Try to get a tab of Cervidil first. If you can, get the shortest dose (I think it's a 4-hour dose). It's a cervical ripener, it can usually jumpstart contractions. Only use Pitocin as a last resort. If you can, have OMG-A-TON of unprotected sex within the next day or so. Semen taken orally as well contains a hormone called "relaxin" that can start contractions. (Yeah... I actually put myself into premature labor that way. Long story, haha.) Try to avoid getting the IV. If you get the 4 hour tab, you (AFAIK) only have to be monitored for an hour. If you get back labor, try going on your hands and knees in the bath or shower. Use the epidural only as a last resort, as a lot of times, people have a bad reaction to it, and it can reeeeally interfere with breastfeeding. Ummm... I'm trying to think of anything else :)
i'm getting some sort of cervial ripener tomarrow night to "let sit" overnight beforehand since i'm closed so tight that Pitocin probably wouldn't even work. O_o;
i would have sex, but it either hurts to much or makes me really sick to my stomach. it's rather embarassing actually because of just how active we were before the pregnancy. mean ol baby messing with my sex drive! *shakes fist*
i am certainly going to use their bath/shower. it's got the back massage jet thingies. they are going to have to PRY my butt out of there. ^_^
i'm going to try and get them to give me the walking epidurial first so that i can walk around, change positions, and all that other stuff first.
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Try to get a tab of Cervidil first. If you can, get the shortest dose (I think it's a 4-hour dose). It's a cervical ripener, it can usually jumpstart contractions. Only use Pitocin as a last resort. If you can, have OMG-A-TON of unprotected sex within the next day or so. Semen taken orally as well contains a hormone called "relaxin" that can start contractions. (Yeah... I actually put myself into premature labor that way. Long story, haha.) Try to avoid getting the IV. If you get the 4 hour tab, you (AFAIK) only have to be monitored for an hour. If you get back labor, try going on your hands and knees in the bath or shower. Use the epidural only as a last resort, as a lot of times, people have a bad reaction to it, and it can reeeeally interfere with breastfeeding. Ummm... I'm trying to think of anything else :)
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i would have sex, but it either hurts to much or makes me really sick to my stomach. it's rather embarassing actually because of just how active we were before the pregnancy. mean ol baby messing with my sex drive! *shakes fist*
i am certainly going to use their bath/shower. it's got the back massage jet thingies. they are going to have to PRY my butt out of there. ^_^
i'm going to try and get them to give me the walking epidurial first so that i can walk around, change positions, and all that other stuff first.
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