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How to coax out an overdue baby? Help!

post #1 of 40
7/26/06 at 11:16pm
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So I'm at 41 weeks today, in perfect health, as is baby, but come to find out that my doctor is leaving for vacation on Saturday! So far there is no definite sign that labor is imminent, and my doctor says it's fine to wait, but I'm so afraid of delivering with someone I've never met! I don't want to be medically induced, as I'm trying to avoid any kind of intervention at all..

Do any of you have any suggestions for safe, natural means of trying to induce labor at home? I know about the castor oil method, and I'm not doing it :P But has anything else worked for anyone here? Any info is welcome, good thoughts as well TIA!
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post #2 of 40
7/26/06 at 11:17pm
Walking.
Oh, and sex.
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post #3 of 40
7/26/06 at 11:23pm
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Does the sex count if it's not with other people? :P
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post #4 of 40
7/26/06 at 11:28pm
I really think this is one best left to the experts! You'd never forgive yourself if an attempt to induce the baby at home resulted in damage. Good luck, I'm sure you'll give birth soon enough.
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post #5 of 40
7/26/06 at 11:34pm
When i had my first sex induced the labor. My second, I walked around alot and the third baby was induced. Being induced really isn't bad, they nurses and doctors really know what they are doing and can keep you comfortable. Good luck!
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post #6 of 40
7/26/06 at 11:38pm
ok, I actually have some experience in this field! yay! lol, so first things first, make sure you don't dehydrate yourself, but go for long, meaningful (not brisk or hard) walks, also, have sex and make sure your partner 'releases the doves' inside of you, there is an ingredient in the 'stuff' that causes contractions, and maybe ask your doc to strip your membranes....this seems to help some women along.....keep us updated!
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post #7 of 40
7/26/06 at 11:42pm
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Originally Posted by lemurian
Does the sex count if it's not with other people? :P
eh. technically, yeah, in that orgasms can bring on labor.



OR there's nipple stimulation though that's REALLY NOT recommended, because of the strength of the contractions. :/
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post #8 of 40
7/26/06 at 11:46pm
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Originally Posted by shimmer
Walking.
Oh, and sex.
That is SO true and that is why my daughter was 2 weeks early
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post #9 of 40
7/26/06 at 11:50pm
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Originally Posted by mzcelaneous
That is SO true and that is why my daughter was 2 weeks early
HAHAHAA



I had 3 csections so I lucked out and never had labor. Thank God.

Having performed Csections, I'm totally cool with them and completely comfortable with the decision (for the second two) to just have sections instead of going through labor.
I really researched VBAC (my daughter was breech, and I was TINY, like little bitty tiny when I had her...) for my second and third kids and wasn't comfortable, particularly with my experience in the medical field with undergoing the risk of any negative situations arising.

But yep. Sex'll do it.
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post #10 of 40
7/27/06 at 12:11am
Hm, I've got no advice on natural ways to induce, but if you're planning on a natural birth, I've got 30 hours of experience and would be more than happy to share!
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post #11 of 40
7/27/06 at 12:15am
I heard on dateline or 20/20 or somewhere like that (it was a lil study /segment) that if you eat eggplant parmigian (cant spell sorry:O) 3 nights in a row you will go into labor within a week. They tested a buncha women and it worked for like a lil over half, but I dont know how they can be sure it was the eggplant parmigian or just their time for labor.

Now I have never had kids so that means I have never tried this, but it couldn't hurt to try lol.
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post #12 of 40
7/27/06 at 12:17am
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Originally Posted by shimmer
eh. technically, yeah, in that orgasms can bring on labor.
Oh good! Since baby's daddy is on the other side of the Atlantic, I don't have so much choice in the matter
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post #13 of 40
7/27/06 at 12:20am
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Originally Posted by Lady_MAC
Hm, I've got no advice on natural ways to induce, but if you're planning on a natural birth, I've got 30 hours of experience and would be more than happy to share!
I am planning on a natural birth, a more natural one than is generally allowed in hospitals these days, which is why it's so important to me to have my own doctor there :/ I'm not at all intimidated by giving birth without meds, I just don't want to be "on the clock", or have my idea of what normal is conflict with the other professionals in attendance..

