Okra Water for a smooth delivery?

Has anyone heard of drinking okra Water starting around 30 weeks to ensure a smooth delivery. I’m on my second pregnancy with a baby girl and I’m due in February. My first pregnancy was great up until my 38 week check up. My fluids were low and I had to be induced that same day. Everything was cool with labor until I stop dilating at 5cm due to a swollen cervix ( the nurses doing a cervical check every hour) “I didn’t know any better” then I had to have an emergency C- Section. I really want things to go naturally this time around. Water break on its own and vaginal delivery. If anyone has some tips please share.

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I have never been a fan of okra until my first pregnancy when my mom cooked the okra a blend it for me hours before I went into labor, my baby girl slipped right out.

that seems a lot more tolerable than having to endure 6 plus weeks of drinking that mess 😑

could you get your mom’s recipe? I think we all want our babies to slip right out!!!

yeah, no ma’am one day of drinking that slime is all I wanted. By God grace i was in labor for only 8/9 hours had my baby by noon.

yes lord. Please can we have that recipe 🙏🏾

Following so I can get that recipe 😅

I didn’t forget you. My mom is sending it to me. 🤣❤️

will send a thank you to your mom ❤️❤️❤️

could you also let me know the recipe 🙏🏾😩

are you able to send to me also? I bet it wasn’t the best tasting thing to drink haha but maybe she made it taste tolerable?

It is much simpler than I thought, the okra has to be fresh not the frozen ones. Cut off the top, add a good amount of water, let it cook down until it’s pretty much breaking apart and extremely slimy pretty much over cook it(not watery but not dry) You can add salt but my mom added maggi seasoning blend it until it is liquefied, pour in the cup and bon appetite!! 🤣🤣 I’m sorry you guys terrible with directions.

If you guys love green smoothies just pretend it is a slimy green smoothie. It went down easy for me it was coming back up during contraction that was a bitch!! Oh man low key having PTSD!!

haha no problem I figured but you added some berries n stuff?

just seeing this post and want to try that recipe (thank you to your and your mama) jw- when am I supposed to drink it? I’m 34 weeks so is this something to do later on like when it’s an any day now sitch orrr..?

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Oh my God, oh my God I hope this is not true!!!! I’m kind of scared

I’ve been throwing up and taking a shit all night!!! I just hope that it’s not what I think it is

Small head reported following 20 week scan

Has anyone else had it flagged that their baby is in the bottom 5th percentile for head size?

They said everything was fine whilst we were in the scan and then I got a phone call the next day saying that it’s on the small side and we’re being referred to a paediatric specialist at St George’s. Has anyone else had this and how did things go??

Would you bring 9 week old to a family party of 35+ people?

These are also people who will want to pass the baby around and get a turn to hold him. He just got his 2 month shots two days ago

Exercise 6 weeks after c section

What movement did people start to introduce? I won’t do anything too vigorous until I’ve seen the pelvic physio as I don’t want to compromise anything that may have been extremely weakened through pregnancy! But just wondering what types of classes/movement people started off with?

Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Gave birth (vagina) 5 days ago and yesterday morning and this morning getting lot of pain in my right bottom side and lower back