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    tazmania24 Posts: 9, Reputation: 1
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    May 29, 2009, 08:41 AM
    Can I go in to labour
    I'm 35 weeks and 3 days by my own dates by the doctors and my scan I'm 36 and 3 days. Can masturbation make me go in to early labour?
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    May 29, 2009, 09:43 AM

    Hmm there is something that midwives do which is called a "sweep" where the womb is stimulated by a lubricated finger..
    Im not sure that masturbation could do that unless you really prodded about...
    Don't forget, your cervix is lower now.!

    Having sex will encourage labour as semen contains a hormone called cyntosin (I think that's it) that stimulates contraction!
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    May 29, 2009, 01:50 PM

    Masturbation is fine, just as sex is, unless your doctor or midwife directed you to refrain the last few weeks (usually only the case with a history of premature labour, placenta previa, or recent bleeding)

    A membrane sweep, that glowstone mentioned, is more invasive. An area of the amniotic sac is actually moved away from the cervix.
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