If you are thinking about labor inducing, chances are you are merely uncomfortable with your pregnancy and eager for your baby to be here. If your baby has gone long over its due date, a doctor will medically induce you. However the doctor could merely suggest ways for you to get your baby to come around all by itself. After consulting your doctor, try some of these tips.
There are several things which can cause muscle contractions, leading to uterine contractions. These are things one might never think of. Castor oil can make your digestive system contract. Since your uterus is surrounded by much of the digestive system, this can really help.
Spicy food has also been known to do the same thing. This may be convenient, as spicy food is a common craving for many pregnant women. Just be sure to check with your doctor that it is safe for you to eat. There are many factors in a woman's diet that one must consider.
An enema is a gross, but effective, way to also stimulate the digestive tract. It makes sense, since so many excrete during labor due to the close proximity of vagina to anus--the contractions affect both areas. It is natural, therefore, that it would work the opposite way. Once again, you must be careful and get a doctor's permission.
Intercourse allows for more direct uterine contractions, since they are the direct muscles targeted. Heavily pregnant women do not always wish to engage in intercourse as they can feel ungainly or unattractive. The other option in this area is to stimulate the breasts and nipples and thereby stimulate the uterus. There is a direct connection, since breasts are a secondary sexual organ and do have some connection.
Any one of these could work or none of them could. With a doctor's permission you can try them all, perhaps over and over again. However there may be no other course but to sit and wait until the baby is ready. A doctor will induce you if you go on too long, but your discomfort for a few days is nothing compared with delivering a child safely.
Labor inducing is not something that women look forward to, especially when it is done by medicines. However, you can induce labor naturally through acupressure.
