Induction via Pineapple

[Heaven]

Seriously

At my appointment today the midwife was telling me about natural induction methods and he said one way is to eat a whole pineapple!!!! I thought he was joking at first but he was serious. He said something about the enzymes in pineapple helping.

Has anyone else heard of this?? Anyone started things off with a big juicy pineapple? lol.

[sneakysparkle]

There were a few in my belly buddies trying the pineapple thing but I dont think anyone went into labour cos of it!
Didnt work for me, although I didnt quite eat a whole one...

[Arimeh]

Gave me BH but obviously didn't work for me!!

I'll definitely try it again next time round though.

[~Kim~]

teo of the detectives at work swear by this method...they are both male but promise this made thier wives go into labour...

[HotI]

I recommended it to a friend's friend two weeks ago. She ate pineapple that afternoon and went into labour a couple hours later. I was impressed!

I looooove pineapple

[satya]

I remember hearing that you have to eat 3 or 4 pineapples to make it work.

[Heaven]

LOL, it seems so funny, a pineapple, seriously.
Who cares though, I'm going to get me some pineapple!! lol. I love it anyway, actually I think I could eat a whole one. Although the heartburn might not be so great.

ETA- satya, I don't think I could eat 3 or 4 lol

[LimeSlice]

never heard of it, but go nuts! Surely cant hurt!

Good luck, I just hope you dont get mouth ulcers!

[{sarah}]

Papaya have the same enzyme, so you can try them too Having said that I was eating close to a pineapple a day near the end of my pregnancy & I still ending up going 10 days over.

[Ginger]

i'm going to buy 3 pineapples tomorrow

do you think pineapple donuts count?

[Oorki Galoorki]

rainforest yeah it counts! haha
and get those pineapple lollies too!!

[Nai]

Oooh heartburn :S

[Mumma2three]

I spent the day of my labour eating pineapple and doing nipple stimulation!! Worked for me, and DD was 8 days early, so i really wanted her to come that day! Go for it! xo

[Nai]

Can you alternate pineapple with Zantac? If so, I'm going up to the fruit shop now!!

[HotI]

Do you reckon this means you should avoid pineapple if you are not ready for bub to come yet?

[Pandora]

ooooh i cant eat pineapple...for some reason it tastes like cheese (which I like, so not sure why pinapple cheese taste is not good). And the juice is worse.
Still when the time comes I may consider it..

[squidipa]

in the hot weather that's all i ate was pineapple and i gotta tell ya with all the pineapple i ate it didn't help me. It wasn't intill after i gave birth someone told me pineapple helps but i didn't know that before so it was uselss for me sorry!

[LimeSlice]

pmsl....pineapple cheese