Pineapple?

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How much pineapple do you need to eat to help soften the cervix? I'm 35 wks and started eating a quarter fresh pineapple each day. Is that too much or not enough? And does it have to be fresh or can you use tinned version?

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You'd have to eat too many - your mouth would be raw.

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My midwife said I'd have to eat 7 pineapples to even remotely get something going.

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Not sure but I eat some every day! Along with dates. It's not like eating it is going to hurt anything. I wasn't dilated
Effaced or anything at one appointment. Started eating pineapple and dates every day and my next appointment I had cervical change happening. Could be completely ironic but whatever!

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I don't know, but I've eaten loads of pineapple since the beginning, and drank a LOT of pineapple juice because it's been one of my main cravings, and at 35w1d I was half a cm dilated, then at 37w4d 1cm and soft.

Semen does the same thing the pineapple is suppose to do though, so, have sex. Lol.

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Read a crazy post about actually squirting pineapple juice up in there. Lol
I won't judge, gotta try everything in the book!

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I don't think this truely works. I watched my sister in law eat so much pineapple in the end of her pregnancy and she still went 40w3d

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My widwife said there's no proof that pineapple helps. Try evening primrose oil and raspberry leaf tea. Oh and have sex, semen contains prostaglandin which helps.

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I tried this with my last child and all it did was send me to the toilet I ate the whole fresh pineapple

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I'm taking raspberry leaf tablets as well, I have SPD and I'm looking to do a VBAC so I need you give myself every chance to do things as natural as possible.