Is primrose effective for inducing labor? How much should I take? I am 6 days overdue.?

I have never heard about primrose. But I have read on here that engaging in sex with your partner does bring on labor. Something about the semen causing the cervix to thin.





Also walking and lots of it helps to.





Some people would say spicy foods, but those probably would come back to haunt you if you went into labor. So I would not recommend that.

Is primrose effective for inducing labor? How much should I take? I am 6 days overdue.?
I found a midwife website that suggested this. I never found it at my grocery, but I think you have to go to an organic store or something like it. It also suggested Castor oil (not castrol oil) and this worked for me. Either way, I would talk to your ob about either before trying it.
Reply:I read you can get primrose caplets at your pharmacy, however I also found another website that has other natural labour inducers:


http://www.webspawner.com/users/karentaz...
Reply:what works better is a breast pump.





pump for maybe an hour or two, you wont get hardly anything out since the baby hasnt relased the hormones to make the milk drop, but the action of pumping will educe labor, just about 9 times out of 10.
Reply:Midwives use this to help induce. They take the oil and rub it on the cervix 2 times a day and take 2 of the pills a day.





You can get the gelcaps ( which you can break open) at walmart or walgreens
Reply:I don't know about the primrose but mowing the yard helped with my first child who was 7 days over and taking a bumpy car ride worked to help me dialate with my second.
Reply:sex can induce labor
Reply:Evening Primrose Oil (EPO) WILL NOT induce labor. It will help to ripen your cervix. It WILL NOT induce contractions.
Reply:There are may herbs that can help stimulate labor. I would really try to avoid bringing labor on. When the baby is ready labor will start. There is a chemical that the baby's lungs will release when the lungs are fully developed and that will start labor. Do you know when you actually ovulated and conceived? It might be that you ovulated a little later than normal and the baby is not quite 40 weeks yet. If I didn't chart my temps and track ovulation my midwife would have put my due date two weeks earlier that it actually should be (for some reason I ovulated two weeks late the cycle that I got pregnant in). All of this to say that unless the doc is treatening with pitocin or c-section just give the baby a little more time;-)