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ways to help labor

post #1 of 5
10/5/10 at 12:18pm
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Okay. Here's my predicament. Hubby is military. He leaves in 2 weeks. Command will not leave him behind unless its for his baby leave. Good news is that I'm already having birthing waves which means that the birth is within a few weeks. My concern is if I don't start birthing until after he leaves. I normally go through 2-3 weeks of prebirthing waves. But I don't have the luxury of that last week, ya know. So what are some ways I can help it along next week?? What do you recommend from experience? Normally, I am not one to help it along. I'm all for letting the birth come on its own time. (I'm already taking EPO orally and RRL tea.)
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post #2 of 5
10/5/10 at 12:43pm
I took castor oil not thinking it'd do anything for labor since I wasn't dilated or effaced but went into labor that night so i guess I'll say that def. worked for me. I only took 1-2 tablespoons.
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post #3 of 5
10/5/10 at 12:45pm
Going with a family tradition here, but my wife's family has been using rhubarb pie for four generations. It works. We had rhubarb pie the day before baby came.
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post #4 of 5
10/7/10 at 9:26am
acupressure/puncture worked for me
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post #5 of 5
10/7/10 at 10:38am
you could do EPO vaginally, too...
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