I am currently 1 week over due, does anyone have any good suggestions to help bring on labour???

Laura - posted on 04/15/2009

I was 2 cms dilated for 2 weeks and he just wouldn't come, I tried curries, walking, even sex didn't do it and I was too sore to enjoy it!  Bummer.  Matey, i don't know that any of it works.  I was induced.  This was not my first, but my second bub.  I know it is hard, but do try to enjoy the last days.  After the little one arrives.....hello zombie.  Good luck.

Krista - posted on 04/15/2009

wat i found that was really effective...this is how i went into labour with my last 2...wat sex...i no it will feel weird for the dad but its really effective!!!

Crystal - posted on 04/15/2009

Have sex ( i know thats what got you here) and take short walks stairs help too.

Cari - posted on 04/15/2009

your baby will come when he or she is ready. but they say if you clean, take a walk, go shopping, or anything like that...its should help.

Amy - posted on 04/15/2009

drink castrol oil

Jane - posted on 04/15/2009

I do actually. I know it sounds a little crass but orgasm can definitely initiate uterine contractions. I am not even kidding.

Jane - posted on 04/15/2009

I do actually. I know it sounds a little crass but orgasm can definitely initiate uterine contractions. I am not even kidding.

Jesica - posted on 04/15/2009

sex that is how i went into labor with all 3 of my kids in the middle of it. lots of walking also and if you have any pains at all do squats i know it will suck but it will help it helped with my lil girl!!

Lindsay - posted on 04/15/2009

MY DR TOLD ME TO HAVE SEX LOL SHE WAS HERE 3 DAYS LATER LOL

Ilona - posted on 04/15/2009

This is so funny...hopefully by now you have had that baby, as well as lots of sex, castor oil, spicy food, primrose oil, raspberry leaf tea, walked about 162 miles, moved all of your furniture, and somewhere in between hopefully you have had the time to rest so you will be refreshed and ready for labor and everything that follows! Good luck!

Kamilla - posted on 04/15/2009

Oh and take lots of walks... it losens your hips so that labor is easier

Kamilla - posted on 04/15/2009

SEX! I was in labor for 3 weeks without dilating so finally I gave in to my husband and 6 hours later I was nearly fully dilated. So: no matter how uncomfortable you may be SEX~

Kamilla - posted on 04/15/2009

SEX! I was in labor for 3 weeks without dilating so finally I gave in to my husband and 6 hours later I was nearly fully dilated. So: no matter how uncomfortable you may be SEX~

Jamie - posted on 04/15/2009

What worked for me was...SEX! I was overdue with 2 of my children and it never filed me!

Debra - posted on 04/15/2009

Chinese food and Sex...works like a charm.

Jennifer - posted on 04/15/2009

its very common to go over your due date i have three kids and was past my due date with each one my first one i was due june 2nd and ended up having her on june 20th  eighteen days late but aside from i do know that if you do a lot of walking that that might speed things up and of course sex should work too  you could also go over bumpy roads i dont know if i gave you anything good but i do wish you the best of luck and i can tell you this you are embarking on a wonderful journey from the minute the doctor places that baby in your arms youll know and thats the most wonderful expierance you ever know  just wait youll see  good luck and congradulations!!!!

Miriam - posted on 04/15/2009

take long walks an walk up an down stairs. An sex works to. this worked for me sweetie

Jane - posted on 04/15/2009

Um, I don't mean to be crass, but orgasm will bring on uterine contractions! I am not even kidding!

Jane - posted on 04/15/2009

Um, I don't mean to be crass, but orgasm will bring on uterine contractions! I am not even kidding!

Jane - posted on 04/15/2009

Um, I don't mean to be crass, but orgasm will bring on uterine contractions! I am not even kidding!

Miriam - posted on 04/15/2009

Hello there, what i did was walk up an down stairs, also taking a bath can help to a warm one. It help my sister when she did the bath thing.

Katie - posted on 04/15/2009

everyone say to have sex it should bring on labour for the pain take a nice bath

Ashley - posted on 04/15/2009

Castor oil, have your cervix stripped, Black and Blue cohosh, walk... that's what I did... in the end, I just had my midwife break my waters, I was done.

Tracy - posted on 04/15/2009

I used a breast pump. just a little though you don't want to deplete the colostrum.

Tracy - posted on 04/15/2009

I used a breast pump. just a little though you don't want to deplete the colostrum.

Cheryl - posted on 04/15/2009

choclate shake and french fries

Angela - posted on 04/15/2009

I have 3 children, and my Dr recommended that I take "Evening Prim Rose" which is a herb you can find at Walgreens (or any pharmacy). It is fairly inexpensive. It will help soften and dialate the cervex. I was scared the first time I did this, (just due to lack of information), but with further research, I found that it is perfectly safe, and very effective. One capsule in the morning, and one at night, along with Rasberry Tea. (You can drink as much of the tea as you feel like drinking).....Good Luck!!

Tasha - posted on 04/15/2009

Have sex. That will do it.

