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Labor and Birth Questions

Total questions: 975

Are there natural ways to bring on labor?
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When should you pack the hospital bag?
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Does castor oil induce labor?
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What can you take or do to induce labor?
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What is some good advice on birthing classes?
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How many children is it safe to have by c-section?
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Can you have natural childbirth after a C-section?
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Do you need IVs when you give birth?
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Can you have a natural birth after having two c-sections?
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If you had true labor contractions last night and they stopped will they be back soon?
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Will a tablespoon of cod liver oil and a glass of orange juice bring on an early delivery?
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How can you induce labor at home?
Popularity: 88

If you are 35 weeks' pregnant and 1 cm dilated and about 40 percent effaced and having strong contractions would taking castor oil help move things along?
Popularity: 87

Is there a foot massage protocol to induce labor?
Popularity: 86

Could a woman have labor induced 2 weeks early because of backache or is it more likely that she fibbed about how far along she was?
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Will castor oil induce labor at 36 weeks?
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What is the epidural shot that you may take during labor?
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How soon before labor do you lose your show mucus plug?
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What kinds of changes happen to your body days before labor begins?
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How can you bring on labor at home if you're in so much pain and is it true a glass of wine will do it?
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How soon before labor begins do you start to dilate and how much?
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Do you feel like everything hurts a few days before you go into labor?
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Does cod liver oil bring on labor?
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What are some signs your baby is getting ready for delivery?
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At 34 weeks pregnant can you take castor oil to help have the baby now?
Popularity: 70

If you're 36 weeks pregnant and you took castor oil and now your contractions are 5 minutes apart when should you go to the doctor?
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How does a virgin woman give birth and dilate?
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Do raspberry leaf tea capsules work to induce labor?
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Is it a sign of labor or that your water is breaking slowly when you're always feeling like you're peeing your pants and you're damp a lot?
Popularity: 69

At 38 weeks pregnant how soon can active labor start when you are 4 cm dilated and effaced 90 percent?
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What are early signs of labor at 27 weeks of pregnancy?
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I just found out i am pregnant. i have a 6 months old baby and had gestational diabetes. Is is safe to stay pregnant?
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If you are 32 weeks pregnant with your 5th child and your cerix is 1-1 and a half cms dilated does this mean early labour?
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How many weeks is the earliest you can safely give birth?
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Could you be going into labor soon if you feel stinging and pressure in your vaginal area?
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How do you naturally move along labor?
Popularity: 67

What things can help you go into labor besides riding down bumpy roads and having sex?
Popularity: 66

How can you be 4 and a half cm dilated effaced and in active labor but not be feeling any severely intense labor contractions?
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Is it normal to have a numbing sensation in your legs at 35 weeks?
Popularity: 65

What are tips on what might help with pain while in labor?
Popularity: 65

How can you bring labor on sooner?
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Can you go into labor and not even know you were pregnant?
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Do Lamaze classes really help when you are delivering?
Popularity: 65

What would make a doctor induce labor?
Popularity: 64

Does red wine help induce labor?
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What does relation to brim mean?
Popularity: 63

Is giving birth painful for a 13-year-old girl who desperately wants a water and natural birth?
Popularity: 62

Is it possible to be greatly dilated but then have it shrink down?
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How can you make your water break?
Popularity: 61

If you are having a natural birth what is it that you feel right after delivery?
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What are close labor symptoms?
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Does preterm labor run in maternal families?
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Is labour far off if you have been having menstrual pains and backaches and aching in your legs?
Popularity: 59

Are you in labor if your baby is due in 2 days and you were up all night with painful contractions lasting 45-60 seconds every 5 minutes but today they have stopped?
Popularity: 59

Can lavender oil help induce labor?
Popularity: 59

When should you get a period after giving birth?
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When the doctor strips your cervix how long will it take to go into labor?
Popularity: 58

When should you go to the hospital if this is your first pregnancy?
Popularity: 58

If you took castor oil to start contractions how long will it take to work?
Popularity: 57

How long after your water breaks will labour be over?
Popularity: 56

I am 32 weeks pregnant and you are 1 centimer and 80 ephased what does this mean Am you going to give birth early?
Popularity: 56

How do you get free information about obstetricians?
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What are some of the after effects of giving birth?
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Are there any ways in which childbirth can be brought forward?
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How can you induce labor if you're 37 weeks 2 days and 3 cm dilated 40 effaced and the baby's head is sitting at -2 right on your cervix and you literally are bowlegged with his head?
Popularity: 55

If you're 3 cm dilated and 80 percent effaced can you expect labor soon if this is your 6th pregnancy?
Popularity: 54

Is there a safe way to successfully break your water after you've lost your mucus plug?
Popularity: 52

How early can you induce your labor?
Popularity: 52

When should birthing classes be started?
Popularity: 52

Does sex really bring on labor?
Popularity: 49

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