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 😞

I did everything 😂 We had a curry, went for a long walk, I had a relaxing bath, we had sex...

I did go into labour the next morning but it was also odds on as I was 40+3 at the time.

a few drops of clary sage essential oil in your bath

Sex, nipple stimulation and going for a long walk (babies head rubs against your cervix producing oxytocin...it's like a natural s and s and actually works unlike s and s's!).

Bouncing on birth ball.

Burst evening primrose oil capsule by cervix.

Castor oil waters broke after 2 hours and 14 hours of labour
Raspberry leaf tea- contractions 2 hours later baby born after 5 hours (check latest advice on this one)

Nipple stimulation - went into labour the following morning at 41+2

Not really accurate. Sex also has scientific support.

As a pp also said, there is an enzyme in the sperm/semen that helps soften the cervix

I was 2 weeks od with no 1 and 1 week od with no 2.
I was angry and tired.
Tried:
Angry, stomping walks.
Pineapple. All the Pineapple.
Bouncing on the ball.
Hot curry.
Raspberry leaf tea.
3 sweeps.
Sex.

None of it worked. Well, I mean, dc was born... but couldn't tell you if any of the above were responsible, as she was already overdue.

My midwife told me to take a hot bath, I was in hospital and she kept adding more hot water, not to scold, but steamy. After half an hour she said I had better get out, she helped me stand and wooosh my daughter arrive 50 minutes later ! My quickest one !

I ate a tonne of prunes and was early by a week with first born and two weeks early with second..

You always have a choice.

No, I tried all the old stories — pineapple, curry, raspberry tea, sex, exercise (I walked sixteen miles on my due date). Zilch. Had a CS at 42+3.

They're all just coincidence in my experience. Each time with mine something 'worked' but didn't with the others, it was something different each time. Makes you feel less helpless to try though I found!

Yep this worked for me

Nipple stimulation/hand expressing certainly worked for me (and I had both DD's slightly before due date, so wasn't a clear cut case of coincidence). Try and express a little bit of milk in the shower under the warm water - I'm talking a drop or two, no more needed. Free and a lot less effort than some of the other techniques!

Hot bath and a big glass of gin. Went into labour a few hours later. Relatively quick labour too!

OP are you overdue?

That’s so dangerous.

Don't promote dangerous practices as others might not be as lucky as you.

Colostrum harvesting or clary sage.

I was due to be induced. The week before, I dtd on the Thursday night, went into labour that night and had my baby the next day.

Blow job and swallow. It's the prostaglandin supposedly.

Omg a man had to have came up with that one 😂

Sex

A sweep then sex

Please don't try castor oil, spicy curry or anything else which will give you the shits

Research doesn't back any form of method for inducing birth. Bets thing you can do is relax, cuddle, massage etc to get the oxytocin flowing and be patient.

You do also have a choice not to be induced. Why are they recommending it, what are the alternatives, what are the benefits and what are the risks. Get information.