Natural Ways to Induce Labor

i used castor oil to induce labor with my third child and it worked three hours later.my contractions were on top of eachother though.it was very painful,but i was glad to finally be in labor.i used it one week after my due date.i tried it two weeks before, but it only gave me contractions for about 2 hours and then stopped.there was no meconium in his amniotic fluid.

i tried castor oil my first pregnancy 2 weeks before due date. i didnt get any contraction just very naseated and threw up for 2 or 3 hours it was horrible it tastes bad and it wasnt worth trying for me although i have spoken to women who say it worked for them. dont try it before due date you might be sorry, I WAS!

Castor oil does taste awful. Apparently there is an odorless and flavorless variety and I have heard that mixing it with orange juice or scrambled eggs cuts some of the bad taste.

Brenda

I tried castor oil with orange juice. This was by far one of the worst things I have experienced throught his pregnancy. It did not give me contractions and did nothing but keep me in the bathroom for hours and dehydrate me. I DO NOT RECCOMEND THIS METHOD TO ANYONE!!

i tried castor oil and ten minutes later the baby fell out he was 9 pounds ten ounces

I used castor oil to induce labor 2 days before my due date with my third child. I mixed the recommended amount in a large shooter glass then added some Pepsi and gave it a quick stir. I drank it in one shot and only tasted the pepsi, though I had a few nasty burps just after. I took it at 8pm and by 3am I woke up to use the bathroom, (one of the side effects of this method) but was also in labor. I had my baby by 9:30am. So, it worked for me and wasn't too bad.

they say don't use castor oil because it will make you poop the baby out.

could please anyone one let me know what is the recommneded amount of castor oil to be used by pregnant woman. I am nearly finishing my 41st week. I can't wait to deliver our baby.

i used castor oil with my second child about 2 weeks before my due date. my doc said he was gonna be big so they stripped my membranes and i drank the oil. i had contractions for about 4 hours then they stopped. so i tried it again with like 5 tablespoons and i was in full blown labor in about 2 hours. i was in the bathroom during some painful contractions though. i guess you have to take the good with the bad. lol. anyway it worked for me!

i am due in 7 days time and have taken about 2oz of castor oil mixed with orange juice, and still nothing.... has anyone got any other suggestions to induce my labour as i cant wait to meet my baby!! x

My wife took castor oil 23 years ago & my son was born 5.5 hours later at 5/25/1985 @ 5:25 pm not sure what is up with the 5s

i have tryed caster oil twice. and both times in the last trimester, however it did give me contrations but it did not bring on labor for me. but i can say if i go into labor in the next few days i am good and cleaned out.

On the due date of my 1st child I drank 2 tablespoons of castor oil before I went to bed. I woke up 3hrs later in desperate need of the bathroom. Eventually we realised I was in labour and when I got to the hospital I was 8cm dilated! Unfortunately this was not the case with my 2nd pregnancy. The castor oil just gave me bad cramps a good clear out. I'm now debating whether or not to drink it as I'm on baby no.3 with only a couple of weeks left.

is it bad to try inducing if im only like 38 weeks? cuz im getting fed up with being pregnant.

I am 40 weeks pregnant & very ready to have my son. I tried Castor oil at 7:15am and at 2:30pm still nothing. I did not get the cramping that everyone said I would. I did use the bathroom like 3 times but still no contractions & no Baby!

I tried castor oil when I was very ripe ( 3 cent dilated 80% effaced) with my 5th baby and all I got was false labor. You get very ouchy contractions that just stresses you out and makes you fatigued along with loose bowels.

I do NOT recomend trying this on your own because a midwife or OBGyn knows the right doses and you can actually cause the baby to pass meconium.
I highly suggest EPO (Evening primrose oil) capsules which can be punctured and inserted vaginally and taken orally. This only works if you are ready and ripe for birth.

In my first pregnancy I was in alot of pain and plain tired of being pregnant. I used Castor oil. I drank 3 tbls. and decided to walk for ahalf of mile. I continued to clean that night to stay active. I went into labor the next day!

It is really only going to work if your body is ready to be in labor anyway. I took it after my midwife told me that I was having a few contractions but nothing steady. She said 3 Tablespoons in a Choc. milk shake. An hour or two later I had diareah for 2 hours then I started having contractions. It was a very long and painful labor (25 hours of intense contractions) but it did work. I wouldnt do it again and I am 3 days away from my due date with baby #2, but if you want it that bad, that is the dosage and a little bit better way to take it.

