Mama Care Monday's: How to Bring About Labor (naturally and safely) When You're Past Due

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So I am not sure how the myth got started or was it something I read and was completely misinformed? But I was under the impression that after conception, women are pregnant for 8 to 9 months tops. I swear I read that somewhere? Nevertheless, as stated, I was a tad bit off and like most things in life when it comes to basing anything on time, it's an approximation. If any of you moms were like me while I was expecting, and when you get to the very end of pregnancy and baby still hasn't made any significant progress to come out.....time is up!
Seeing as it was my first time being pregnant, I must admit that I was told that my actual DUE DATE was an estimate, and that I could deliver either two weeks prior or post from that time. However, I had gone a total of 41 weeks and two days and it was clear that I had a little squatter on my hands and I was two seconds from evicting her.

My doctor was comfortable letting me continue with my pregnancy until a certain point, however I had passed that time a week late, and while he was preparing me for a natural induction it dawned on me that I had been pregnant closer to a year? 8 to 9 months please! it totally depends on the woman's body and the baby inside decision on when he/she is ready for their debut.

Apparently, my little bun in the oven had caught wind that her dwelling space was no longer going to be available (literally, there was no more room for her to move, but out!) via her superhuman hearing and finally decided to grace us with her appearance all on her own when she was READY.



 As much as the process of being pregnant for some women is amazing, other women don't necessarily share that experience, they maybe enjoy the end result more......"the baby" being born. Especially if a woman is full term pregnant in the dead heat of summer like August and baby is just chilling inside the womb with no plans of leaving as yet, Mom may not have a car and has to walk or take public transport to get around, etc......see the picture I am painting. While I was at the end of my pregnancy and my daughter was more than cooked and well done, there were a few things I did to help the process of labor along.
Disclaimer: the following steps I am about to provide is in no way a declarative statement, these are things I did that helped me and if you are healthy in your last term of pregnancy and past your due date, it might help you or someone you know as well.

DIY:
1. Hot bath with essential oils
-15 to 20 drops of clary sage EO
-5-10 drops of peppermint EO
-Bathtub
Run the bath water to a temperature that is more than warm, more on the hot side, but safely where you can stand it and not burn yourself nor harmful to your skin. Put the amount of EO drops in the water which you do straight from the bottles or using  a dropper. You want to make sure they are quality EO which you can get from a health food or wellness store.
Clary sage and peppermint are considered movement oils which is why they have an advisory and caution not to use earlier on in pregnancy. It has been known in some cases of women who were pregnant, taking hot steaming baths and soaking to bring about labor.


2. Prenatal yoga
Going to a warm or heated yoga class, specifically, classes targeted towards pregnant women can help and be extremely beneficial in loosening, opening, and making more flexible the joints and muscles a pregnant woman would rely on using to push the baby out. Stretching out those hip flexors, doing positions working with gravity to move the baby down into the birth canal, making it much easier for him or her to come out.


3. Massage Therapy
You know they tell you when your newly pregnant all the things you enjoyed prior to being pregnant either would have to subside or stop completely....like getting a much-needed foot massage at the end of a pedicure. The reason being is there are certain pressure points on the balls and pads of our feet and if touched or pushed on while a woman is pregnant, could maker her go into early labor. This can pose as an issue if you are early in pregnancy or be exactly what is needed later on in pregnancy past the due date. In the later term of pregnancy, go ahead and find a good massage therapist, one that specializes in pre and postnatal massage and they will safely work and massage those points that were meant to be avoided in the early stages of pregnancy.

Remember mamas to invest in yourself, so you can continue to invest in others........Until next Monday!

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