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it is safe to use castor oil to help induce labor my midwife told me herself to do it and two days later i had a healthy baby boy at 38 weeks he was 8 pounds 1 ounce it dosent cause any harm to the baby i did it with every pregnancy and it worked.

I've done castor oil twice with no luck. ITs worth a try... just make sure you stay hydrated. The diarreah wasn't too bad either. I wish it had worked for me, however.

Have Been reading everyone's experience about castor oil and have just tried it for myself as im 41 wks now and very fed up, will let you know how i get on.

Iam a husband and i want the baby out ive tried s_x and it does'nt seem to be working my wife is 39 wks and we may try the castor oil.

Tried the castor oil, Have been having mild irregular contrations hopefully it wont be long, but im not getting my hopes up yet. Think its still going to take a while. HELP

I hope you all know that all casteroil does is emty your bowls (seriously I sh****t my brain out) so the baby will drop lower and put more pressure on the cervix and the sack which will "hopefully" cause contractions and/or make the sac.It also irritates the bowls and can also cause contractions. So any laxative will do, just that caster oil works really fast. For me it never worked until I was 3 and 4 days before due date, and I took that stuff like candy.

my baby is really low now and can sometimes feel him pressing on cervix also alot of pressure in bum do u think its nearly time ime 39 weeks and fed up

Ahhh Castor oil. My grandmother used it for her 9 children, and my aunts used it and my mother used it. They all swear by it. I myself used it for my first pregnancy, I took it at 9AM had bad cramping and diarhhea from 11am-1pm, labor started about twelve hours later with regular contractions and about 14 hours of intense labor with the end result of a beautiful perfectly healthy baby boy and a delivery without any complications. Yeah. I am now on my fourth pregnancy and I have taken Castor 3 times, red rasberry leaf tea, and evening primrose oil, have started labor three times with regular contractions only to have it stop each time after about 2-4 hours. I have given up on castor oil this times with the conclusion that nothing is guaranteed! Every pregnancy and every woman is different. Especially since my cervix has been 70% efffaced and i have been 2 cm dilated since 33 weeks. I am now full term and nothing... Good luck to everyone!!!

Well I just got in from the doctor and she says my cervics is extremely soft and she can feel the babies head but I don't really know what that means. I just know I am ready.

Well im 38 weeks pregnant with my first i drank castor oil and threw it right back up.. i drank it will orange juice i mean as soon as it went down it came right back up then i cleaned the hole house.. got down on hands and knees mopping .. lol.. then drank some more castor oil and it still didnt help me. :( im ready to get this child outta me.. i guess when its time its time.. and she will come when she gets ready..

Well I know how you feel I have been cleaning everthing. I cant get anything clean enough. I honestly have cleaned the mini blinds in my home about 7 times like they really get that much dust on them but here lately I think they do.LOL!!!! I am so scared to try the castro oil I figure God will bring in this world when it is time.

daily update here!!! Well my boss said today is the day I have got my glow back and my belly is now sitting on my lap. I am actual looking a little small on top now. YEA!!!

What time that night did you take the castor oil

Well I tried the castro oil all it did was give me contractions. I can't belive it for three days know. I pray the baby is okay. I am on my to the dr. rioght now. So I will never do castro oil again. also I learned that the oil can clog up the cord. So no more for me.

Please keep us posted and let us know how the doctor's appt. goes

Cant the doctors tell that you took that stuff to make you go into labor? I mean do they get made about it??