I want to go into labor. How can I?

Question

I really want to go into labor. I really really want to go into labor. Really. I am going to drink castor oil tomorrow and go for a loooooong walk, but what else can I do? Don't tell me that crap about it'll come out when it's ready. I'm ready NOW. Pleeeease help me. I can't take it anymore! Anything else I can do? Again, DO NOT TELL ME THAT IT WILL HAPPEN NATURALLY. THANKS!

i am due august 2nd. i will be 37 weeks tomorrow. i'm miserable

Answer 1

ha I love how desperate you are! It really brings back memories......Ok the castor oil thing doesnt work and tastes really really bad! But exercize and sex DO work. I know the last thing you want is sex.....but give it a try, im sure your guy would be happy to help you out. And there is some pressure point on the outside of your ankle that when firm steady pressure is put there can induce labor. Good luck. BTW, have you even dropped yet? effaced? dialated? thinned?

Answer 2

Most importantly is if you are at least 37-38 weeks along. DONT do the castor oil!!!! Something will come out and it will not be the baby. You will be miserable and you need to save your energy for delivery. If you are due some ways to release your natural oxitocin is nipple stimulation and sex! Also you can look online for reflexology sites on your foot for going into labor. I know where the spot is but it is to hard to describe on here, then have your partner or someone to rub that spot on your foot. These are just some easier more natural ways for labor to begin. Good luck!

Answer 3

If you drink castor oil. you can cause your baby to have a bowel movement in utero and in turn ingest meconium which can be life threatening to your baby. It's extremely foolhardy on your end to try it. I am 38 wks pregnant with my second and have had a horrible pregnancy with SPD, Sciatica,neuropathy in my legs, CTS so bad my hands are black and blue. I cannot move without pain. I am in misery, had to quit a job I loved as a nurse, am trying to chase my 4 yr old. I am seriously in tears from wanting this to be over, but there is
NOTHING I can do until y baby is ready. Semen has prostaglandins in it which help ripen the cervix, you can try nipple stimulation ( 15 min each side 6 times a day) as it releases oxytocin, similar to pitocin which can cause uterine contractions. These are the only two scientifically proven methods. Some swear by spicy foods and walking. Please don't do anything that may harm your baby just to spare you a few extra days pregnancy. Everyone hates the last few wks. Good luck.

Answer 4

Castor Oil will give you a terrible case of the scuts. Don't do it.
Walking and a really warm bath will help bring contractions on if they've already started.
That said, the baby wont come out until your cervix has thinned, and is beginning to dilate.

Baby will come out in it's own dear time.
There's a reason why the baby is still in there. I know you don't want to hear it, but you are being selfish and it's the safest and cosiest environment for him/her. This is where your mommy instinct should have already kicked in, and you should realise not to rush your baby for anything. Let him/her finish up in there. Dr's will help you along if there's any problems or if your baby is getting too big.

Think about your little baby. Don't put your body through the tortures, the castor oil will only work if your cervix is already ripening. It can help bring on contractions, but so can orgasm, and nipple stimulation.

Leave the baby alone. It'll soon be here. Try and enjoy some peace and quiet.

Good luck and congrats on the bebe.

Answer 5

If your membranes are intact, a good session with hubby (both top and down) will get the uterus contracting. Whether it will keep it up or not, who knows.

Not so much on the castor oil, unless you want to be pregnantmiserable and toiletmiserable. Go for a short walk--save your energy for labor. Eat lots of carbs. If you were a horse rider, riding a horse at this stage might help open the birth canal and drop the bambino in.

I'm not a professional here, now, so take everything with a grain of salt.

P.S. I once talked to a chiropractor/actupuncturist who swore she could get labor started very easily. Of course, if you're not ready, they probably would turn you down...

Answer 6

Ok, 1st of all don't drink castor oil, that's just an old wives tale that will not make you go into labor, just make you sick. Try walking, laying in a warm bath, getting on a birthing ball (if u have one, or an exercise ball) or if your in the mood, *have sex and lay down for about 30 minutes afterward to allow the semen to soften your cervix which makes it easier for dilation, etc. to start! And when are you due?
Good Luck!!

Answer 7

http://www.babybellybotanicals.com/index.php
go here and maybe you can try this, it cost about 20 bucks plus shipping, but hey i think if you are desperate, then its worth a try. ill be trying it in a lil over a week, with my drs ok that is. make sure your baby is ready before you try it. and i would not suggest castor oil. i tried it with 2 of my babies and it did nothing for me. anyway the stuff is called labor balm, it is not recomended for use before 38 weeks, so wait till at least then. from the research that i have done myself it is safe to use, it will not harm you or baby, and if your body is not ready it will not work and wont give you or baby any side affects. good luck to you and baby

Answer 8

I feel the same way, I am due in 2.5 weeks, and don't want to be pregnant anymore! I have heard the following:
walking, sex, castor oil, breast stimulation(pumping), and squats. Just make sure your baby has turned/dropped into the position for labor, otherwise you may complicate the pregnancy.

Good luck! :)

Answer 9

Castor oil is the worst thing you can do. It will cause you to cramp and get diarrhea and can cause the baby to have a bowel movement as well.

Try having sex, but make sure you have an orgasm, which causes contractions. Sperm will ripen the cervix.

I know you don't want to hear it, but there is nothing you can really do to speed things up if the baby is not ready, without the Dr giving you meds.

Answer 10

I went in a determine-up, three days beyond my due date. I was once nonetheless simplest two cm dilated. My physician scheduled me to be triggered four days later, which I was once no longer completely satisfied approximately. I went residence and an hour later I proposal I had rainy myself. Got wiped clean up and it occurred once more an hour later. I did not believe a lot of it on account that I wasn't in any anguish and wasn't getting any contractions. That was once at approximately 10:00am. I went with my stepfather to take my little brother for his two month pictures. I sat within the ready room for 2 hours and while I obtained up I felt a trickle, soaked by way of a pad and the whole thing else, so I walked proper over to hard work and supply and sat there for a further hour earlier than I was once noticeable. When the nurse was once checking me, my water broke completly and I was once admitted. I wasn't dilating and my contractions needed to be triggered. I began pushing at 9am the following morning. I driven for three hours earlier than I was once instructed that I wanted a c-segment. My son was once born at one million:04pm that afternoon through c-segment. He's 6 months historic now.