Black cohosh & inducing labor (was: Surgical menopause)

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Alobar wrote:

 

> I recently met a woman who was 2 weeks overdue in having her baby.

> She used black cohosh to attempt to induce labor. She knew nothing of

> herbs, and was just following someone else's recipe. He attitudes made me

> cringe & shiver. Black cohosh did not work for what she was intending.

 

Alobar,

Sorry about the lady and her sucky attitude... it could've been that she was

feeling enormous and uncomfortable, or she could have been truly uncaring...

But anyway, I just wanted to share that I took something in the last stages of

my pregnancy with my second child and had good results with it. It is called

" PN-6 " and is a proprietary blend of Squaw Vine, Red Raspberry, Blessed Thistle,

Black Cohosh, Penny Royal, and False Unicorn. Yes, those things can induce

labor, which is why it's called PN-6 -- that is, you're only supposed to use it

for the last 6 weeks of pregnancy. I took the recommended amount until a week

before my due date, at which point I doubled the dosage. Then as I went over my

due date, I tripled the dosage with no ill effects. I started labor about 3

days after the due date, and 3 days later Max was born. (Yes, you read that

right - 3 days of labor! ) The labor went very well -- it was light and

painless for the majority of the time. Even when it got hot and heavy (for the

last 4 hours), it was still painless. Much of the painless aspect I attribute

to the liquid calcium and magnesium that I was taking every hour on the hour

during labor (or maybe it was the PN-6? Many ladies who have taken it have said

that their labors had much less pain).

 

Mindy, who loves to talk about childbirth!