Rest: If you can manage to rest and if you are not being pressured to
get labor going again, take advantage of the time.
While that sounds great
for getting labor going, Pitocin contributes to babies being admitted to the NICU and having lower Apgar scores.
Instead of coffee steaming, Dr. Minkin believes going for a walk, swimming, or even having sex are safer ways to
try get labor going.
On April 4th my partner and I decided to try to have sex to see if this would
get labor going.
You can also try walking around to
get labor going.
These are the chemicals that are used in hospital inductions to
get labor going.
Two days to «ripen» the cervix, and a third day to
get labor going.
An IV with a low dose of Pitocin is supposed to
get your labor going.
I tried drinking a castor oil / orange juice slushy, a midwives» remedy that for generations has been known to
get labor going.
She also came and worked with us several hours at home and got my contractions going more strongly and consistently after my water broke (she had several positions and techniques to use to
get labor going).