I am overdue, does anyone have any tips to bring on labor?

Answer 1

Enthusiastic dancing
Gardening
Shopping.

Answer 2

DO NOT DO THE HOT BATH THING!!!!! That is VERY dangerous to the health of your unborn child! Any doctor will tell you that!! My Dr. said that all those other things are just old wives tales! I walked MILES my last two months and was still 1 1/2 weeks past due! I would ask the Dr. To induce you if you are more then 1 week overdue! My baby almost died b/c they left him in too long!!! He got to big and when I started contractions I was suffocating him! But he was born and is a happy 2yr old baby boy now! So talk to your DR and see what options are open to you!

Answer 3

It is best to let nature take it's course, unless you are more than a week overdue then the doctors will send you into hospital to induce labour, by the way inducing labour doesn't hurt.
I would get as much rest as you can because when the baby comes you will need a lot of energy.

Answer 4

the best way to bring on labour is to have an hot and steamy night with your partner or masturbation during an orgasm your body produces a hormone called oxitocin which is what you are give when you are induced and it a fun way of getting things moving it may take a four or five big ones but by the next morning your contractions/waters should break please don't use Castor oil its now found to be bad for you and the baby once your labour has started keep moving gravity will help it move along quicker good luck

Answer 5

Have sex. The sperm hits the cervix and the cervix sees the sperm as something that isnt suppose to be there and trys to keep it away sending you into contractions. I know because I went into labor 4 months too early with my son and had to get put on terbutaline shots for 2 months and then they took him when I was 7 months pregnant. Just dont have sex doggy style. Ride him if possible while hes sitting up. And also try doing a little hiking. Not much just a little. For instance if you have stairs or something just walk up and down them. BUT BE CAREFUL!

Answer 6

Trust me I was due on the 2nd Dec 2001 I was overdue was sore etc so I got mother in law to get me castor oil & a carton of fresh orange juice & i downed the lot after trying sex curries bending on floor cleaning etc nothing worked took it at 7pm then by !1am in the morning my waters had broke & i was away to the hospital it worked for me & it was my first pregnancy hope this helps

Answer 7

Agree to attend a really important occasion, perhaps a wedding. Book a meal at a really fancy restaurant. Phone all of your friends and agree to meet them for lunch. Make a hairdressers appointment.

Sods law dictates that you'll go into labour just before any of these events can take place !!!

Any other suggestions (curry, sex, dancing) are all old wives tales, but they sound like fun so try them all anyway !

On a final serious note, as a couple of other people have mentioned, ignore the hot bath suggestion it's not safe at all.

Answer 8

All that everybody has said is supossed to work. I'm just gonna add this, do anything that relaxes you, you have to be relax in orden to start labor, that's why many times labor starts at night, that's why sex works wonders, and I really like the story of the chocolate cake, because chocolate makes you happy, your brain produces serotonin, which is a relaxing happy hormone. Good luck

Answer 9

if you have an agreeable man, nipple stimulation is great for starting contractions(by mouth) don't be afraid to be a little aggressive about it and cover the entire nipple area, as if he were nursing you. sex does not have to be apart of this practice. he can also do this by hand. or you can do it yourself. this may sound sick, but how bad do you want get this pregnancy over with? this is a very natural way to start a labor without drugs and you can do it home. try it for fifteen minutes or longer at a time.

Answer 10

Lots of thing: -

Have sex
Eat a hot curry
Lots of warm baths
Raspeberry Leaf Tea (tea or capsules and they help relieve labour pains too)
Go for a membrane sweep with the Midwife (if appropriate)
Lots of walks

Good luck and congratulations for when your little one finally makes an appearance !

Answer 11

I am having the same scenario but my due date is today... some people has told me today that sex & walking are good ways of bringing on labor or keepin busy basically cleaning walking around and staying occupied..... good luck!