anyone succesful in starting their own labour?

[lollipopz]

hey I am 39 weeks and bored just wanting to pass the time!! Have tried all the old wives tales like curry, pineapple, scrubbing floors
andgoing up and down stairs, oh and sex !
None of which seem to have worked as he's still firmly tucked up in there!!
Just interested to know if any of these or anything else has been successful for anyone, and how many weeks were you when you tried it??
thenks in advance for relieving my boredom!!

i scrubbed the floor on my hands and knees and went into labour (on my due date) an hour later. dont know if it worked of if it was just good timing!

I did a 5 mile walk on my due date, and hey presto, went into labour that night, and ds was born the next morning!!!

i say it time again, but reflexology is dead good for this

and its a mighty pleasurable way to pass the time even if it doesn't

ds was born at 38+4 and i put it down at least in part to toe-twiddling.

olittletown - Snap! Assembling ikea flat packs.
First time (DS2), a chest of drawers and two bedside cabinets - 8 days early!
Second time (DD), some huge shelf units - about 10 days early!
Wish i'd tried something similar with DS1!

Lollipopz are you still there? Has it worked yet?
In week 38 I drank copious amounts of RL tea, ate fresh pineapple, & big curries... continued those into wk 39 at which point added sex - gave us a laugh (which probably also helped)... BUT, rather more boringly, I think it was the acupuncture that did it - surprised no one mentioned this before. Was determined not to be induced 'cos wanted to have DS at home, so had 1hr session 2 days before due date, contractions started on due date & he arrived 5 days later (no let up in contractions) at home. My acupuncturist was also a community midwife which helped.
PS was a real needle coward before pregnancy!

cumin tea! drank a mug at 38 weeks right before bed and woke up in labour!

a spoon of cumin seeds (or powder, i didn't have seeds so used powder) in boiling water with a bit of honey to taste. doesn't taste as awful as it sound and i'm convinced it worked

hi lollipopz

Was 38 weeks, took my dog a walk and had a pain (like a stitch), then at about 10pm that night had a bath with a couple of drops of lavender in it (oops!) and woke up at 3am with 10 minute contractions. baby born at 3.36pm that day at 38+1. HTH.

DIY orgasms. Repeatedly.

Well not me personally but my BF gave me a reflexology treatment and I started contractions 24hrs later

can't be sure, but the day i went into labour i:

• had reflexology and bullied her into doing lots of uterine stuff

• drank gallons of rasp leaf tea

• did yoga

• bumped into lawrence dallaglio

i tried to start labour with my last two. tried everything from 37 weeks because i was being induced at 38 weeks. didnt work, had curries, sex, long walks, walked up and down stairs, nipple stim, rl tea, fresh pineapple. almost worked with last one. went in to be induced ans was already 4cm dilated (no idea how coz i didnt feel anything) so didnt need the gel they just broke waters straight away

I think I may have started my labour - it was by using a breastpump and I don't recommend it.

I was desperate to avoid an induction. Even managed to have the date re-scheduled. I then went on a mission to bring labour on. I had taken RLT ages prior to this, I ate pineapple, had sex, gave bj's (not at random, to DH) ate curry, walked, walked with one foot on the kerb and had hot baths, to no avail. So, I got out the breastpump. Mabye it is a coincedense (sp) but around an hour later I started getting period like pain and just after 24 hours later, boy, did those pains really kick in.

In hospital I was examined and told I was nowhere near labour, I was in pre-labour. 'OMG, what the flunk was the real thing going to be like', I asked myself. Luckily, there was a change in shift and a new midwife advised that I was having particulary painful, erm, pre-labour pains and would give me a little morphine and send me home in four hours if I had not progressed. At this point I was vomiting into the sink and would just naturally stand all the way onto my tiptoes with my feet turned in everytime I had an, erm , contraction (funny what you remember) and I was so grateful.

Cut a long story short, had to get an emergency CS under a general to get DD into the world.

Had I interfeared a little too much myself I wonder. I'm sure I read somewhere that this method gives you more painful contractions. Not sure as first baby but those pains were just not doing anything.

Would I go through it again?

You bet

ds i resorted to castor oil being 10 days late, dd i resorted to lucuzade (suggestion by a mumsnetter) both worked

Have a pipe burst in your loft and get the emergency plumber to come out the next morning.

You'll go into labour that night, for sure.