I am 36 weeks pregnant and have been having contractions for three weeks now. The doctors have stopped my labor three times now and I was on meds and bedrest. Now that I don't have to take the pills to stop my contractions and am allowed to get out of bed I am not dilating anymore and contractions aren't doing anything. The doctor said it is safe for me to try at home induction methods but I didn't think to ask for details because I already knew about a few from my last pregnancy. Can you please tell me some methods that work!!
2007-01-27 15:20:14 · 7 answers · asked by Summer 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
well usually walking helps, or a warm shower (get a hubby/boyfriend/friend/mother/relitive, to massage your back aswell, it also helped my sister, and my mum did massage her for 2 hours straight)
good luck
2007-01-27 15:28:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait until you're 40 weeks before you try. I had a 36 week baby, and the difference between him and my full term baby was huge. He was very sick, had rsv, was hard to feed, didn't really start to thrive until 2 months old. He also has vision problems (a preemie issue) and had reactive airway disease until he was 5. My full term baby never even went to the doctor for being sick until 2.5 years old. What a difference. My full term had to have labor stopped too, but I made it to 40 and then was induced (baby was 9lbs 3oz, couldn't wait anymore)
So in short, wait, don't have an early one if you can help it.
2007-01-27 15:27:15 · answer #2 · answered by dakirk123 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think there are a heap of wives tales about getting you to go into labour. My sister tried cod liver oil, jumping up and down, spicey food and sex. They all did not work.
Give it a couple of weeks then if you want to go earlier than full term ask the doctor for an induction. It is your body and you make the decisions.
2007-01-27 15:41:44 · answer #3 · answered by curly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do you want to rush it? Obviously your baby isnt ready to come out or you would be in labor. you have the rest of your life with this child. Let them fully develope while they still can. The best place for a 36 week old fetus is in there Mom still not in an incubator under lights. think about it.
2007-01-27 15:25:59 · answer #4 · answered by missieeeG 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Walking. And sex. The prostaglandin in sperm actually helps to soften the cervix. My doctor recommended it but at the end of my pregnancy I was so huge and so not sexy that I couldn't bring myself to do that to my poor husband.
I heard that castor oil is supposed to make you go into labor, but only if you're ready. People take a shot of it, then chase it with coke, and others mix it with scrambled eggs. However, if you're not ready then it just makes you poop your guts out. Sounds awful if you ask me.
I also heard that fresh pineapple helps, but all it did for me was give me indigestion.
So..... I walked a lot.
2007-01-27 15:44:34 · answer #5 · answered by Katie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Warm showers and take a walk
2007-01-27 15:23:46 · answer #6 · answered by Katie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have sex. Sperm will help. I am not trying to be sick, it's true.
2007-01-27 15:26:16 · answer #7 · answered by WWW.MYHIBRID.COM 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