How soon did you start to take it? Do you think it made a difference?
How soon did you start to take it? Do you think it made a difference?
clementine / 878 posts
I can't remember but I think it was in the last few weeks and no it made no different since baby was born at 43 weeks. :(::: but nothing worked for me. Seems lateness runs in my family.
pomegranate / 3275 posts
I've used it with all my pregnancies, didn't help with first, I think it made my water broke with my second, didn't do anything with my third.
I don't remeber when I started though. Or how much I used.
blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts
This last time, I took two capsules orally starting at 36 weeks. Then at 38 weeks I started taking 4 capsules daily, and 2 vaginally. Water broke at 39+6 and labour went extremely well (and fairly quick, compared to my first).
apricot / 373 posts
I started taking it orally at 34 weeks. I had a 12 hr labor (induced) with only 4 hrs of painful labor and 5 mins of pushing. I ended up hemmrhidging directly after giving birth lost about a liter of blood. Don't know if it was related to the EPO but I've read online it may cause pph. Don't know if I'll be taking it again the second time around...
pear / 1737 posts
I think I did it at 38 weeks. Midwife said to take 1-2 orally in morning and 1-2 vaginally in evening. I only did the evening ones for a week and then I stopped because I did not enjoy the feeling of oil leaking out...I continued taking it orally until I went in to be induced at 42 weeks. I got a few cervical checks and was told my cervix was very soft so it may have made a difference in that regard-which is what it is supposed to help with! It made my induction easier and I didn't have to get cervidil.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
@lovehoneybee: my midwife mentioned it at my appt this week so I just looked it up on here and was like, oh hey someone just asked about this! Of course it was another December mama looking to get this baby out as soon as it's safe.
She said not to take it or the red raspberry leaf tea until 37 weeks.
pomegranate / 3393 posts
I think I started orally around 34/35 weeks, then added vaginally maybe @ 37 weeks. My labor and delivery and recovery went excellent, but of course I don't know if the two things are related. My water broke at 39 weeks 1 day.
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