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laurajane89 · 01/05/2013 12:04

Really want baby out now instead of the induction that my consultant wants, is there anythink that may help move things along or are they just old wives tales

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OneFingerSjupesUpTheYoni · 01/05/2013 12:11

I drank raspberry tea and waved a wispa at my yoni

The tea i think helped - i started drinkibg it on the saturday, waters went the monday and finally had ds on wednesday at 40+3.

Hopefully something works for you :)

laurajane89 · 01/05/2013 12:28

This is proberly a very silly question but where can i get raspberry tea from because i couldnt find any at my local shop

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Bunnylion · 01/05/2013 12:45

I've seen raspberry tea in waitrose.

You can refuse to be induced, how far along are you?

laurajane89 · 01/05/2013 12:52

I am 37 weeks but they want to induce me due to medical reason so i want to try and get it started naturally

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OneFingerSjupesUpTheYoni · 01/05/2013 21:29

Bigger supermarkets do it and health food shops :)

Do they have a 'cut off' point for when they really want dc out? Bouncing is meant to help even just on the edge of your couch/bed. Any light to medium exercise is good for motivating baby i'm super lazy so didn't

avoid castor oil all it does is make your tummy ache and give you the runs - any labour that happens after it is purely coincidental (i asked about ten nurses/midwives )

ohforfoxsake · 01/05/2013 21:36

IIRC you can get Raspberry Leaf tablets in Holland and Barrett.

A very spicey chicken from Nandos did it for me for DC3 (10 days over). I tried castor oil (but I was very timid) for DC4. I had acupuncture and she came the next day. (But I was 40 + 14 so I can't say what actually did it).

MultipleMama · 01/05/2013 21:37

Speed bumps - I'm not joking.

My cousin's dad drove her over speed bumps at the speed limit (if no one drives, get a taxi) and I kid you not, she went into active labor that same day.

I tried dancing, cleaning the floors on my hands and knees, curry, speed bumps, sex, watched scary movies, drank every tea recommended. In the end I went into labor because I got angry and screamed at DH... have you tried screaming? Haha.

Thurlow · 01/05/2013 21:52

Orgasms are supposed to really, really help

syl1985 · 02/05/2013 04:17

If you want your baby to be born naturally and asap, then ask the question:

What triggers a delivery?

It's a cocktail of hormones. How it exactly works is unknown, but what we do know is this.

Adrenaline has got a negative influence on this progress. Bright light, stress, exercise it all gives you a higher doses of adrenaline.

Oxytocin plays a big part in starting and during the delivery.
Here is a page that tells you all about it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxytocin

It's also called the love hormone.
Have a nice evening with your partner. Don't eat to much, but have some comfort food, dimmed light or candle light, soft relaxing music, a massage, sex and better would be if you'd have an orgasm, as this also gives you an higher level of oxytocin in your blood.

Basically just have a nice relaxing, romantic night with your partner. If you can end it with sex and for you an orgasm. That would be a nice extra bonus.

I hope that I didn't went to private there with my advice.

Best of luck!

Sylvia

wintersdawn · 02/05/2013 04:48

I was induced at 38 weeks for medical reasons and none of the tricks worked for me when I tried to get it going beforehand. Think part of the problem is that if baby's not ready to come out naturally the tricks don't have anything to stimulate.
Good luck though.

atrcts · 02/05/2013 19:51

I've just had a week of:

Long car drive (4 hrs initially then about 1hr each day for 6 days) on windy, bumpy country roads

Bumpy train rides

At least 2 hours a day on my feet "sight-seeing"

Lots of lifting (toddler on and off toilets all day long!).

All of this had me contracting every 5 minutes and kept me awake all night, and I'm only 30 weeks pregnant!

When I came home from my holiday I found that the contractions subsided massively.

Maybe some of that might get you going?!!!!!

redandyellowandpinkandgreen · 02/05/2013 22:25

Nipple twiddling apparently!

SuperFurrySlippers · 02/05/2013 22:37

Have read on here that being due for an induction helps, certainly did for me, was due to be induced on the Sunday and went into labour on the Saturday. Eventually gave birth 4 hours before I was supposed to turn up for induction.

laurajane89 · 03/05/2013 08:46

I have been using my gym ball and walking the dog and sex and last night i had alot of tighterings but nothing this motning, am i getting my hopes up for nothing ?

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toffeelolly · 03/05/2013 08:59

Pineapple done it for me, was forever getting false alarm's, they said i had a over active uterus, so was in hospital a week before ds was born getting fed up with pain with not a thing happening was 39 week's got has to be fresh pineapple ate the lot, went into labour that night ds was born 2.30 early hours. Swore it was the pineapple, midwife said she think's there is something in it to. So maybe worth a try. Good luck with baby.

BikeRunSki · 03/05/2013 09:08

My Pilates teacher swore by massaging the base of your big toe. There's a pressure point that triggers things.

laurajane89 · 03/05/2013 09:15

Im too ticklish to have the base of my toe massaged ha, but i will try pineapple..would tinned pineapple be the same because ive got some in the cupboard already

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alienbanana · 03/05/2013 09:16

Sex is the only one that works really, but anything that helps get the baby engaged and low down will help too (so the speed bumps, or bouncing on a ball might do it).

It's raspberry leaf tea btw. Raspberry tea will do bugger all. well. RLT will probably do bugger all too, but it's worth a shot :)

laurajane89 · 03/05/2013 09:21

At the moment im willing to try anythink and everythink

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toffeelolly · 03/05/2013 14:44

Laura , has to be fresh pineapple no tinned. So do try to get hold of some, it's worth a try. Here's hopeing

laurajane89 · 03/05/2013 15:08

Okay i will get my fiance to get me some

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MummyBurrows · 03/05/2013 15:44

Apparently only 2 things are "proven" to work to bring on labour and that's eating loads of fresh (not tinned) pineapple and having lots of unprotected sex with dp ejaculating inside you. The hormone in semen and fresh pineapple is the same as the one they give you when they induce you...that's what my miswife told me anyway. Everything else is just old wives tales and nothing but coincidences apparently...

I was due to be induced and the night before I had a massive carvery dinner followed by a big slice of warm chocolate fudge cake and went into labour 6am in the morning,4hrs before I was due to go into hospital to be induced so perhaps there's something in the tale about knowing you're about to be induced could trigger natural labour! Good luck :)

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toffeelolly · 03/05/2013 17:08

Yes eat a whole pineapple tonight and hopefully you might have good new's for us all tomorrow. good luck

FrustratedSycamoresRocks · 03/05/2013 17:49

A huge long walk, preferably up-hill. It worked for me, trouble is, you are knackered even before you go into labour. So realistically probably not the best idea.

Aren't you supposed to eat about 8 pineapples for it to actually have any significant effect?

weeblueberry · 03/05/2013 18:24

Yep re: the 8 pineapples. And it's the same with the sex - the hormone they use to induce you has the 'sperm' in SUCH high quantities that you'd pretty much have to go at it every hour for about 4 days.

The only thing that's been 'proven' to work despite what people say, is a chemical induction. If anything else did, everyone would do it.

It's virtually impossible to say 'X works' because how would you know that you weren't due to go into labour that day/night anyway?

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