Inducing

Anyone know if sex will induce labor? I haven't had sex with my husband for a long while and I miss the intimacy but im 38 weeks pregnant and we want to have sex will it induce labor?🤔
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My friend did and she said it helped for her and also she took a hot bath

Only if the baby is pretty ready to come as it is!

It might. I was induced using something called cervadil my nurse told me the same hormone prostaglandin is in semen that was in the cervadil so yeah it might for sure, just leave the semen in for a bit

It didn't for me for my first pregancy. We tried haha

Try curb walking maybe

With my first I had sex daily and ate dates, he came on due date, not been as active this time around and due date is tomorrow with no signs of labour. There is prostaglandin in semen that is what is used in induction pessaries. But according to a L&D nurse you need to be having sex 3x a day to get the same dose of it as in that pessary

The reason sex can kick start things is because of the release of oxytocin which is the main hormone responsible for labor but it's unlikely to be a big enough release/spike on its own....so it can* if your levels are already getting elevated but if not no it won't be a big enough spike.

With my first, we had sex for the last time at 37 weeks, and that made my mucus plug come out. But I didn't go into labor until 39+3. So if you feel up to it, go for it! It might help kick start things, but it could still be another week or so till true labor starts.

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