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Is it safe to take mineral oil at 40 weeks pregnant?
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IT CAN INDUCE LABOR: It is an effective laxative but it is also used sometimes to induce labor and at term 40 weeks it may induce labor talk with your OB doctor if you can use it or not, as a laxative.
Answered 10/3/2016
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