EPO for ripening the cervix in preparation for labour

• Evening primrose oil helps to soften the cervix by providing prostaglandins and the components the body needs to make prostaglandins. This can help to ripen a cervix to help encourage labour or to speed labour.
• How to use it: Evening primrose oil can be taken internally near the end of pregnancy. It can also be massaged directly onto the cervix if ripening is desired. NOTE: Evening primrose oil should not be taken until after 36-37 weeks of pregnancy.
• Integrating it into labour:Daily massage after 37 weeks: Squeeze oil out of capsules. Apply the oil to a clean finger and carefully insert in vagina to rub the oil onto the cervix.
• After the 37th week, take one 500 mg capsule orally three times a day.
• In early labour, massage the cervix with a finger dipped in evening primrose oil.
• Traditional use (Birthing Naturally)
• Check with LMC if using for this purpose

Efamol Pure Evening Primrose Oil is the world’s finest evening primrose oil (EPO). It combines many years of plant breeding, a specific extraction process and scientific verification.
Efamol Evening Primrose Oil is carefully extracted using a heat free process, from the specially cultivated Rigel® Evening Primrose plant. Our oil contains up to 33% more GLA than other Evening Primrose oils and each step of the oil extraction process is carefully managed to ensure that the oil retains its therapeutic properties.

Each Softgel Contains:
Efamol Rigel® evening primrose oil 1000mg Total Omega-6 providing: 755mg
Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) 115mg
Vitamin E (dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate) 10mg

Also contains: Gelatin capsule, glycerin