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Can you induce labor at home? 7 common myths about kick-starting labor

Can you induce labor at home? 7 common myths about kick-starting labor

Yahoo Life, January 6, 2022

Your baby will come when she is good and ready, not because of anything you do at home to jumpstart the delivery process, said Dr. Shannon Clark, a professor of maternal-fetal medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Clark debunked seven common myths. “Most of the old wives’ tales about things you can do to start labor won't hurt, but they won't help either,” she said.