So last night I was sooo thirsty so I opened up a big can of pineapple juice and drank most it! Well less than an hour later OMG terrible pains, I mean I was crying and I thought this was it! I even called the hospital and they pretty much confirmed what I thought that I was having contractions and to start timing them! Well after about 3 hours of this I started to feel better but I was thirsty so guess what I drank more pineapple juice ... same story less than hour I am in terrible pain so I googled pineapple juice and pregnancy and this is what I found:
Pineapple Juice
Usage: There is an old wives' tale floating around that pineapple juice will help a fertilized egg implant. However, pineapple juice is not recommended for use in TTC and/or pregnancy. In large doses, it can cause uterine contractions and bring on spontaneous abortions (miscarriage).
Recommended Dosage: Drink only in small quantities, if at all.
Food Sources: Pineapples.
Side Effects: Large doses may cause uterine contractions, miscarriage, vomiting, diarrhea, skin rash, very heavy menstrual periods. Unripe pineapple is poisonous, causing excessive diarrhea.
Gahh don't I feel stupid! Out of all the labor starters and me being scared to try any I actually had never heard of this one BUT I will probably NEVER drink pineapple juice again! Thanks for checking out my rant! Just wanted to inform everyone! -Karen ↓
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| Name: oh_so_excites | Date: Jan 6th, 2007 3:58 PM |
| Haha Karen you are tooo much! I didn't know that about pineapple juice. Im not drinking it anymore either!! ↑ |
| Name: Logan | Date: Jan 6th, 2007 4:01 PM |
| Gosh to me it sounds that juice could have been old. Sometimes those cans can sit at the supermarket without the date stamped on them, Geez that is scary.... I cant drink it, its to acidy for me. ↑ |
| Name: tylersmom06 | Date: Jan 6th, 2007 4:03 PM |
| LOL! Girl I was flipping out and THEN figured out I was making myself have contractions... I felt so dumb... like gahh I did this to myself! Apparently its a big no no, in pregnancy and TTC... so I thought I would share my pain and ignorance... lol! :-) ↑ |
| Name: jillw | Date: Jan 6th, 2007 4:05 PM |
| OMG I was earing a can (a big one) of pineapples about 2 weeks ago and I started to feel crampy. I didn't think contractions at all, but just like I had diareah (sp) cramps for about an hour. I never even thought to put the two together. Man it is scary sometimes what we don't even think about. ↑ |
| Name: tylersmom06 | Date: Jan 6th, 2007 4:09 PM |
| I know... I really had no idea! I was freaked out... lol! Apparently it can cause misscarriages in early pregnancy and prevent eggs from fertilizing in TTC's soo yeah no more stinking Pineapple Juice for me! ↑ |
| Name: jillw | Date: Jan 6th, 2007 4:13 PM |
| I love pineapples though. Oh well I guess no pineapples until after the baby is born. I wonder if some women are more sensitive to this then others? ↑ |
| Name: tylersmom06 | Date: Jan 6th, 2007 4:17 PM |
| Could be? I know I reacted pretty bad to it! ↑ |
| Name: Logan | Date: Jan 6th, 2007 4:18 PM |
| I used to love pineapple juice and the actual fresh fruit but since my acid reflux or GERD I cannot have any, the acid of the fruit kills my stomach... ↑ |
| Name: jillw | Date: Jan 6th, 2007 4:20 PM |
| It is odd becuase I love fruit and veggies, but at the befinning of my pregnancy I couldn't stand the thought of eating fruit and only some veggies sounded good to me. Maybe this was natures way of keeping me away from pineapples LOL ↑ |
| Name: tylersmom06 | Date: Jan 6th, 2007 5:15 PM |
| No Coartney believe it or not I only had a little bit of apple juice left (I know right) so I was just gonna drink some Pineapple and boy did I pay for being a traitor... lol! :-) ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Jan 6th, 2007 5:46 PM |
| if i drink too much pinapple juice, i will get dirrahhea, but i love pinapple juice so much!! lol ↑ |
| Name: Thismakes2 | Date: Jan 6th, 2007 6:32 PM |
| That's crazy. I wish I would've known about this last night. I started to have contractions that were about 5 minutes apart but they stopped after about an hour. (I was so disapointed) Maybe a little pineapple would've sped em up a bit. ↑ |
