does sex actually start labor?

Kaila
I am about to be 37 weeks, last week at my appointment he said I was almost 4cm dilated and 80% effaced and I hadn't had sex in forever or done anything to try and speed up the process but my boyfriend is scared to have sex because he thinks it will jump start labor. Has it actually worked for anyone else? 

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