i am 40+2 days now and getting a little fed up is there any women out there that tried things to help the labour along and did it work if so then let me know

I am sure there will be a few ideas if you ask in the Parenting Group.

Good luck with the new arrival.

By the way, sex worked for me!

I am sure there will be a few ideas if you ask in the Parenting Group.

Good luck with the new arrival.

By the way, sex worked for me!


You watched Friends too?

The two things that are supposed to induce labour - sex and curry.............thats got to be a blokes idea!!!

The two things that are supposed to induce labour - sex and curry.............thats got to be a blokes idea!!!


if it was a blokes idea I think there would be a few lagers involved as well!! :hihi:

The two things that are supposed to induce labour - sex and curry.............thats got to be a blokes idea!!!
that joke was on tele tuther neet.

Yes i drank oil, it was groase, i was very sick, then i gave birth.....

Is it your first pregnancy? Firstborns are often a bit late. A combination of things worked for me to induce the labour: the midwife doing a 'cervical sweep' (not as bad as it sounds!) - your midwife will probably offer this to you if the baby is over a week overdue. Also acupuncture and sex (not together) did the trick! I think the curry thing is a myth, but my baby was probably used to spicy food by then!

I got to 42+many! and i tried pretty much all I could manage, the only thing that worked was a sunroof-style eviction :(

Both my sisters had castor oil and within 24hrs they were both in labour. However, it only seems to work when you are so many weeks gone. Look it up online and see what you think.

Can I recommend starting something which will take you several days to finish? Remove all the wallpaper in your living room, empty big cupboards, that sort of thing. Sod's law says you'll be in labour before the job is done!
I got to 41+6, the day i went into Labour I had been shopping all day in Meadowhall! I did try to go into labour in M&S to see if it was true about them giving you loads of stuff if you do....but it didn't work lol!
Good luck x

Shopping did it for me!

The two things that are supposed to induce labour - sex and curry.............thats got to be a blokes idea!!!

:hihi: this worked for me but it wasnt intentionable, my little lad arrived 3 weeks early :hihi: good luck

I went a week overdue with my eldest child and got really fed up. the midwife told me to have a warm bath and a big slug of castor oil (or a curry). It worked 3 hours later I was in labour

Both my sisters had castor oil and within 24hrs they were both in labour. However, it only seems to work when you are so many weeks gone. Look it up online and see what you think.

My cousin had this mixed with fresh orange and that worked, her waters broke as she was driving through Woodhouse lol

The two things that are supposed to induce labour - sex and curry.............thats got to be a blokes idea!!!

I had a cousin who did exatly that and it worked for her.

Good luck and hope all goes well for you x

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if it was a blokes idea I think there would be a few lagers involved as well!! :hihi:

Lager, curry and sex - Never mind going into labour, thats what got me into trouble in the first place :hihi:

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Caster oil worked 4 me too,drank it at 10am (not easily lol)was in hossy 6pm gave birth 8.33pm.
Good luck x

its my 3rd pregnancy 1st one i was 11 days late 2nd i was just 6 days late so i was hoping for it to be less this time im really contemplating trying the castor oil thing as i know it works because i did it with my first but he pooed inside me during labour so im in 2 minds whether or not to do it this time or not

i am 40+2 days now and getting a little fed up is there any women out there that tried things to help the labour along and did it work if so then let me know

hot bath, sex and spicy food, im 27 weeks pregnant and cant wait for my due date

i am 40+2 days now and getting a little fed up is there any women out there that tried things to help the labour along and did it work if so then let me know

I had a 'sweep' by the MW at 41wks and labour started the day after.. not sure if there was a link as when she did it she said my cervix was closed tight?!?!

Does your MW offer these? Sounds daft but I wondered how you would go about giving yourself one haha!!!!

Sex, if it's an option?

I still don't believe curries, pineapple etc. has any effect, but I might be wrong. x

well been for a 5 mile walk today because i heard that can help but nothing has yet happened apart from every so often it feels like the baby is tugging at my bladder but it dosnt make me want to wee

Sex worked for me but I think the best way to induce labour is to relax - have a nice long soak in the bath and some choccies....

Michelle.
www.sheffieldbirthdoula.com

it is possible to give your self a sweep but it would be very difficult as you have to find the cervix which can be a task even for midwives if it is posterior. how ever any fertling around by you or some one else can help and it does help if sperm is involved as it has the ingredient in that induces labour-prostaglandin.

got the midwife coming tomorrow to do a sweep so hopefully that will start things off all though im not going to get my hopes up

had my membrane sweep done yesterday at 12 o clock and then today at 11 o clock i lost my mucus plug and started getting tightening pains in my lower belly but there not painful but now though it feels like the baby is pushing down really hard in my cervix and my backl hurts too does any one think this could be a sigh that i am in labour please help as i acnt remember how it feels when you are actually in the first stages of it x

sounds like it wont be long !! - good luck and happy pushing !!xx

had my membrane sweep done yesterday at 12 o clock and then today at 11 o clock i lost my mucus plug and started getting tightening pains in my lower belly but there not painful but now though it feels like the baby is pushing down really hard in my cervix and my backl hurts too does any one think this could be a sigh that i am in labour please help as i acnt remember how it feels when you are actually in the first stages of it x

I reckon you are... I had a sweep on a saturday about 12 and was in the first stage of labour the following morning like you, but as it was my first time I wasn't sure. Had tightenings and backache and it took HOURS for them to feel painful enough to go to hosp and even then I was only 1cm dilated and sent home, they got really bad in the early hours then about 18hrs or so after I noticed them starting.

Good Luck, look forward to some good news soon! x