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A member asked:
I'm going to be 39 weeks pregnant tomorrow dilated to 1 and i took 2 table spoons of castor oil at 8 pm and if no results how much to take and when?
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Castor oil: A lot of women try castor oil. It creates diarrhea and that causes contractions from the prostaglandins secreted with bowel activity. Here's the problem, if your cervix is ripened it won't likely work. Castor oil is usually something I make say ok to if someone was maybe on baby #2 or more and they were dilated to more than two and effaced more than 60%.
Answered 8/24/2014
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