Pregnant woman says eating popular Chick-fil-A item helped her go into labor
A pregnant woman says he was able to induce labor after drinking a Chick-fil-A cookies and cream milkshake.
Anna Lundy, 28, went viral on TikTok after posting video detail of the experience.
“At my 40-week OB appointment I was only 1 cm dilated, and it took over a week of hardcore trying to get things moving naturally,” Lundy shared Fox News.
The mother of three then received a TikTok from a friend showing a woman whose water broke after drinking a Chick-fil-A milkshake.
So Lundy decided to give it a try – and was amazed by the results.
“My daughter was born the next morning,” she wrote on TikTok.
Anna Lundy, 28, claimed a Chick-fil-A cookies and cream milkshake caused her labor
Lundy claimed in her August 2 video that her contractions started “less than two hours” after she finished the shake.
“Nothing warranted any sign of labor, and then at 10:05 am [a] Wednesday morning I had a Chick-fil-A milkshake, and within 30-45 minutes… I went into labor,” she told Fox News.
Although her contractions started quickly, Lundy said her early labor lasted about 10 hours before she went to the hospital.
the Florida-based mother said that her doctor arrived at 8 a.m. the next day and told her that the baby was “literally about to fall out of her.”
Lundy was over 40 weeks pregnant when she decided to try the milkshake 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, she also took long walks, bounced on a ball, went to a chiropractor, visited an acupuncturist and got a massage.
While the 28-year-old seems determined to believe that the milkshake caused her to go into labor, a medical professional had other ideas.
“This will not help you give birth and will not cause early (preterm) labor,” Dr. Greg Marchand, Arizona-based gynecologist, told Fox News.
Several medical experts claimed that milkshakes 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 induce labor,” explained Dr. Marchand out.
‘Phytoestrogens and isoflavones are found in many foods, but are especially abundant in soy.’
Lauren F. Streicher, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, also believes that Lundy’s milkshake “didn’t have magical induction powers.”
“Every year there is something else emerging as a ‘labor-inducing’ food,” Streicher told Fox News.
“The reality is that women who try to induce labor are already full term or late, and statistically many of them will go into labor regardless of whether they ingest a milkshake or not.”
A 2024 study conducted by BabyCenter concluded that 49 percent of their pregnant readers craved sweet treats.
Among the coveted goods were sour candies, tacos, cheesecake and milkshakes.
A 2024 survey conducted by BabyCenter found that 49 percent of pregnant readers craved foods such as sweet treats
At least three commenters on Lundy’s TikTok post claimed that milkshakes caused them to go into labor.
‘This happened before my first! At first I thought my lactose intolerance was kicking in and then BOOM… baby!,” one person wrote.
Another replied: “I drank the banana pudding milkshake [Chick-fil-A] During the birth I went from 4 cm to pushing in no time.’