Myths to help get labour moving

[Mummytobe333]

With my due date approaching in a few days just wondering what people tried to get things moving and if they felt it worked?

personally don’t believe in all the myths but just thought as a bit of fun would be interesting to hear 😀
I have just been doing loads of walking to try engage babies head as still not engaged at almost 40 weeks! But nothing is working.

I had been having period-like cramps in the night. Didn't think anything of it, as it was 8 days prior to my due date, and the pains were very mild. We DTD that morning. Then my waters broke at 11am. After a very quick labour, baby popped out at 3pm. I genuinely think doing the deed helped bring on labour.

Raspberry leaf yes definitely made my contractions stronger and more frequent in early labour and I think helped speed it along.

My midwife told me to relax with a glass of organic red wine. It didn't work but I enjoyed it 😂

I drank raspberry leaf tea and took baths with clary sage oil for a few days when my dd was nearing. Went into labour v quickly.

Eating chilli (didn't work,induced) - good luck!

Semen contains prostaglandins which help to ripen the cervix and encourage contractions, so having plenty of sex is a good idea. Mind you, if your baby’s head is not engaged, be careful not to be too vigorous with your DH - you don’t want your waters to break and risk a cord prolapse.

I think I tried just about everything; nothing worked for me lol

Caster oil was one. Ergot but very dangerous used to start labour off.

Tried dates, spicy food, pineapple,lots of sex, raspberry leaf tea, yoga, comedy. With my first I had about 8 sweeps too.
No babies until after 42 weeks.

I drank raspberry leaf tea for a couple of days, but more like a couple of weeks, maybe 2, I think, don’t remember but Followed some recommendations I got, they said you need a build up in your body) and while I had to be induced at 40 weeks, I reacted quickly and was in a lot of pain, just from the one pessary (no drip until 24h later cause I wasn’t progressing). I was the only one from 5 women that were induced to react this way.

I wonder if this tea didn’t make it worse, safe to say I won’t touch it this time around.

Sex
Fresh pineapple
Spicy food
Don't do the drinking castor oil it just gives you the shi@s 🤣

Go on the swings in the park for half an hour.

The doctor 'prescribed' for us to go out for a meal without our toddler and then have sex. Went into labour an hour after. She did also give me a 'very good sweep' that day too so maybe it was a combination! So ask for a very good sweep 😂

A sweep from a wonderful midwife with the biggest hands I’ve ever seen 😇

I will have a sweep this time around too. Good to know to follow up with sex :)

I’ve tried sex in the week before induction and it didn’t do anything, fingers crossed doing it after sweep helps, I don’t want the pessary again.

I am booked in for a sweep in a couple of days fingers crossed that helps!

Sweep didn’t work for me either time but using a breast pump did. However labour was very very very slow (and painful!) and I wonder if it was because the breast pump started off labour pains when I wasn’t really ready. So don’t recommend.

Where you at 40 weeks already? How long was it?

I was overdue by about a week at that point. From first twinges to baby out it was 3 days 😬

@WinifridSanderson a long time indeed :/

Sex worked for me... 😁

I ate almost an entire fresh pineapple when DC2 was overdue. No idea if it was just coincidence but I went into labour a few hours later. Not great for heartburn though.....

Sex worked both times for me 🙈

Sex

Sex seems to be a popular one however don’t even know if I can manage!! 😂