Q: i had a question to ask you and someone at a natural store gave me your book and web site, i am past my due date in pregnancy and my baby is very healthy i went onto a bunch of diffrent sites on inducing labour a natural way and the most common one i found that worked on every women who responded was blue cohosh i was wondering your opinion on this and if you had any suggestions for me. thank you for your time.
ps i also bought your book for my mother and it is an excellent book so thank you very much.
A: Hello, thank you for writing. We are so glad you are enjoying one of Susun Weed's books and her websites!!
If you and babe are healthy, I encourage you to see the due date as an approximation. A healthy woman will birth a healthy babe and does not need forcing. It is the stress and the forcing that can cause complications needing further intervention. Do you have other reason to feel you need to hasten this along?
Which of Susun's books did you view, and purchase for your mother? In Susun's Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year she does mention the virtues of Blue Cohosh for helping restart a stalled labor. Are you stalled? How is your cervix? How is the baby's presentation? Do you have assistance in birth? Are you able to move around, walk or swim?
Perhaps you have had your child by now ?! Please do write either way. I would love to hear and am happy to help! If you do not have or have access to the above mentioned book I am happy to type out more.
Blessings,
Karen Joy
wisewoman@herbshealing.com
www.wisewomanweb.com
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