Can I kickstart labour?

Dilan

A lot of people might say stuff like eating really spicy curry

Memuna

Or the core of a pineapple. Have you guys heard of nipple stimulation as well?

Ruth

I was actually going to say it’s a possibility.

Memuna

What it does it contracts your uterus really hard because of all your hormones.

Ruth

So you can do two things at once, try and harvest your colostrum, and then…

Memuna

That is why it’s recommended not to harvest too early so that you don’t go into labour and a lot of women vouch by drinking raspberry leaf tea.

DilanYep, yep, yep, raspberry, raspberry tea, berry teas. That might kickstart the labour, uhm, a lot of people say stuff like warm baths as well.

Memuna

Sex…

Dilan

Yeah, sex, sex to orgasm that’s key. It has to be to that for it to even possibly work but it’s not a guarantee. But also don’t worry like labour will start by itself and if it doesn’t, you know, there’s lots of help on hand and yeah, you can of course try all of these tricks. Sometimes those won’t work either but don’t stress about it just, again, talk to your midwife about what’s been going on and there will be pathways set in place to help you to get labour started eventually.