Dr advised me to take castor oil for constipation yesterday

Jennifer
Dr advised me to take castor oil for constipation yesterday. I took it at 11:30 and at 5am I woke up to painful contractions less than 2 minutes apart. Got to the hospital to have my water break in the parking lot. Got into triage and was already 4-5 centimeters. Got an epidural and 30 minutes later was fully dialated. He was out in a grand total of 3 hours 😳