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Doea sex really help start labour ?

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ALittleBitOfMagic · 22/10/2012 20:54

And how often do you need to do it for it to work ? Just wondering ... :)

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BillyBollyBandy · 22/10/2012 20:55

Nope. Although the laughter that can ensue when trying to bonk a 40week plus pregnant woman might do...

Loobylou222 · 22/10/2012 20:59

Well I has sex with oh then started having contractions about an hour later but didn't have dd for another 2 days, so it could have been sex?

NellyBluth · 22/10/2012 21:07

I heard its not sex so much as an orgasm, it gets the cervix going. Our NCT tutor recommended 'going solo' to get this started!

Startailoforangeandgold · 22/10/2012 21:14

Yes!
She was due to be induced the next day as she was small for dates.
I think she agreed with the consultant that she wasn't going growing any more.

I'm not sure sex shifts babies that don't want to come out.

CODwidow · 22/10/2012 21:17

Worked for me

Northernexile · 22/10/2012 21:17

Not in my experience, but then neither did being induced! It can be fun trying though!

HeinousHecate · 22/10/2012 21:20

Isn't it because orgasm releases oxytocin. apparently stimulating your nipples has the same effect.

People talk about raspberry leaf tea and also caster oil

TimothyClaypoleLover · 22/10/2012 21:20

My friend was told by her MW that when you are induced they use pig sperm hence why sex is meant to help start labour.

HeinousHecate · 22/10/2012 21:21

but failing all that, book a table at a really posh restaurant, get dressed up in your finest, have your hair and nails done and you'll probably be in labour before you've got in the car.

VintageRainBoots · 22/10/2012 21:22

Both my midwife and birthing class instructor (a nurse) said that orgasm helps. Also, pineapple and castor oil, if I recall.

SoulTrain · 22/10/2012 21:31

Timothy Pig sperm?! That can't be true!

It does work. I had to beg DH though. I was like a giant upturned tortoise. Sexy.

ALittleBitOfMagic · 22/10/2012 21:31

Pig sperm ??!!!!

I'm already on the raspberry leaf tea and I've heard the only thing castor oil does is give you the runs !!

Think I'll go get some pineapple tomorrow don't think it will do my perpetual heartburn any favours though !!

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Northernexile · 22/10/2012 21:34

Pineapple and raspberry leaf tea didn't work for me either. Reckon she would have still been in there if they hadn't taken her out of the sunroof!

RobinSparkles · 22/10/2012 21:35

I thought it was supposed to help because semen contains prostaglandins(sp?) which is what they use to induce pregnant women.

Fairylea · 22/10/2012 21:35

Nope.

My dh just said he found it highly amusing to look up and see Buddha bouncing away.

The cheek !

mosschops30 · 22/10/2012 21:36

Nope

RobinSparkles · 22/10/2012 21:37

Pineapple doesn't work. It does contain something (I don't know what) that could kick start labour but you'd have to eat a bazillion fresh pineapples for it to have an affect!

TimothyClaypoleLover · 22/10/2012 21:38

soultrain, I kid you not, that is what my friend said! She practically forced her DH to have sex with her as she thought the inducement sounded so disgusting!

choccyp1g · 22/10/2012 21:40

Worked for me. Took about 9 months if I remember correctly.

akaemmafrost · 22/10/2012 21:42

Yes.

BobblyGussets · 22/10/2012 21:43

Sex for three consecutive nights: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night. DS 2 was born at 8.00am on the Friday at 8.00am two weeks early. He didn't even touch the sides .

Also Op, there are accupressure points at the back of your heels, either side of your ham strings, massage those a bit too.

VintageRainBoots · 22/10/2012 22:05

choccy: Thanks for the laugh.

I was sooo tired of being pregnant by the time my due date rolled around. That very morning, I went to the store, bought a giant tin of crushed pineapple and refrigerated it. Once the pineapple was chilled, I added some castor oil to it-the crushed pineapple totally disguised the texture for me-and ate as much of it as I could. About an hour or so later, I had the biggest bowel movement EVER. Soon after, contractions started and my daughter was born that very night.

Coincidence?

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Marzipanface · 22/10/2012 22:12

My obstetrician told the ONLY thing scientifically proven to help bring on labour is sex. Everything else is folklore.

ALittleBitOfMagic · 22/10/2012 22:34

Three nights in a row at full term bobbly ??!! wow I'm sweating at the thought of trying every second night !!!

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OneOfMyTurnsComingOn · 22/10/2012 22:37

Apparently you have to eat about 7 pineapples to have any effect.

I'm 11 days over. Tried sex, hot curry with extra chillis, walking miles even with SPD, hot baths, nipple stimulation, acupressure.

Nothing

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