What are some ways to induce labor? I’m 37 weeks 2 days my OB gave me the okay to do so to try to avoid induction at 39 weeks. I’ve tried red raspberry leaf tea, pelvic tilts, hip circles, and figure 8s on yoga ball. I also tried a 10 minute stretching video I found on YouTube to try inducing yesterday. This morning I did lose a little bit of my mucus plug.
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Walking and sex or orgasms.
Curb walking. Rest. Bathe. I’ve heard spicy food and pineapple juice or fresh pineapple. Stay safe. Good luck momma 
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I don’t think there is a true way to do this
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Why would you need an induction at 39 weeks? Is there some medical reason?
You can try all the things but baby is gonna come when baby is ready. Induction is not without risks
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Sex
Nipple stimulation ( pump )
I’ve never done the curb walking, but last baby I did walk my neighborhood which is like a mile, as fast as I could…Orgasm is a away, nipple stimulation can help…
I went into labor like two days after I lost my mucus plug. Sex is a great way to induce labor though, the cum will thin out your cervix and you having an orgasm will trigger contractions.
I ate spicy food and went into labor that same night, so I’m convinced it works! lol granted I was 3 days late so they may or may not be connected 
Pumping breast milk and having intercourse but I would never recommend it unless you’re over 40 weeks it can be very dangerous. Babies usually come when they’re ready. I was medically induced for over 48 hours almost 3 days nothing worked they tried it all and there are so many dangerous complications they don’t tell you. It never worked I was 37 weeks, they had to give me an emergency C section. I never dilated past a 1 and they tried for a whole day past what they should have it was torture. I wish I could have just waited but it all turned out okay.
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I had a membrane sweep at noon, and gave birth just before 9 PM that same day. Fresh pineapple also caused contractions for me. Then there’s our favorite, s3x, but many times baby won’t come until he or she is ready.
Have something really important happening. 
I was in labor while my son was having his kindergarten graduation.
But seriously, s*x is probably the best way to actually induce labor. Spicy foods, walk and squat? Lol idk. I tried the pineapple trick and that never worked. Try eating a hardy meal. I had a huge spaghetti, salad and breadstick dinner and went into labor 6-ish hours later.
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Take a car ride on a bumpy road.
Orgasm 
I swear it works
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My husband jumped some railroad tracks in the car and my water broke that night
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Take a really calming bath and accept the fate that the baby will never leave your body, have a good cry and then you’ll go into labor the next day. that’s what worked for all 3 of mine.
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S*x, pineapple, walking & yoga ball.
When the baby is ready, it will happen 
however, if you actually did lose part of the plug it should be happening very soon
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You will know when their ready to come cz it feels like a fish floped in your stomache then slowly its gonna hurt don’t bring that baby early let it come on it’s own
I wouldn’t try to induce labor. My first my water broke at 31&6 & I stayed in the hospital until they induced me at 34 weeks due to PPROM. I had a whole nicu team just in case he needed rushed there. My second came spontaneously at 35 weeks & my third I went into preterm labor at 29 weeks & was able to hold off until 36 weeks. I’d definitely let baby cook for as long as possible.
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Nothing will work unless baby is ready. There’s no reason to induce early unless you’re having serious complications. Most brain development happens in the last 3 weeks
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Sex. The same way that got you into this pregnancy will get you out of it. Also, both parties having orgasm during sex. His orgasm will soften your cervix, your orgasm can help trigger contractions.
Orgasm. It works. 
Natural oxytocin.
Walking around in a pool helped me.
Full term is the end of the 40th week. Not 37 weeks. Induction of labor without medical reasons before the completion of 40 weeks is not a good idea. Pumping releases hormones but can actually caused hyper stimulation of your uterus, which isn’t good for either of you at 37 weeks. The mucus plug dislodges as the cervix thins and starts to dilate. It signals the ending of pregnancy and not necessarily the start of labor. Babe does a lot of fine tuning and gains needed mass during the last few weeks so honoring baby’s timetable is safer.
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They say pineapple doesn’t work. I ate 2 pineapples and went into labor within 12 hours. Worked for me.
Why are you being induced at 39 weeks? If it’s not medically needed, then refuse it, you’re allowed to refuse it. Let baby come when ready… none of these things work… if they did for some, it was a coincidence. Just rest and relax and baby will come when baby is ready. These last few weeks are important.
Watch the original X-men movie. My exs friend went into the labor wirh both of her kids the same night she watched it. Worked for me too
I know it’s just a coincidence, but I always tell people this haha.
Keep drinking the tea. It won’t necessarily send u into labor but it helps tone the uterus so that ur ready for labor and can help it to go faster once it starts. It will also help ur uterus recover easier. There’s no way to truly start ur labor. There are things that can help but if ur body and baby aren’t ready yet, it won’t do anything.
The Dr told my daughter to go have a nice spicy meal and he’d probably see us later. She was 39 weeks though. So we went out for Mexican food and she woke us up saying her water broke. This was at 2:00 am. She was delivered at 5:20 am by C-section. The cord was around her neck.
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If there is no medical reason for induction at 39 weeks I wouldn’t try this early 
Baby will normally come when it’s ready.
Orgasm 
and nipple stimulation
Squats, which will also loosen your pelvis for labor. Keep up the tea. Sex helps as well, if you’re up to it.
Your mucus plug remakes itself over time, so unless you had bloody show,you’re definitely not near. Sex is the biggest way to go into labor. Semen helps soften and dilate the cervix, as well as having orgasms,makes the uterus contract, and nipple stimulation.
Just one tip: don’t go all out on the spice.
In my case, it caused contractions to begin but my body wasn’t ready. I spent 40 hours labouring only to have an emergency c-section because my child was dying and my body still hadn’t progressed. I was also 41+5 when he was born.
Be careful.
I now just advise everybody to let nature takes it course. These babies are too precious to risk
Spinning babies stretches helped me
I swear by rassberry tea, all 3 mines where early and I had this x
I got induced at 42 weeks, my baby was barely 7 pounds and still had a week long stay in the nicu for TTN. I would just wait it out, the baby won’t stay in forever.
NOT CASTOR OIL. Incase anyone suggests it
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The baby lung needs to mature. Let labor start on its own. You don’t want to invite unnecessary problems
Pray! And, good thoughts, positive self talk, be your own cheerleader.
Mom used caster oil and took her daughter down a very bumpy road. It worked
For my first,s3x worked.My second(I was 41 weeks)spicy foods worked.Mt 3rd,my friend took me over a bumpy road and put me in labor.My 4th,I was cleaning lol.
You can’t make them come, they will come when the time is right,nothing you do will bring them on
With my second the hospital called and told me they scheduled a c section without my permission. I had planned for a VBAC and was extremely upset. 2am the next morning I went into labor and she was born just before 2pm. Got my VBAC!
Tell your baby they’re evicted and wait for the response!
I had a hot curry, bumpy ride in the car, fresh pineapple and a bath in clarysage oil. I was 40+5, woke up in labour the next morning 