But if you have stories of natural birth with good outcomes, I'd love to hear! No horror stories, though, please
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post #14 of 40
7/27/06 at 12:22am
the ahhh...doves someone else mentioned...will definitely help it along, but so do good orgasms.
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post #15 of 40
7/27/06 at 12:23am
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Originally Posted by koolmnbv
I heard on dateline or 20/20 or somewhere like that (it was a lil study /segment) that if you eat eggplant parmigian (cant spell sorry:O) 3 nights in a row you will go into labor within a week. They tested a buncha women and it worked for like a lil over half, but I dont know how they can be sure it was the eggplant parmigian or just their time for labor.

Now I have never had kids so that means I have never tried this, but it couldn't hurt to try lol.
I've read about that in other places, too! It's so bizarre.. eggplant is just slightly toxic, and parmesan has naturally occuring MSG, so maybe the combo causes baby to say "I'm outta here!" :P I'd try if I could stomach eggplant, and if I weren't trying for labor in the next two days instead of weeks!!
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post #16 of 40
7/27/06 at 12:27am
you make me so glad to never be pregnant again
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post #17 of 40
7/27/06 at 12:29am
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Originally Posted by shimmer
you make me so glad to never be pregnant again
Hehe.. I don't plan on being pregnant again, either. I have tremendous respect for women who've done this multiple times..
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post #18 of 40
7/27/06 at 1:04am
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Originally Posted by caffn8me
I really think this is one best left to the experts! You'd never forgive yourself if an attempt to induce the baby at home resulted in damage. Good luck, I'm sure you'll give birth soon enough.
I'd never do anything that would do baby, or me, any harm (thus my refusal to try the castor oil!). But I know that there are harmless old wives tales that must be worth trying For instance, I've read today that for some reason pineapple helps the cervix "ripen", so here I am having a couple coconut/pineapple smoothies.. it can't hurt! And in fact it tastes pretty good

Thank you for the kind words!
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post #19 of 40
7/27/06 at 1:11am
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Originally Posted by lemurian
Does the sex count if it's not with other people? :P
Orgasm is actually what induces labour so go ahead and enjoy yourself Let us know how everything goes
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post #20 of 40
7/27/06 at 1:11am
If you using a midwife or Doula which you said you were planning on having a "more natural birth than most hospitals will allow" ask her/him about stripping your membranes or ask that they be a little more "rough" with you when they check you next time...

I was overdue also so I was induced because I was overdue and because my dr was going on vacation lol but since you want a natural labor I guess induction isnt an option for you (btw pitocin isnt the only thing they can give you for induction they also have a cervix ripining thing that they put next to your cervix and it releases a VERY small amout of hormones I believe anyway Its what I got and it worked mabye you should ask your dr about that)

Just discuss with yoru dr that you REALLY want them to deliver for you you never know they may be able to work something out for you!
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post #21 of 40
7/27/06 at 1:24am
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Originally Posted by brandiisamonkey
If you using a midwife or Doula which you said you were planning on having a "more natural birth than most hospitals will allow" ask her/him about stripping your membranes or ask that they be a little more "rough" with you when they check you next time...

I was overdue also so I was induced because I was overdue and because my dr was going on vacation lol but since you want a natural labor I guess induction isnt an option for you (btw pitocin isnt the only thing they can give you for induction they also have a cervix ripining thing that they put next to your cervix and it releases a VERY small amout of hormones I believe anyway Its what I got and it worked mabye you should ask your dr about that)

Just discuss with yoru dr that you REALLY want them to deliver for you you never know they may be able to work something out for you!
My doctor is a regular MD, but happened to do his obstetrics internship in a natural birth clinic, so he's the best of both worlds He knows that I won't go for anything technically unnecessary or "unnatural", like Pitocin or Cervicil. And I can't really ask anything more of him, since by some cruel twist of fate he's had to deliver 5 babies since Monday and at my appointment today he was clearly suffering from lack of sleep, and had two more women in labor at the hospital! Poor guy..
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post #22 of 40
7/27/06 at 2:09am
From what I've heard doctors usually induce at at 42 weeks. (I had an emergency C for my first & scheduled C for the second son) I've heard that sex helps because there's something in the sperm that helps efase (sp?) the mucus. (or something like that) Def. walking to helps a lot also. Good luck. More than likely the doc might induce you.

