Home Remedies For Inducing Labor

Home remedies for inducing labor include walking, eating spicy foods, and making love - to name a few. There are more, some may work for you, others may not, but before you even try inducing labor at home, there are a couple of questions that you need to answer first.

Has your pregnancy gone full term? In other words have you reached your full 40 weeks of pregnancy? Have you talked to your midwife or doctor about trying to self induce labor?

If you have answered yes to the above questions, then why not try some home remedies to induce labor. After all you have shared your body for 9 long months, and as much as you've loved being pregnant, you just want to meet your baby!

I'm going to tell you about maternity acupressure first as for some women many of the other home remedies for inducing labor don't work. Acupressure has a great success rate, and it's totally safe for you and your baby.

Maternity acupressure isn't just used for inducing labor at home, but can also be used for morning sickness, and labor pain too.

Manipulating a few certain pressure points on your body can (for some women) start contractions. Once labor is established there are more pressure points that can be used to lengthen and co-ordinate contractions, which could help you on your way to a much shorter labor! Maternity acupressure will only work if you are pressing the correct pressure pints, so buy yourself an illustrated guide! You may think you are pressing just the right bit, but you could be 3 inches away from where you should be! If you intend to use acupressure, then do it right ;) Click here to read more about maternity acupressure, or you can visit the maternity acupressure site here.

Other home remedies to induce labor

Other labor inducing remedies are listed below. Many experts believe that women who claim these methods have worked for them were already in labor, but just didn't realise, but it doesn't hurt to try.

• Walking, try a walk around the park or a gentle walk up and down the stairs. Pressure of the baby's head pressing on your cervix may start contractions.

• spicy foods are believed to stimulate your bowels, which could also stimulate contractions. Beware though as spicy food may cause heartburn or/and diarrhoea.

• Make love with your partner, having sex releases certain hormones thought to trigger contractions and labor.

• Herbs, among home remedies for starting labor you will find certain herbs. These should be used carefully and do take advise from your midwife, it's also advisable to follow the instructions of a fully qualified homoeopath. To read more about herbs for inducing labor at home click here.

• Castor oil, although many women swear by this method to start labor, could be dangerous for you and your baby! Read more about The pro's and con's of castor oil here.

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