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<p>A tangent here, but in a healthy, normal pregnancy, intercourse is medically acceptable up ‘til the end! In fact, when my oldest D was due on Christmas Day but was pushin’ New Year’s, my doctor suggested, ummmmmmmmm, “relations” to get things moving (has to include the big “O” to be effective, though). <em>lol</em> What could I do? Doctor’s orders and all…<em>lol</em> ;)</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>I think nipple stimulation can do the same thing- that is why midwives put the baby to breast after birth- to help expel the placenta :)</p>
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This is sooooooooooooooooooo true! I had PIH with my first pregnancy, and I had to do serial nonstress and then stress tests. </p>
<p>The docs can either administer synthetic oxytocin (pitocin) or have the woman undergo nipple stimulation (they prefer this as it is more “natural”) to induce contractions for the stress test. The latter <em>always</em> worked for <em>my</em> tests! ;)</p>
<p>~b.</p>
<p>Have your H go play golf, and you will go into labor when he is on the 15th hole</p>
<p>Yep</p>
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Or, better yet, have your doctor go out of town! :eek:
~berurah</p>
<p>umm any suggestions for me?</p>
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surfette~</p>
<p>This type of “ballpark figure” is a worthless number. I know happily married people who are married to the first and ONLY person they’ve ever made love to…and I know happily married people who have had multiple partners before marriage and are now enjoying a monogamous union.</p>
<p>You cannot judge this intensely personal and private decision by the decisions made by others. What is really comes down to is how <em>YOU</em> view relationships, the purpose of sex and its role in a relationship. Some view it as a casual, entertaining activity…others view it as a true expression of deep love and commitment. THAT is why a “ballpark figure” will not assist you in your decision. YOU must decide what role sex will play in your relationships. But, if you want my PERSONAL opinion, I think it should be reserved for ONLY the very most special of loving relationships. It is simply too precious for anything else. ~berurah</p>
<p>I walked all day and took a teaspoon of castor oil…went into labor within an hour…castor oil is nasty, but hey, i as willing to do it</p>
<p>Large meal of beans, and hot sauce brings on labor EVERY time!</p>
<p>eww
I actually didn’t have any trouble going into labor with my 2nd daughter ( VBAC)- but my water didnt burst until they came in the room with a crochet hook and threatened to pop it.</p>
<p>Unfortunately (as I have given birth to six kids), my body simply doesn’t DO labor. Either that, or my kids just flat out refused to leave me! 
Labor for me = Pitocin. (I tend to experience DAYS of prodromal labor–with pretty hard contractions–that leave me beyond exhausted, and with NO dilation <em>sigh</em>)</p>
<p>Gawd, has this “laborious” thread been hijacked or WHAT??? ;)</p>
<p>~berurah, the Pitocin queen</p>
<p>well since the thread has already been hijacked- have you ever had a section?
I had a * hysterosalpingogram* when I had a suspected ovarian cyst that indicated I had a true bicornate uterus. ( blew out the cyst incidentally)
I wasn’t allowed to go into labor with my first- but with my 2nd I had days of fairly strong labor, that didn’t dilate the cervix. I suspect that the physical abnormality contributed to the inefficent contractions.
My doc wasn’t there and there wasn’t really anyone in charge-but when a dr finally came in, they decided to do fairly high forceps with an epi and yank her out ( when they probably should have either given me pitocin & or a section much earlier- oh well- the joys of a “teaching” hospital)</p>
<p>EK~</p>
<p>I have never had a section, though it was discussed a couple of times…<em>lol</em></p>
<p>I had one safe, low forceps delivery (oldest D) and three very minimal vacuum extraction interventions (youngest three)…I am an average-sized woman, but for whatever reason, the babies were <strong>TIGHT</strong> squeezes, though none of them was particularly large (smallest=5 lbs, 6 oz and largest was 8 lbs. 5.6 oz–the only one to break 8 lbs.) 
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<p>No one has ever given me a reason for my ineffectual ctx, but I do know that there were no structural abnormalities. I gave up thinking things would get “easier the next time” after number three! <em>lol</em></p>
<p>You had to face some challenging childbearing struggles, didn’t you, with the bicornuate uterus?? {{{{{HUGS}}}}} I so hope that your kidlets appreciate what you went through to have them! :)</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>berurah~OMG!! I thought I was the Pitocin Queen–but you’ve had twice as many labors, so I will gladly concede the title!!! I can’t get more than 5 cm on my own. D was 7 1/2 lbs., S1 was 8 lbs. 13 oz., and S2 was just under 9 lbs.!!! I’m only 5’3" and not heavy (except during pregnancy!!). The last labor nurse I had told me (after 24 hours of labor and 4 hours on Pitocin–with birth nearly 3 hours after that) that I was one of those women who probably would have died in childbirth in the olden days!! Such a comforting thought!!! All were worth every minute–but I do remember saying multiple times to H in the last hour of S2’s labor “I keep forgetting about this part–we’re not doing this again!!!”</p>
<p>How did this thread go from a discussion of promiscuity to one about pitocin and nipple stimulation??? And I don’t have the FOGGIEST idea what a “bicornuate uterus” could possibly be. I guess I’d better be running along now… </p>
<p>I’m with you, digmedia…childbirth is highly overrated as a conversation topic!! (and I did it 2x…ugh)</p>
<p>dig~</p>
<p>Live and learn, buddy! Hey, CC was my training ground for college stuff, most of which I’m still pretty cloudy on…so it can be YOUR training groud for labor (at least in the hijacked part of this thread! 
),which is an absolute expertise of mine! Besides, if you’re taking part in “promiscuous” behavior, you’d better have at least SOME knowledge of what hellish events could be the result, huh?? ;)</p>
<p>irish!!!~</p>
<p>OMG, can I EVER RELATE!!! 'Cept I can’t even get TO 5 cm!!! After 24 hours of labor with my first, I was <strong><em>0</em></strong> cm!!! (and this was ON pitocin, but then, I was “green” as they induced for PIH and I wasn’t even close to being ready). </p>
<p>Though nobody came right out and said it, I’m sure I would have been in that same catergory in the “olden days.” Thank goodness for modern technology! At least you were a faster learner than I…you stopped after 3!!! <em>lol</em> :)</p>
<p>~b.</p>
<p>Geez … I step away from reading this thread for a few days and now you are all having BABIES! </p>
<p>My best friend has just been told by her 22 yr old son that “she has no concept of current sexual ethics” among his peers. Seems to me, from what I am hearing, that it’s not a whole lot different than it was in the 70s. Us old invisible 50-somethings have just become a lot more conservative in the last 30 something years. </p>
<p>My mother would have had an absolute cow had I wanted to sleep with my bf in her house … and my S is not getting to sleep with his gf under my roof either!</p>
<p>wow…and to think a few pages back we were talking about whores and virgins til wedding night…now niples…yay!!! so yea in the bageezus is a hysterosalpingogram??? im curious…and how do u pronounce it lol</p>
<p>berurah~I totally missed your response here! I know that you are so glad that you continued on after 3!!! Look at your youngest 3 and tell me that you aren’t completely thrilled with each and every one of them!!</p>
<p>PM me and we’ll catch up!!!</p>
<p>Irish</p>