DO NOT drink castor oil my doctor recommended I drink it with one of my son. I did and I went into labor that night. But I was in severe pain to the point I couldn't even put clothes on I was literally naked when the ambulance arrived I have to throw on a sundress. The pain didn't stop until I got pain medication which took a while because I had to check into the hospital, answer a million questions and be examined and wait for them to put a order in for the medicine. I'll never do that again I'm just gone let this baby come when he's ready.