how to speed up labor??????

edited January 2011 in Pregnant
Hello I'm 38 weeks pregnant and 2 cm dilated any tips to expedite the process?????

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  • Sex..sounds awful but I am convinced it worked on my oldest. Walking will help too
  • Sex lol for my first one that's what we did and he came 2 days later
  • Same thing with us 2nd on the way lol
  • My doc always told me, walkin sex, an if all else fails masterbate, cus its more productive,,, it worked on my first one I did all 3 one a day for 3 days an on the 3rd day atv5 in the mornig my water broke,,,,now she is 5 and im on #2
  • I tried walking and sex with my first it didn't work. I heard spicy food and also Castor oil
  • Squats, run up and down stairs. Semen softens the cervix,...... Bumpy car ride.... Castor oil will just make you throw up and get really bad diarrhea... I would never take that anyways.
  • Don't do castor oil .....trust me its horrible......true it does work....but it tastes disgusting ...makes you feel gross..... gives you exploding diarrhea, and makes actual labor take longer,I was stuck on 6 for hours and still had painful contractions.I will never ever do that again.
  • edited January 2011
    PS. I did this 11yrs ago..I was desparate and miserable i actually did it a month before my due date....my son weighed 10lbs....he was on my bladder and I was peeing my pants if I walked up stairs, sneezed, coughed,laughed,or even walking around..I went to the hospital one night and I was begging the Dr to induce me. He wouldn't I was dialated 2cm but no where close to labor....he did strip my membranes,but sent me home....I WAS SOOOOOO frustrated...so on the way home I stoped at the grocery store and bought a bottle of castor oil. I drank the whole thing rite in the parking lot.after 5 hours of misery I had my first contraction. He was born 14hours later.
  • I agree not to do castor oil! It worked for me but I also was stuck at 6cm forever and ended up having to have a c-section after 23 hours of labor. So not worth it!!
  • Doing the grown up....
  • Agree; sex, self-stimuli & brisk walking... good luck ;)
  • You can go get a maternity massage and if the lady is nice she Will do the pressure prints on u that induce labor.. but usually they won't touch ur pressure points without a doctors note.
    .. or u can have ur bf suck milk out of yr boobs or use a breast pump if milk comes out yr body will think the baby is out.. usually labor starts the next day ive heard.
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