can you tell me about nipple stimulation?

[Ginger]

has anyone got some experience with using nipple stimulation to bring on labour? if so, does it work? and how exactly do i do it? and how long for etc.??
sorry for embarassing question.. just curious as to whether it's worth doing..... thanks

[Girly Girl]

Gracie i don't know any more about it then you do but i thought you might like to know (if it's not to much info) that my husband was having a good "grope" last night and i had to make him stop because it was making my down stairs ache (and not a good ache) so i think there baybe somthing in it....

[feeb]

You certinly can use nipple stimulation to bring on labour!!!

Do each nipple individulaly for 10 mins at a time no longer and do it 4 times a day!!

Also try clitoral stimulation and having sex!!!

Good luck

[DoulaRelle]

yep I tried nipple stimulation with an expresser and it brought on BH for a while, but then they would ease off. I don;t allow my DH anywhere near mine when preggas or feeding, it is the one time they are way to sensitive! lol

[megs11]

Definitely have sex!!!!!!!

Prostaglandins in the sperm, soften and ripens the cervix and it can bring on labor, natural way to induce it (they use prostaglandin gel to induce labor!!!)

Trust me, it worked with my pregnancy, might be the last thing you want to do, unless you are feeling sexy and gorgeous, which I did not, at 41 weeks pregnant that was incentive enough, labor started soon after.......

Good luck!!!

[Carmen2]

If you want to bring on labour, having sex is the best, safest way to do it. I asked my Ob about nipple stimulation and she insisted that I stay away from it because you can't control the amount of oxytocin release during the course of it.

[lisa-jay]

I am also very wary of NS. My 4th babe was 12 days over, so i went to the shower and tried it...it worked..every time i tweaked them, i had a contraction.
Tried again later that night and my waters broke, great I thought. Except that unknown to me at the time, the baby's shoulder was engaged and not his head, so it was another 3 days before I had him, luckily it was a home birth, so I had 96 hours of ruptured membranes before they would transfer me.. had I been in hospital, I would never have been "allowed" that long for my baby to get in a better position.
The longer I am involved with birth, the more I think we should just let it happen, even natural inductions can be an intervention.