Sefer HaMiddot, Difficulty in Childbirth/ספר המדות·קשוי לילד

1A woman who eats radishes during pregnancy will have difficulty giving birth.

2Giving a woman to drink from the waters of seven wells is a segulah for preventing difficulty in childbirth.

3[Other segulot that are beneficial for alleviating difficulties in childbirth are:] keeping her other children out of the house during labor,

4whispering the letters of the Holy Name SaG (Yud Vav Dalet, Heh Yud, Vav Aleph Vav, Heh Yud) into her ear,

5not placing her bed in the western or southern part of the room,

6and putting around her neck some bitter herbs leftover [from the Passover Seder].

7Whispering into a woman’s ear the letters peh aleph, vav aleph vav, ayin yud nun, heh aleph is also [a segulah for easing the difficulties of childbirth].