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Question

I'm 38 weeks 1 day and my body isn't doing anything to prepare itself for labor. I'm not dilated and the doctor said I've thinned 'some' but didn't tell me to what extent. I've been reading up on EPO and all of the reviews are so mixed. I see where a lot of women take it orally and even VAGINALLY?! So, last night I bought a bottle of 1000 mg EPO tablets and ended up reading a few more reviews and some of them said that EPO can actually cause complications and can even thin the blood. Have any of you ever used EPO and you and baby both turned out fine?

Answer

Effacement and dilation really aren't great indicators of how soon you'll go in to labor. I've had friends to from being completely closed up to have a baby less than 24 hours later. I was 2cm after 20 hours of labor, and he still came out vaginally. I wouldn't stress about it or try to force the issue. Baby will come when they're ready.

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I used it with my last pregnancy at 38 weeks with the ok from my doctor. I never took it orally but I would poke a hole in two capsules daily and place them as close to the cervix as possible (wear a pad or panty liner btw) because of gravity..it leaks out. Nothing went wrong at all from doing this. It thinned and dialated everything out ALOT but my water never broke on its own from doing this. Of course don't do it unless it's ok'd by your doctor. Good luck!!!

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I was having the same problem. My doctor said nothing was happening and I would probably go over my due date. (This was at 38 weeks) I had sex one night at 10pm by midnight I was in labor, went to the hospital at 4 and had her by 7 ❤ so my advice is just have sex lol

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I did 3 tablets evening primerose oil my last week or 2 and my water broke at 37.5. Both of us were healthy!

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