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OK LET ME START BY SAYING IM NOT SAYING IN THIS POST IM GONNA TRY THIS.... I HAve posted b4 about how much pain Ive been in ect.. WELL today I was at the store and I have heard so much about castor oil like the magic oil that makes you go into labor... I debated it for awhile, an left without it I didnt know enough and I didnt want to risk anything going worng with the baby, but Im curious WHAT DOES IT DO?? HOW DOES IT WORK?? I HEARD IT CAN HARM THE BABY IS THAT TRUE??
PLZ GIVE ME YOUR HORROR STORIES AND ANYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.
AGAIN NOT SAYING IM GOING TO DO THIS!!!! IM JUST REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT IT!!!!!!!

The only thing I know about it is that it gives you severe poops... I would probably never try it personally, but if you're desperate enough... here's a bump.
It makes you poop which in turn makes your stomach contract and puts you into labor. I did it 5 days after DD was due. She was born 9 hours later. It makes some people poop a lot. I only did once about 2 hours after I drank it. IF you do drink with soda. 4 oz soda 2 oz castor oil I believe.
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I heard its nasty.
Try to eat really spicy foods. I read somewhere that an upset stomach can make you go into labor. I read that (a couple of months) after I ate something that usually doesn't mess up my stomach and it did when I was 37 1/2 weeks along and I went into labor at 4 am the next day. My DD hadn't dropped yet and my water broke. I was only 1 cm dilated and they had to give me meds and then manually open me up a little.
I was overdue with my son so I thought I would try castor oil too. NEVER AGAIN!
I had severe cramps which did not dilate me, and awful loose bowel movements. I still did not have him until 5 days later.
I also had meconium in my placental fluid when my water broke. As soon as he was born they had to rush him to suction out his lungs and make sure he didn't inhale any. My husband didn't get to cut the cord. I was told that castor oil can cause meconium which can be harmful.
With both my pregnancies, I ate a Carrabas the night before giving birth. I swear by Carrabas!
Quoting skinnymegan:
I was overdue with my son so I thought I would try castor oil too. NEVER AGAIN!
I had severe cramps which did not dilate me, and awful loose bowel movements. I still did not have him until 5 days later.
I also had meconium in my placental fluid when my water broke. As soon as he was born they had to rush him to suction out his lungs and make sure he didn't inhale any. My husband didn't get to cut the cord. I was told that castor oil can cause meconium which can be harmful.
With both my pregnancies, I ate a Carrabas the night before giving birth. I swear by Carrabas!
Im from WI whats Carrabas??
Thats why I put it back. I never did it before, but both my kids pooped b4 they were born and they had to be rushed away quick, so I didnt want to risk that again.

It's an italian restaurant. Go eat some Italian!! The dish I ordered each time was chicken parm. Good luck!
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I started to use it years ago with my first child but then the doc told me a story that stopped me short. You know babies have a "bowl movement" some time after birth. Well the doc told me about a woman taking castor oil and it made the baby have it's bowl movement in utero and it choked and died on it. I decided to wait. It would be very rare but it was not taking a chance with my baby.
Quoting bren_darlene:
I started to use it years ago with my first child but then the doc told me a story that stopped me short. You know babies have a "bowl movement" some time after birth. Well the doc told me about a woman taking castor oil and it made the baby have it's bowl movement in utero and it choked and died on it. I decided to wait. It would be very rare but it was not taking a chance with my baby.
OMG THAT IS SO SCARY!!!! WELL, The lil thought that crossed my mind about it is definately GONE NOW!!! If I knew the baby wouldnt do that I would probably try it, but thats why Im so scared cuz I heard that babies can pass bowel movements in utero and I had that happen with both my kids since they were passed due an it was scary!! Thats why I dont want him to stay in pass his EDD cuz I really dont want that to happen again!

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