Has anyone ever taken castor oil at 37 weeks pregnancy and went into labor?
Castor oil can help induce labor… but there are a couple of cons to it. The 1st side effect is diarrhea (which causes the second side effect: dehydration and may be the actual reason it works) neither condition is particularly lovely during labor. The most safe and natural way to induce labor is vaginal intercourse… the hormones that your body releases help trigger contractions and the chemicals in the semen also help induce labor (pig semen is what is in prostheglandin; the suppository used to medically induce labor… personally the natural way is much more appealing!) Besides, you don’t want your baby born too early… even at 37 weeks, the lungs may not be completely developed, and you have have problems like not being able to breathe without machines, pneumonia, and or RSV.
