Water started leaking on Tuesday night but contrax are not picking up.

[Aaudreysmom]

Anyone have any suggestions for me? Last night contrax were 45 min apart but I have not had any today. I am about to go on another 2 hour walk.

Any other suggestions to get labor going?

[annakiss]

Well first off, drink A LOT of water to help replinish your fluid... nipple stim in the shower in 10-15 min. spurts...or better yet, do you have a breast pump? Or are you still nursing? Um, you could try some cohash tinctures if things don't get under way, blue or black cohash, or both... Do you have a birth ball? You could bounce. Meditate good, strong contraction vibes. When you do have contrax, embrace them, mentally wish for stronger ones... Sending you labor vibes...

[mightymoo]

Labor often starts at night because we are more relaxed, perhaps try some relaxing measures like a warm bath, a nap, listening to music, massage etc and allow yourself to relax for a few hours, then start up again with some of the measures Annakiss recommended.

[CathToria]

If you try all of the mentoined and wanted to get more "aggressive".. you could try an enema.. I t hink that would be a little gentler on your body than castor oil......

that's the only other thing I could think of!

[mightymoo]

BTW, this is the best site I've found listing the possibilities for getting labor going. http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/natinduc.html