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37 weeks!

I went to the doctor at 36 weeks and 2 days and was 1 cm dilated and 25% effaced, Anyone have any tips to induce labor or help get dilated more that worked for you?  
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Thanks everyone for your helpful tips! Will definitely give them a try(:
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Everytime my friend was ready for her kids to arrive she wud it 2 pineapples and it worked for her
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I am 39 weeks and heard that drinking rasberry leaf tea helps tone the uterus & helps during labor. I started drinking 1 cup a day at 36-37 weeks & have been drinking 2 cups the last week or so, plan on going up to 3 cups starting tomorrow. I'm also walking 15 minutes a day on my treadmill which I just started 3 days ago, & sex. I have heard pineapple helps but unless you eat a lot it doesn't really do much. Nipple stimulation I have also heard helps! Good luck :)
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I was half a cm lol
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Congrats!! Hope this helps.
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I've researched that eating pineapples will help, having sex because the semen help softens the cervix, simulation of the nipples etc....... And lots of walking or try using a yoga ball
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