when should i start taking epo??? and do i need to actually insert it as well as take it orally? do i insert the actual capsules?? how many?? thanks...
any other suggestions that will help me prepare better for a natural birth??
Depends on the strength of your capsules but usually if you take them orally you take 500mg three times a day, if you want to insert you can as well or instead and you insert the whole capsules (your natural acids will break it down) and only one capsule a day (make sure you are wearing a panty liner as they disolve they can get messy) You could start anywhere from about now.
Lots of pelvic rocking and mild exercise to help baby into the right position, relax time and patience.
They are my only other suggestions.
You can also take Rasperry leaf tablets or drink the tea, and also try clary sage (must be PURE ESSENTIAL OIL) mixed in a base carrier oil and massages on tummy.
Other natural indctions are having sex as the natural prostiglandins in semen soften and rippen cervix, nipple stimulation and cliterol stimulation release oxytocin.
hi gracie
i have just bought epo caps and am planning on starting them tonight. i will be inserting 2... i think you put them as far up as poss, and as the others said wear a liner as there may be leakage. i was also told if you want to take them (i am not for now) just take them as per pack instructions.
i think this softens the cervix.
i am also drinking rasp leaf tea - 3 cups per day about... i did stop this for a while as i was gettiing a lot of BH contractions... but now i am ready to start again. this tones the uterus. it can also be used when b/feeding as it is meant to promote milk production.
i am also about to start perineal massage (eeek) and will use vit e oil for this.
i have been told not to do clary sage til much closer to edd, but this is up to you.
hope that helps....
Last edited by MamaPan; August 21st, 2007 at 05:32 PM.
thanks for your suggestions- unfortunately dp is not up for dtd at the moment- reckons he's going to poke the baby in the eye -bloody stupid hey?? it's like the guy out of the movie knocked up! i've tried talking him round but he's just completely weirded out by the whole idea (gotta love him but he's completely immature), so that idea's out.
i've been drinking rlt- having a cup full right now actually...think i might have to buy some epo next time i go shopping- can i just use the ones from safeway or do i have to get special ones??
i've been trying to relax a lot and be patient, but i feel like i've been preggas forever!!!
Ha ha Gracie! I got blackmores bc they were on sale, but i think any brand is fine it all has the same stuff in it!
Re DTD our midwife said that the levels of the hormone in the semen is about 1/100th of the gels they use, so you would need to DTD a LOT to bring on labour if it wasnt imminent anyway... I think many of the men inthe class took this as a challenge not as the interesting fact to dispel a myth to some extent that it was intended to be!!!
Pregpan: PMSL. That would be my DH response I'm sure. Actually he just read above me and said "does that mean if you do it 100 times it will work". Oh dear.
Hi Gracie
I would suggest hat you take them orally as directed on the bottle and also insert 2-3 capsules as high as you can at bedtime. There i no need to break the casules as they will disolve. You can start using them now.
Ok really stupid question here but I'm confused. I have EPO capsuals and RLT tablets.
My question is that my EPO bottle doesn't have instructions about using them internally, I am just a bit cautious of using anything in a way other than as directed on the packet.
Are there particular EPO caps to insert that you are able to get, or are you referring to the normal oral capsuals?
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I have EPO capsuals and RLT tablets. 
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