Natural Ways to Bring on Labour Do They Work?

[Jodiash]

Hello,

I am due on Sat 13th August. This is my first baby and I know there is a good chance she will be late. Anyone found that rasberry leaf tea, hot curries or anything else has worked for them? Suggestions please...

Thanks
Jodi

 

[Lauraxamy]

I tried everything and unfortunately nothing worked for me apart from mild contractions which I was having for days before I was induced but they did manage to get me to 2cm before being induced so there was some use in them! I tried, sex, walking up massive hills , walking miles, birthing ball, hot food, I had a sweep too. I think some babies are just stubborn I'm sure yours will come when it's good and ready, good luck!!

 

[Courtcourt]

Nothing has worked for me, and my due date was yesterday.

We DTD daily, I walk a lot, I have eaten hot things (not often as the heartburn hurts) pineapple, squats, sweeps, etc. Nothing yet here, good luck!

 

[Jodiash]

I tried everything and unfortunately nothing worked for me apart from mild contractions which I was having for days before I was induced but they did manage to get me to 2cm before being induced so there was some use in them! I tried, sex, walking up massive hills , walking miles, birthing ball, hot food, I had a sweep too. I think some babies are just stubborn I'm sure yours will come when it's good and ready, good luck!!

Thank you! I am impatient I want to meet her soon..I have tried everything too but nothing yet...mind you got 5 days to go...so you never no! x

 

[Librastar2828]

i believe none of that stuff will work unless your body and baby are ready...

If labour and birth is due in a few days then maybe these things might help it along a bit but i think mostly its coinsidence..

Plus rasberry leaf tea isnt for inducing labour anyway thats a myth it just strengthens your body and makes the pushing stages quicker apparently.

I wish baby would just hurry up and come out now and im not due for another 4 days either.

 

[Jodiash]

i believe none of that stuff will work unless your body and baby are ready...

If labour and birth is due in a few days then maybe these things might help it along a bit but i think mostly its coinsidence..

Plus rasberry leaf tea isnt for inducing labour anyway thats a myth it just strengthens your body and makes the pushing stages quicker apparently.

I wish baby would just hurry up and come out now and im not due for another 4 days either.

I can remain hopefull! I am so excited and nervous about the whole thing...but i am dying to meet her! We have similar due dates hope our babies come out on time...keep me updated x

 

[Ashbwin]

I'm due on the 14 and I'm trying all of the above, I know she is going to wait til she is ready but its still fun to feel like I'm doing something to help

 

[Librastar2828]

i believe none of that stuff will work unless your body and baby are ready...

If labour and birth is due in a few days then maybe these things might help it along a bit but i think mostly its coinsidence..

Plus rasberry leaf tea isnt for inducing labour anyway thats a myth it just strengthens your body and makes the pushing stages quicker apparently.

I wish baby would just hurry up and come out now and im not due for another 4 days either.

I can remain hopefull! I am so excited and nervous about the whole thing...but i am dying to meet her! We have similar due dates hope our babies come out on time...keep me updated x

yep and doesnt help im possibly the most impatient person in the world and with my due date over the weekend looking more and more likely to come and go with still no sign of baby is very depressing! Iv gone past being nervous im just soooo excited im like a child at christmas lol.. Hope your LO makes an appearence very soon for you!

 

[Jollybean]

we have the same due date and although i am happy for the baby to come when he or she is ready i'm excited so keep finding myself doing things that are said to induce.
Today i started using my elec breast pump to stimulate the nipples. but apparently u have to do it for 15mins each breast for an hour, a couple of times a day!

 

[Loui1001]

I tried everything, reflexology from 30wks, hot food, walking every day, bouncing ball, RLT and still went 2 weeks over........my LO had no intention of shifting!

hopefully your LO will be here soon!

 

[SIEGAL]

I am not sure if it was a coincidence but me and my OH had sex (something we rarely did in my third trimester) and I went into labor like 8 hours later 4 days before my due date.

 

[cabbagebaby]

i had my 3rd sweep at 40+3 and nothing was happening so at 40+4 i had a curry with 2 extra extra hot chillys didnt sit down all day i cleaned on my hands and knees and used my birth ball then the next day he was born i had the curry at 9 pm and my cont4ractions started at 11 so i think that kick started it

 

[Eternal]

I did, hot curries (hot food continously for the last two weeks of my pregnancy) Nope
Sex - Nope
Long walks - nope (but did cause contractions, but went away when i sat down)
Bouncing for hours on a birth ball (no, but helps positioning)
Clergy sage (dispite the warning to use sparingly and one to two drops, i used a whol bottle in 2 days, lol, and still no baby)
pinapple - nope
nipple stimulation - nope

Think my sweep may have helped though, i went into labour 48 hours after mine.

 

[Jodiash]

we have the same due date and although i am happy for the baby to come when he or she is ready i'm excited so keep finding myself doing things that are said to induce.
Today i started using my elec breast pump to stimulate the nipples. but apparently u have to do it for 15mins each breast for an hour, a couple of times a day!

Yay congratulations! Glad you can share my enthusiasm for wanting our babies here on time..it's nice to feel like we are doing something towards it! Don't know whether the electric pump thing is a good idea I would be knackered after that he he! if it works let me know!

 

[Jodiash]

I am not sure if it was a coincidence but me and my OH had sex (something we rarely did in my third trimester) and I went into labor like 8 hours later 4 days before my due date.

I wish it would work for me ! Still a few more days to go though..so you never know!

 

[butterfly81]

With my first, I drank raspberry leaf tea and took it in the capsule form too. I didn't read up about it properly and started taking it at 34 weeks, and my daughter was born at 35 weeks (she was absolutely fine - no incubator or anything) But i wouldnt recommend taking it as early as that.
With my second, i started with the rlt again (about 36 weeks) and had lots of nookies (standing up - tmi lol), ate spicy food and used this bedtime bath stuff that had clary sage and lavender in it. I gave birth at 37.5 weeks.
Whether these things actually worked for me, or whether it was just coincidence I dont know, but that's my lil story. No harm in trying.

Also, both my labours where literally less than 2 hours each- isn't RLT rumoured to help with that too?????

Good luck x

 

[butterfly81]

p.p.s A friend of mine had 3 births where she had to have her waters broken for her. With her 4th pregnancy I gave her some of the bedtime bath stuff and her waters broke naturally.

xx

 

[kmumtobe]

I went into labour at 40+6.. that day I'd been for a walk, climbed stairs, bounced on my ball, rubbed in clary sage oil and reflexology.. unfortunatey this is what I'd been doing for the past 3 weeks with nothing so I don't believe it x

 

[goddess25]

Nope.. I tried lots of sex, lots of walking and bouncing, very hot curries, pineapple, RLT nothing worked.

I have 2 friends raving about acupuncture and how it helped them go into labour.

 

[Jodiash]

p.p.s A friend of mine had 3 births where she had to have her waters broken for her. With her 4th pregnancy I gave her some of the bedtime bath stuff and her waters broke naturally.

xx

he he thank you! I might have to try some of that bedtime bath stuff...and hope comes along on time! I shouldn't be so impatient but I am excited this is my first baby not long now I hope! I think RLT is meant to soften the cervix so hopefully the labour will be as short as yours xx