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pineapple to help labor.

I'm ladies! I'm 39+2 days and 3.5cm and everyone said to eat pineapple! so I got some pineapple, but how much should I eat?
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1794093 tn?1357930759
it  has bromelain which is the enzyme that can *possibly* induce labor.... which is what gets destroid in the canning process
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2020005 tn?1628125976
I didn't eat fresh pineapple and it put me into labor? Mine was canned, and I ate one big can, went into labor that night, and it was not coincidence because my OB checked me earlier that day for dilation and I wasn't dilated at all, by 10am the next day I was 4cms.
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My doc said either canned or fresh would work. So I'm trying the canned.
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2020005 tn?1628125976
And not all of the bromelain is destroyed during the canning process, just some of it is when the pineapple is heated.
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2020005 tn?1628125976
Canned worked for me jdreyn, and my cousin because she told me!! So it's worth a shot! :)
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1816154 tn?1463430018
oh=) im going to try this when i am further along=)). im only 28w4d pregnant. so in like 8.5 more weeks i will try this or later like when im 38 or 39 weeks. but what is the best week to try this?? im trying for a VBA2C so im really sure if (EPO) Evening primrose oil is that safe with c-section scar.
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