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I'm about 33 weeks pregnant and nursing my 14mo. For the last couple of weeks, she has been nursing a LOT. As the contractions from her nursing do get pretty tight at times, I've been curious about something...wondering if all this extra 'toning' of my uterus might mean an efficient/expeditious labor? What have your experiences been, mamas?

Her birth was pretty darn efficient on its own; ~5 hours of labor and an hour of pushing due to a funky presentation. I'd taken castor oil, so not sure if that had something to do with anything, but I'm getting curious to find out if I can expect the same or faster with this upcoming birth. (As much as one can reasonably 'expect' anything, that is!)
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Hmm, I nursed my DS in the beginning of labor with my DS2, and I definitely think that helped get things moving!

However, they also say that you can continue nursing when you have preterm labor, so maybe not?

But they also say that manual nipple stimulation can speed up labor ...

So who knows!
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