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Garden-of-Eden
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Evening Primrose

Has anybody ever tried this in past pregnancies?

Last time around, I had zero progress with DD and I tried many things. Spicy foods, pineapple, walks, stretches, sex, etc, etc. I still had to be induced at 41wks and even then there was no progress so it was a very long and stressful induction. I really want to avoid that this time around. I'm almost 37wks now and have zero progress so far. I know nothing worked with naturally inducing DD, but I figure it's worth trying something new at least. My friend said that taking some Evening Primrose pills worked for her. Anybody else try this and find it helpful?

Posted 11/20/15 5:44 PM
 
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Evening Primrose

I tried them as a suppository. It was very uncomfortable and did jack shit lol.

Posted 11/20/15 7:38 PM
 

Garden-of-Eden
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Re: Evening Primrose

That's a bummer. And no other responses so I guess it's either been unsuccessful or never tried.

I just talked to my doctor and she said it's safe to do so I'm going to follow the instructions and start them 3x a day orally. We'll see, I guess!! I've got to try something. Hoping so bad he comes on his own before (or on) his due date so that I can avoid not only being induced, but also having to be in the hospital over Christmas Chat Icon

Posted 11/23/15 5:00 PM
 

klsnyc805
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Re: Evening Primrose

Are you getting internal exams? My Dr stripped the membranes and it seemed to do the trick.

Posted 11/24/15 1:06 PM
 

Garden-of-Eden
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Re: Evening Primrose

Posted by klsnyc805

Are you getting internal exams? My Dr stripped the membranes and it seemed to do the trick.



I've heard that works, but I thought you had to be at least 1 cm dilated for the doctor to do that. I'm pretty sure that's why my OB never did it with my last pregnancy. I NEVER had progress. Even at 41wks I still had only a finger tip dilation and it took forever for that to change even with pitocin. *sigh*

Posted 11/24/15 3:16 PM
 

Kitten1929
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Evening Primrose

I started taking them at 36 or 37 weeks - vaginally - and ended up going into labor at exactly 38w.

Message edited 11/25/2015 1:00:03 PM.

Posted 11/25/15 12:59 PM
 
 

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