39 weeks today, Castor Oil tonight.

[MommaCC]

Congratulations xxxxxx

 

[Jai_Jai]

Huge congratulations and I am so pleased you had the lovely labour with it enjoy your beautiful girl xx

 

[crazylady5]

awwww congratulations hun i'm so pleased everything went well for you hun so it works huh lol x

 

[MrsBandEgglet]

Just a note for any ladies in the UK thng about taking it, some NHS trusts are very strongly against the uses of castor oil and you may not get a good reaction from the midwives at your labour unit if they discover you've taken it. Also, if you have to go into hospital via ambulance as a previous poster mentioned the paramedics may not be happy either. I've heard of maternity unit mw's informing social services before if they know you have taken it, so just be wary. xx

Really?my hubby is a social worker & said they would never follow up on something like this. I would have thought if they report people for this they would report all the mums to be who are outside the mat unit smoking. Even if they weren't happy about it they have to treat the same & care for you and your baby,they would have to be pretty unprofessional if they didn't.

I'm afraid so. A girl at a baby and toddler group I used to go to told me this is what happened to her when she confessed to the mw's at the maternity unit that she took it. She had to stay in for five days until checks had been completed and then she was visited for a further few weeks at home, separate visits from the normal mw and hv home visits. Yes, harsh considering how many ladies are outside smoking (she smoked too) whilst pregnant and in labour but unfortunately smoking during pregnancy isnt frowned upon as much when really the two should be dealt with the same.

I dont think taking castor oil and smoking throughout your entire pregnancy is the same thing, really, but that is just my opinion.
She was more than likely in hospital longer due to the fact that she smoked, if she and baby had a bad time in labour they prob would keep her longer and do more follow ups.
To the ladies in the UK who take castor oil, its prob is good idea to inform the MW when you get to hospital so they are fully aware, if she threatens you with social services (because it would only be a threat, social services would not act on this) or treats you badly because of this then you would have a serious case on your hands. People take castor oil to induce labour not to harm a baby.

Would it be just a "threat" though? Are you willing to take the risk? I'm not and I would certainly like to know when exactly I'll be in labour because I'll quite possibly be labouring on my own. Nothing would ever make me want to take the risk of using castor oil though. All that matters is that OP and her LO are both ok and had a good labour, congratulations OP on the birth of your princess.

Just please ladies, please please please do your own research like the OP did and weigh it all up yourself and don't just think oh it worked for her so it must be foolproof. It's not. Good luck in your impending labours everyone.

 

[CarliCareBear]

congrats!! i didn't even realize using castor oil for labor was a real thing, haha, i always thought it was a joke!! guess not. and to the people who still have their panties in a wad, she just gave birth to a healthy baby girl so no need for the thread wars!

we all care as much as the next person for the health of our babies. assuming that a bunch of us will just start downing castor oil because of this thread is ridiculous. the girls on bnb are not that daft!

 

[JessPape]

Congrats momma!

 

[leahsbabybump]

glad your both ok congrats on your bundle
i would never be brave enough to take it though can cause still birth i hear :-/ could never imagine having to blame myself if anything happened i would rather be uncomfy till week 42 and have it done the safe way :-/

 

[PegLeg2na]

Wowie Congrats!!! Really glad it worked so well for you!

 

[mrssat]

congrats!! i didn't even realize using castor oil for labor was a real thing, haha, i always thought it was a joke!! guess not. and to the people who still have their panties in a wad, she just gave birth to a healthy baby girl so no need for the thread wars!

we all care as much as the next person for the health of our babies. assuming that a bunch of us will just start downing castor oil because of this thread is ridiculous. the girls on bnb are not that daft!

Here here. I wanted to reply to that post because people may come across this while googling & i didn't want people thinking social services would get involved if they took xastor oil but like you say the ladies here are not that daft.

 

[MrsBandEgglet]

congrats!! i didn't even realize using castor oil for labor was a real thing, haha, i always thought it was a joke!! guess not. and to the people who still have their panties in a wad, she just gave birth to a healthy baby girl so no need for the thread wars!

we all care as much as the next person for the health of our babies. assuming that a bunch of us will just start downing castor oil because of this thread is ridiculous. the girls on bnb are not that daft!

Here here. I wanted to reply to that post because people may come across this while googling & i didn't want people thinking social services would get involved if they took xastor oil but like you say the ladies here are not that daft.

But you'd rather ladies googled castor oil and a thread with a load of other people saying "oh yay looks like it worked, I'm gonna give it a try" came up? That's just utterly irresponsible sorry but your OH isn't the only social worker in Britain.

 

[Jai_Jai]

Maybe it is wise for everyone to agree to disagree? The OP did her research as everyone has said and made her own decision. Isn't it better to just leave this now and move on, what is the point in arguing over your own opinions? You are both entitled to your own opinion and anyone who "stumbles" across this thread will surely be performing their own research. Therefore, these theoretical women would be making up their own mind and I would think, whether or not this thread said do it or don't do it, they would be looking at more than one resource and not base their decision on "random peoples opinions/arguments" on the use of castor oil for induction in an online forum full of non healthcare professionals?

