Did any of the old wives tale bring on labour?

[NeatTaupeShaker]

I'm getting induced in 2 days and have ordered curry tonight. I've been eating dates for a few weeks and dtd yesterday.

Did you try anything to bring on labour and did it work?

I really don't want to be induced 😞

Breast pump!! Not an old wives tale as such as it has scientific backing, it stimulates your hormones

Sweep for dd1

Same, for both of mine.

I don't think sex is an old wives tale as such. There's a chemical in sperm that helps the cervix prepare for labour.

Such dangerous advice. You have absolutely no idea of this woman's obstetric history or of fetal wellbeing.
Induction isn't just offered on a whim.

I ate most of a fresh pineapple and went into labour a few hours later. The heartburn was pretty bad though!

Nipple stimulation is the only one with any scientific backing- use a breast pump, it releases hormones that can trigger labour

Sorry but wanted to respectfully disagree with this. I’ve had an appt with a midwife today (am overdue with a third) and as of today, my hospital wants everyone to be booked in for an induction between 40 + 5 and 41 weeks. This seems absolutely ridiculous to me where there is no medical indication for one.

Of course where there are other reasons then you’d want to consider to induction, but they are now offered (/pressured) for everyone.

Knew someone would have a problem with my experience, but do you know what, I'd do it again and advise anyone who would prefer to let things happen naturally to look at their options, which include refusing induction if pregnancy has been otherwise straightforward. You have no idea of her history either but surely you can deduce that she doesn't want to be induced? It's a scary process to some and sometimes it helps to know that you're not alone in not wanting it. Why don't you focus on answering the OP instead of picking fault with someone who hasn't done what you would have.

DC1 - I had a sweep and a curry on the same day and went into labour that night
DC2 - sex

I woke up to the sound of my dog vomiting and went into labour not long after, maybe find an ill dog? 😆

You can refuse to be induced!

Nope I was very overdue

Having sex even if it’s the last thing you fancy worked 3 times !!!

One day away from induction and I tried taking a raspberry leaf tea capsule, went into labour about 3 hours later.
Will never know if that’s what did it or if he would have arrived at the same time without it!

We DTD just 8 hours before baby was born! Don't know for sure but I think it helped. I had a really fast 4 hour labour and it was nice and easy too (still tore but I was none the wiser😄)

A curry and sex. Ha! no prizes for guessing who came up with that idea.

Sex worked here too

Baby was late. I had curry, rhubarb and custard for dinner. Next day I went on a walk and had more rhubarb and custard. Went into labour that night. Baby was six days overdue when born

Clary sage oil baths 👍👍

Castor oil is absolutely not recommended now.

Scrubbing the bath and the kitchen floor worked for me. The nesting had properly kicked in and I went into labour that night.

I had sex at 38+5 in the afternoon and started cramping a few hours later. I wasn't trying to start labour but I also tried collecting some colostrum not long after having sex as I had GD and it can help with regulating baby's blood sugar levels (its safe to do this after 37/38 weeks). By 9pm my waters had broken.

I dunno. I had some acupuncture sessions and did go into labour (on the eve of my induction date 😅)... but I mean, hard to judge cause and effect! Presumably my daily likehood of spontaneous labour at 42 weeks preggo was pretty high...

GOOD LUCK! Hope you dodge induction

These things mostly don't work. People will coincidentally do these things and have a baby but it's not causal. Actual research shows that there's next to nothing you can do. For every woman who had sex and then had a baby, there are several who had sex and didn't. Studies show sex might actually prevent labour in fact.

It always makes me laugh that people, for example, "had sex and then labour started the next day". No mention of any of the other things they did in the 15hrs beforehand.

I genuinely ate Jaffa cakes on the day labour started with both of mine. Maybe try that?