Can eating a curry start the process of labour? Just put the words “curry” and “labour” into Google and the results say yes. You’ll see lots of links to web sites that describe the phenomenon.
The “Second Nature Childbirth” web site lists eating a curry at number 12 in the ways to get the childbirth process under way. Check it out.
And the “Baby Centre” web site also has eating a curry as a way to start the labour process. See the article here.
But using curry to start labour is decried on the Baby World web site, according to this article. But I’d recommend not reading this article if you’ve got a sensitive disposition because it goes into some body functions pretty vividly.
Although it looks like eating a curry to start the labour process is an urban legend, or old wives’ tale, the media latch on to such events very quickly.
Such an example recently happened in a town near Brighton, on the south coast of England. A family and friends had just enjoyed a yummy lamb curry when Susannah, then 8 ½ months pregnant, went into labour. Amongst others, the story is related by The Argus (a local newspaper) and was even picked up by The Daily Express (a national UK newspaper) . But even if curry DOES induce labour, surely it couldn’t happen that quickly?
Here at Curry Focus, we’re not convinced that curry has any effect on the labour and childbirth process.
But if you do want to speed up the process, why not have a yummy curry? It will taste great, even if it doesn’t work.
