Eating Dates help with Labour ??

Question

So I've doing some research and there seems to be a lot women of claiming eating dates regularly helped with spontaneous labour , shortening of labour time. I'm a VBAC candidate , so if I don't spontaneously go into labour,  I will end up with another C section as they will not risk an induction.
Anyone here have any positive experience with eating dates and having spontaneous labour and easier labouring ?
Thanks

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You can eat them... But there is no solid evidence it works. These women who claim it can base it only on the fact that they ate them and had smoother labor, but they don't know if it would have been not smooth, if they didn't ate them... You need control group studies to proove these things not experience.

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I've read the following paper which indicates it can shorten the first phase of labour. Hoping that's true. Starting my date smoothies today. If not then at least they are good for you.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5637148/#:~:text=%5B11%2C12%5D%20Results%20of,in%20the%20group%20consuming%20dates.

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I ate them every day for about 5 weeks leading up to labor with my first. My water broke at 40+4 and my labor was 18.5 hours. I don’t think they helped at all. Since I truly hate them with a fiery passion, I didn’t bother with my second.

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Dates soften the cervix for dilation. Not induce labor. In most cases an induction is safer for you than a RCS. Id question your doctor on how supportive they are of a vbac

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I ate dates Friday afternoon after being checked. I was 1cm. Had spottings after, but gave birth Sunday morning. I don't think the dates helped much. What I did that helped with my labor was to walk around the house.

Eating Dates help with Labour ??

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