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3185867 tn?1348434443

castor oil!!?

A friend of mine is 39 weeks and was wondering how Well castor oil works. She said she didn't want the negative comments just to hear about the mom's who tried and it worked.
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They cant take out what makes it induce labor, its a laxative essentially that makes your bowels stimulate uterus contractions.
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2863077 tn?1436670789
I heard they more recently took out what was in castor oil that induced labor.
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3185867 tn?1348434443
I was reading it and it says mostly 2 table spoons with orange juice the orange juice makes it work betterm supposodly
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1658855 tn?1335211819
wow!! i am 38w2d... i would love to hear the answers... How much quantity is to take to make it work.
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3138931 tn?1350940318
omggg one of my friends said she is going to dehydrate herself to put herself in labor!!! i yelled her for that! why would you want to harm yourself like that? lol.

and sheesh...speaking of which...i feel like i took castor oil...ive got the BG's =[ and im 36wks tmrw....ugh i def wont need castor oil lol
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4193337 tn?1355698372
My mom and aunt did it and got extremely sick
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889551 tn?1416184483
I've known numerous women it didn't work for. It can you to become severely dehydrated by giving you diarrhea and nausea. It also can cause baby to have a bowel movement as well.  I personally don't recommend it.
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3185867 tn?1348434443
Thatswhat I told her about the pooping inside.. so idisland if she's gunna. Do it or not because of that. But everything we've read on it most women said it worked
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3138931 tn?1350940318
my friend did it on her due date...she said she didnt have bad poops or puke at all, she had contractions but nothing serious, she did it again the next day and finally went into labor. she said her baby pooped a  little bit inside of her (only at the end) bc she was 9cm for 5 hours and they gave her a c-section again...but the baby pooping wasnt caused from castor oil...

im not sure if i want to try it...i hear too many horror stories and it scares me too much
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I took it with my first pregnancy at 38 weeks at 10 p.m & started having contractions at 4 a.m & had my son at 7:56 a.m
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