Evening primrose oil?

I've read that inserting an evening primrose oil tablet in your vagina everyday can help soften the cervix. Has anyone tried this? And is it safe? Please only answer if you have experience or know for sure, I don't want any guesses. Thanks :)

Evening primrose oil?
I started taking them ORALLY at 37.5 weeks to induce labor. I tried everything to induce labor-- something worked, because I had my son at 38+1, which was unfortunately 10 minutes too late to get my tax deduction for 2006.
Reply:Always check with your doctor before starting any herbs or vitamins!
Reply:If you dont want to check with your doc then i suggest that you do a lot of research on the net and in a library.

here this will help:



Pregnant Women Should Take Caution Using Untested Remedies

An expecting mom in her 37th week of pregnancy told me that her midwife recommended that she take evening primrose oil to bring on labor slowly, but surely. The mom asked me if there would be any side effects for her daughter-to-be.



Evening primrose oil is a natural, mild anti-inflammatory agent that has been widely used to hasten cervical ripening and shorten labor. Researchers at the Holistic Women's HealthCare Birth Center in Wilmington, Delaware set out to test whether it really works. Their findings were published in the Journal of Nurse-Midwifery in May/June 1999. They found that evening primrose oil does nothing to shorten gestation or improve labor. Instead they found an increase of premature rupture of membranes (and increased infection risk), oxytocin augmentation, arrest of descent, and vacuum extraction. Evening primrose oil does have other valid uses, but I do not recommend it while pregnant.



I'm glad the mom asked! Just because something is natural, it doesn't mean that it is safe or effective.
Reply:I have heard this isnt safe at all and you can get really bad sickness and severe dehydration and diarrhea which you dont need to have in labour along will everything else.Many midwifes do not recommend this.Dont try!