What are natural ways to induce labor?
There are natural ways to help induce labor. These are not recommended to be tried until you are more than 40 weeks pregnant. Be advised that these options will not work if your cervix is not prepared for labor and delivery. Ways to naturally induce labor include sex, foods, nipple stimulation, herbs, castor oil and acupressure.SexThis is a very common way for women who are nine months pregnant to try to induce labor. Sex can help to ripen the cervix and prepare the cervix for delivery. For many women, this is not very comfortable when they are nine months pregnant but this is one option to help get the cervix ripe and ready for labor and delivery.FoodsMay women have induced labor by eating the following foods: pineapple, spicy foods, Chinese food, Eggplant Parmesan and licorice. Many women eat spicy foods because they help to induce labor.Nipple StimulationThis is one of the more natural ways to induce labor. The stimulation of the nipple releases an oxytocin or pitocin which helps ma
