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Heads up abt Evening Primrose Oil!!

Evening primrose oil

Taken orally or massaged on the cervix, there are NO benefits to using evening primrose oil to induce labor, Collins said. In fact, women who use the oil are at increased risk for prolonged rupture of membranes, arrest of descent—or the baby not coming down the birth canal despite having contractions—and higher rates of vacuum assisted births, according to a report in the journal BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Evening primrose oil can also put you at risk for having seizures so it’s best to avoid it altogether.  
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whats a vba2c and 3c?
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1816154 tn?1463430018
I was going to do a vba2c but I had no money for gas because it was like a 1.5-2 hrs drive.
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Wow vba3c?? I was gonna try too but chickened out
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1816154 tn?1463430018
Maybe that's why I didn't have no cervical change at the end of my pregnancy last year. I'm trying for a vba3c this go around :)
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http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/28/natural-ways-to-induce-labor/
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