Methods of bringing on labour..anyone know any??

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Has anyone tried ways of bringing on labour and found that it helped or even started it??? I have heard of raspberry leaf tea but im not convinced as of yet that it works.I am 37 weeks pregnant and suffering with SPD..awful. thanks everyone.

Sorry to be stupid but what is nipple stimulation and how do i do it?!

Ziggy xx

dont do the castor oil!!! u r supposed to put a table spoon mix it with orange juice, drink down in one!! i no of three people that got really bad shits ended up dehydrated made there labour worse cos had to be on drip!!
iam 38+2 brought a big pineapple today so will tuck into that later,
have been putting lavender in bath, didnt realise it brought on labour was just relaxing!!

i also have spd bad! iam so sick of people saying have a long walk that will do the trick! as those of u with spd will no, being able to even go 4 a short walk would b a luxury! painful enough just getting to the bathroom and bk!! iam a hairdresser so used to being active, been of work 10 weeks with spd, trying to put my feet up and think of anything that dosent include, giving birth to a 14lb baby!!!!

have a look here re nipple stim

remember, a normal full term pregnancy is anywhere between 37 - 42 weeks, and a lot of women will got to 41 weeks, so try not to focus too much on your EDD, it is an estimated due date, not a definite prediction.

I have SPD and am 37 weeks too and know the feeling. I did laugh when someone suggested a long walk, I was thinking, hmm i cant walk to bathroom without being in pain, hmm hold on a sec!
A friend told me today that you have to eat 2 whole big pineapples to bring on labour, hmm i dont like pineapples
I didnt know about the lavander, does it have to be pure oil or will a lavender bath foam be as good?
Sex and SPD doesnt go well either so those SPD suffers will just have to wait, me thinks.
Good Luck

Thanks lulumama - off to practice now!

Sorry - but can someone tell me what SPD stands for?

OK don't worry I have found it. (my acronym link was not working)

Sounds painful. I am struggling to walk as it is nevermind having that to contend with. AM 33+2 and cannot wait until this is over. Went to 42 weeks with 1st born but am booked in for c section this time after trauma of first. (Not til 39 weeks though)

My family all have a sweepstake going as to arrival date.
I'm 38 weeks and really ready to meet my special delivery but figure he/she will come when ready.
I am taking evening primrose oil tablets every evening though...not so much to bring on labour but to help ripen the cervix so that the pain is lessened. Also remember that even though sex is SO good, the prostglandin hormone in sperm that is released (which also helps ripen the cervix) is actually better absorbed through the stomach...ummm....yeah...you got it!

In Germany they recommend raspberry leaf tea, 3 times a day from 35 weeks to 'soften the cervix'.

Have no personal experience of this but as one who had a hugely drawn-out labour the first time round I have just got my supplies in and will be brewing up from Christmas onwards.

DON'T DO CASTOR OIL - I had a TERRIBLE labour with it and no way would I ever do it again, seriously, it was truly awful and the contractions started a min apart yet it wasn't even established labour!!! I took far too much though - my silly nan gave me the wrong info!

I really wouldn't try and bring it on early anyway, baby may not be ready to come out. The only reason I did it was because I was a week late and baby wasn't growing inside and they were worried so were going to induce me anyway!

motherwort, squaw vine and gelsemium. - the ONLY way to bring on labour imo. my cousin tried all the normal ways and all failed. she saw some homeopathic person who recommended these and baby was here within 24 hours!

I don't think raspberry leaf tea brings on labour but it is meant to help tone up your uterus ready for labour and there is some evidence to prove that it makes the second stage of labour shorter. All I know is that I didn't take it in my first pregnancy and my labour lasted days with established labour (3cm onwards) lasting 19 hours. I drank raspberry leaf tea from around 36 weeks in my second pregnancy and established labour lasted 40 minutes. Make of that what you will. I'm now nearly 37 weeks and am drinking it again!

oh also other people have told me what worked for them was eating lots of mangoes, rotating their hips on a birthing ball, side stepping down the stairs and giving dp oral.

I eat a whole pineapple a week before I was due and went into labour that night. It has to be fresh pineapple not tinned or cooked. Good luck

have you tried eating a chinese takeaway?

have heard clary sage but not sure what it does would quite like to no my self if any one nos

hi im 37wks preg. i have tried sex and been drinking raspberry tea since last fri. last few days been eatin fresh pineapple and still no sign!! my first came @ 38wks so hoping will go into labour soon as i really dow wanna go over!!