Hi Girls
Clare is correct. RLT does not induce labour. It does help to strengthen your uterine muscles by increasing the blood supply and thus increasing the nutrients to the muscle. EPO is reputed help to start labour but this will only happen if your body is ready for labour and your baby is ready to be born. I don’t know of any studies that have proved beyond doubt that any of the above works but there are a lot of people who say that they do and as neither can harm you or your baby there is no problem in trying them. However some people think that they are a waist of money and have had no effect on their labour or birth.
Other ideas to help bring on labour such as sex also have not had any studies that defiantly prove that it works. The theory behind this is that there is a protein in semen that can cause the uterus to start contracting.
Nipple stimulation causes your body to produce a hormone associated with the start of labour. Again I don’t know of any reputable research that says that this works.