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When hubby was in the army, the battalion was on a 6 monther in NI and one of my girlfriends was due the day her hubby was due home on 2 weeks R&R and she wanted the baby to be born while he was home. She tried castor oil and orange juice on the morning and then had a large curry for tea along with some wine then they had a bit of rumpy pumpy, ( well he had been away for 3 months lol), by 10am the next morning she gave birth. Good luck.

Hopefully your daughter has had the baby by now...

Nothing worked for me and I had gone past 5 due dates, then lo and behold my waters broke at exactly the time I would normally get up for work and I had my beautiful girl at 5.11 pm that day.

Best of luck to them all!

hey Suzanne,

havent been on here in AGES!

You prob already know this but pregnancy actually is term at any time between 37 and 42 weeks gestation. If mum/baby arent quite ready all the pineapple (bromine)/sex/curry even sweeps wont work.

Tell her to try and enjoy the last few days and rest as much as possible rather than tiring herself out with trying to start labour.

BTW raspberry leaf tea is unlikely to start labour. However its good for keeping the uterus in tone and therefore helping to make contractions (when they come) more effective.

If at all possible tell her to take gentle exercise (swim), nice warm baths (until waters go) and get her partner to give her a relaxing back massage.

I went over with nearly all of mine (6) so I know how stressful it can be. However I now know to let women know to tell people 'my due date is between 40 &42 weeks'' whatever those dates are!

Hope its not too long for you all now!

T.x

just looking in to see if there's any news

Karen xx

go on holiday! it worked for the camerons!!

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Suzanne, I agree with Theresa that a "due date" is two weeks either way but I can sympathise with the mum to be who just wants it to be over and done with.
I do remember from my own time (many years ago) that the natural way of bringing on labour was active sex (something to do with prostaglandins) but whether you want to mention this to your daughter or not is debatable.
Whatever, I hope all goes well

hi.wont do the sex but has done everything else.ha ha.still no sign.x

Leave well alone until a fortnight overdue.

Babies do not read calendars and. as has been said, forty weeks is only the average.

Ours were ten days early followed by seventeen days late.

I always thought that unless you kept a detailed diary of your period dates, and when you had intercourse, estimated arrival dates were plus or minus two weeks anyway.

Mentioned this to Mrs IGP, who was a Pharmacy Technician, and she commented that anyone who tried to bring about a birth without medical supervision must be completely off their head. Leave it to the professionals.

Hope everything goes well Suzanne.

I tried castor oil with my first, and all it did was make me run to the loo lolol

hi,baby on the way,daughter in slow labour,contractions every 10mins,hospital 25miles away and im driving.x

Good Luck and hope she gets quicker and gets it over and done with Annie xx

Baby must've known what was coming tomorrow lol

Good luck and keep us all posted
xx

Hi Vic


Good luck Sue ,
i'll look in later

Love Karen xxxxxx

Good luck with it all.

my daughters not due for 4 weeks but has been having niggles on and off all day...so maybe baby is going to make an early appearance

hope it all goes well with your daughter...



nicky

Oh good luck Sue!!!

Let us know how they have got on!

hi all,im a nanny at last,baby born last night at 10.40pm by emergency c section after 27hrs labour,baby names mia suzanne and weighed 8lbs 3oz .mum and baby fine,nanny stressed.ha ha.x

Congratulations.
Hope all is well after the long wait.

Enjoy spending time with your new grandaughter.

Gwyn

Congratulations on becoming a nanny Suzanne, and of course to the proud new parents.

Lyndi x

At last...
BOTH girls must be EXHAUSTED... bless them.
You're stressed Suzanne?
You ain't seen 'nuthin' yet! ha ha ha
Enjoy your baby.
And named after you.... how lovely.
Deanna XX