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I believe the prim rose you do vaginal you have to wear a pad I hear because the oil gets everywhere.

are you stressed? because I know you said don't come here with let the baby come, but its just a tip, tension works against the body, and relaxing actually helps bring labor because the baby does sense when your stressed/body is tense. but hopefully whatever you try works. I think there's also something they can put in your cervix to help dilate, but I think that's when your induced. also ask for a membrane sweep.

Nipple stimulation!!!

I'm far from stressed. but I'm at the point where I cannot get out of bed, I cannot walk, and I can't basically do anything besides sit in bed in pain from constant labor pains and it's getting the best of me. all I'm trying to really do is help my body dilate a little bc I won't do it on its own. and I cannot keep making hour trips to the hospital every night when the contractions get to 3-5 minutes apart. especially when my boyfriend has to get up at 4 am every morning for work. labor and delivery cannot touch me to induce until I'm 39 weeks if I'm not at a certain cm in dilation. I'm at a 1.5 and 80 percent efface. I'm not trying to induce, I'm trying to get my cervix to dilate some. I've been stuck like this for almost 5 weeks now and with what my baby is doing. I cannot take the pain anymore. @kelseys

Mine isn't dilating properly on its own either and I'm overdue and still not dilated so I'm getting induced tomorrow morning and a few people have told me that I should have let him come on his own and I literally flipped! As long as you're doing something safe people opinions and those people can piss off💁 They don't know what's going on with your body and that's between you and your doctor. I tried everything from sex to bouncing in a ball to pineapple, othing helped for me. On a side not I've heard about prim rose being used vaginally too but idk much about it 😞

@scc2413, yeah. we've done everything my ob has suggested and my cervix just doesn't even wanna budge. it's not that I'm trying to get him to come early. I'm just wanting to try and help my cervix dilate. like walking would help and so forth. but walking always leaves me swollen in the feet to where I can't even stand

there's nothing that they can at least do for the pain? I know its hard to walk when having contractions, I couldn't even do it. I've also heard to use a yoga ball to bounce on. I'm not good with what to do or how to do to dilate since I've never had that problem but I feel so bad that your stuck in early labor with no meds for the pain.

unfortunately they can't. they told me to do what I can do to try and dilate myself. bc by hospital rules. they can't even try to induce me until next week when I'm 39 weeks. but my ob is planning induction the day before my due date. but other than that they said I have to pretty much bare through with the early labor until my water breaks. at this point I'm praying my body will do. something. I had an ultrasound my last visit at ld 3 days ago. my sons head is engaging. and pretty far down. but it's like my cervix doesn't wanna open up anymore @kelseys

I would say eat some dates but I think they have to be eaten throughout the third trimester to have the desired effects on dilation and labor