I am just over 40 weeks with my 2nd and am scheduled to be induced tommorrow night, however I was hoping to avoid that whole ordeal. I am 3cm dilated (although she said that she can open me to a 5 on exam) and completely thinned. I have been having some contractions (like 1-2 per hour) for the last few days but can't get them to come on strong. I have literally tried everything that I can think of to being on labor and was wondering if there are any other ideas out there that I had not heard of. These are the ones that I have tried...Sex (and lots of it since that is the one everyone says works the best), Nipple stimulation (every 10 min till contraction starts for an hour and using a breast pump), Castor oil, fleets enema, lots of walking, eggplant parmigiana, spicy food warm baths and showers, going for a bumpy car ride, watching a funny movie and I have had my membranes stripped 3 times. I need more ideas - as you can see I am pretty much willing to try anything!!!
2007-04-09
06:44:21
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