They say a full moon often causes more women to go into labour.
Totally agree with the trip to the sea - the day before I went into labour with my last bub, my mum and I took the older kids to the beach and I spend a lovely relaxing time watching the sea and taking photos of the kids playing on the sand, and I just knew that something was going to happen very soon. I just felt so different and centred after being there. It was the perfect way to spend my last day before giving birth.
Thanks Julie for your post. I really wonder whether though these things actually work or you were going to go into labour anyway??? Like you say, the body won't go into labour if it is not ready. Perhaps none of these things work. I am actually thinking aloud. For the record, I was given an induction date which I REALLY did not want but didn't know at the time just to not attend the appointment. So all week I tried: lots of DTD, lots of pineapple (not recommended as its acidity burnt out my poor mouth) and a dose of castor oil (not recommended by me given the horror efects). So closer to the date I went and got homepathic remedies from my homeo- I swear one was caullophyllum which Trish says is blue cohosh and then a few hours later I had an accupuncture session. Well I went into labour a few hours later but didn't give birth until 41 hours later by which time I was so tired that it didn't go the way I wanted it to. I wonder whether I brought it on too early or whether the homeo and accupuncture didn't have any effect and I would have started contractions anyway? This time, in November I don't think that I would try to induce labour myself and I am staying away from any hospital inductions!!
I just DTD. It was always the perfect excuse to do it before you have an unknown amount of time before you are ready again... Other than that, I just waited for baby to be ready - they can't stay in there forever!
In the past I have tried long walks, spicy food and prune juice. All the walking did was make me tired, and all the spicy food and prune juice did was cause abdominal cramps and give me the runs. Which I suppose is the point, because apparently irritating the bowel can help start labour, but I won't be trying it again. Didn't work anyway. This time I am going to do nothing, except drink raspberry leaf tea and maybe spend time at the beach again. Just nice, relaxing things - nothing exerting like long walks - the last thing I need right before going into labour is to be exhausted from walking for miles. DTD is always the last thing I want to do when hugely pg - its just not going to happen!
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