Ok ladies...I need your old wives tales...

DomsMom09 · January 2011

to induce labor. I know that having sex is one...but what are some other methods that you have heard of, and tried, or better yet, what did you try and it actually worked???? I'm ready to meet Owen.

sethsgal05 · January 2011

Sex, spicy food, and walking...Good luck! Can you put Dom in the stroller tomorrow and do some laps on the floors of the Prov. Place Mall?

DomsMom09 · January 2011

sethsgal05:
Sex, spicy food, and walking...Good luck! Can you put Dom in the stroller tomorrow and do some laps on the floors of the Prov. Place Mall?

I wish. I have to work tomorrow, but this may be on my agenda for Thursday for sure!

cyko21 · January 2011

Are you dilated at all? I think the only one that will really work if you're not already dilated is sex. Otherwise, walking and eggplant parm or meatball subs

And more sex.

cyko21 · January 2011

oh, and I was always trying to keep my kids in, so I don't have any real experience other than what I've been told!

pjscooby · January 2011

For me, Chinese food worked with Tristan, and lobster worked with Mel. Literally, I was in labor within 12 hours with both of those.

tmp-147965562503741 · January 2011

acupuncture worked for me... but i was already overdue at the time. good luck!

sacey21 · January 2011

pitocin is the only thing that worked for me

peopl e told me-sex, bouncing, walking, bumpy car ride, spicy food, my mom swears on eggplant parm! lol

labor dust!

TheNewMrsPAC · January 2011

I know i already told you, but sex is the sure fire way to get it going! and he has to *ahem* finish in you. Every single person i know within 12 hours they are in labor and delivery!

RedSoxGalRI · January 2011

The same thing that got him in there works to get him out! Sex worked for both of my girls, none of the other things did. I went into labor 6-8hours later.

micheleNYC · January 2011

the only thing that worked for me both times was Pitocin too. I tried every old wives tale out there - I just don't go into full labor on my own :-( Hell I was contracting every 8-10 minutes and was close to 3cm dilated a week before I was induced with Maddy and STILL nothing worked!!!!

ammorgado · January 2011

Pitocin only worked for me too. My midwife said that sex works, but don't get discouraged if it doesn't work the first time. Her explanation was that there's a chemical in semen that helps your progression. Give it a shot!

Candace&Kevin · January 2011

Let's see ... I tried sex, chinese food, mexican food, bumpy car rides, walking (including a 4 mile hike at 41 weeks pregnant), nipple stimulation, evening primrose oil, more sex, more walking, labor cookies, labor inducing eggplant parm, pressure points (accupressure), bouncing on birth ball, walking stairs two at a time ....

What finally seemed to start something after being 10 days late was stripping of my membranes (went into labor that night)

Good luck! I hope you have better luck then I did!

Ok ladies...I need your old wives tales...

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