So you’re 39 weeks pregnant and you’ve heard that walking can help induce labor? It’s a very common belief. But does it actually work?
From a completely scientific perspective, we can’t say for certain that walking helps induce labor. It is unclear if walking will help you go into labor if you are already full term. With that said, many women report that walking is what helped start their labor.
In a full-term pregnancy, a baby that is well engaged in the pelvis and is head down will place a lot of pressure on your cervix. In theory, with the help of gravity, the weight of your baby can put enough force on the cervix to make it start dilating.