My hubby said to me this morning:
“F*** you, I want a divorce if you take castor oil. That thing can hurt the baby!”
“It won’t hurt the baby. I’m full term now,” I said.
“Why don’t you just get drunk and hit the crack pipe too, since you won’t harm the baby!” he responded sarcastically.
“What if the baby comes out all messed up? You’d have to live with that for the rest of your life. All because you wanted to be selfish,” he rambled on.
He’s been reading about the harmful side effects related to taking castor oil to induce labor online, and he’s pretty freaked out. I can’t blame him. But, forty weeks is knocking at my door, and I want to get this baby out! We’ve completed our checklist and everything is ready to go. Now all I need is for labor to happen. But, it hasn’t!
The contractions would start to fire up, and then fizzle out not too long afterwards. I’ve researched natural ways to jump start labor, and also received tips from my OB and friends. I mention them in my recent BabyCenter post.
I’ve gotten comments from other moms about castor oil working for them. But as you can tell by my hubby’s response, he ain’t havin’ it!
I know this baby will come when it comes. I need to be patient. I guess I’m just getting antsy and want to meet this little bugger. But, I wouldn’t want to risk my marriage for the sake of taking castor oil. We’ll just have to keep trying number one on my BabyCenter list. He was all for that!
Have you ever tried natural ways to induce labor?
