JMG91
Veteran Member
I'd like some help from other herbal folks here. I'm currently 6 1/2 months pregnant, and with the possible drug shortages associated with this coronavirus, I'd like to be prepared ahead of time. (I noticed that pitocin was on the drug shortage list.) Honestly, regardless of whether or not this virus gets bad enough to affect this particular area of my life, I'd still prefer to have something on hand that can help me move things along without having to take the pitocin in the first place.)
With my last one, I barely dilated at all, and they had to give me pitocin after over 24 hours of labor. By the time my daughter was born, it had been 48 hours of contractions 3 to 5 minutes apart. Needless to say, it was a miserable experience. I'd like to get some recommendations on herbs that can be ingested on applied topically that will encourage dilation and progress. I've looked this up briefly, but wanted some other opinions from folks on here. (Any personal experiences with such methods would be appreciated as well!)
This is something that I'm very concerned about because I know that, if I have to do this without medical intervention, stunted labor can possibly kill both me and the baby. Both me and my mother had this problem during labor, so I wasn't surprised to see it happen last time, but just in case, I'd like some advice, as herbalism in childbirth is an area that I'm not quite so familiar with.
With my last one, I barely dilated at all, and they had to give me pitocin after over 24 hours of labor. By the time my daughter was born, it had been 48 hours of contractions 3 to 5 minutes apart. Needless to say, it was a miserable experience. I'd like to get some recommendations on herbs that can be ingested on applied topically that will encourage dilation and progress. I've looked this up briefly, but wanted some other opinions from folks on here. (Any personal experiences with such methods would be appreciated as well!)
This is something that I'm very concerned about because I know that, if I have to do this without medical intervention, stunted labor can possibly kill both me and the baby. Both me and my mother had this problem during labor, so I wasn't surprised to see it happen last time, but just in case, I'd like some advice, as herbalism in childbirth is an area that I'm not quite so familiar with.