How To Induce Labor

If you have reached, and passed your due date, and you’re feeling uncomfortable and anxious to get on with the birthing process, knowing how to induce labour naturally can help put your mind and rest, and help your body initiate birth.

Every woman nearing her due date is looking forward to going into labour and giving birth to that amazing baby that she has been nurturing for the last 9 months.  However, especially in the case of first time mothers, 70% of babies don’t stick to the same schedule and are in no hurry to be born.

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How to induce labour – When to induce?

You will be constantly interfacing with your doctor or midwife as your pregnancy draws towards its due date, and because the majority of babies are born past their due dates, your doctor will tell you to ‘wait it out’ and because most babies are late, there is no need to induce labour within the first 7 – 10 days past your due date.

However, in the late stages of pregnancy, the weight of your full term baby, and the stresses that pregnancy inflict on the body mean that many women being to feel uncomfortable and restless.  Many women also experience anxiety about getting the birthing process underway, especially if they are about to become a mother for the first time.  So, if you are feeling uncomfortable or anxious, or you are in you 40+ week of pregnancy, now is a great time to learn about how to induce labour.

How to induce labour – Medically inducing labour.

Medically inducing labour is one option for getting the birthing process started.  When labour is medically induced, the woman is administered Pitocin and Oxytocin by intravenous drip, and as a topical gel.  While using these drugs will induce labour, you need to be aware the opting to induce labour medically will significantly reduce your ability to control your labour.  For example, because the drugs used for the medical induction of labour bring on labour quickly (in comparison to the more gradual progression of a natural labour) women tend to experience intense contraction pains, which often require an epidural.  Other complications associated with medically inducing labour can lead to the women needing a caesarean to successfully or safely deliver her baby.

Because of the associated side effects and complications of medically inducing labour, it is great to be aware that you can naturally induce labour.

How to induce labour – Naturally inducing labour.

Having the knowledge and ability to naturally induce labour means that you have safe and easy options to help get the birthing process started.  If you are facing the option of needing to medically induce labour, you can use these 100% safe and natural methods to induce labour:

• Get In Motion – If you want to set your labour in motion, you need to set yourself in moving.  Walking is a gentle way of inducing labour because it helps your baby to descend better.  When your baby descends, its head begins to press down on your cervix, which is the ideal position the baby needs to be in for delivery.  The pressure of your baby’s head on your cervix will help to induce labour.  Any active, but gentle, movement (like walking) is great for helping to induce labour.
• Sex is best? – Possibly the most famous way to induce labour is by having sex.  Sex has been known to induce labour because having sex causes women to release the oxytocin hormone (the natural form of the hormone that is administered to induce labour medically).  The oxytocin causes the uterus contract.  The semen that is ejaculated during intercourse, also acts to soften the cervix, which also assists in inducing labour.
• Can’t bear the idea of sex? – It is not uncommon for women in their third trimester of pregnancy to completely “turned off” by the idea of sex.  If the idea of sex as a method of inducing labour is unappealing to you, you could try nipple stimulation.  Nipple stimulation also increases the natural release of oxytocin, to help with inducing labour
• Time to take the pressure off! – A much less famous, but no less credible method of inducing labour is by using labour acupressure.  Acupressure is an ancient medical practice (with similarities to acupuncture, but without the needles!) which is basically about applying gentle pressure to specific areas of the body.  Acupressure is used both as form of healing and a means of promoting your general health.  Labour acupressure is a great way of inducing labour because it is very gentle for your body, it is 100% safe and natural, it is extremely effective for inducing labour, it is easy to administer labour acupressure yourself, and even easier to teach your partner to administer acupressure to you.

Using any or all of these natural labour inducing techniques will help you to induce labour easily, safely and naturally.

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