| Name: Thismakes2 | Date: Jan 7th, 2007 3:03 AM |
| Okay, don't get mad but I read this post this morning and I ate a can of pineapples...... nothing happened to me though!!! I just wanted to see if my body was ready to go into labor if I could give those contractions a little push. I guess I'm just not ready to go yet! : ( Maybe I should've gotten the juice. ↑ |
| Name: Lizzi | Date: Jan 7th, 2007 3:09 AM |
| Name: tylersmom06 | Date: Jan 7th, 2007 3:59 AM |
| Thismakes2.. lord I think I drank like 20 oz at a time... makes me sick to even think about it! I can't believe you tried it... lol! ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Jan 7th, 2007 9:11 AM |
| haha i cant even stand eating the fruit, but i do love pineapple banana orange juice haha but i think thats a little different lol ↑ |
| Name: tylersmom06 | Date: Jan 7th, 2007 10:02 AM |
| HA HA Coart I tell you it was not out of love for the fruit but I was sooooo thirsty at the time that sounded good! ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Jan 7th, 2007 11:32 AM |
| i like anythng that is sweet and ice cold most of the time, it could be ice cold pepto and ill chug it like water haha.. ↑ |
| Name: breemichelle | Date: Jan 8th, 2007 12:52 AM |
| Wait, is this only straight pineapple juice or can I still drink some Dole strawberry orange pineapple stuff? And what about the actual fruit? It's my favorite! Or is small quantities ok? ↑ |
| Name: tylersmom06 | Date: Jan 8th, 2007 12:57 AM |
| What I drank was out of one of those really big cans! Do a google on pineapple/ pineapple juice and pregnancy... what I found was not good! But it did say that the contractions come from drinking lots of it! ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Jan 8th, 2007 1:00 AM |
| i think its straight pineapple juice, in most mixed juices like you mentioned its mainly orange, its my fave though too .. but the fruit you should eat in very small amounts to lessen the risks ↑ |
| Name: connie | Date: Jan 8th, 2007 1:32 AM |
| I just ate a couple of pieces.Yummy!! ↑ |
| Name: A Mom To Be | Date: Jan 8th, 2007 2:30 AM |
| I have 2 -3 small glasses of orange/pineapple juice so I guess if I am TTC that this is a bad idea. Thanks. ↑ |
| Name: A Mom To Be | Date: Jan 8th, 2007 2:38 AM |
| tylersmom06 I am so confused as I have just returned after 3 + weeks and I know names but forgotten everyones status, I forgot if you had miscarried, were TTC, or how far along you are. Please update me. - A Very Confused, A Mom (some day) to Be ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Jan 8th, 2007 2:50 AM |
| since she is MIA right now, she is pregnant, she is having a girl and is due for her csection in about two weeks, roughly. ↑ |
| Name: tylersmom06 | Date: Jan 8th, 2007 3:19 AM |
| Yes- what Coartney said! I am 36 weeks and I am having a C-section in about 2 weeks! :-) ↑ |
| Name: A Mom To Be | Date: Jan 8th, 2007 5:23 AM |
| Best wishes for you over the coming month. How exciting. ↑ |
| Name: amberlyn | Date: Jan 8th, 2007 5:26 AM |
| My son was 2 weeks late. I think I am going to stock up on Pineapple juice because we tried everything else with no luck. Thanks for sharing the tip ↑ |
| Name: HelloMommies | Date: Jan 9th, 2007 1:25 AM |
This may be an old wive's tale but it still sounds scary.
What's even more scary is that I was craving pineapple yesterday so I had a small can and drank the accompanied juice. I'm only 9 wks, though. Hope it's not something that my body is trying to tell me subconcieously. ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Jan 9th, 2007 1:28 AM |
| i get the fresh pineapple from Publix all the tiem, i love frit more now since im pregnant and i love it and Tyler (my baby in my belly) loves it too well he dosnt disagree that is lol ↑ |
| Name: tylersmom06 | Date: Jan 9th, 2007 1:29 AM |
| You should be fine :-) Everything I read said it takes a large amount to cause contractions, which I drank... hehe! Dont even worry about you craving it! I am sure it was just a craving and nothing more! Think positive! LOL! ↑ |
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