A pregnant woman says she was able to induce labor after drinking a cookies and cream shake from Chick-fil-A.
Anna Lundy, 28, went viral on TikTok after posting a video detailing the experience.
“At my 40-week OB appointment, I was only 1cm dilated, and this was over a week of trying hard to get things moving naturally,” Lundy said. fox news.
Then, the mother of three received a TikTok from a friend showing a woman whose water broke after drinking a Chick-fil-A milkshake.
So Lundy decided to try it and was surprised with the results.
“My daughter was born the next morning,” he wrote on TikTok.
Anna Lundy, 28, claimed a cookies and cream shake from Chick-fil-A induced labor.
Lundy claimed in her August 2 video that her contractions started “not even 2 hours” after finishing the smoothie.
“Nothing warranted any signs of labor, and then at 10:05 a.m. Wednesday morning, I had a shake from Chick-fil-A, and within 30 to 45 minutes… I’m having contractions,” she told FoxNews. .
Although her contractions started quickly, Lundy said her early labor lasted about 10 hours before she went to the hospital.
The mother who lives in Florida said that her doctor came at 8 a.m. the next day and told her the baby was “literally about to fall out.”
Lundy was more than 40 weeks pregnant when she decided to try the shake method. She said her contractions started less than two hours later.
Lundy explained that she also tried to induce labor by eating dates and drinking red raspberry leaf tea.
In addition to eating and drinking, I also took long walks, jumped on a ball, went to the chiropractor, saw an acupuncturist, and got a massage.
While the 28-year-old seems determined to believe the smoothie caused her to go into labor, a medical professional thought otherwise.
“This will not help you go into labor and will not cause premature labor,” Dr. Greg Marchand, an Arizona-based obstetrician and gynecologist, told Fox News.
Several medical experts stated that shakes do not induce labor
“The theory here is that phytoestrogens and isoflavones may increase the sensitivity of the uterus to oxytocin and other substances that trigger labor,” Dr. Marchand explained.
“Phytoestrogens and isoflavones are found in many foods, but they are especially abundant in soybeans.”
Lauren F. Streicher, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, also believes that Lundy’s shake “didn’t have magical induction powers.”
“Every year there is something else that is considered a ‘work-inducing’ food,” Streicher told Fox News.
“The reality is that women who try to induce labor are either full term or overdue, and statistically, many will go into labor whether they drink a shake or not.”
A 2024 study by BabyCenter concluded that 49 percent of its pregnant readers craved sweets.
Among the most desired products were sour candies, tacos, cheesecake and milkshakes.
A 2024 study by BabyCenter found that 49 percent of their pregnant readers craved foods like sweets.
At least three commenters on Lundy’s TikTok post claimed that the smoothies induced labor.
‘This happened for the first time! At first I thought my lactose intolerance was getting worse and then BOOM….baby out!’ one wrote.
Another responded: “I drank the banana pudding shake from (Chick-fil-A) while I was in labor; I went from 4 cm to pushing in no time.”
