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If you are wanting to have your baby soon yet you don't want to go with a medical induction there are some natural methods to help get your body going. Though nothing will work very effectively if your baby is not ready. Then it is best just to wait and watch the wonder of pregnancy and birth.
A time-honored tradition of trying to induce labor is nipple stimulation. This usually works best if some labor is already underway. If it isn't, the possibility is high that it will only cause your uterus to contract, but not effectively enough to deliver a baby. Your partner at home can do this in the comfort and peace of your own home. Provide as relaxing an environment as possible and be consistent with it. If you have a baby or toddler still nursing this can also be used as nipple stimulation.
Having intercourse is also an option to consider. Unfortunately, the late stages of pregnancy are often not the times you have love making on your mind. Your belly is large and you can hardly move and no activity probably sounds best. Yet, the prostaglandins in sperm can stimulate contractions in the uterus and possibly to the point of getting labor underway. Again, your body would need to be ready and forcing the issue will accomplish nothing in terms of having a baby.
The herbal remedies are perhaps the best choice for inducing labor naturally. Black cohosh and blue cohosh are the two traditional herbs to use. They effectively contract the uterus if used on a frequent enough basis. One concoction includes cotton root bark as well.
Beginning in the morning, put 10 drops each of black cohosh and blue cohosh tinctures in a small amount of water. Take them every hour from approximately 7 a.m. until noon. After a light lunch, resume the 10 drops each and add 5 drops of cotton root bark tincture to the mixture and take every hour. While you are doing this, being up and about can help the contractions be effective. By nightfall, if nothing has happened, it is time to go to bed and try again in a couple days.
If you are unfamiliar with herbal remedies, talk to your health care provider but be prepared for their unacceptance of your choice unless you are seeing a naturopathic physician who could help you with your herbal remedies as well as consider other options. There are plenty of valuable reading materials as well that can explain the uses of various herbs.
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