Im 38 weeks , and have a scheduled c-section this friday : 5 days away. I know alot of women are unfortunite and have to wait . Im lucky and have an actual date , but Im still going CRAZZZZY ! I wan to have my baby now !! and not be prego anymore !
the baby is breech and Im seriously considering drinking castrol oil this evening . ?!?!?!? Any advice ?!?!?

I did read all the comments and took 2 tbsp caster oil with warm water. I am almost ready and my contraction at this point is 20 minutes apart and last for 30 seconds. my due date is 17th Jan 2009..... Lets see if it works for me......... Best of luck to rest of all.....................

I am 29 weeks prego and i have been in the hospital for over a month and im so tired of being pregnant... The baby is healthy but i just want her out... Would caaster oil make me go into labor????

To the previous poster: PLEASE do not even consider trying to induce your baby at 29 weeks. That is insane and irresponsible, your baby may not even live. My son was born at 32 weeks in 2003, a full three weeks AFTER you, and he only weighed 3 lbs and almost died at birth. He was in the nicu for 5.5 weeks. He has juvenile diabetes, asthma, frequent pneumonia, had eye surgery last June due to underdeveloped eye muscles, and needs a cochlear implant hearing aide so he can hear because his ear drums were not formed properly. Being uncomfortable sucks, but do you really want to cause your own child these problems because you were too selfish to spend another 11 weeks tops in the hospital? Do you realize there is only an 85% chance your baby will even live? Seriously, stick it out another 11 weeks. I am 29 weeks with #3, I am due May 26th, it's not that bad sweetie, not bad enough that I would consider something irresponsible and dangerous out of my own need for comfort. Think about it.

Jess

this is to the girl that is 29 weeks. you would be making the worse mistake of your life trying to induce yourself at 29 weeks. i started going into pre term labor at 29 weeks and was given sterriod shots and put on medication to stop contractions. think about it like this if your baby was born at 29 weeks because you induced him or her on your own, could you live watching you baby who probally only weighs around 2 maybe 3 lbs use a machine to help him or her breath and have a feeding tube to help them eat? ( that will probally go on for a several weeks maybe a few months. its sad. keep that baby in cooking as long as you can.

i'm 37 weeks, going to the doctor every week now, i tried a teaspoon of castor oil yesterday.. still no baby.. went to doctor today, cervix still closed no contractions either.. any advise??? My doctor doesn't induce until 39 weeks..

Me and my cousin drank castor oil to induce our labor. It absolutley didn't work. I didn't have one contraction the whole time. It only caused me to have bad gas.

I am 37wks pregnant and fed up of being pregnant. Is this too early to naturally induce labour? some advice please.

37 wks the very earliest to induce safer at 39 + natural ways include black blue cohosh tinicture. evening primerose oil on cervix. drinking rasberry tea leaf 2 cups a day. walking, dancing doing squats, of course sex. these are natural things u can get at a health food store rasberry leaf is also fine all threw pregnancy it srengthens cervix for labor and shortens birth time and bleeding.there are other natural oils u can use but do the reasearch on them. caster oil doese work for some but is messy and can cause cramping. most natural ways of inducing only work if your body and your baby are ready. relax is a big thing if u are stressed your baby feels it listen to music use lavender oil on wrists for the relaxing smell, talk to your baby he or she is listening. good luck

hi i tryed caster oil with my first and it dident work i was 4 days early when it finilly worked caster oil will not work if the babys not ready to come with my second i tryed it 3 week b4 due date she came day after taking the caster oil and the 3rd was the same im now on my 4th child and im 37 weeks tomorrow but not going to try it untill i now all my blood tests are ok on tuesday.so yea caster oil does work but want if baby not ready .

I have tried everything on this page to try and start labour but not one of them have worked. Any ideas what i can do now?

if u dont mind me asking how many weeks are u.

