I had a S&S today. What can I do now to encourage labour to start? The Dr who performed the S&S said I was 2-3 cm dialated and she could feel the baby's head - so Im guessing I am ready to go (so to speak).
I look forward to reading your replies
ETA- I forgor to mention that I am booked in for an induction on Friday (for a few different reasons) if I dont go in earlier. I would LOVE to go in on my own
I don't know if this will help or not, but i know that everyone always says go for a walk to bring it on.
When i was preggers with my DD, I ran up and down stairs and up and down my hallway for hours until she was crowning!! My labour was fast, 3hrs, perhaps a little too fast?? But all in all i'm hoping to keep active with this pregnancy too just to keep the labour short.
the other option is the spicy food option. the idea is that you get an upset stomach and have the runs... just like how they used to use caster oil to bring on labour... its the contractions caused by the diarrhoea that gets labour going... or at least that's the theory.
No matter what.. take care, safe delivery and all the best! It will happen eventually! OOooooo... exciting
I would be going for a long walk, preferably with some uphill in there! My waters broke before I went into labour (well before I could actually feel the contractions!) , I was admitted to the maternity ward and the midwife told me to go for a walk to help speed up the process so we walked around the hospital block twice. By the time we got back I was getting a gush of water every step (so not a nice feeling!) and not long after I could feel the contractions.
If you're already that far dilated it sounds like you aren't too far off!
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I had a S&S today, now what....?
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