The Best Ways to Induce Labor at Home

By Julie Ingham

Pregnancy is a wonderful time in a woman's life. A beautiful new life is growing inside her and the time is coming upon her to get ready to give birth. Of course, most every pregnant woman get very anxious as the time draws near and she craves to hold her new bundle of joy. There are ways to induce labor at home naturally, if your due date has passed and want to get the show on the road.

With the onset of trouble with health insurance, many people are turning to different measures to take care of themselves. It is imperative, in this recession ridden time, to tighten our belts, stretch our pennies, and try to self treat ourselves at home. There is nothing wrong with this because for hundreds of years people had to rely on the natural herbs to bring about immunity from illness.

A practiced midwife or someone who deals in healing with herbs, should be summoned to tell you the ins and outs of herbal remedies. Also, you should NEVER try to induce labor before the thirty seventh week of the pregnancy. The closer you are to forty weeks, the better it is for you and the baby. Remember, never to attempt anything with any herb until you contact your herbalist or midwife. This is very important.

Here are some herbs which can induce labor: Black Cohosh, Chamomile, Blue Cohosh, Cramp bark (this should not be used by women with high blood pressure), Red Raspberry Leaf. Other herbs are: False Unicorn Root, Evening Primrose Oil, Motherwort, and Partridge Berry. Some of these relax the uterus which assists in removing backache. Most of these help to tone the uterus, and others help to stimulate staunch contractions.

As with anything you put into your body, take the time to research, extensively, so that you are completely informed. Also talk to your health care provider and discuss with him or her any thing you are concerned about. You should also ask him about acupressure as it is the safest way to induce labor and has the highest success rate.

Research has been conducted and is showing that over eighty percent of pregnant women who use acupressure to induce labor experience a normal labor with less complications than other women that do not use the techniques. Did you know that it can also shorten the amount of time one is in labor significantly?

Acupressure is one of the best ways to induce labor at home! It's easy and anyone can learn it. Check out these easy to learn acupressure techniques: http://www.squidoo.com/acupressure-to-inducelabor

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