Im due today, and feel pretty fed up as I havent had any signs of him making an arrival anytime soon!
I tryed castor oil 10 days ago, and suprise suprise it didnt work.Just made me feel extremley sick and had awfull diarhea. Iv now become desperate and Im considering trying it again,Do you think it would work second time around now that Im further on? Thanks

I am 38 weeks pregnant and understand completely that the baby is not going to come until he is ready. But I sure wish he would consider that I AM BEYOND READY. I am not excited about trying the castor oil due to mess, I have tried intercourse and that did nothing besides give me a painful UTI, and I have been walking as if I am training for a marathon. Nothing is bringing on contractions. Although I know I need to be patient, does anyone have any suggestions?

I am 37 weeks almost 38 i have read everything i could find on the internet about inducing labor yourself castor oil seems to be the one most used i took it about 45 mins ago and already my contractions have moved from 17 mins apart to 4-5 minutes apart. SO lets see what happens now......

i am 36weeks is it ok for me to use castrol oil i am so ready to go in labor

i am 39.5 wks preggo...so ready to have this little girl!!! i don't sleep, can never get in a comfy spot; i feel like i'm starting to get depressed. im due june 6 and my doc will not start induction til mon night! i begged and cried but that's her schedule! i've been staring at this castor oil for 2 days night, debating if i should take it! i only get these BAD period like cramps at night! HELP!!!

DO NOT USE CASTOR OIL!! it may be different for other women but i dont want anyone to experience what i did. i took 2oz at around 9 pm and nothing.. 6 am the next morning i felt really bad cramps. i pooped, no runs or anything. it was like i was constipated but eventually i relieved my self. went back to sleep. around 8 am my stomach was cramping and i had terrible back pain. then the real pooping started.. omg, it was the worst thing ever. around one i called the dr and they told me to come in. i went to triage and my contractions were 30 seconds to 2 mins apart. mind you i had to keep taking off the monitors and running to the bathroom. eventually i was pooping just blood. they gave me 4 bags of iv because i was so dehydrated. they had to give me a shot to calm down my contractions. the babys heart rate wasnt very good until the contractions seize. i was in the hospital for about 7 hours. i probably could have gave birth if i was dilated enough but it would have been terrible because of the poop and what not. my due date is june 7th and im willing to wait now.

i have 6 days untill my due date but i dont want to take castor oil what else can i do?

I tried castor oil with my second because I was told if I didn't go into labor within the next week I would have a c-section. The castor oil was aweful! It gave me really bad cramps and made me use the bathroom frequently. Only after the diarrhea subsided did I start having "contractions" which were probably caused by dehydration. I was in "labor" for over 24 hours with strong "contractions" that did not dialate me and because I wasn't progressing they did a c-section anyway. I do NOT recommend castor oil. It could possibly create a bowel movement of the baby in utero, it almost certainly will drain you of your fluids and is overall not the best option for the health of baby or you! The research told me the risks and because I was desperate to meet my baby and to have a vaginal birth I tried it, but no matter your reason, these risks are not worth it! Just wait it out or try a better method like accupressure or something.

someone please help me i am 17 this is my first pregnancy i am overdue and do not want to be medically induced or have a c section , which is what my doc wants to do, my mom and grandmother told me to use castor oil is it really safe for my baby please answer soon

ok im 39 weeks and ive tried swimming,wakling, spicey food, bumpy car ride, and nothing has worked the only thing i have not tried is castor oil and im kinda scared because i dont want to be up all night on the toilet... im going crazzzzzyyyy i want to meet my baby already anyone got any advice???

i took castor oil with orange juice, 3rd child,a week before due date and it only made me go to the bathroom and have contractions that altogether lasted 20 minutes so it didn't really help at all.

UGH! i tried castor oil with the 1st 2 pregnancies && it worked 1st one 6 hours after && 2nd about 2 hours after taking castor oil && OJ...I am 37 weeks prego && tried the samething again but no go!!! whatelse can i do??

i will be 37 weeks in 4 days and i am beyond ready to go in labor. i tried castor oil the other day and it made me contract 1cm and go into labor, but yhe doctor stopped it i cant take this anymore wat can i do?

im 1 day over my due date now and i was tempted to use caster oil but with all the negative comments im not too keen on the idea any more isnt there any chances i could get induced at the hospital early theres got to be a way round it has any one got any ideas

Oh my gosh ladies....you know going into this that a pregnancy is 40 weeks +/-2 weeks. JUST WAIT until 39-40 before wanting to induce with castor oil or anything. Its best for the BABY! The baby isn't even fully developed until 37-38 weeks. I am 40 weeks today and as ready as I am, I know she will come when she is ready. I am crossing my fingers this week, but I know she is fully developed and will be here soon. Oh well if I can't roll out of bed to go potty in the night very well....thats a sacrafice I made and this is another human relying on ME, her mother, to help her into this world HEALTHY.

