A little confused on this whole Evening Primrose Oil thing. I hear a lot of women conversing about…

sounds like Castrol I il

oil

My doctor told me it was safe and I've never heard anyone say it was harmful. On the label of the bottle it advices pregos to not use it because it could send you into labor but that's the goal so

At this point, I'm basically placing them both in the same category. @mommyof2016

@maceysmommy My doctor said it can cause complications. And in pregnancy if it's being used to bring on labor it shouldn't be used until 40w+. My doctor, and two midwives advised this.

Well my doctor said it was safe and I researched it myself with no bad studies, so if you could show me an article or two and where the studies had complications I'd love to educate myself further. And I didn't start using self inducing techniques such as the primrose oil, more than usual walking, sex, nipple stimulation, ect. until the day I was 40 weeks. I didn't really mind if she wanted to come two weeks after but my brother took vacation to surprise me to watch his niece being born so I did any and everything to get it going besides castor oil and I had a great delivery

I haven't bothered south Dr.Google since my doctor and two midwives advised against it due to labor complications. I figured three trained medical professionals were trusted more so then an article online. @maceysmommy

Okay, well if you're still curious on why people are still taking it, it is because 1. their doctors tell them it's safe and 2. they have done their own research just to be sure it is okay and found nothing wrong with it

When i was 39weeks i asked my midwife about taking it and she told me to take two capsules a day and that it was perfectly fine. I didn't have any complications during labor or with the baby. It also doesn't send you directly into labor. it promotes cervical dilation which could cause you to go into labor. but it's not advised to use it before 38weeks.

@mommakaz, I work with 4 high risk doctors and they all recommended I take it and raspberry leaf tea to help my body for when I do go into labor. They never mention and negative side effects.

But do what your doctors recommend for you because all doctors have different opinions.

@temp Okay. Still confused because I was told something completely different. Wanted to chat with moms about it since I'm a ftm.

@laurenjanelle See I was recommended raspberry leaf tea too. And when I asked about the evening primrose oil they advised against it.

My mid wife told me to start it orally at 35 weeks and vaginally at 37 to help with softening my cervix and I did. And it worked and I had no complications and my baby was perfect I also drank raspberry leaf tea to tone my uterus. I think that doctors and midwives butt heads a lot. And that could feed your confusion. Just do your research and if you trust your doctor more than what you find out just do what they say.

@carterclaytonb Thank you!!

i also used raspberry leaf tea and the two combined worked beautifully for me. it is strange for your doctor to advise against it.

@temp I agree. That's why I posted here. I was not sure what to think because I haven't heard anything bad about it from moms