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No Braxton Hicks Contractions?
My Braxton Hicks didn't start till last week - some ppl never experience them! It is not an indicator of .... starting labor · private cord blood banking ...
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- I can't remember exactly, but I don't think I felt any really regular baxton hicks contractions until a couple weeks before my due date. Every once in a while I would...
- Braxton hicks contractions can be different for everyone. With my first I would get them strong and hard a few times thinking I was in labor. I would get to the doct...
- You can totally have them and not even know. It'll be like you whole stomach just got rock hard and then releases. sometimes all you will feel is slight muscle twitchi...
Advice on Labor Induction
Anytime the baby is born prior to labor naturally starting, the baby may not be ready. .... The doctor had to break my water to start labor. ...
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- You're getting a TON of replies! :) Use what is best for you & your baby. I myself had my first baby induced, and will never, EVER recommend that to anyone. It was h...
- Take in all the advice, talk with your doctor, read what you can find....and then make the best decision for you. Every woman and every pregnancy are different. You ...
- As so many women have told you, there is usually no reason to be induced other than the convenience for your doctor. That's just practicing bad medicine. Your risk o...
Early Labor
This is why they tell you not to get one when you are pregnant because it can start your labor. Hope this helps. Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This ...
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- Dear J. W, With my 1st baby being late by 10 days, I can understand your being miserable and uncomfortable, as well as not sleeping very well. I have 4.5 years betw...
- I've had 5 children and I swore with each of them I'd never make it to the end, but we did, LOL. My doctor told me there wasn't much you can do. He had women taking ca...
- walk walk walk and forget about it for a day that you want to go into labor and walk
Self-Induce Labor
and visualization of labor starting and getting into a good pattern. Congratulations and just remember, your baby won't stay in there forever-- I know it ...
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- i was advised to walking. I wud go to the mall and walk the whole day with breaks in the middle. Also climbing stairs worked wid me. Goodluck!
- Hi A., I went a week past my due date and believe me, I was VERY uncomfortable. I tried everything, and finally had to be induced-she did not want to come out! Some p...
- Hi A.- Lots of responses but only one other mentioned what worked for me. Stairs! My dr said stairs were good..so, I took a nice long nap and then we went to the gym ...
Any Luck with Natural Induction Methods?
I was miserable and expecting my daughter to come "any day now" starting at a ... start on the whole "going into Labor" thing, but to ABSOLUTELY NO AVAIL! ...
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- Hi A.- I'm a 32 year-old mom with two little ones (a girl, 3, and a boy, 8 mos.). I was a week late with our daughter and was induced, and two days late with our s...
- Last Night was a big full moon. Maybe something will happen for you this weekend and you will have an Easter baby. Someone was saying this is the last early Easter f...
- Sex works! Semen contains prostaglandins which can gently induce labor. I had my daughter at 38 weeks this way. Also, acupuncture can induce labor.
Starting Maternity Leave
It's good to start maternity leave now. You need to relax and get better before you start going into labor. Don't try to look at birth photos to freak ...
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- I've been the same way in my pregnancy getting sinus infection after sinus infection. I'm pregnant with our second child this pregnancy has been a drain. I'm 33weeks i...
- Maybe you should see this as a blessing and use it to your advantage. Do some things you won't have time to do after the baby is born. One thing I would highly sugge...
- It's good to start maternity leave now. You need to relax and get better before you start going into labor. Don't try to look at birth photos to freak yourself out. Lo...
How Do I Induce My Own Labor
One of the methods of self-inducing labor that's been sweeping the internet in recent years is the myth that eggplant will start labor. ...
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- There's a whole list of things you can do at: http://www.bestdoulas.com/induction.pdf Since you have children, you can take them to the park and swing on a swing...
- after my due date came and went, the next evening i took a teaspoonful of castor oil and began labor several hours later. it was an easy labor, great delivery and hea...
- I am a doula and childbirth educator. If you aren't even at your due date, don't wear yourself out trying to bring on contractions. The average pregnancy length for ...
Induction
Monday, tues and wed before i went into labor i did heavy walking, stairs etc trying to get labor to start. and that wed night it did, at 38weeks. ...
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- My sister was induced with her first baby and was scheduled to be induced for her second because she was 14 days past due. The day of her scheduled induction, she wen...
- Hi N., I was induced 1 month before my due date because my water broke just as I was getting ready to go to sleep for the night. When I got to the hospital, the nu...
- Hey there! I was induced with my first pregnancy. Its actually funny cause i was put on strict bed rest at 24weeks for pre-term labor (i was 3cent dilated and 100% ef...
Desperately Need OBGYN That Will Deliver TWINS Without C-section! PLEASE HELP!
Oct 28, 2009 ... Babies usually have to be both head down when starting labor for most physicians to consider a vaginal birth, and there is a chance that one ...
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- Congratulation N., I believe you do need to find a Dr. that you are comfortable with and one that is willing to do a vaginal delivery if there are no complications....
- It has been a few years (5 or 6), but a friend had her twins (both were head down) vaginally with Dr. Betty Edwards who delivers at Methodist Willowbrook or Houston No...
- I had twins 17 years ago. It was also my first and I too felt so blessed. The Dr I had then, through Kelsey Sebold and still do, said wait and see. At 13 weeks it i...
37/38 Weeks Pregnant Advice
It sounds like you are starting to pass your mucus plug. This usually means that labor will start sometime this week(mine was6 days later). ...
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- do you think the yellow could have been your mucas plug? and in that case labor can follow in the next few days. the clear could be your water, just coming slowly. ...
- Get your bags ready honey, this is all part of pre labor. I had the same thing happen to me, I thought I was getting the flu and it turns out it was all part of labor....
- sounds like the early signs of labor....you are probably losing your plug....call the doctor to be on the safe side then wait it could be now or 3 weeks from now...rel...
