Guest guest Posted July 29, 2000 Report Share Posted July 29, 2000 My first labor was 20 hours in a birth center with no herbs/assistance, my second was 6 hours at home and I took an herbal supplement called Last 6 Weeks Formula for the 2 weeks I was overdue. It had the cohoshes, red raspberry, etc. and I got it from my midwife (who had used it to get her own labor going 2 months before.) I'm also aware - through my job in a Natural Foods Co-op - of a supplement called PN-6, probably very similar, from Nature's Way. I'm currently pregnant with babe #3 and am considering Caulophylum(sp?) for the last month or so. Anyone out there with experience good or bad using homeopathics to induce/support labor? Namaste, G. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2000 Report Share Posted August 1, 2000 , I went 15 days passed due with my daughter. I tried many different things to bring on labour. Here is a site you may find useful http://www.nurturing.ca/labor.htm. I can't say any of these techniques worked for me... the day I went into labour I'd tried a homeopathic remedy, walked 2 miles, had sex, stimulated nipples, used evening primrose oil etc. but I'd been doing most of these things every day past my adjusted due date. Due date calculation: http://www.teleport.com/~rvireday/plus/figuring.htm " ...we found that uncomplicated spontaneous labor pregnancy in private-care white mothers is longer than Naegele's rule predicts. For Primiparas, the median duration of gestation...was 274 days {compare 274 to the 266 doctors use currently--8 days later!} For Multiparas, the median duration...was 269 days...Thus, this study suggests that when estimating a due date for private-care white patients, one should count back 3 months from the first day of the last menses, then add 15 days for primiparas or 10 days for multiparas, instead of using the common algorithm for Naegele's rule. " Good luck! Melinda (Oregon) At 10:18 AM 8/1/00 EDT, you wrote: >Baby may not be ready to come out, dr's estimates are usually 14 days off >because of the little " wheel " they use. Pregnancies are normally last 280 >days. My first was given the due date of Jan 5, I had estimated Jan 20 >based on the conception date plus 280 days...I went into labor on the 19th >and she was born at 2:09am on the 20th. My 2nd was given a due date of Jan >20th, I estimated Feb 3 based on the 280 day time frame, he was born the >1st. > > > > >>From: " & Troy Lucas " <lucasjt@...> >>Reply-Vaccinationsegroups >><water_birthsegroups>, <Vaccinationsegroups>, >><attachedatthehipegroups>, <APandWOHMomsegroups> >>Subject: natural inductions >>Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:48:24 -0500 >> >>Has anyone had any personal experiences with using natural inductions? >>I've been reading alot on them and have dabbled a little with the nipple >>stim. and pressure point near the ankle without any noticeable changes >>today. Just wondering. I'm only 1 day overdue. >> >> >> " In time and with water, everything changes. " Leonardo da Vinci > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2000 Report Share Posted August 1, 2000 In a message dated 8/1/00 4:49:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lucasjt@... writes: << sounds like a good candidate to be on TLC's THe Baby Story!!! Yuck >> When I was preg. with abbey, every night for about 2 weeks I would wake up with contractions at the same time. It was either 2 or 2:30 can't remember, anyway, baby story was always on at that time. Yes, it was so depressing. Everyone on the phone giggling after their epidural and walking around with iv's. Then, the nurses would say, " Yes, she's now at 4 centimeters, we're going to give her an epidural now, and things will be much nicer for her " . I so wish they'd do a baby story in my area...I'd show them. <G> www.diapers.bizland.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2000 Report Share Posted August 1, 2000 --- Levy <1levy1@...> wrote: > I know of an OB in my area who apparently has an > induction rate of about 80%. > Supposedly she takes on midwifery students for our > obstetrical placement just to > prove to us that birth is a medical event that > should be managed and that > midwifery and home birth are dangerous. > > I just feel plain sorry for people like that. How do they think the human race has survived? Glad I don't live in that world. Aubin __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2000 Report Share Posted August 1, 2000 They do do it in my area (a friend a of a friend was on it). I can't imagine wanting a camera crew etc attending my birth - I didn't even want any family members there. I stayed at my moms a few days last week and she watches it. One day there was 2 homebirths - the next, 2 inductions resulting in c/s. S. teresav26@... wrote: > In a message dated 8/1/00 4:49:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > lucasjt@... writes: > > << sounds like a good candidate to be on TLC's THe Baby Story!!! Yuck >> > When I was preg. with abbey, every night for about 2 weeks I would wake up > with contractions at the same time. It was either 2 or 2:30 can't remember, > anyway, baby story was always on at that time. Yes, it was so depressing. > Everyone on the phone giggling after their epidural and walking around with > iv's. Then, the nurses would say, " Yes, she's now at 4 centimeters, we're > going to give her an epidural now, and things will be much nicer for her " . I > so wish they'd do a baby story in my area...I'd show them. <G> > > > www.diapers.bizland.com -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Having power over yourself is an inoculation against the power of others. - J. Ehrlich In this age, which believes that there is a shortcut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest. - Henry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 Births are always so eerie after the woman gets an epidural. There's something not quite real about it after that point. teresav26@... wrote: > In a message dated 8/1/00 4:49:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > lucasjt@... writes: > > << sounds like a good candidate to be on TLC's THe Baby Story!!! Yuck >> > When I was preg. with abbey, every night for about 2 weeks I would wake up > with contractions at the same time. It was either 2 or 2:30 can't remember, > anyway, baby story was always on at that time. Yes, it was so depressing. > Everyone on the phone giggling after their epidural and walking around with > iv's. Then, the nurses would say, " Yes, she's now at 4 centimeters, we're > going to give her an epidural now, and things will be much nicer for her " . I > so wish they'd do a baby story in my area...I'd show them. <G> > > > www.diapers.bizland.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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