there are two common things that most of us want when we're pregnant one we want the smooth
delivery of a healthy baby and the second is we really don't want to go past our due date now
these two things are highly desirable and when there are viral Tick Tock videos or discussions
inside of a due date Forum or Reddit bump group about something that could help you achieve both
of these things well this is a topic that of course we've got to cover here on this channel
okra water is the latest Trend that's becoming popular for numerous reasons for everything from
ovulation to high blood pressure but if you haven't heard of ocher water we're going to
back up a little bit and talk about what it is so when people describe okra water what they're
really referring to is water containing chopped okra this water has been sitting overnight usually
in a glass container now I'm back home in Atlanta so I thought it is a perfect time to make a batch
of okra water and we're going to answer some of these common questions about this phenomenon
the most common recipe for making okra water is really super simple you get fresh okra you slice
it up and you cover it up with water and let it sit overnight now most okra water recipes that I
found recommend fresh okra so if you don't live in the southern U.S states you might have a difficult
time finding fresh okra so if you're wondering if frozen okra can be used to make okra water
unfortunately I really have no idea but what I did is I made myself a batch of fresh okra water and
I let it sit overnight and I'm going to get back to you at the end of my video with my thoughts on
what it's like and what it tastes like this okra water concoction you have to make it yourself so
you can't currently go to the store and buy okra water in a grocery store so don't don't
spend your time trying to find that so let's get to the effects of drinking the okra water now if
you aren't new to the channel then you're gonna know that I believe in Sharing evidence-based
information and unfortunately there really isn't a lot of research about okra water so we don't have
any hard science saying drinking oak or water will induce labor or drinking okra water will
help us have a smooth delivery now of course if you're looking to find okra water success
stories you're definitely going to find them I did a quick search and found so many reports
on the magic of okra water now if you're like me you're probably wondering will okra water prevent
tearing because that's another thing that people say that the magic of okra water does and does
okra water induce labor now the the unfortunate truth here is that when someone reports that
drinking okra water prevented them from tearing they really don't have any evidence that it
was that particular thing that did the trick perhaps they weren't going to tear anyway right
and you might think that tearing happens to everyone during birth but that's really not
the case so without that hard research we're kind of left with the idea that it could work
and it probably won't hurt now depending upon how you feel about this outcome you could choose to
drink the water or choose just good either way if you don't tear you won't reliably be able to say
it's because of the fact that you drank the okra water if it is something that you want to try in
order to give yourself all the chances then that's a decision that you certainly can make
now when it comes to going past your due date let me say that it is a huge challenge I hate
to be the bearer of bad news but if okra water was really that effective and naturally inducing
labor then everyone would know about it all pregnant women would be talking about it there
wouldn't be any need for medical induction of Labor because okra water would be the go-to
method of induction here again we can put okra water for labor induction into the category of
it might work but if it does you probably won't ever know that that was the reason that being
said staying hydrated while pregnant is a really good thing and it should not hurt if you want to
give this method a try so it's now been nearly 20 hours since I made this okra water as you can see
from the consistency it is quite a bit slimy I was very curious if there was a slime factor that you
often get when you cook okra and it looks like there is and since I have my two daughters and
my mom with me we are all three going to give you a taste we're all gonna do a taste test on this
okra water let's see how that goes okay so we've poured the glasses no one is excited about it
but we're gonna do it three generations here got my mom and my daughters I wrote
them into this taste test are we ready should we do a cheers cheers sure okay let's do it oh
it's not as bad as I thought it was what do you think no I don't like the text it's a little slimy
if you like little Shrugged it if you could take a shot of tequila you can drink right that's a good
quote though it's just kind of um kind of like earthy yeah it kind of has a film on my lips now