fresh pineapple - myth of fact??

[StripyMouse]

I have heard that eating fresh pineapple can bring on labour - does anyone know if this is true or just a myth? If there is some truth in it, is it a food that pregnant women should avoid apart from in the last fews weeks? I wonder if canned pineapple is also a possibility?
I love fresh fruit salad but am wary of touching it until I know how risky it is!! Thanks for any ideas.

with dd I ate a whole pinapple and went into labour the next day 7 days early thought great so iv done the same several tines this tine and nothing im 40+5 and think it must have been a coincidence!!!

Same here Emsgale, I had ds at 40+2 a few hours after eating a whole one so was convinced it worked but having eaten 4 in the last week I've changed my mind!

I was a week overdue and fed up. I ate THREE whole pineapples in a row. I went into labour that night.

I have never been able to enjoy pineapple since.

@ pip...now avoiding hotmail in case of early labour!!!

they eat pineapple in India throughout their pregnancies I was told by friend who grew up there...

It's all lies!!!

After my due date past I was eating 3 ( yes, 3) pineapples a day.

I went 12 days overdue before ds2 decided he wanted to come out.

They come when they're good and ready. And after trying every trick in the book last time I will never change my mind on the fact that they come out when is best for them.

Good luck!

I ate several pineapples in the days post due date, but never felt that they had any effect at all. Thought i do love pineapple, so not exactly a challenge.

The night after a hot jalfrezi from the local curry house, i felt some action (much to my relief at 40+9), and my little lady was on her way the next day. I do feel the curry had a good effect on warming up the system and encouraging her to make an appearance, but hard to day for sure of course!

Absolute bullcack

The amount of pineapple that u have to eat is daft. And u have to eat the skin and leaves too

Baby will come when ready

In my view it's utter bollocks. The overwhelming majority of people who say that eating fresh pineapple brought on their labour are "coincidentally" within the 37-42 week window anyway.

Now, what's the most likely factor that will aid the onset of labour? Being classified as full-term or eating a pineapple?

when I go into labour I'm hoping to be doing some housework so can therefore avoid said housework in any future pregnancies just in case it brings on labour :)