Can you starve the baby out?

[megandb]

I've read that labour is triggered when the baby's energy demand exceeds what the mother can supply. If we accept this theory (and it's not the only one), does it follow that fasting would encourage them to take the plunge?
Given how desperate most women are to try anything to get it over with beyond a certain point, I'm surprised I can't find any discussion of this idea. There's a bit of research and chat around whether it's safe to fast for religious reasons during pregnancy but that's it.
Obviously once labour starts you need all your energy, so for this or other reasons it might be a terrible idea. I'm just curious if anyone has any thoughts.

Labour is triggered in part when your baby’s lungs have matured fully. They release surfactant into the amniotic fluid which triggers contractions.

So unless you want a baby that struggles to breathe, I’d say stop being so utterly ridiculous.

Might increase danger of long term health problems or death for both mum and baby.

Will not bring on labour.

The placenta is a very efficient organ. It is genetically partly made of cells that are part of the original cluster of fetal cells from a week or so after fertilisation, before the rough sphere starts coming into any kind of approximation of a baby a portion of the cells mingle with cells from the womb lining to grow into a very effective interface with the maternal metabolism, stripping the mother's blood of every nutrient the baby needs and sending out hormones that will cause the mothers own bones and muscles to deteriorate if the baby needs those substances and can't get enough from the readily available nutrition in the blood stream from digestion.

But the placenta isn't able to function longer than 9 months and will stop working sooner or later and that should usually help labour start - but labour can be triggered sooner than that for other reasons and won't always be triggered by placental failure. You can't trigger placental failure by not eating and shouldn't try by any other means and even if you could it would be a really really bad idea.

I had a horrible stomach bug when I was pregnant, all I had was water and a bit of lucozade for three days then built up to some soup and toast. Didn’t go into labour and baby was fine- presumably used my (ample!) energy stores

Er I don’t think this is a thing. But I will just say I fasted for an ELCS but went into labour the morning I was due to have it. Labouring, giving birth (and haemorrhaging) on a fast is hard! As much energy as possible required!

Women should feel lucky they go full term not try ways to force the baby out.
Never heard of this, bad idea to mess with your baby only doctors should be the ones to start labour if needed.