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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!