What is in the papaya fruit that will be harmful to the baby inside?

Have a look at this website and it will put your mind at rest http://www.buzzle.com/articles/is-it-safe-to-eat-papaya-during-pregnancy.html Basically it is telling you that papaya is good for you and that if you eat ripe papaya it will not cause any damage to your baby, in fact it will be beneficial. It is only UNRIPE papya that can cause a problem

Your office mate must be crazy. How could papaya, a very nutritious fruit could be abortive? It can surely cure constipation but never will it ever abort a baby. How stupid of one to believe that false notion. When I was pregnant I have eaten tons of papaya and my baby was never aborted. So how could your office mate say so? She must be just joking or maybe she really is not wise enough to know what is right and what is wrong.

I´ve never heard that papaya causes any problems, but advice seems to change regularly and it´s been a few years since I was pregnant. Could you check with your doctor, who is best placed to advise you?

I have read some articles that say it is. According to them unripe papayas were used for abortion. apparently ripe ones dont have as much phytochemicals as the unripe ones so it is safe to eat them but do not consume large amounts.

I think papaya fruits is good for our health during pregnancy, because it is good for health as well as it contain good source of beta carotene.

I don't think its true and I had never heard that papaya will harm the pregnant woman.Since it is a fruit and fruit is good for pregnant woman.

i dont think its true since its part of fruits and fruits is good to pregnant, a friend of mine also told me that water melon is also an abortive fruits but i was eating watermelon for many weeks before she saw me and i dont have problem with my pregnancy and now im already 9 months all the way. if you have doub i guess its better to ask doctor instead of believing what other people say as those are just an old wives tale.