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Originally Posted by tinomen
My wife had sex throughout both pregnancies. She was quite eager towards the end when she learned that semen contains some prostaglandin , which is a lipid used by doctors to induce labor. |
Labor is defined as change in cervix (dilation) AND contractions.
prostaglandins can be given to "ripen the cervix", and get it ready to ready to dilate. it can take several hours (24) at times to really make the cervix soft,and ready to change. once the cervix is ready, then a drug call oxytocin can be given, which will actually induce contractions...
Thanks for the info on prostaglandins in the semen.. I had no idea about that... it is funny how you can study and learn so much, and then still not know something as fundamental as that.