I agree with the last user here. I can't believe some of you are trying this at less than 40 weeks! This is my first baby, he is HUGE, I am 40 weeks + 4 days and horribly uncomfortable. After reading what castor oil can do to your body and baby I am willing to wait or have my doctor induce me. If you are thinking of trying this early, please note I've also read that unless the rest of your body is in sync and ready to go, castor oil, teas, etc. may cause contractions but will not likely cause labour.

When I was pregnant with my daughter I was 2 1/2 weeks over my due date. I tried everything from caster oil, walking, playing basketball, swimming and even sex. None of these worked for me. A baby will come when they are ready to and not when anybody else is. For all you women who are trying to make your baby come especially before 38 weeks, please wait until after so your baby is born healthy and fully developed. I am pregnant with my second now and am 35 weeks and as long as im not overdue I will totally wait till he comes on his own, no matter how much I want him here.

I just wanted to say that I have had the worst pregnancy, I had two surgeries, gest. diabites, spotting through the whole pregancy, the worst back pain imaginable( just gets worse and worse). I am on bed rest due to preterm labor, I can barely walk, eat breathe or get comfortable. I cry almost every night from the pain. I have had 9 miscarriages. This is the first baby that has held out and I am now 36 weeks. I read all of these comments and honestly it tears my heart out. The babies will come when they are ready. Usually if you carry to your due date or till that 42 week mark the doctors will help with your induction. I am just happy that my little girl is staying in there and holding out. Through all my pain and all my tears I know that letting her come when she is ready will be the best thing to do. There are babies that are born at 40 weeks that experience problems. Just be thankful that the big day hasn't arrived and be happy that you can have those babies. They are the greatest gift anyone could ever get. Be patient, hold out. This pain is only temporary once you see that little angels face you will know that waiting was the best option.

to the last woman who posted....bless you, you poor thing! and i agree with you whole-heartedly...DO NOT TRY AND INDUCE!! i've been pregnant 6 times and only have one child to show for it.....this is what you signed up for ladies! get over yourselves...i'm 37 weeks pregnant with my 2nd and uncomfortable as hell too but the baby will come when it's ready!!! i cannot believe someone on here was trying to induce at 29 weeks!! wtf is wrong with you?? are you that ill-informed about your baby's health!??! i'm just shaking my head reading this thread; there are women out there who can't get pregnant at all; you should all be thankful you've been blessed!

I did a castor oil induction with my second son, He was born on his due date. I took the castor oil in rootbeer, as my midwife suggested. He was born the next day. I had loose bowel movements, for a while, it wasn't awesome, but it wasn't all that bad either. After being constipated for the better half of my pregnancy it was kind of a relief.
I was induced with my first son he was over due and his amniotic fluid was low. This was a pretty difficult labor, being my first i didn't realize that. Until my second son. Anyway, the castor oil did eventually give me some cramps, then turned not so quickly,into real labor.We had plenty of time to get where i had to be. He was born 10 hours after the labor started at home, and was a great labor. He weighed 9lb 11 oz's he was pretty big! But much easier than the induction I tried it because i really wanted to go into labor on my own, or with out the Pitocin.

Now i am on baby number three, and am due in a few day's, I was told i could be induced around my due date, at first i was nervous. But with two other little kids to schedule care for, and a bunch of other reasons, it sounds pretty tempting, i have been laying in bed with bad sciatica for a couple weeks.

I know i am lucky to be pregnant, spare me. I think the option is to try it before medical intervention. I may try it today or tomorrow. As everyone (sane) will tell you, your body has to be ready, i personally wouldn't condone this if you are less than really close, or at your due date, it probably won't work anyway. I have been having super strong BH contractions for a couple day's, And am 3 centimeters dilalated, 70 percent effaced, so maybe i am already primed.
It would be lovely to have a crystal ball to tell me when this will happen, or if on it's own!

