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Types of Labour

Ask Your Doctor to Strip Your Membranes
Ask Your Doctor to Strip Your Membranes

Studies disagree about how well membrane stripping works. Considering that and the discomfort it causes, talk over the pros and cons with your doctor or midwife beforehand. Hormones. At the hospital, your doctor will give you hormones called prostaglandins to open the cervix and trigger contractions.

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Down a Little Castor oil
Down a Little Castor oil

Castor oil often comes in a 2-ounce bottle, and many women reportedly downed the whole bottle at one time. Not only is that gross going down, but it causes major diarrhea and can also cause nausea and vomiting. This can also lead to dehydration and other complications that really don’t make for a smooth labor and delivery.

Eat Something Spicy
Eat Something Spicy

But no spice or food has been scientifically proven to get labor started. Some people theorize that spicy food causes contractions by stimulating the digestive system. Others suggest that spicy food increases production of the hormone prostaglandin, which can also help move the process along.

Get Moving Movement may Help Start Labor
Get Moving Movement may Help Start Labor

Babies set their own schedule, but if your due date has come and gone, you may be wondering if there are ways to naturally induce labor. There are in fact some natural ways to induce labor, such as sex, acupuncture, and exercise. If your due date is here, read this and talk to your doctor about what's right for you.

Go Herbal
Go Herbal

See a qualified Medical Herbalist for more ideas on ways to induce labor naturally. They may also suggest herbs like Blue Cohosh or Black Cohosh. It’s important to be extremely careful when using medical herbs as they have powerful effects on you and your baby.

Have sex
Have sex

There's more than one "big O" Did you know you have contractions when you orgasm? Not the kind of long, strong and close together contractions that help labor progress -- because seriously, who would ever want to have sex again if that happened -- but your body releases oxytocin during the "big O ...

Schedule an Acupuncture Session
Schedule an Acupuncture Session

How to Start Labor Contractions. ... Schedule an acupuncture session. Acupuncture is another method of releasing oxytocin in your body.

Try to Relax
Try to Relax

Then, once you go into labour, you'll be able to identify areas of tension and will know how to relax them. When you're in labour, take a deep breath at the beginning of every contraction and, as you breathe (sigh) out, try to relax.

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