Maureen - posted on 04/15/2009

Take a walk and have sex. It really works.

Jenn - posted on 04/15/2009

if you walk up n down stairs that should do. also sex could be a big help i was 21 days overdue so the doc told us to have sex, it worked!!!

Jenn - posted on 04/15/2009

if you walk up n down stairs that should do. also sex could be a big help i was 21 days overdue so the doc told us to have sex, it worked!!!

Shirley - posted on 04/15/2009

Last week it's the worse... but its just one more step to have your baby in your arms, just think about :)

I had a natural delivery and trust me the pain its unbearable but God made us for this so we can do it!.... remember to always breath deep and trying to relax tell your hubby to help you reminding you to constantly breath and ignore anything bad that you could say at that moment....

Good Luck

Shirley - posted on 04/15/2009

Last week it's the worse... but its just one more step to have your baby in your arms, just think about :)

I had a natural delivery and trust me the pain its unbearable but God made us for this so we can do it!.... remember to always breath deep and trying to relax tell your hubby to help you reminding you to constantly breath and ignore anything bad that you could say at that moment....

Good Luck

Melanie - posted on 04/15/2009

Walk, swim, and sleep. Anything that helps you relax.

Jennifer - posted on 04/15/2009

I haven't read through the other replies so I don't know if anyone has mentioned this or not. Go bowling. With my second son I went bowling without trying to induce labor, just for fun. My water broke less than 12 hours later. This was bad in my case because he was a month early but sicne you're a week past your due date it shouldn't be a problem. Just don't try to life more than the 6lbs or 8lbs balls.

Tiffany - posted on 04/15/2009

A walk on the beach if you can and lots of sex worked for me!

Shelly - posted on 04/15/2009

I forgot to say walking also and I mean walking walking walking until it hurt's but you should only do that if your ready to go to the hospital.........healthy and ready it is not a myth walking and sex help's.

Shelly - posted on 04/15/2009

I can't beleive I just posted that but it's the god's truth

Shelly - posted on 04/15/2009

I forgot to say walking also and I mean walking walking walking until it hurt's but you should only do that if your ready to go to the hospital.........healthy and ready it is not a myth walking and sex help's.

Winne Kaye - posted on 04/15/2009

I was a week overdue with my first, too. On Friday, whenever I walked anywhere, even to the kitchen, I added a little bounce to my step...my water broke at midnight that night and he was born 24 hrs later. Good luck!!

Shelly - posted on 04/15/2009

I was overdue and this is the most frustrating. Best Advice is to relax and rent some really good classic movies/ or try to focus on something else. The baby will come you will have those contraction's any day now it's the law of nature. Some due dates aren't exact so your baby know's when he/she is ready. You know you are I know. However if thing's become to uncomfortable talk to your physician. The easiest or fastest way to have a baby is when the contraction's come on their own.

Becca - posted on 04/15/2009

Poor you! I was overdue and tried everything, went for long walks followed by a madras eaten whilst bouncing on a gym ball with pineapple and payapa for dessert!!! Haha!

Nothing.

Not even a cramp.

I went into labour on the 20th April last year. Harry was due on the 9th.

I had given up all of the trying on the Friday - the final staw was trying to have sex whilst almost 10 month pregnant! :o)

Anyway... I led a perfectly normal Saturday and I had scampi and chips for tea followed by a bath with Lush products. The next day I woke up with contractions.

Now, when anyone asks, I tell them that scampi and lush brings on labour. Haha!

I think your baby will just come when it's ready, it's all fluke. I'm sorry you're so late. It sucks.

Becca xxx

Susan - posted on 04/15/2009

My first child was overdue too.  My Dr. suggested a go home have a glass of wine, and a hot bath, then a nap.  I woke up an hour later in labour!

Carla - posted on 04/15/2009

I heard that sex will usually bring on labor.  So if your up for it.  Go for it and let us know when the baby comes.  Good Luck.

Brandi - posted on 04/15/2009

Having unprotected sex can stimulate labor, or at least thinning and ripening of the cervix. Semen contains prostaglandins, which are irritating stimulants. It won't hurt you or your baby.

Christine - posted on 04/15/2009

My daughter bounced on a gym ball for about an hour watching the tv in hosi. we left her at 8,30 in the evening we got a call back at 11,00 that evening they took her the labour ward, she was 12 days over due have a hot bath then try the gym ball it might work, good luck,

Katy - posted on 04/15/2009

You need to have some sex, girl! Trust me, it works!!

Jeanice - posted on 04/15/2009

Have an orgasim. It worked for me with my first baby.

If it doesn't work at least you had fun :)

Helen - posted on 04/15/2009

have a glass or red wine, thas what worked with me and i suggested it 2 my friend and it worked 4 her 2!!

Carys - posted on 04/15/2009

I hope that your little one has arrived...................but if not, here's what I tried:

eating mango

eating pineapple

walking

lots of interestingly positioned sex

3 different curries - and the curry that finally worked was a lamb bhuna, madras strength. Two hours later, I was ready to have my baby!