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Can I Give My Baby Castor Oil?

There is an old wives talethat says giving your baby castor oilis a good thing.Luckily it has fallen out of practice for many people, butyou still hear about it enough to make you wonder if it’s agood idea.This used to be a remedy for constipation as it canproducebowel movements with reliable consistency. But

you don’t want to get into the habit of doing anythingharsh to your baby, and there’s not really a lot of controlwhen it comes to using something like this.Not only that but the taste is awful, and it’s not somethingyou’re going to enjoy giving to your baby. The overalleperience is likely to be a negative one, and this couldall be avoided with some easy preventative measures.

Can I Give My Baby Castor Oil?Answer: Not Recommended

 !ny kind of one"spoon fies like these should best beavoided. This is the kind of #uick fi thinking that had atendency to perpetuate itself from one generation to the

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net, before the advent of the $nternet where peoplecould go online to #uestion whether it’s a good thing todo or not.

Preventing the Need for It !s long as you are feeding your baby a proper diet, inproper portion si%es, and at the right time of day, youshouldn’t need to give them anything that brings on abowel movement. They should be regular, with healthyamounts that are not too hard and not too soft. &eedthem fresh fruits and vegetables as much as you can,

pureed of course so they can eat them easily. $ntroducenew options to them one at a time until you have a longlist of healthy foods you know they like and digest well.'id you know that there are certain times of the day thatare better than others as far as digestion goes( $n themorning you should give your baby a lighter meal, withtheir most substantial meal coming at midday. Then givethem a lighter meal for dinner. )ou can prevent a lot of

indigestion and constipation this way, because it followstheir natural cycle for digestive juices.

Castor Oil To Induce Labour – Is Castor Oil Safe and Does ItWork?

Inducing with castor oil isn’t safe. Once swallowed the castor oil is hdroli!ed b intestinal

li"ases to recinoleic acid which sti#ulates intestinal secretion$ decreases glucose absor"tion

and increases intestinal #otilit. Castor oil is used in li"sticks$ too. %an wo#en who can

tolerate the oil &uite well on their li"s get a reaction on their #ouths if the oil con'erts to

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recinoleic acid. % &uestion to a #idwife who sas castor oil is not absorbed is$ (Would ou

"lease "ro'ide #e with references for that state#ent?’ 

It’s not so long ago that birthing wo#en were gi'en soa" suds ene#as )high$ hot and a

hellu'a lot* because so#eone started a ru#or that soa" was not absorbed through the colon.

We know this is not true and that this black "age in obstetric histor is best forgotten. Too

#an wo#en ha'e turned fro# saing$ (% doctor sas’ to saing$ (% #idwife sas’. Take

res"onsibilit for our and our fa#il’s health. It is fine to res"ect "rofessionals but ask for

references on e'erthing ou’re not l++, sure of and use our internet to sco"e things out.

There is so #uch cra" that "asses for science without anone &uestioning it.

On the sub-ect of all the wo#en in a hurr to get their babies born I was / weeks (o'erdue’ 

with # oldest daughter. What reall hel"ed #e was that I had lunch with a friend at about 0

#onths "regnanc. 1er son had been born 2 #onths before. When she saw #e walk in the

restaurant all hugel "regnant she said (Oh$ 3loria$ when I see ou I #iss # "regnanc so

#uch’. I knew that one da I’d be saing that$ too$ so I #ade u" # #ind to en-o it as long

as "ossible and I’# so glad I did. Si4 #onths fro# now ou’ll be wondering what the rush was.

54"eriences 6sing Castor Oil

7elow is a letter sent to the "ublication$ (%idwifer Toda’$ who "ublished the abo'e

infor#ation in their #aga!ine. 1ere’s what the writer said

 8Thank ou for including 3loria Le#a’s co##ents about castor oil 9Issue :;2

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andor feeling nauseous at the sa#e ti#e?’ %an wo#en )but not all* re"ort nausea$ 'o#iting

and or diarrhoea.

 8Don’t do it % sister took it and had bad diarrhoea and 'o#itedE. she ended u" being

induced after going 0 das o'erdueF. G Bae

 8I did it with ; of # : earth babies. I -ust got reall reall sick I 'o#ited and "ooed all daand into the night. Oh$ and no babF G Deb

 8I tried it and it is blood awful. %ade #e "oo and gag and feel like s"ewing – but nothing

else.F G Trish

 8I’# due toda and i tried it last Hrida$ didn’t work at all.F G erensa

 8I ha'e known wo#en to tr it and wind u" in hos"ital with dehdration due to diarrhoea$ not

labour.F G Christ

 8The grossest tasteE. diarrhoea all nightE not one single contraction ca#e fro# itF G

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