Everyone is different. Every pregnancy is different. Talk to your Dr. or midwife first. I am sure they are asked this daily.

i tried castor oil 2 nights after my due date it seem ed like nothing was happening and then 3 hours later i had the worst diahria of my life!! no contractions, i dont wish that on anyone!!!!

So I am 38 weeks, this Wednesday my doctor had said that he was thinking about inducing me because I have been having terrible gall bladder problems since I was a month pregnant, however, I have heard that being on that patocin(sp) to stymulate contractions is terribly painfull, so I am researching ways that I can go into labor on my own before Wednesday. Thus far I have tried sex which leds to terrible yeast infections, massages(nothing), acccupressure(the one without needles-Nothing)... so my last option is Castor Oil... and I'm not looking forward to this, however, if it will keep me off the patocin... its worth a shot...

i'm so done with being pregnant....how much oil do i need to take?

i am 5days away from my due date, ive got spd an am practically on bed rest im already on crutches an am on a waiting list for a weel chair, im in so much pain! i would really like this baby out sooner rather than later, castor oil is sounding very temping as have tried alot of other methods ie sex, hot baths, pineapple, spicy curry, gental walks and even rasberry leaf tea athough its surpposed to help the second stage of labour, is their anything else i can try rather than castor oil the risks seem to high for me?????? help

My question is for those who did try castor oil and it worked. Some articles talk about the castor oil causing the baby to excrete meconium in the fluid. Did any of you have this problem? Also, how long do the stomach/abdominal cramps last? Do they stop after labor begins good, or do they last throughout labor?

The reason I am trying to induce naturally is this: I have had two cesareans and one VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean), in that order. The only hospital that is allowing me to labor for another vaginal delivery is only giving me until Sept. 22 before they insist on a Cesarean at 38 weeks and 3 days. My last two babies did not come until 42 weeks and they were fine. The VBAC baby had apgars of 10 and 10. I feel like a cesarean would be too early for this baby. This hospital does not use Pitocin to induce VBAC candidates and I definitely respect that. I have fought so hard for this VBAC. I know I can do it (I have already done it once) and I can not stand the thought of them cutting me again. (I know the risks of VBAC and I also know VBAC is more dangerous in a hospital because of all of the procedures they put you through. But with emergency services so close, it is safer than a home birth.) I have been researching homeopathics and acupressure for labor induction as well. I have also been using Evening Primrose Oil to help ripen the cervix. I'm hoping the amniocentesis shows the lungs are not mature enough and they will have to wait on the section, giving me more time to go into labor. (The process of labor and the hormones released during labor actually cause the lungs to mature, so I am not so concerned about lung immaturity with actual labor.)

It is very tempting to stay home and skip the doctor visits until labor begins, but I don't want to have to face an irate doctor because I was non-compliant. I am so stressed because this should be my decision and they just want the easy way out for them. I doubt if any of them have ever seen an actual uterine rupture, yet they would put a woman through major abdominal surgery instead of letting the woman labor (a risk to me of 4%). One older doctor told me that the only rupture he had seen was in a pregnant woman who was in a car wreck and the impact is what ruptured her uterus. He hadn't ever seen a rupture associated with labor! I use herbs to help strengthen my uterus and aid with labor, and I really think they should research this aspect. I believe this decreases the risk of rupture.

With my 2nd pregnancy I mixed 3oz of odorless/flavorless castor oil with 1 cup of vanilla ice cream and 1/2cups rootbeer in a blender and drank it. I took this at 8am and ate fresh pineapple throughout the day. And by 9pm I was in full blown labor with contracting 3-4 minutes apart! I'm 36 weeks pregnant now and pland on doing the exact same thing next week!

Please don't try to bring on your baby earlier than 39 weeks. Even as late as 36 and 37 weeks, there is a greater chance of complications if the baby is born early. My daughter was born at 36 weeks and 6 days (my water broke early), and she was jaundiced for several weeks past birth, and was so sleepy she didn't suck well and took a month to start putting on weight. She's fine now, but an extra week or two before birth would have been better for her.

im 38 weeks im not dialated at all but my cervixs is completely thinned out for the last week iv been having mild contractions but the closes they have gotten is 8 minutes apart an lasted about a minute the night before last i got out of bed cuz i wasnt comfortable and i had this really heavy painfuul pressure on my cervix it wasnt a contraction though bc it last constantly for 10 minutes so yesterday i went walking an i walked for a little over an hour an absolutely nothing happened iv nervouse about the castrol oil bc i dont want the mess but im so sick of being pregnant i want to see my baby boy already i havnt been able to sleep more then 6 hours the last week bc i cant get comfortable because hes so big what should i do?

