Week 37 red dates or coconut water?
Hearsay consuming red dates 6pcs a day can help to soften up the cervix and prevent tearing, but also hearsay drink coconut daily can help to have smooth delivery. Red dates is heaty and coconut is very cooling. So which one you guys consumed?
I have just started on coconut. Many mummy friends have highly recommended coconut from 35/36 weeks onwards around 3 times a week. They say baby will come out ‘clean’ with little to none of those waxy slimey coating. And some also won’t have peeling skin. 😅 I’m not sure cuz I’m a FTM so just following. But coconut do actually taste quite refreshing (I bought the whole coconut kind, not the bottled one). It’s full of electrolytes so it will prevent muscle cramps and dehydration so it’s actually good for pregnancy. But Chinese saying is coconut is ‘cooling’ so if you always have like spotting/ bleeding symptoms etc then better not take. I heard of eating dates and raspberry leaf tea but these are more western practices.
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