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ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

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wowcoulditbe
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ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

With five days left, I am obsessed.....tried a few already but I think because I am so aware of it, I am doing it to myself!!! Chat Icon

Posted 9/14/06 11:50 AM
 
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KPtoys
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

Spicy food worked for me

Posted 9/14/06 11:51 AM
 

Tah-wee-ZAH
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

Sex

Posted 9/14/06 11:51 AM
 

Cookiegobbler
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

chinese food

Posted 9/14/06 12:02 PM
 

pinky
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

walking

btw - none of the above worked for me :( and someone had me drinking milk & pepsi too

Posted 9/14/06 12:07 PM
 

wowcoulditbe
wow, pic is already 1 yr old!!

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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

Posted by KPtoys

Spicy food worked for me



mexcian tonight it is!!! (or should I just buy a bottle of hot sauce and start driniking it now?? Chat Icon )

Posted 9/14/06 12:10 PM
 

Stacey1403
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

Not a fav, but I can't believe that people actually try it:

Drinking Castor OilChat Icon

Posted 9/14/06 12:13 PM
 

sweetpea
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

Posted by wowcoulditbe

Posted by KPtoys

Spicy food worked for me



mexcian tonight it is!!! (or should I just buy a bottle of hot sauce and start driniking it now?? Chat Icon )



Chat Icon Chat Icon good luck!!!

{{{{{{{ labor vibes}}}}}}}

Posted 9/14/06 12:28 PM
 

KPtoys
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

Posted by sweetpea

Posted by wowcoulditbe

Posted by KPtoys

Spicy food worked for me



mexcian tonight it is!!! (or should I just buy a bottle of hot sauce and start driniking it now?? Chat Icon )



Chat Icon Chat Icon good luck!!!

{{{{{{{ labor vibes}}}}}}}



LMAO!! just be careful. My ILs were doucing my food with hot sauce. I wasnt sure the next day if I was in labor or I REALLY had to use the bathroomChat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 9/14/06 12:36 PM
 

PrincessP
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

Posted by Stacey1403

Not a fav, but I can't believe that people actually try it:

Drinking Castor OilChat Icon



What is that?

Posted 9/14/06 12:47 PM
 

Stacey1403
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

This is from Wikipedia:


Castor oil is a vegetable oil obtained from the castor bean (technically castor seed as the castor plant, Ricinus communis, is not a member of the bean family).

Medicinal use of castor oil
The medical use of castor oil was originally discovered by the Ancient Egyptians possibly as early as 4000 BC. Currently, about 1 % of global castor oil production goes into medical or health store products. It is used to ease constipation and as an emetic to induce vomiting. Consumption of large amounts of castor oil (below lethal doses, such as one bottle) can induce labor in near-term pregnant women.

It is notorious for its strong taste, which was for many years a standard gag in comic strips, animated cartoons, and The Little Rascals / Our Gang short films. Castor Oyl, Olive's brother in the comic strip Thimble Theatre was named for it. Not all castor oil has an unpleasant taste, tasteless castor oil is also available.

Some believe rubbing castor oil into the skin above arthritic joints can significantly reduce the pain of arthritis, or that castor oil can be applied to the eyebrows thickens eyebrow hairs and speeds their growth.

Posted 9/14/06 1:04 PM
 

wowcoulditbe
wow, pic is already 1 yr old!!

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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

so i had mexican yesterday for lunch and dinner....nothing!!!!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 9/15/06 10:29 AM
 

lipglossjunky73
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

Posted by Tah-wee-ZAH

Sex



Well - not so much the sex, I heard - I heard its having an ******... Chat Icon Sorry for those of you with virgin eyes....

Posted 9/15/06 11:19 AM
 

lipglossjunky73
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

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You can't write Org@sm on here!!!!

But thats what I heard can trigger labor contractions!!!

Posted 9/15/06 11:20 AM
 

Kidsaplenty
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

Posted by lipglossjunky73

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You can't write Org@sm on here!!!!

But thats what I heard can trigger labor contractions!!!




Thats what my midwife said yesterday. Org@sms and lots of walking

Posted 9/15/06 11:30 AM
 

beachgirl13
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

nothing worked for me, I tried spicy foods, I swear I walked all over LI, sex, nothing worked!! Chat Icon

Posted 9/15/06 12:14 PM
 

gpsyeyes
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

My sister swears that the "garbage" pizza pie she ate sent her into labor!

Posted 9/15/06 12:43 PM
 

lipglossjunky73
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

Posted by greeneyes361708

Posted by lipglossjunky73

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You can't write Org@sm on here!!!!

But thats what I heard can trigger labor contractions!!!




Thats what my midwife said yesterday. Org@sms and lots of walking



Thats good to know - something I do a lot of already!!!!

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Posted 9/16/06 8:28 AM
 

Jagster2000
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Me & My Sis back in the day!~~Jennifer

Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

I walked about a mile and had Taco Bell!!
BAM! Labor & 3 hrs later he was out! Chat Icon

Posted 9/16/06 9:02 AM
 

wowcoulditbe
wow, pic is already 1 yr old!!

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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

Posted by greeneyes361708

Posted by lipglossjunky73

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You can't write Org@sm on here!!!!

But thats what I heard can trigger labor contractions!!!




Thats what my midwife said yesterday. Org@sms and lots of walking



nope, none of these working still.....also had mexican and actually ate tbsp of hot sauce......Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 9/16/06 10:05 AM
 

WoodIAm
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

My Mom is ready to make me drink the castor oil. Chat Icon

A friend said lot's of O's and a drive on the beach.

Posted 9/16/06 10:40 AM
 

wowcoulditbe
wow, pic is already 1 yr old!!

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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

Posted by WoodIAm

My Mom is ready to make me drink the castor oil Chat Icon

A friend said lot's of O's and a drive on the beach.




i would but it scares me....so no castor oil as tempting as it seems.....at least we are in this together!!!!Chat Icon

Posted 9/16/06 10:49 AM
 

nymommy2be
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

A lot of walking worked for me.

I heard eating eggplant parm works too.

Posted 9/16/06 6:23 PM
 

LisaI
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

walking... a LOONG 3 mile walk. Yard wark, HUGE dinner... generaly one busy day and not stopping until I was in laborChat Icon

Posted 9/16/06 8:02 PM
 

MrsSchwags
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Re: ok, post your favorite old wives tales on how to bring on labor!

i tired castor oil...didn't work

Posted 9/16/06 10:09 PM
 
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