Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Sex and Spicy Food: Half of Women Try Folklore to Induce Labor

By the time a pregnant woman draws near her due date or breezes by it, with no sign of baby, she may get a little desperate. What to do? Many women turn to folklore.
Myriad are the well-intentioned people who promise surefire, old-wives' ways to jumpstart labor. Apparently, moms-to-be are listening: new research shows that half of women who reached 37 weeks of pregnancy tried methods like walking, having sex, eating spicy food or stimulating their nipples to induce labor.

Read the full story in Time Magazine

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