, my MD told me and my husband to have sex..something in the semen. However, at over 9 months pregnant the LAST thing I wanted was to have a repeat preformance of what had caused me to get pregnant in the first place..LOL
I've used CO to induce at home successfully before. NOT a fun way to do it. But it worked for me. A T is not enough IMO.
Here is how I did it (this method was shared with me by other "natural birth" moms): I got a glass of OJ and a straw. Then I poured in a couple-few T into the glass. Mixed well. Drank it down through the straw. Went for a (short!) walk with my husband. After about 90 minutes, I took it again, but a smaller dose of CO. About 1/2 hour later, I was in the bathroom. For a loong time. I took the first dose between 4-5p.m. By 10 p.m. I had definite regular contractions, and had no need to make any more bathroom runs.
I did bathe a lot since I was sore from going so much. (Sorry for TMI, but you asked!) I had my big boy the next evening, about 24 hours from the onset of (mostly mild) contractions.
I think the CO works just by giving you the runs and your whole abdomen just contracts from the force of it. Kind of a miserable way to start labor IMO. But if you gotta, you gotta!
Best of luck to you & the Mrs.
I look forward to see pictures of our newest FReeper baby soon! God Bless!
LOL, be careful with golf.
I took out power over a small area by attempting to play golf.
What a precious essay, gobucks! Thank you!!!
I report- you decide.
Prayers for a healthy child and mom. Enjoy your new life and family.