purplepeenut
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Hi everyone 
i wanted to share my story of inducing with castor oil.
For anyone who thinks that this is dangerous because the baby poos in the womb, there's no evidence of this as studies were only done on overdue mothers who were already more likely to have baby poo before birth. Many health professionals still use this around the world and have done for thousands of years. I personally believe it's more dangerous to be induced in hospital. Im not a health professional and advise doing your own research on this method
At 39+5 weeks i decided to take castor oil to induce. I was sure of my dates and had been sick with a lung infection that my body couldn't heal due to pressure on my lungs from bub. I was told i would be induced because they were worried i wouldn't be able to handle labour if i became even more short of breath.
At 10:30 i took 2 table spoons of castor oil in a very large orange juice. I drank it all within 30 mins. I had nothing happen so at 11:30 i went to bed. I woke up at 2:30 with contractions 4 mins apart but mild. By 3:30 am i was sure it was labour so woke my partner. By 4:00 we rang my mother and went to drop my toddler off before going to the hospital. My contractions didnt come closer together just gradually got more painful. We got to the hospital at 5:30 and at 6 i was on a monitor to time contractions. At 7am my waters broke and i went on the exercise ball because bub was facing the wrong way.
i felt bub turn after 2 hrs of bouncing and leaning forward on a chair. At 11 after more bouncing i felt bub engage (drop), confirmed by the midwife. At around 12pm i got the bloody show which for me was just a lot of clear slime. Strangely my contractions were less painful and eradic for an hr so the midwife had me move to the bed. I was suddenly having intense contractions again that were so painful i got in the shower and had my first pain relief (the gas). At this point i believe i was in transition. At about 3:00 i felt the urge to push and suddenly panicked that it was too late for any other pain relief my whole body tensed and i was carried to the bed by hubby.
After just a few minutes pushing i had my lil boy 9 pounds 1 at 3:16 pm. It was15 hrs after the castor oil and i never got the poos. I wasn't engaged at the time and bub was perfectly healthy
i wanted to share my story of inducing with castor oil. For anyone who thinks that this is dangerous because the baby poos in the womb, there's no evidence of this as studies were only done on overdue mothers who were already more likely to have baby poo before birth. Many health professionals still use this around the world and have done for thousands of years. I personally believe it's more dangerous to be induced in hospital. Im not a health professional and advise doing your own research on this method
At 39+5 weeks i decided to take castor oil to induce. I was sure of my dates and had been sick with a lung infection that my body couldn't heal due to pressure on my lungs from bub. I was told i would be induced because they were worried i wouldn't be able to handle labour if i became even more short of breath.
At 10:30 i took 2 table spoons of castor oil in a very large orange juice. I drank it all within 30 mins. I had nothing happen so at 11:30 i went to bed. I woke up at 2:30 with contractions 4 mins apart but mild. By 3:30 am i was sure it was labour so woke my partner. By 4:00 we rang my mother and went to drop my toddler off before going to the hospital. My contractions didnt come closer together just gradually got more painful. We got to the hospital at 5:30 and at 6 i was on a monitor to time contractions. At 7am my waters broke and i went on the exercise ball because bub was facing the wrong way.
i felt bub turn after 2 hrs of bouncing and leaning forward on a chair. At 11 after more bouncing i felt bub engage (drop), confirmed by the midwife. At around 12pm i got the bloody show which for me was just a lot of clear slime. Strangely my contractions were less painful and eradic for an hr so the midwife had me move to the bed. I was suddenly having intense contractions again that were so painful i got in the shower and had my first pain relief (the gas). At this point i believe i was in transition. At about 3:00 i felt the urge to push and suddenly panicked that it was too late for any other pain relief my whole body tensed and i was carried to the bed by hubby.
After just a few minutes pushing i had my lil boy 9 pounds 1 at 3:16 pm. It was15 hrs after the castor oil and i never got the poos. I wasn't engaged at the time and bub was perfectly healthy
