IRCT201304072956N4 IRCT 2013-06-28 Mashhad Universityof Medical Sciences The effect of late pregnancy consumption of date fruit on onset of labor The effect of late pregnancy consumption of date fruit on onset of labor in nulliparous women 2013-04-09 anticipated 210 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/2850 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Other. N/A Pregnancy. Intervention 1: After explanation and enrolment in the study, women were asked to participate in one of two groups.The first group of women were given a supply of date fruit and instructed to take 70-75gr per day until the onset of labour pains, and to keep a note of their intake. Mothers monitor weekly. If labor does not start until 40 weeks, mothers are asked refer to hospital to do tests for assessment of fetal well being. If there is no problem mothers control up to 41 weeks. If no onset of labor until 41 weeks of pregnancy terminat. Finally, the onset of labor in the two groups are compared. Intervention 2: The second group of women were not given date fruit and were asked to abstain from consuming date fruits for the period of the study, but were otherwise monitored and given the same care as the first group.