Natural Ways to Induce Labor - Maternity Acupressure

Stalled labor, or also known as “failure to progress”, is very slow labor, and can be a result of many things. Most common reasons seem to be weak contractions, birthing mother is exhausted, cervix doesn’t dilate, or the contractions are strong and painful but the baby doesn’t descent or “come down”.

Also, sometimes the birthing mother is holding the baby back due to stress and fear. Tension restricts cervical dilation and effacement creating non-productive first stage labor.

Because “according to the medical books” the cervix dilates 1cm every 1-2 hours, the obstetricians easily use Pitocin to stimulate the labor process, to increase the strength and frequency of the contractions - or do a C-section.

Studies by the University of California, San Francisco show, however, that pregnant woman whose labor stalls should wait out the delivery process for an extra two hours before letting the doctors administer Pitocin. This can reduce health risks to the birthing woman her self and her unborn baby as well.

Also natural remedies for stalled labor, such as maternity acupressure, can be extremely helpful to get the labor to progress again. Specific combinations of labor acupressure points have been proven to be very effective in helping the cervix to dilate and to strengthen the contractions.

Read more about maternity acupressure and remedies for stalled labor.