The drink to increase contractions is red raspberry leaf tea which can help to increase your contractions and encourage labor.
Red raspberry leaf tea is known to boost the blood flow to your uterus and can trigger contractions to start.
You can make contractions come faster and help to induce labor by having sex and through other sexual activity, especially by having an orgasm, which can release oxytocin, which can help jumpstart the uterine contractions naturally.
Other things that could help make contractions come faster are sexual intercourse, eating spicy foods, exercise and nipple stimulation.
Even walking around, taking a warm bath, breathing and relaxation techniques can also help to get your contractions to come faster.
To calm down early contractions, you can move and change positions as you need to, but don't stay lying down and instead try to walk around between the contractions.
And then relax and breathe slowly and try taking a warm shower or bath.
Warm water has been shown to help with reducing the achy pains in early labor and contractions.
And try to remain upright and active, which helps the body to move into a good position and to move down into your pelvis and always eat and drink small and light and high in carbohydrates.
When you're in labor, ice chips can also help provide you with hydration and a cooling sensation, which can also be comforting to you during the physical exertion that occurs during labor.
Traditionally women in labor were often restricted to only ice chips during labor, but now current guidelines are also becoming much more liberal and also now allows for drinking clear liquids and in some cases even light meals.
Ice chips provide you a good way of staying hydrated, without overwhelming your stomach, especially when any solid food is restricted.
And the cooling sensation of the ice chips also are soothing during the contractions during labor and helps to manage any discomfort.
And ice chips are a low risk option for hydration, especially when compared to larger volumes of liquids or solid foods which could result in aspiration or inhaling of food or liquid into the lungs.
When I was in labor I used ice chips, although some women may need more than just the ice chips for hydration during labor.
If you need more than just ice chips during labor your doctor can help you get something more suitable along with the ice chips if needed.