Eggplant Parmigiana Babies

Annabelle Green was born January 23rd, 2008 the day after mom ate the eggplant Parmigiana!

Here is a picture of our "Eggplant Baby". Cailin Bohm was born February 18, 2008. My husband and I ate dinner at Scalini's on February 17, and obviously I had the eggplant parmigiana. Less than 3 hours after finishing dinner, I went into labor. Cailin was born less than 24 hours later. Thanks for the great dinner and the kickstart to my labor. - Susan Bohm

I was skeptical at first but now I'm convinced! My wife sent me the recipe and story because she thought it was funny. I tempted fate and cooked it for her two weeks before her due date. She had leftovers for lunch the next day and 12 hours later we were in the hospital! Twelve hours after that we welcomed our new daughter into the world. I think there actually might be something to this legend! - Kevin Schully

My family and I went to eat at Scalini's on my due date Monday February 18. (I was having no signs of delivering anytime soon). I had the Eggplant Parmesan and went into labor later that night. Progression was slow (we bought the long plan, as my midwife said) but Skyla Jean Crenshaw was born 48 hours later on February 20 at 5:12 p.m.

Thank You Scalini's!!! - Laura Normand

Greetings! Attached is a photo of Ava Marie Schroll, born 4/14 at 7:06 am. Mom and Dad made your delicious Eggplant Parmesan for dinner on 4/12, had leftovers for lunch on 4/13, an Mom went into labor that same night! Thanks, Scalini's!

Regards, Karl, Maggie and Ava Schroll

My husband and I made this recipe at home on 7/26/05. We ate at 9:00pm and my water breaking woke me up at 2:48am on 7/27/08. We had a beautiful baby boy 14 hours later. I have since given the recipe to 2 other of my friends, one went in to labor within an hour and the other in 5 hours. There is definitely something to this.

Regards, The Strauss'

Thank you for your terrific recipe! My second child was born at 2:44am on July 9th, 2008! I made your recipe at 8pm on July 8th and started labor at 12:30am on July 9th. Baby was born in 2 hours! :) Thanks again!

Alice Choi

Chase was born 1/19/08. My husband did some research on recipes that would induce labor and he found your recipe for the Eggplant Parm. He does not cook very well and actually hardly ever but spent many hours in the kitchen cooking in hopes that this would actually work for us. He did not even like it and would not eat it after it was finished but I did not want to upset him after all his work so I ate my helping and even ate seconds.

The next a.m. when we got up I felt weird. I called the doctor and they wanted me to come in to the office to get checked out and I was in labor less than 12 hours after eating the eggplant parm.

We are now pregnant with our second baby boy and I will definitely try this again!!!

Thank you, Kelly Morgan

Lucas Alton was born on June 29th at 8:28 am. A friend of mine made Eggplant parmesan with me on a Friday afternoon and I had a monster portion for dinner. I woke up at 4 a.m. the next morning in labor and my son was born 28 1/2 hours later! I didn't think anything would make this baby come out- he was 11 days late- but your recipe did it. Not only is it delicious, but it is effective too. Thanks Scalini's!

Michelle P

Hello! My name is Kate, and I am a Scalini's Eggplant Parmigiana Baby! My mother was five days overdue with me and was willing to try just about anything at that point. She had Scalini's eggplant parmigiana at 6:30 p.m. on May 31, 2008, and went into labor with me 7 hours later at 1:30 a.m. on June 1. I was born later that afternoon.

Thanks, Scalini's, for our beautiful eggplant baby!

Lisa B

My husband and I went to Scalini's for dinner on 4/20/08. I ordered the eggplant parmigiana and ate every bite of it. Irregular contractions started on 4/21/08. By 3:00 a.m. on 4/22/08, we were on our way to the hospital. Our eggplant parmigiana baby, Jonathan, was born on 4/22/08 at 1:02 p.m., less than 48 hours after mommy ate the famous dish. I'm a believer!

Tabitha B.

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