I never emailed you back. Sorry about that. I was pressured (by BC policy, not my midwives) to take a mixture of castor oil, nut butter, juice and lemon verbena to get things moving along or I would have been risked out of my homebirth because I would have been past 42 weeks
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Yup, sounds like the same cocktail. She recommends a tea of verbena and warming spices (cinnamon, cloves, ginger) first, to help the cervix along
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Ok - I did more looking into castor oil, and it looks like my prior info was wrong :P It can make labour crappy. My mw told me that the castor oil in the cocktail was just to make sure I'm not constipated and wasn't the main ingredient of the cocktail, but a little cursory research shows that, even in such a small dose (2 tbsp), it can cause intestinal mayhem. Lovely.
Could you try the mixture without the castor oil in it?
And remember darling - you do NOT have to consent to an induction at any time if you are comfortable with it! I know you know that but it's good to hear when you are so close to the end regardless.
I wish it didn't involve castor oil, but it does. She told me it wasn't the main ingredient, and was "just to make sure I wasn't constipated", but a little cursory research shows that even 2 tbsp can cause intestinal mayhem. I need to trust her, right now, and not keep digging up things that contradict what she's saying.
I read a lot of VBAC-induction cautionary tales today - also not the best use of my time, but I couldn't seem to stop. I've got maybe 9-10 days - lots can happen in that time. Tonight, I'm reading about happy, safe homebirths that come between 40 and 41 weeks gestation :) In my due-date community, there have been a rash of people giving birth at 40+3 and 40+5.. all very reasonable and calm, and there's no reason for me to keep my head stuck in the worst case scenario.
if you push your body a bit right now, it will likely go into labour as a safety mechanism (it's not a safe environment for baby, so it will initiate labour to evacuate the baby).
I don't know if any of this is helpful or even safe, but just putting it out there incase it makes you think of something else useful.
Sex and nipple stimulation are the sorts of things I can do at home that are generally recommended. While I think bungee jumping might help things along, I'm not sure I'm ready to go that route :) Getting really angry and yelling a lot has been suggested.. maybe I'll try for some road rage over the weekend!
If you still have not had baby by Saturday, perhaps you could come to summer solstice. Afterward, I can read to you aloud from the ACOG guidelines on VBAC and homebirth. This should induce maximal rage, and voila, labour! No? ;)
I'm totally going to be there if I haven't had a baby yet! I need my people :)
I've read it, and it's definitely rage inducing, but also fear since I might be on their turf next week. The most rage-inducing one was, I think, their policy on post dates, where they cite one study at length (proclaiming 41 weeks to be where people ought to be induced), and then cite another that lists all the problems with the first study and proclaims 42 weeks to be fine, and THEN they say that women should be 'offered' induction at 41 and 42 weeks. I have the distinct sense that it's a rare women that will get the second option.
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And remember darling - you do NOT have to consent to an induction at any time if you are comfortable with it! I know you know that but it's good to hear when you are so close to the end regardless.
*sends labour-y thoughts your way*
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I read a lot of VBAC-induction cautionary tales today - also not the best use of my time, but I couldn't seem to stop. I've got maybe 9-10 days - lots can happen in that time. Tonight, I'm reading about happy, safe homebirths that come between 40 and 41 weeks gestation :) In my due-date community, there have been a rash of people giving birth at 40+3 and 40+5.. all very reasonable and calm, and there's no reason for me to keep my head stuck in the worst case scenario.
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or exercise more than you should right now.
if you push your body a bit right now, it will likely go into labour as a safety mechanism (it's not a safe environment for baby, so it will initiate labour to evacuate the baby).
I don't know if any of this is helpful or even safe, but just putting it out there incase it makes you think of something else useful.
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I've read it, and it's definitely rage inducing, but also fear since I might be on their turf next week. The most rage-inducing one was, I think, their policy on post dates, where they cite one study at length (proclaiming 41 weeks to be where people ought to be induced), and then cite another that lists all the problems with the first study and proclaims 42 weeks to be fine, and THEN they say that women should be 'offered' induction at 41 and 42 weeks. I have the distinct sense that it's a rare women that will get the second option.
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