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Can having sex cause me to go into labor?
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Not definitively: The rationale for the recommendation to have sex to induce labor is that semen contains chemicals called prostaglandings that are produced during labor and cause contractions. There is no ultimately proof, however, that their quantity in semen is sufficient to make a woman go into labor.
Answered 2/25/2018
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