star cat -- soap suds enema??

[rapscallions]

hi becca,
i had posted this in michelle's "took the castor oil" thread but it got buried among lots of other posts that day...

i for one am glad the castor oil didn't work in my first overdue pregnancy -- i was flowing from both ends, guess my body took a pretty strong disliking to it. wouldn't have been a good way to begin labor.

do please tell us about a soap-suds enema though. :lurk: hmm, wait. that's a pretty gross icon to put next to the word enema isn't it? let's try this one instead -- :notes: :lol

let us know if you took it, how to do it, if it works!

[IncaMama]

soap suds enema??? like actual soap suds up your butt??

[DesireeH]

:lol I was thinking that too Michele. LOL

[rapscallions]

i know, that's why i was asking! did i read it wrong??? (not like it sounds any more fun than castor oil, but i'm totally curious.) i thought i saw somewhere once that just warm water would do the trick?

is starcat off having a baby on us? if not, maybe she can enlighten :o

[aisraeltax]

check this out: soap suds enema (http://www.health-information-fitness.com/cleanse/warm_soap_suds_enema.htm)

[aisraeltax]

google it with caution! apparently, this is another fetish for some! yuck!
rach

[allnaturalmama]

:laugh:

do please tell us about a soap-suds enema though. :lurk: hmm, wait. that's a pretty gross icon to put next to the word enema isn't it? let's try this one instead -- :notes: :lol

[StarCat]

yes...i was off having a baby on you.

That link is exactly right. My midwife said that if you use an enema to get labor going that the soap suds works best. Its a little more irritating- or maybe stimulating than a fleets but not as irritation to the bowel as castor oil. Its a 2 person job, though, and I don't know how you would do it without the right equipment- its a bag with a tube that you can clamp and unclamp, so you control the flow. I didn't do it- but the link that was posted was exactly right, its castile soap and warm water. No massaging needed though.

[rapscallions]

fascinating. thanks for posting becca and having the guts to google rach :) so my million $$$ question -- anyone have the guts to try it?

i suppose if i go this route, i'd just go with a fleet b/c where am i going to get the equipment to make a castille enema and besides, i only have lavendar castille soap right now -- not the plain mild kind.

i guess i can just wait for nature to kick it in like you did becca, hunh? congrats again!

[amelissam]

My sister swears that when she is constipated, she puts a little soap flake "up there" and gets thing moving better than anything else. She says it only takes a tiny amount, to just scrape off a piece of the soap and use it like a suppository.
I've never tried it, and I have no idea if it's in any way safe, just thought I'd throw it out into the discussion!

[StarCat]

i also got membranes swept on Tuesday and did homeopathic caullophyllum. not sure if thats what did it or if it was just time!

[aisraeltax]

i dont want to buy all that equipment since i don't do enemas all the time, so i may try a fleet one tomorrow. i used to have a hot water bottle w/ some kind of enema attachment, but i have no idea where that is and dont care to go looking for it.
i will try anythign right now.
i need to find some rasperry tea leafs though...all i have are the tea bags.
rach