Over 40 weeks pregnant now! is walking a proven fact to help induce labour and is castor oil safe?
Opinions on castor oil vary. When I was pregnant with my first, I went to ante natal classes, and the midwife there talked about going overdue, and ‘natural’ methods of inducing labour. She recommended castor oil – but did point out it would give you the sh*ts. The flip side of castor oil is that some studies have linked it with babies passing meconium in utero. Having said that also, that was normally in women who took it before they were due. Similarly, around two days or so before I went into labour with #1 I went off my food, I couldn’t eat but I was also sellotaped to the toilet. Next thing I knew, I was in the cinema and in labour. Not fun to watch a film whilst huffing and puffing through contractions. Emptying out the bowel is the body’s way of preparing for the next thing its going to eject! It sounds as though your body is gearing up to give birth asap. Castor Oil and spicy food work in the same way – they stimulate the bowel (to poop) and in turn it irritates the uterus, whi
Yes i would say that your body is getting ready 🙂 Nothing has actually been prooven to induce labour but they say walking can help your baby move down and press on your cervix but as i said its not a fact. I really wouldn’t try castor oil, it’ll only make you ill. Yes it can put you into labour but you’ll most likely spend your labour being sick and with severe diarrheaa which you don’t need when your about to push out a baby. Try sex and nipple stimulation as these actually can help and are fun to try 🙂 Good luck and hope your baby comes out soon.
No walking is not guaranteed to induce labor. In fact, it really DOESN’T induce labor. It can help baby settle down into your pelvis whch can, in turn, start to dilate your cervix, but it doesn’t cause labor to begin. (Remember, if there were sure-fire methods of inducing labor at home, there would be no need for costly hospital-based methods like pitocin and cervidil and there would be a LOT fewer c-sections.) And no, castor oil is not safe.
