Ever heard of Clary Sage SLOWING down labour?

[Joyzerelly]

I've been rubbing Clary Sage into my bump for weeks now, I'm finally in the early stages of labour this morning (1 minute contractions between 3 and 10 minutes apart) and so far I've found that when I sniff a piece of fabric with clary sage oil on it, my contraction seems less intense and I then don't get one for a little while. I'm pretty sure its the clary sage as until I started using this this morning the contractions were every 5 minutes regularly.

I've just looked it up and have found that clary sage is an antispasmodic but I've always thought it would bring on/accelerate labour...? Can aromatherapy oils work differently for different people? Should I perhaps save the sniffing for 2nd stage?

Anyone heard of this?

 

[jubilee]

I was using clary sage and read the same thing and have angrily set it aside! just don;t touch it until you are least in established labour

 

[jms895]

No but I heard of water (bath) sometimes slowing down EARLY labour, and of course people use clary sage in the bath xx