Pregnancy and Spicy food???

Question

To induce labor am I supposed to eat Spicy Hot food or Spicy food as in has a lot of different spices?

Answer 1

LOL! I've never heard that! it's funny how all these old wives tales come around!  pretty much nothing will help! your baby will come when he/she is ready! the thing i did was walking, and i think it may of  got the ball rolling, but in no means induced my labor, gosh the last month of pregnancy is a rough one  :( i wish you luck (spicy food did nothing but give me heartburn)

Answer 2

Ugh... dont get me started.. Neither.

They dont work! :[

I have tried everything from spicy foods to chinese to pinapple.

Nothing works... Im still trying to face the fact that hes ready when hes ready... It sucks..

Good luck and if you find something that works let me know!

Answer 3

FALSE!!! I am Mexican and I eat Salsa and Tabascco ... Every day with every meal and i am still only having Braxton Hicks and no sign of early delivery ... I am 37 weeks pregnant and I have been eating spicy food all through out my pregnancy ... of course the heart burn is killing me but I am an addict!! haha~

good luck!  

Answer 4

Nope, none of that stuff works. Spicy food, s*x, walking, whatever. It just has to happen on it's own or with help from the doctor.  

Answer 5

That isn't true. To induce labor you should do a LOT of walking and/or have s*x. My friend had to do that.

Answer 6

That's mostly all I ate with my last pregnancy..didn't do anything for labor but it's what I craved all the time.

Answer 7

spicy as in really hot like indian food.doubt it works though.good luck!!

Answer 8

Yes, The baby's reaction to it, is something akin to, 'LET ME OUT!!!!'.

Answer 9

i dont think spicy food makes you go into labor old wifes tale i think.... s*x and walking normally does the trick... good luck

Answer 10

WALKING AND s*x  ;)  Spicy food will just upset your tummy tum, not fun during the last weeks of your pregnancy. Try primrose oil too, you can get it at the health food store. But I read that it takes several weeks to really start working. Good luck. :)

Answer 11

Spicy food will just give you heartburn and thats no fun. Try s*x seriously it works. Walking helps alot as well to bring the baby down.

Answer 12

You can eat as much spicy or hot food as you want, but it is no guarentee to induce labor.    

Answer 13

Iv herd of this but personally for me it did not work. I did read that's it has worked for some people though. I believe that the baby has to be on its way or ready to come out for it to actually work. I'm 38 weeks pregnant with a little girl and I want her out so bad so i tried to find natural ways to induce labor and I read

spicy food

s*x

walking

Castro oil

are all things that help induce labor but i have tried all of them, if wanting to induce labor I would try something like s*x i believe this works for a lot of people.