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Home Remedy Induction... Please read, important.

Hello fellow mommys/expectant mommys!!! I just wanted to share a few things about trying at home induction to naturally induce labor, I follow this page on Facebook and a few mommys posted their experiences and it really opened my eyes and I felt I had to share it with you ladies because I see a lot of these posts about advice on what to do... 3 mommys, yes 3, had posted on the page about doing the mineral oil method and their babies either drowned or took way too much and it hurt the baby :/ & that's a huge one I see on here.. Please dear god don't use that method :( my heart is breaking for these mommys and I don't want the same thing to happen to you and your little one :/ please take this seriously!!!!
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^^ yes castor oil/mineral oil. Comes in a bottle where the laxatives are at the store.
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10025015 tn?1422498264
Castor oil in other words
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No need to thank me love! That's what I'm here for, I don't want any devastating thing happening to a mommy or baby! :( & hellojojo2200 oh it is too risky, I read more stories about ingesting stuff trying to induce but this was the most important one and I felt I needed to tell every expecting mommy I could! So please please please mommys don't ingest anything to induce. Sex, orgasming, walking, bumpy car rides are so much safer to try.. & if you do the sex method I read that sperm helps soften the cervix more if it's already starting to soften, so if you do the sex method make sure hubby/bf/fiancé finishes inside!!! That's a huge way to help!
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Bump! Wish I could share this everywhere! Thanks for posting!
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8654668 tn?1412565128
Anything that u ingest 2 induce labor at home is scary 2 me!!..having sex and walking is one thing..but taking something that u really dnt kno what it will do 2 u or baby seems riksy 2 me...but thats just my opinion...
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The mineral oil method is like a laxative you drink. You get it at any store where the laxatives are. It's the same thing as castor oil. So pleaseeee don't do it! Don't do any laxative method at all. The reason the babies drown is your diarrhea I believe, not sure. But any form of laxative to induce labor is a NONO... Be careful mommys ❤️
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8748261 tn?1400677893
I've never heard of the mineral oil method. What is it exactly so I know to stay away from it
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Wow this is very sad.
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7732297 tn?1397446837
Mineral oil method?
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