You can also do The Casper Cha-Cha Slide by DJ Casper...the one you did from high school at dances and parties. This sounds silly but you can do it because it moves the pelvic bone. I read all of the old wives tales and none of them worked. I tried to do The Casper Slide to relax myself and have fun and I did it for about 30 minutes or 6x and then I started having contractions. I was on dance team in high school and I remembered how fun it is so I knew it would help me have fun and relax.

i am 37 weeks thinkin of takin castor oil, ive had enuf!! my mum took a full bottle at 38 weeks, she took it at 8pm her water went at 11:45pm with full contractions and i was born at 12:15am with no complicacions!!!

Castor oil definitely can work but not if your body isn't close enough. During my first pregnancy I went overdue and the doctor wasn't going to induce me until I was 14 days over as my pregnancy was classed as low-risk and I was getting really frustrated. When my mom told me that her doctor had given her castor oil to induce labor when she had gone overdue with me (that was in 1980) I decided to try it. I took it mixed with orange juice at 40 weeks 6 days and went into labor within a few hours. However, I need to warn anyone who is going to try it - the diarrhea is awful, the worst I have ever experienced, and its not just that you have to contend with- the contractions come faster and harder than if you went into labor naturally, when they started for me I thought I was going to die!! But as I said, it did work. I had a long labor (18 hours) and my daughter did pass meconium into her amniotic fluid which the midwife said wasn't really a big deal, but I don't know if the long labor or meconium issue could have been avoided had I waited. However my daughter was completely healthy. I guess my point is- this can work but I wouldn't recommend it as an easy way out because it is far more uncomfortable than being pregnant for a few days or few weeks longer! I am nearly 38 and a half weeks pregnant now with my second child and since I hit the 37 week point I have thought a few times about castor oil but I have held off so far. I really want my baby to come now but I want him to come because he's ready. I know how you all feel though, once you get to the last month the wait is excruciating! Except the girl who wanted to induce at 29 weeks, I feel sorry for her child as she is clearly not willing to sacrifice anything for him/her. Good luck to everyone who reads this!

Wow. Pregnancy is such a small fraction of your life that has such a huge impact on your babies life. 40+ weeks is really not that long to ensure the well being and health of your child. For all those women who are saying they are over being pregnant before your due date, at worst it will be only a matter of weeks before your little one comes. Be patient. He/She will come when they are ready and when your body is ready. breath in and enjoy these last few weeks / days.

I am 34 weeks pregnat, and have gestational diabetes, protein in the urine and I am so tired of being pregnat. Is there any suggestions on what to try to help self induce my labour. I am very sick aswell. I have tried sex, castrol oil, and nothing is working.. Is there anyone that can give me any suggestions?

castor oil tastes like lipstick and does not work. trust me. maybe for some but not for me and i;m prego with my 7th child. yep 7th!! for those of you that want to give it a try be careful because what you may think is labor is nothing but poop pains.

wow, i am 32 weeks and 3 cm dilated and 60 efaced, i just got out of a hospital stay and I am having lots of issues. I am doing everything to keep this kid in, but I dont think he wants to stay. I recieved the steroid shots and they didnt give me n e thing to stop labor. Told me that if he comes he should be fine. I want him here and i want so much to be out of pain but his brother was born at 22 weeks and passed away. I cant lose another child. They will come when they are ready. Dont try to force them out before the due date. If your doc wont do it then there is a reason and it isnt to watch you be miserable. I had to take clomid to get this one. We tried to get pregnant for 5 years after the loss of our first son. This baby is a miracle and i tend to try to make the best of every situation.

Our 5th is due in a few weeks. My husband is happy to contribute (semen softens the cervix). The medicine ball I've been rolling around on for an hour or two seems to have helped the baby move down in to position. Walking is uncomfortable but also helps move the baby down into position. Warm baths help relax all muscles.
Ultimately I understand though, that babies do not come until the baby is ready. Enjoy what sleep you may be getting now. For very soon everything will change dramatically with baby's arrival.

