I never emailed you back. Sorry about that. I was pressured (by BC policy, not my midwives) to take a mixture of castor oil, nut butter, juice and lemon verbena to get things moving along or I would have been risked out of my homebirth because I would have been past 42 weeks
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Yup, sounds like the same cocktail. She recommends a tea of verbena and warming spices (cinnamon, cloves, ginger) first, to help the cervix along
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Ok - I did more looking into castor oil, and it looks like my prior info was wrong :P It can make labour crappy. My mw told me that the castor oil in the cocktail was just to make sure I'm not constipated and wasn't the main ingredient of the cocktail, but a little cursory research shows that, even in such a small dose (2 tbsp), it can cause intestinal mayhem. Lovely.
Could you try the mixture without the castor oil in it?
And remember darling - you do NOT have to consent to an induction at any time if you are comfortable with it! I know you know that but it's good to hear when you are so close to the end regardless.
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And remember darling - you do NOT have to consent to an induction at any time if you are comfortable with it! I know you know that but it's good to hear when you are so close to the end regardless.
*sends labour-y thoughts your way*
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She talked about dead babies. *facepalm* Quickly backtracked, but there it was. I did not think I'd be going there with this midwife.
Thanks for labour-y thoughts.. 95% of babies (with dates confirmed by early u/s) are born by 41 weeks. Hope I'm part of the herd this time.
Tomorrow, I'm taking the day off. No birth, no labour, no fretting, no research. Friday too, if I can manage it.
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