>From: The Lucey-Weinhold Family <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Castor Oil
>>
>Well, the way it induces labour is by causing violent diarrhea, which
>can then cause cramping in the uterus. My second baby was 2 weeks
>overdue, and this "natural induction" approach was recommended to me,
>but I was too chicken to try it.
>
>Pat
I did try it when I was a week overdue and spent all night sitting on the loo
praying that I would not go into labour. I don't think I could have ever lived
it down.
Fran