Castor Oil Bab'y's??

[Bamamamaof3]

Did any of the momma's taking castor oil last night have their baby's?

I didn't. I have a few contractions, but nothing regular. That was with two doses of castor oil. Not sure the misery was worth the few contractions I did get.

Just curious to see if it worked for anyone else. And kinda worried about mecionium since it didnt work.

[soybean6]

it didn't work for me, although the castor oil did do a number on my gastro-intestinal tract

i've been having a long early labour, i seem to be stuck at 3cms with contractions that are not at all agonizing (more like strong BH).

i was hoping that the full moon and castor oil would put me over the edge into active labour, but it appears not.

so hard to be patient at this stage!!

[mamajody]

I'm sorry the CO didn't work for you, but neither one of you is even at your EDD. I guess those babies aren't done cooking yet. CO only works if you are ready to go. Hang in there.

[soybean6]

for me the only reason i've been trying to induce is because my blood pressure was really high.

luckily i was able to get my BP back down, otherwise the midwives would have been required to transfer my care to an OB/GYN and I would have been induced with oxytocin yesterday.

now that my BP is lower and stabilized i won't be trying any natural induction methods - i agree that the babes should get a chance to cook as long as they want!

[mamajody]

I am so glad to hear your BP is down. May it stay that way.