The Effect of Dates and Castor Oil on the Initiation of Spontaneous Labor in Primigravida Parturients

Inclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women who come to the obstetrical emergency department for normal check up between 39+4 and 40+2 weeks of gestation * Primipara * Bishop cervical score below 5 * Low risk pregnancy * Singleton pregnancy * Vertex presentation * Women who haven't consumed dates over once a week in month prior the checkup and haven't consumed castor oil prior to enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: * Any medical indication for labor induction * Regular contractions * Premature rupture of membranes * Women who consumed dates over once a week in month prior the checkup or consumed castor oil prior to enrollment.