Midwives brew

I’ve done it twice. First time I was 1 1/2 cm dilated, second time 3cm dilated. It did absolutely nothing for me. I’ve also had two membrane sweeps. I feel your pain. Nothing has worked.

Castor oil is a laxative. It will most likely just make you crampy with diarrhea. That is information that my OB gave me. It can also pose the risk of your baby pooping in utero, which is not good. Just fyi❤️

After I had my sweep I did the miles circuit twice during the day and second time I was doing it my waters broke in the middle of it x

I took it as soon as I hit 39 +2weeks and let me tell you DON’T DO IT! Lol it definitely works but if your baby is not ready to come out they won’t. I started getting contractions the night of when I drank it. I was so excited and thought this was it! Boy was I wrong. While I kept getting the contractions I was not dilating at all. I started having contractions early Thursday morning. I didn’t start dilating until Sunday morning when my mucus plug came out and my water leaked. She came later in the evening. This was my first pregnancy so I don’t know if it was always going to be like that or not but it scarred me. I know some people who did it and had a great experience. Moral of the story if it’s your first baby probably skip it if it’s your second or third I would try it. Also if you’re doing it out of fear of getting induced just do that. I ended up getting pitocin anyway so I went through all that pain for nothing. Hope this helped in some way and good luck! ❤️

I did the midwife’s brew, after my water broke bc I didn’t want to go longer than 24hrs with broken water and no contractions. It helped me

I’ve heard it can cause you to have to poop ALOT and no one wants to be pooping constantly while in labor

I recommend just taking the castor oil as a shot and not mixing it with all that other stuff. Chase it with whatever drink you want.

I did it with my LO. Was not dilated at all and 9 hours later I was at hospital dilated to a 4 with consistent contractions. I was only in labor for about 10 hours. Small tear. Barely had to push. They told me to stop but he came flying out on his own

I kept hearing scary things about castor oil so I stayed away. I did however hear that eggplant parm does the trick. As crazy as that sounds, my father in law got me some and a few hours later I was in labor. This is after trying almost EVERYTHING!! Now, it could have been a huge coincidence, but to me it worked!!

I would not do castor oil. There are so many bad and negative side effects to that that in my opinion are not worth the risk.

it worked for me I just drank it at 39 weeks @10pm . wasn’t dilated woke up at 5 am with contractions, labor was only 13 hours and didnt tear .

i tried castor oil and had consistent contractions 2 mins apart for hours but did not dilate further, if baby isn’t ready they will not come lol. all that pain for no reason 😫

The mile circuit helped me after a membrane sweep my water broke 10 mins into it

@Inika Jo I just tried that last night and it kicked my butt😅 but I think it helped her finally drop!

UPDATE: I tried it and my water broke 10 mins later! 2 hrs later, I was admitted and baby was coming! Now im holding my baby girl. Super happy I gave it a shot!

@Nicole I’m glad it worked out for you and congratulations on your new bundle of joy