The study found that eating dates during the last month of pregnancy had at least the following…
The study found that eating dates during the last month of pregnancy had at least the following beneficial effects:
Cervical dilation of the date-eaters upon admission to the hospital was higher than that of the control group.
Spontaneous labor occurred more frequently in the date-eating group than in the control group.
Women who ate dates had a lower chance of needing prostin or oxytocin during labor. These hormones are used to induce labor.
The first stage of labor for the date-eaters was also significantly shorter than the non-date-eaters.
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What do dates taste like?
Shae·
@girlmom. Mmmm its hard to explain. They are sweet
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@motherof3nigerianprincesses, does HEB have some?
Shae·
@girlmom. You can get them at heb
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@motherof3nigerianprincesses, I’ll have to remember this! I want to do everything possible to have a smoother labor.
Shae·
@girlmom. It says to eat six a day! And there's research behind it and I know women that actually says it works
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@motherof3nigerianprincesses, I have 2 weeks till my last month 😳 I’m also going to do the evening primrose oil, bounce on a ball, and of course lots of sex
Shae·
@girlmom. They also have fiber and helps lower your chance of preeclampsia
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@motherof3nigerianprincesses, don’t have to worry about high blood pressure as I have low blood pressure 😒
Shae·
@girlmom. Ooh I forgot you're getting induced 😱 what date?
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April 25th but I’m pretty sure I’m not going to be it. My doc thinks I’ll only make it till 37 weeks. So he wants my cervix ready for she doesn’t go into distress
Shae·
@girlmom. So around like 36-37 weeks you think you'll have her
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@motherof3nigerianprincesses, yeah pretty sure. But only she knows when she’s ready but I’m going to do everything to not have a hard labor 😁
Shae·
@girlmom. Lol me too. Ive eaten two dates for today. Next week I'll start doing 3 a day then at 34 weeks I'm going to 6 a day. I want her here at 38 weeks
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@motherof3nigerianprincesses, get a yoga ball to start bouncing on!
Shae·
@girlmom. Oh I already started that!
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@motherof3nigerianprincesses, I need to have Marcus blow mine up!
Shae·
@girlmom. I used a mattress air pump lol
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@motherof3nigerianprincesses, don’t have one of those 😒 but the ball came with a foot pump but I can’t pump it that long 😂
Shae·
@girlmom. Did you get from Walmart they were on sale for $8. I started using the foot pump with my hands and was like forget this 😂
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@motherof3nigerianprincesses, no I got it at Academy, I didn’t even know wal mart had them 😒
Shae·
@girlmom. Girl yes in the exercise area
Shae·
@muslimomx3 and who know with all the health benefits! I guess he knew lol
Shae·
@muslimomx3 I need some recipes to cook with them
Shae·
@muslimomx3 also in September the largest Islamic convention is going to be in Houston!! I'm so excited!
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Мама двоих (младенец), ждёт третьего
I always try to eat dates when pregnant and after but just realized that I’m allergic to them and it’s not going away. Lol
Shae·
@naylaa aww that's horrible!
naylaa·
Мама двоих (младенец), ждёт третьего
@motherof3nigerianprincesses, lol yeah I’m allergic to almost everything though so it’s no surprise
Shae·
@naylaa I wouldn't know what I'd do if I was allergic to everything 😐