How do you use evening primrose oil to induce labor?

Answer by  ohmandy (144)

Two weeks before my due date I took two a day orally. A week before, I began inserting one into my vagina before bed.

Answer by  ssullivan1003 (63)

Evening primrose oil will not directly induce labor. It is used to soften and ripen the cervix, allowing the baby's head to engage deeper into the pelvis which can cause the cervix to dilate. Dilation of the cervix may cause some contractions, but will probably only be false labor.

Answer by  critesb1 (224)

Primrose oil is rubbed on the cervix of the mother to be. In which the oil than softens pelvis so the head may move down. Although it has not been proofed, to start labor in mothers that were not ready to begin with. Primrose oil does help make the baby came out easy when the way is soften.