Dates and labor

Jessica • Married to my main squeeze for five years. Momma to two feisty girls (8 months & 4years).
I just found a really good article that linked eating 6 dates a day for the final 4 weeks allows you to dilate on your own, reduces the need to use pitocin, shortens labor time, and if you do not get pitocin it improves the healing process... So I just bought 2lbs.
http://thepeacefulbirthproject.org/2013/10/ancient-wisdom-and-research-agree-amazing-fruit-eases-labor-and-prevents-postpartum-hemorrhage/
There are a bunch of studies on it but this is the best brief overview of the benefits