You know, I am still seeing selfish women writing in here. I sat here and read every single comment and I really can't believe the stupidity (Sorry but I don't know what else to call it.) of some of these gals. My youngest was born at 35 weeks because my water broke. When labor stopped, they used Picotin and started it right back up. They didn't check to make sure that she was OK or anything. She almost didn't make it. Kidney's were not working and she was Jaundiced. She spent a week if not more in the NICU. I miscarried teh next two-three babies and now I am blessed to be 39 weeks with her baby brother. Yes, I am tired of carrying him, BUT, I don't want any problems to happen becasue he came before his time. I have had to FIGHT with my OB to get her to at least wait TILL his DUE DATE before she forces me to have an induction. Do I want him to be born? YES, but in HIS time, NOT by mine or the docs. My body and the baby know when the time is right, and when that time hits then he will be born. Castor oil IS KNOWN to cause problems for the mother AND the baby. Your body is going to do it's best to protect that baby till it's time. If it isn't ready to give up it's precious bundle then you are going to have a hard time to self-induce. At 39 weeks and under pressure to be induced, I started to drink red raspberry leaf tea and it isn't working, WHY? Because either the baby or my body is not ready. Plain and simple. So give your baby the time it NEEDS to get ready and enjoy what you can of the time.

i walked for 2hrs with my 3rd preg. and after my walk i took castor oil w/ orangejuice NASTY!! but that same night I got contractions and they only got worst. then that very morning i went to the hospital was dialated 3 and baby was born at 35+ weeks weighed 5pds15oz...IT WORKS!!!!!!!!

i've tried castor oil with my first pregnancy but drank it with tea when i was suppose to drink it with orange juice 10-15 minutes later i drank the orange juice and my water broke within 3 minutes . and for my second pregnancy i tried it again NOTHING happened but a few hours of contractions and dehydration .

we used castor oil with my daughters first son. She had a very short labor at home and delivered naturally 23 minutes after we arrived at the hospital. I am a nurse so she felt comfortable at home. It was perfect for her and she got her wish for no IV or medications...it was perfect!

It's funny how some of you ladies are saying that you did a research on what castor oil can do to you and your baby and that you would rather be induced by Dr, please do a researh on what medication being used to induce labor can do to your child, I have. Castor oil is a natural, vegetable oil, medication they use at the hospital is 100% synthetic, if you have any idea what that means you would understand that natural induction methods are way safer. If a prosidure done at the hospital it's not necesserely safer! So what you go to the bathroom alot and get dehydrated, who said you can't hydrate your self? Drink alot of water, and when you buy castor oil thinking to induce your self consider getting some gateraid to hydrate your self during "the runs". I was induced at the hospital with my first one, and belive me it is not better then castor oil. Pregnant with second one and just had some castor oil with orange juice about 2 hrs ago, already having contractions, good luck to all of you and God bless.

I used castor oil my first pregnancy, I was on the toliet for an hour and I threw up. But about an hour later I started having contractions that got painful enough for me to go to the hospital 2 hours later then 4 hours later I had a baby. It worked like a charm for me.

I am currently 36 almost 37 weeks pregnant with my third child. Last week when I was checked I was 50% effaced and 4 cm dialated. I am thinking about trying the castor oil thing, cause I am not able to move and my contractions aren't going anywhere. However, I did try this method with my first pregnancy and it was the worst thing I have ever experienced. I was getting strong contractions every 5 minutes and I was stuck on the toilet for about 6 hours. I felt so horribly sick and in pain, I wanted to die. It did not put me into labor though. So I went through all of that for nothing. And when I did it then I was 38 weeks pregnant. So I'm kinda scared to try again.

