what sent you into labour?

[bana]

I swear it was the 5 pineapples for me ; )

 

[flubdub]

I swear it was the 5 pineapples for me ; )

How did you manage that?? I ate a full one, and blended the second, but by the end, my mouth was red raw!!

 

[mrscitysmith]

I asked the midwife this same question this week as baby is measuring ahead and I wanted to avoid the sweep I am due on Thursday if possible...

All she said was that most of the suggestions were old wives' tales and the only thing that would help is moving about as this would give the equivalent of a sweep but from the inside (ie ball bouncing etc). I would much rather she said lying on the couch eating chocolate would bring labour on but unfortunately not

 

[Mummykez]

I was watching casualty on tv and I had ordered a vindaloo ten minutes before when suddenly I could feel water, my waters had broke, it was funny as we met the Indian delivery driver on the way out the door to the hospital obviously I didn't eat it lol

 

[Quest55]

With my son, I was sitting on the computer later in the evening and noticed some "leaking" so I went to the ER to find out since it seemed like it was too much for reg discharge. Turns out I was leaking fluid, and then they induced me...

 

[melfy77]

I walked a lot, did many many squats, went in my parent's hot tub (but not too hot) 2 days before DD was born. My water ended up breaking in the middle of the night at 38 1/2 weeks, and I was not expecting it at all!! Honnestly I think she was just running out of room and decided she wanted out

 

[CatandKitten]

My husband had been super busy at work and had a terrible cough/cold for a few weeks. The night before I had her he put his hands on my belly and said "Elise, daddy is ready now, you can come out."

 

[daydreaming22]

I went into labor at 39 weeks due to a severe car accident...It worked but I obviously dont recommend it! After contracting every 3-5 min for 12 hours they decided to induce with pitocin and break my water because the placenta attachment had been 'compromised'. Your LO will come when its time hun, I know the last few weeks are rough but I would have given anything to give DS a little extra time and come naturally.

 

[Guppy051708]

Not a dang thing worked for me! I didn't have DS1 until 41+5. I tried EVERYTHING. you name it, i did it. It didn't matter how crazy or unlikely it was to work, i did it ALL. I even had mutliple sweeps. Nothing come of it!

With DS2 i didn't do anything and he came early at 38+3.

My water broke 30+ hours before each boy was born. My water would break before labor started. With DS1 it broke when i got up in the middle of the night for a pee (that was more a trickle). With DS2 it broke at 7:30 in the morning when i woke up and rolled over. GUSH! fluid everywhere (like cinema style lol)

im totally convinced if anything "works" is because the baby was just ready anyways. I mean there are things like EPO that can help soften the cervix (as well as ). And of course you can bounce on a ball or walk or do/hands and knees to get the baby into position or deeper into the pelvis, but typically speaking labor starts when the babys lungs get to a certain point, then that send hormones to the mother, and then labor happens (in a normal labor outside of things like high stress situations or a medical condition).

 

[Jessica0907]

Ds: water broke after dh and I dtd. Never contracted though and had an induction.

Dd: well, let's see, I started the morning off with a dr appt where they swept my membranes then came home and dtd with dh then went to Walmart then cleaned the house and cooked dinner. She was born 22 hours after the membrane sweeping. So it was something I did that day. Lol. But I won't ever get my membranes swept before my due date again. Dr offered at my 37 week appt so I thought it was fine and didn't think it would work. Dd was born very jaundice and sleepy and was an awful eater the first 3 weeks. She should have baked longer