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Q: Castor Oil..have You Tried It?

asked by: bikeman120 on August 9th, 2006

Experienced User

I am due aug. 25th, but last monday I had to get an ultrasound done b/c the drs thought he won't be able to fit through my pelvic bone b/c it's tilted up, the ultrasound pulled up an edd of august 10th :) ...Now I know there not always right, but my drs said that if I go into labor after aug. 6th they would let it go, b/c was 7 1/2 lbs on that day! On saturday I went to the drs & my cervix is soft & his head is where it's supposed to be.. I was wondering, have any of you lady's tried castor oil? My couison did & it worked twice for her..I was going to wait until after my appt. Tomorrow to see what my drs. Say.. Any advice would be nice! Thanks

Replies(8)

lil_blaze2004

replied on August 9th, 2006

Moderator

I tried it on a friday and then again on a saturday. It did nothing to me, didn't make me poop or nothing-lol

i went into labour the monday and had my son by c-sec tuesday night. Don't know if the castor oil helped bring on labour, but I don't think so.

bikeman120

replied on August 9th, 2006

Experienced User

Thanks

Hey thanks for the reply, I think that's prb what will happen to me.. I'll sit in labor for a long time & then they'll decided to do one on me..

Melissa_20

replied on August 9th, 2006

Especially eHealthy

I have never heard of it helping anything,only making the woman sick,lol

CNichole

replied on August 13th, 2006

New User

I tried that with my son and all it did was make me poop. I thinks it just a myth.

Nataliachick7

replied on August 13th, 2006

Extremely eHealthy

All it does is gives you the sh*ts

Mabel

replied on August 13th, 2006

Moderator

nataliachick7 wrote:

all it does is gives you the sh*ts

it can also cause vomitting. Severe poo's or sever vomitting. Sounds like fun going into labor!

Seriously though, castor oil is not a good idea. If it were, or any other 'natural' induction, doctors would have no need for pitocin, would they?

michelle1981

replied on August 13th, 2006

Supporter

I tried it with both my pregnancies....... I was desperate lol. It didn't work :(

Mesmerizeu19

replied on August 13th, 2006

New User

I never tried it, but as for the long labor, and c-section, I don't imagine that they would let you suffer for too long, but what did the ultrasound show, do they think that you will be able to have the little bugger. I wasn't able to have my son normally, because of that reason, but they never did an ultrasound to find out either, I was already in the middle of labor when they found out, haha!

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