 

[geckorachel]

Firstly CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Sounds like it worked a treat for you and that things went smoothly!!!

I agree with Jai_Jai, also, as a social worker I really couldn't see us getting involved unless there were other concerns about the mother's treatment of baby during or after pregnancy. The work we do is very high tariff sadly more say with mothers injecting heroin throughout their pregnancies and perhaps prostituting themselves to fund the habit. Up here in Scotland I'd imagine the most that would happen is it would be discussed by the midwife and the health visitor and it may add to concerns if there are others, if there were other concerns then perhaps social work would investigate but it wouldn't be totally based on taking castor oil.

I wish people didn't fear social work so much but I suppose I understand why
I personally know nothing about castor oil so will make no comment on that.

But congratulations to the OP!!!!!!!!!! xxxx

 

[daisy_]

Congratulations xxxx

 

[andersondyson]

I have been stalking this thread, not to read everyones opinions but to see how the OP labour and birth went!!!!

Its a shame she probable wont get to read all of the CONGRATULATIONS posts, due to the massive ammount of people giving their opinions and advice even though the OP stated clearly that she had done research and was NOT looking for advice!!!!

There is a time for keeping opinions to yourself, and this is one of them......

Such a wonderful and special time for the OP and its been overshaddowed!!!

Hope you have a wonderful time with your precious little one, much love xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[NuKe]

congrats!

 

[Baby France]

I'm glad your birth went well.

Personally I've yet to come across any health care professional in my area that agrees with it. It WAS used a long time ago, but was stopped...not many things (that are cheap!) are stopped simply for the sake of it.

I also think that its frightening to think that someone may google it and come up with this thread.

Quite frankly I don't care about spoiling a 'she's has a baby, congratulations thread'...there are the birth announcement sections for that.

I just hope that impressionable women and yes, there are a few of them, read this and don't take it as a green light.

 

[HellBunny]

Congrats! xxx

 

[Pocky]

I consider myself to be quite impressionable (especially as i'm getting quite desperate to get him out now ) but this thread is only one of many MANY places i'll have looked for information on castor oil (all methods, infact) as so many websites say different things.

My mother works NHS and she's never heard of anything wrong with using castor oil (unless of course you count the odd unfortunate case of explosive diarrhea). So even there it seems to be a matter of opinion and old wives tales.
(As someone pointed out - one argument is that it MIGHT be related to babies pooing in the womb - but it can happen anyway as you go overdue, and it is generally over due ladies who try it, so no one could really say if the two were connected).

But anyone who would stumble here searching for info, I would expect would have clicked every link on google to compare info. If they weren't bothering to research the matter then I doubt they'd wind up here in the first place.

You could post on the internet that playing marbles on a busy road can induce labour but unless there were several other strong sources saying similar things I don't think that many girls would be considering trying it

 

[Baby France]

I understand and respect where you are coming from, but I also know of a lot of impressionable women, that would look at this thread AS their research.

In my line of work, there are many impressionable people I come across that take what they read on the internet as gospel, regardless of where its come from. Granted you can get lots of reliable information from reliable sources on the internet. You can also come across a lot of rubbish too.

Surely we've all had a friend that googled a sympton and ended up at the doctors claiming it to be something they read from google?? Therefore I think that it is important that although the OP has happily made her decision and has had a successful birth without by all accounts any distress, it is equally important to make sure any readers know that there are also dangers to this too?

That is being responsible? I'm in no way knocking the OP for what she's done. As she has pointed out its HER decision. Just as much it would be my decision to weigh up the pros and cons and decide against it.

BUT I found this site through googling about my pregnancy as so did probably the majority of women on here. Surely we must make others aware that these are only our opinions as pregnant women and not as professionals?

 

[Pocky]

I would hope that any woman thinking about it (especially after looking it up on the internet and seeing how divided the views are - even if they did just use this one thread though, it's clear from the very first page that there's a lot of mixed opinions) would have the sense to talk to their midwife or doctor before hand.

I'd have thought the only reason someone WOULDN'T bring it up to them would be if they were expecting to be told "don't do it, it's dangerous" - in which case if your health professional tells you it's bad, then it's probably bad.
But again, a lot of different health professionals seem to have different views on it.

I am very impressionable - EPO and RLT (and other methods) I wouldn't even know about if not for places like this, and i've gone straight to trying them.. but that's because I haven't been able to find any negative press on them either. Even though the EPO pot says one a day and all the ladies are clearly disregarding that.
(Though EPO inserted gives me horrendous pain in the morning, so unless I can find a reason somewhere for that one, I won't be continuing with it).

But I would think that any woman would have the sense to weigh up the odds and look at other sources too.