ONLY 1 cm dilated! URGH! What can I do to speed this up!?!

[jen2006]

I am due next week.. and only 1 cm. dilated! (which is an improvement from my first two pregnancies.. I wouldn't dilate at all...) now that I am dilating.. what can I do to speed this process up a little?! (besides sex or castor oil)..

Thanks! :) Jen

[Kim1989]

you should wait.

drinking castor oil is not good for you or the baby

[nik_nak]

i drank castor oil twice and i did nothing except send me to the hospital wich was wat i wanted but i wanted the baby to come i dilated to 1 centemeter and then nothing after that and since then no change i dont know wat to do im ready for him  to come but hes just to comfy and he doesnt want to come out wat should i do

[preg4]

Castor oil is actually harmful to the baby if it makes the baby poop like the other girl said, but I think that is only if you go for a really long time after taking it.  I took castor oil with my first son and I think that I was meant to have him anyway that day because my water broke immediately!  I mean within seconds of swollowing the last drop!  Then the castor oil didnt take effect until 6 hours later and my mother had to follow behind me in wal-,mart with a huge towel in between my legs just so I could go poop!  It was really embarrassing.  Thank God that my baby didnt have any complications though.

[ape_grape]

Caster oil works great!!!!!! Went into labor with in hours the baby was perfectly fine. I think my water broke in two hours. It works so great!!!

[kmfernandez]

EVERYONE PLEASE READ:

just to let you know, despite anything you may have heard in the past - - castor oil DOES NOT HELP induce labor. it is actually very harmful. sure, it may cause your tummy to gurgle and seem like it*s speeding up the whole process - - but in reality, it can actually make the baby poop as well. and if the baby swallows his own poop (which is called "meconium") it can cause death. so i would definately not recommend the whole castor oil thing.

[kmfernandez]

i am 38 weeks today. and i went to the doctor. i wasn*t supposed to be checked until next week for any signs of dilation of effacing, but i was anxious to know if there was anything going on down there. so my doctor checked and sure enough, i*ve dilated to 1cm already. i was reading through the other comments, and surprisingly, i actually went and got a pedicure yesterday. i have no idea if that had anything to do with it, but it*s funny that the other person mentioned it as well. also, eat lots of pineapple and drink raspberry tea. it helps to soften your cervix! good luck with everything.