Acupuncture is used in traditional Chinese medicine to stimulate particular organs to prepare for birth. Although needles are used and heated with burning herbs, it is strangely relaxing. 

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It is time to enjoy your favourite dishes and order them hot. Mexican, Indian, Gumbo, Thai, the chilli and other spices are thought to help produce prostaglandin, a naturally occurring hormone that prepares your body for labour.

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Gentle yoga or walking (or more like waddling) uses the natural forces of gravity to help ripen the cervix. Here are some moves you can do from the comfort of your bed. 

Again using the force of gravity, gently bounce on an exercise ball. This will also help prepare and strengthen your legs in preparation to child birth if you plan to use a birth ball.

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Stimulating the nipples triggers the production of the natural hormone oxytocin which contracts the uterus and can evolve into labour. It is also the trigger that your baby uses to help bring in the milk.

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You can do this at home to help stimulate contractions. Teach your partner to find and gently put pressure on two points: The first is found on the top of your hand in the webbing between your thumb and index finger, the second on the inside of the ankle, four finger widths above the ankle bone.

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Available from your health food store in tea bags or lose leaf, add boiling water and have no more than two cups per day in the last trimester. Raspberry Leaf is a natural uterine stimulant.

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The use of essential oils must only be used if you are overdue. Oils that can help labour are bergamot, clary sage, and jasmine. Put no more than 10 drops in a cup of apricot oil and massage over abdomen and lower back, or in a foot bath or on a cold compress.

Easier said than done, but the hormone oxytocin is released during orgasm, which can help you contract your uterus. A bonus is, that there are prostaglandins found in sperm, that will help soften the cervix.

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