I read all the comments on here and I just want to say that the moms that were saying its ridiculous to want a baby to come before the due date have obviously never had a prolapse. This is my third child and I can barely take care of my two older children...I can't be the mother I'm supposed to be to my other children because if I stand for more than five minutes at a time I have such bad pressure that I will be laid up the rest of the day. So yes I will be forcing myself through the pain to walk a lot once I hit 37 weeks and it becomes safe for baby to come. I'm not doing castor oil because its too risky in my opinion. I won't be getting medically induced either because I'm pretty sure that I won't be pregnant that long. I'm currently 36 weeks pregnant and as soon as we hit the safe zone we are going to be having sex every day and walking every day. And there is nothing wrong with that. If I was on pelvic rest like I was for 12 weeks I wouldn't do it or if I was on bedrest like I was briefly earlier in my pregnancy I wouldn't do it but don't be judgmental for someone wanting to be normal again and take care of their other children. Its perfectly safe for my child to be born at 37 weeks my youngest was born at 37 weeks 6 days. I didn't do anything to have her at that point she was just ready and my oldest was two days past her due date. I know what I'm doing I'm not doing anything extreme and I will be damned if anyone judges me for walking and having sex with my husband.

I used castor oil for my first pregnancy, on my due date, and within a couple hours was in the hospital having contractions and 4 hours later I had my daughter.

i tried caster oil 3 times when i was pregnant with my second baby. first two times it did nothing. so i increased the amount the third time( 2 days before my due date) ate spicy food and pineapple and gently bounced on an exercise ball. my water burst during this. i had no contractions before. i had my baby girl 2 hours after my water broke.it was actually very painful. the contractions were really strong and she came so fast i didnt have time for pain medication. so i would say it works if you do other things with it. but becareful cause you might have your baby sooner then expected. im 28 weeks pregnant with my 3rd baby and will not be doing this again. id rather have a long labor with pain killers then short painful with nothing. good luck and congrats

BE PATIENT! It will be all over before you know it and you will wonder why you were so impatient! The only one who can bring on baby is baby - and your baby will know when it is ready to enter the world. Being inside for as long as possible is the very best start in life you could want for your baby. Focus on the best things about being pregnant, you never know, the more you saver the experience the quicker it may be over. I have delivered four beautiful healthy babies - all at different stages ranging from 41 weeks to 37 weeks, all with different lengths of labour - 4 hours to 24 hours. And yes with everyone I was tired of being pregnant and desperate to met the new little person in my life. The quickest and easiest labour I had was with my second child who was born on his due date the day after I planted a couple of hundred trees which involved lots of walking and squatting, so I think the muscles down there were well exercised and prepared!! My waters broke at 2am and he was delivered without assistance or pain relief just before 6am.

im only 38 weeks but my husbands grandpal has stage 4 lung cancer and really wants to meet my little girl before he goes.I dont want to anything to hurt my little girl but i want her to meet her great grandpal at least once.any suggestions would help please.

I am 39 weeks pregnant and am very ready to have my son. I heard taking castor oil will help induce labor. For about 4 weeks I have been having contractions about every 10 min. and have so far dilated to two on my own. I am farrrrrrr past being fed up! All my children have weighed more than 8 lbs. and this one is believed to be bigger than that! I am soooo miserable, so I gave in and tried it. I have taken 3 tablespoons so far which was about 20 minutes ago, so we will see how well it works. I dont know if it was just the brand I bought, but it was odorless and tasteless. The only thing you have to get past is the texture. I was told that it is best on pizza or any greasy food; so I ate some of it with a slice of pizza, but I havent been able to eat much this entire pregnancy and realized it would probably be easier for me to drink it. What I did was I took some kool-aid and kept it in my mouth, then quickly shoved the tablespoon of castor oil in and chased it with more kool-aid. EASY... Didnt make me sick at all. As far as how well it works, I suppose I will see.

i used cator oil when i was 37 weeks , it really didnt do anything but give me diohere and the taste is horrible, i did ask my doctor and he said it doesnt do any harm to the baby and there was no harm in trying it. but yes didnt work at all and i tried it twice. it has worked on some people but not for me. so if ur prepared for diohere go for it. the diohere wasnt too bad only needed to go toilet twice, so have fun and good luck.

none of the above works im 40 weeks and 2days and have tryed sex, hot baths, hot curryys long walks and nothing working

I tried it with my first child.. Nothing happened.. I just sat on the toilet for about all day... My husband made me try it again just incase and still nothing happened.. Lol but let me tell yea I wasn't worried about having a bm during labor.. Lol I was actually induced at 41 weeks.. They popped my water twice, the first time they did it apparently they didn't pop it all the way if that makes sense.. I guess my daughter didn't want to come out at all.. Lol I'm actually about to go again, I'm about 37 weeks and my husband wants me to try it again.. I told him he should bc I'm not going threw that again.. Lol