It is known that the 9 months of pregnancy are necessary to prepare for the arrival of the baby. They help to prepare both mentally and physically. These 9 months allow the future mother to gradually realize that she is going to become a mother and help her to be ready to welcome her newborn.
However, these 9 months can seem long in the long run. And especially the last months, when we can't wait for the baby to arrive. The mother-to-be is generally very impatient to give birth, because she wants to meet her baby, but also because the pregnancy is starting to seem a little long! We are therefore sharing with you some tips to help the start of labor and delivery.
Tips for eating and drinking: drink plenty of raspberry and date herbal teas!
The first method to speed up and facilitate labor is to regularly drink raspberry leaf tea and dates during the last month of pregnancy. Indeed, raspberry leaf tea tones the uterus and makes contractions more effective on D-Day. Dates, for their part, promote dilation of the cervix and reduce interventions on D-Day under the effect of prostaglandins. To give birth faster, it is therefore advisable to drink raspberry leaf tea, eat dates, or pineapple or dried fruits or prunes.
These foods are high in fiber and will strengthen your uterus and pelvic muscles to make childbirth easier.
In other techniques to induce labor, castor oil diluted in a glass of water or lemon is also recommended, but is less gentle than foods rich in fiber.
Finally, eating spicy food is also often recommended to start labor a little faster.
Homeopathy to promote cervical dilation
Homeopathy is also used to speed up the onset of labor and reduce the pain of contractions on the day of delivery.
This gentle method is known to be very effective. A homeopathy cocktail can be prescribed in the month preceding childbirth, and during childbirth to make uterine contractions more effective and speed up labor. Caulophyllum is one of the plants that is particularly effective for childbirth and the regulation of contractions.
It is important to consult a doctor before taking anything.
Osteopathy
Osteopathy can help you prepare your pelvis for the day of delivery. Indeed, this will help the baby to engage in the cervix and can therefore speed up labor.
Get moving, get active to give birth!
A very well-known tip is to stay as active as possible. Be careful not to exhaust yourself before the baby arrives, but many mothers-to-be spend the last days of their pregnancy walking in the fresh air, cleaning (especially cleaning windows), dancing, climbing stairs, bouncing on a ball, squatting or crawling... Thanks to these activities, your baby will probably put pressure on your lower abdomen and they will help him to position himself well to facilitate your delivery.
Acupuncture: the traditional method to prepare for childbirth
Acupuncture is a very effective way to prepare the cervix for childbirth and reduce the pain of contractions.
It consists of introducing fine needles into specific points of the body which will allow the maturation of the cervix. This technique also helps to relieve pregnancy ailments such as water retention, insomnia, acid reflux, carpal tunnel syndrome etc.
Some studies show that acupuncture could also speed up the onset of labor. It is a natural technique that has been proven for centuries and is still widely used!
Letting go: the best remedy to trigger labor!
Finally, to make labor easier, it is recommended to stop thinking about it! Easy to say when you've been waiting for it for weeks, you can't wait to meet your baby and your body can't take it anymore. But it is advisable to go out, keep busy, do things that make you happy and forget that you are waiting to give birth.
So try not to put pressure on yourself about when you will give birth, it will happen when you and your baby are ready! Sort out the things that are on your mind and try to relax as much as possible to avoid tension. Plan a massage, a meditation session, do yoga, anything that can relax you physically and mentally.
You can relax by doing breathing exercises, taking a warm bath or even letting off steam by having a good cry, to relieve stress and feel calm. You can also try visualization, a meditative state where you imagine the beginning of the labor process, the arrival of contractions, the dilation of the uterus and the movement of the baby towards the birth canal. To help you, there are meditation audio files on the internet for hypnobirthing.
It is important to arrive relaxed during labor. This has been shown to greatly assist in the smooth progress of labor.
We hope these tips can help you make your delivery faster and easier!