hi, just wondering of any ideas out there that may help me bring on labour. i am due on the 14th but really think this bub is cooked and ready and i dont want to be induced at the hospital.
i already know that sex could start the labour process but would like to know if there is anything else i could try? thanks smile

Personally I wouldnt try to force the labour, you may think bub ids overcooked, bug gy may not be quite ready.

If you still want to try something, go for very spicy food and if ur really desperote o wo for drinking caster oil. tates crap but guaranteed to work, I've heard it might cause u a bit of pain. Otherwise, get ur heart rate up, go for a jog with ur partner.

Good luck, enjoy your sleep!

DO NOT take castor oil! All it does is give you horrid diarrhoea. Mum works in a maternity hospital and one lady who had taken castor oil ended up going into labour - which was most likely a major co-incidence - and had the runs all through her labour and birth, not nice for anybody involved.

At the end of the day there are plenty of things you could try like pineapple, spicy food, long walks, hot baths, sex, nipple stimulation etc BUT none of them will work if bubs isn't ready. Really, the 14th isn't very far away at all and I would just be waiting it out if I were you. If you don't want to be induced in hospital, you can say you don't want to be and as long as you and your baby are not in any danger they can monitor you and wait until you go into labour naturally.

Good luck for the birth of your little one x