Castor Oil to bring on Labour?

[tamula]

Hello,

I used Castor oil the night before i was due to be induced with dd1 and my waters broke that night, who knows if it workied or not!

Thing is number 2 is over a week late now too but i dont recall how much of it i took, can anyone advise? also any old wivies that i havent heard may be useful!

Cheers

I remember being told by my midwife not to use castor oil - but I can't remember why (was a long time ago now!)

I'm sure someone who knows what they're talking about will be around soon, though.

Thanks HumphreyCushion,

My midwife said the same last time but i'm willing to try anything faced with being induced

I'm in a net cafe, so will check back in later and hopefully some nice people will have lent their learned experience to my post!

ciao

nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! will give you terrible stomach pains and diaorrhea!! and if it does and you go into labour, tehn you will spend most of the labour on the toilet in pain!

it might well be coincidence that you went into labour the first time..there are other things you can do to try to bring labour on naturally..

nipple stim & sex being the two major ones..the semen contains prostoglandins that help ripen the cervix ...and orgasm can help bring on contractions ! if you are ready to go

ask for a sweep ..that can tip you into labour at 41 + if you are ready anyway..

BUT - babies come when they are ready.! and if you tend to go late with your babies..then they will come later!

nipple stim!

please do not try castor oil !

anything homeopathic & aromatherapy based should be done by a qualified practitioner....xx

just to let u know, i took 20 ml of castor oil and labour begun a few hours later, no pain, sickness or side effects.

just a healthy 10lb 1oz baby girl

glad it went well......! congratulations