inducing labour

[demz159]

So I'm 26 weeks and just being prepared, I do not want to start doing anything to induce labour yet as I'm still far too early I just want to b  organised! I've heard a lot of debate about castor oil, evening primrose oil, black cohosh and raspberry leaf tea. So my question is, are these safe to use during pregnancy? When should I take them? How do they work and what exactly are they used for? I'm just really fascinated by using herbs to kick start labour naturally if I end up going past my due date :)

[laurenmichelle0425]

The way I see it is your baby will come when he/she is ready.  And if it ends up taking too long, let your dr be the one to induce you. I hear about all these different things you can do to help induce labor, but im not convinced they actually work or that they are safe. Good luck!

[demz159]

Thanks everyone :) happymommybear I hope this labour goes smoothly for you!

[HappyMommyBear]

both Raspberry leaf tea and evening ptimrose oil are safe and my doctor wanted me to take those when i turn 34 weeks.. this is my 2nd pregnancy and at first i was induced and it took me 15 hours of labor..so we need to do something so it wont happen again..

[mommy0618]

Raspberry leaf is more to help tighten your uterus to make it stronger in prep for labor. I would start taking them around 32wks or so since they don't induce labor it's just labor prep. Castor oil is a bad idea. Lots of walking- start walking a little bit now! Not too far or too fast, just walk some.

[demz159]

I've tried and she's not much help unfortunately! She did mention that I shouldn't use the castor oil but thought I'd ask others opinions on it anyway :)

[libellula]

You should really talk about it with your Dr. There are a lot of myths and wives tales.

[demz159]

I will definitely not be using castor oil then! Anyone know about any of the other things I said?

[minimistyy]

Don't do the castol oil . It's not safe . A women took it and her baby pooped inside and got an infection from it and baby died few days after birth . It's not worth losing your baby .