Shimmer, I'm on my second C I'm waiting for my next one! haha
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post #23 of 40
7/27/06 at 2:55am
As goofy as it sounds, quite a few ppl have tried this and it works.

On the next full moon, eat Mac and Cheese with A-1 sauce.

My first son, labor started after I got done really cleaning my husbands Blazer. I think I spent about 5 hours on it.

My second son was induced. It wasn't really that bad at all. They put Cervadil in (looks sort of like a vitamin pill with a tampon string on the end. It ripened my cervix and I needed no Pit....Well, I got the pit after the birth to make my uterus contract faster (effin doctors). But thats a whole 'nother story!
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post #24 of 40
7/27/06 at 6:51pm
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Originally Posted by lemurian
Does the sex count if it's not with other people? :P
lmao, i think you need a penis... but maybe just an orgasm.. you should ask doc about that one.
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post #25 of 40
7/27/06 at 7:07pm
Get on your hands and knees and scrub the kitchen floor. I've heard that works.

My cousin went into labor after walking around the county fair all day.
She thought she pissed herself a little while after getting home that day.. and I had to tell her that it was her water, and I've never even had a kid before!
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post #26 of 40
7/27/06 at 7:11pm
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Originally Posted by stacey
From what I've heard doctors usually induce at at 42 weeks. (I had an emergency C for my first & scheduled C for the second son) I've heard that sex helps because there's something in the sperm that helps efase (sp?) the mucus. (or something like that) Def. walking to helps a lot also. Good luck. More than likely the doc might induce you.

Shimmer, I'm on my second C I'm waiting for my next one! haha
i had easy recoveries from mine. I thinkbeing so young helped.
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post #27 of 40
7/27/06 at 9:12pm
My son was a week late! I tried walking, swimming everything! Except sex, my partner was away at the time. So I was just overdue. My last child, I just walked alot and she was on time. I had a c section with my son becuase he was 9 lbs! I'm 4'11 so that was crazy! My daughter I had a vbac, and that was a hard experience. My dr also stripped my membranes for that one too. She acutally did it twice, the second one worked. Good luck to ya!
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post #28 of 40
7/30/06 at 10:24am
I am not having kids, so I can't speak from personal experience. But...I had a friend who was overdue and out of patience. She had tried all of the other traditional inducing methods (i.e. walking, sex, etc).

I was joking with her and said all she needed was really spicy Thai food. I mostly came up with that theory, as I was craving Thai. Yeah, a real scientific methodology, huh? I took her and her hubby out to a Thai dinner and later that night at 3am, she went into labour! I know that there is probably no reason to attribute it to my spicy Thai dinner idea, but it was just too funny that some theory that I just pulled out of my ass worked.
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post #29 of 40
7/31/06 at 4:37pm
yep dr. told me to take 2oz of Castor Oil mixed with 4oZ or Orange Juice and Keep drinking water through out the day..... 11pm that night i went into labor. But i would get the dr.s advice before trying this...
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post #30 of 40
8/3/06 at 10:05pm
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Thanks again to everyone for all the suggestions! Here's an update:

I did finally go into labor on Friday, the day before my doctor was scheduled to leave. He was very kind and stayed with me throughout my labor, which unfortunately went on until Sunday when I had to have an emergency cesarean But baby is perfectly healthy, and we've just gotten home from the hospital. I'm hurtin' but still managing to breastfeed.. if only I could manage to sleep
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