Diet and nutrition are an important part of living well with kidney disease. As your kidney disease progresses, your dietary needs will likely change as well. Click on the appropriate stage below to learn more about diet and kidney disease.
Tocolytics are drugs that minimize the strength and number of contractions. Although an ideal goal would be to stop preterm labor completely, the most that can be reasonably expected from current tocolytics is a delay of 48 hours. This delay allows time for treatment with steroids and antibiotics.
Doctors and midwives have been recommending taking castor oil as one of the best natural methods to induce labor for centuries. Because of its effectiveness, however, it should only be taken to initiate uterine contractions after 39 weeks of pregnancy.