>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