How Do I Get My Labor Started? - 4 Fantastic Ways to Eat Your Way to The Delivery Room

There are so many ways you can get your labor started from home. This guide will help you find the way best suited for your body and your baby. Not only will you not have to spend any time doing any hard physical activity, stretching in strange positions or taking strange pills, you will see results right away.

Make sure you have enough potassium in your system. Potassium is a key when it comes to naturally inducing your labor. If you don't have enough of this important vitamin in your body you could actually off set your labor. Potassium is essential because it strengthens your contractions. If you have strong contractions you will ensure a fast and less painful delivery. There are many foods that contain high levels of potassium. White beans, spinach, baked potatoes (with the skin on), dried apricots, baked acorn squash, yoghurt, salmon, avocados, white mushrooms and bananas are the top ten foods with the highest levels of potassium in them. Once you know your potassium levels are up, you can induce your labor by inducing bowel contractions. Bowel contractions (going number two) can naturally apply force or pressure to your cervix causing you to go into labor. You can induce bowel contractions a number of ways.Eat foods that are natural laxatives. There are many foods that make you 'number two' without having any dangerous side effects. Raw fruits are very high on the list; the best ones are bananas, apples, melons and berries. There are some raw vegetables that will do the trick too: broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions and carrots. You can also use coconut oil instead of olive, vegetable or canola oil in your salads and for cooking.Spicy foods are also natural laxatives. Eating things like cayenne, a little bit of raw garlic, tumeric and fresh ginger. You can enjoy these spices a number of ways. Raw ginger is great for grating onto stir-fry or adding a little bit of a kick to salads. Ginger lemon tea is also very yummy and so good for you. Steep fresh ginger with a slice of lemon in hot water and add sugar to taste. If you like cayenne, try baking with it and add it to your chocolate recipes. Cayenne tastes great with hot cocoa too.Castor Oil is a famous way to induce your labor. Not only will castor oil get your body to start having consistent contractions, but it is also a natural laxative. This amazing oil puts your body in delivery mode fast. Make sure you dilute the oil before ingesting it and follow the instructions on the bottle.

These are just a few of the many ways you can have control over your delivery. There are many other foods that can help you induce from home without expensive trips to the hospital or chemicals that could harm your baby. Induce your labor from the comfort of your home and welcome your baby into the world your way now.

Being pregnant is wonderful, but if you're near your due date, or past it, you're living in a constant state of discomfort. Medical induction isn't your only choice when it comes to bringing on the birth of your new son or daughter. There is a safe, guaranteed way to induce your own labor naturally . Rate this Article

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Liza Dupont has published 6 articles. Article submitted on April 03, 2013. Word count: 493