When is it safe to try natural induction?
I'm 38 weeks tomorrow. The doctors are threatening a csection at some point after 39 weeks because they're worried about her being "too big." But the standard guidelines is a csection if the baby is over 11lbs and my baby is no where near that. So I would really really like to naturally induce labor before they get a chance to slice me open. I've been drinking red raspberry leaf tea since the 2nd trimester (approved by my midwife) and eating dates since 36 weeks. I eat pineapple regularly anyways.
My question is... is it safe to just start walking like crazy and having sex every day at 38 weeks? Should I wait til 39 weeks to do the nipple stimulation and accupuncture? I see a lot of women cautioning about trying to naturally induce too soon and don't want to do anything harmful, but I don't know what is too early and I don't want a csection!
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