The massage on the belly makes sense. When our female cat was having kittens she had 1 and then her labor stalled for about 3 hours. For some reason I decided to rub her belly. Within 2 minutes she had kitten #2. She again stalled and I did it again. Kitten #3 was born a minute later. For kitten #4 I didn't wait as long as between #2 & #3 and he was born quickly. I notice when I massage my belly I start having contractions.
I’ve literally never known someone to interrupt someone else’s point with the word ABSOLUTELY so many times. Oh my god that was infuriating! Jo had really good points as well....