Tips to bring labour on?

[Venuzs]

35weeks pregnant today. It’s my 2nd and I had a c section first time

i really want a vbac

but midwives have advised they’d want to induce me at 37 weeks due to my last c section being due to babies size (and baby was a whopper at 39+3!) so they’re worried because it’ll be a VBAC and I previously had a kind of bigger baby

but I don’t want to be induced. But also don’t want to put any risk to anyone. Myself or baby

part of me thinks just get another planned c section at 39 weeks but I’d like a VBAC if I could this may be my last pregnancy

Do you have any tips that worked for you to bring you into labour? I won’t do them now. More around 37weeks (which is when they want to bring me in for induction)

id rather my body go into labour than the hospital start it if I can help it

My elderly neighbour suggested I squat down, holding on to the tabletop then kind of rock backwards and forwards. It worked!

Best of luck with whatever happens.

It won't bring in labour but if you drink Raspberry Berry Leaf Tea it should make the birth easier.

To bring in the labour you need to arrange a meeting that you absolutely can't miss!

Nothing worked for me. But I quite enjoyed sniffing clary sage and drinking raspberry leaf tea eating dates and pineapple. I did a lot of walking which was nice in the summer. My late grandmother promised me an early baby and it was a lie, DS was the first late baby in in my family in at least 100 years (even based on LMP because obviously they didn’t have scans in 1921).

How rude of her to break a promise like that @PurBal

Oxytocin, sit down and relax and watch comedy.

Oxytocin, sit down and relax and watch comedy

I didn't know that but it was exactly my experience with DD. I watched a comedy, went to bed, had an urge to go to the loo straightaway and started with strong, regular contractions. She was born 4 hours later!

I think your body has to be ready to go anyways. I had a small show on the Monday, did a lot of walking on the Tuesday, woke up with slight irregular contractions on the early hours of Wednesday morning, so again got walking when I was up, had baby 15 hours later !

Also, when I tried to collect colostrum I would get cramps !

@PritiPatelsMaker I know, how could she? 😂 I’m sure she’d have found it amusing.

Also, when I tried to collect colostrum I would get cramps

Ah the old nipple tweaking tip often works one heard

Sex and nipple stimulation are the only things with any evidentiary support. You'd be lucky to trigger anything at 37 weeks though, tbh...

Nothing will work unless your body is almost ready to tip into labour naturally. Good sex and nipple stimulation are more for speeding up latent labour. There is some evidence for eating 6 dates a day thought the third trimester. Inducing at 37 weeks is likely to be a long slow process and high risk of having an unplanned caesarean. How heavy was your last baby and have you thought about asking why not wait and assess the baby's size at 39/ 40 weeks?

Your body and baby both need to be ready to start labour. There’s nothing you can do to start it but being upright and letting gravity bring baby down could help.

oxytocin is the key so get as loved up as you can with snuggles and Christmas movies 😊

and remember, you can refuse an induction x

So they're looking at indving in 15th December jnstead of letting you go until 5th Jan?

When I did classes, the midwife said to try a spicy curry, a bumpy drive (with the state of the roads today that's pretty much a given) and sex.

Good luck with your new addition.