Hi! Raspberry leaf tea?

awayagain · Aug 15th, 2009, 09:28 AM

Hi everyone,

I havent posted for a long time, but still been having a look to see how everyone is getting on

I was wondering when and if people are starting to drink/take raspberry leaf tea or tablets? Does anyone know if it really helps at all? I hadn't heard of it with my first, but a few people are saying to me to start taking/drinking it at around 36 weeks?

Thanks in advance! x

Jelly_Tot · Aug 15th, 2009, 09:34 AM

The first time i drank rasberry leaf tea is when i was 39 weeks pregnant (3 days away from my due date) and the next morning i woke with contractions. Dunno if it was just coincodience though. But i guess it has a diffrent effect on everyone xx

aimee-lou · Aug 15th, 2009, 09:50 AM

I'm planning on getting some at 36-ish weeks. I'm not expecting it to have a great effect but I'm hoping it will make the actual labour better.

MollyApple · Aug 15th, 2009, 10:19 AM

From what I've read it doesnt bring on labour but lots of people who've drank it said they had shorter and uncomplicated labours. I drank loads of it last weekend whilst in pre-labour and although the contractions felt bearable I had 14 hours of them then they stopped so it wasn't enough to do the trick for me!

I will start drinking it again this weekend and intend to drink lots of it during labour too, at the very least it wont do any harm and who knows it really might help?

Allie soon2b4 · Aug 15th, 2009, 10:27 AM

I've taken the pills with my first two pregnancies and now with this my 4th.
You start at week 32 with 1 pill per day and slowly increase this to 4 by week 38-39.
RLT is not meant to induce labour it is used to strengthen/tone the muscles of the uterus and help you deal and manage the second stage of labour to contract more efficiently during labour, the reason it is not recommended before week 32 is that in some cases it can bring on labour prematurely.

Vici · Aug 15th, 2009, 12:40 PM

I was told to start at 36 weeks by a homeopath

I take the capsules. As others have said its meant to help tone the uterus and prepare it for labour

MummyBurgo · Aug 15th, 2009, 15:57 PM

I took the tablets from 37 weeks and only pushed for 14 minutes

Aug 15th, 2009, 09:28 AM	#1
awayagain Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: uk Posts: 230	Hi! Raspberry leaf tea? Hi everyone, I havent posted for a long time, but still been having a look to see how everyone is getting on I was wondering when and if people are starting to drink/take raspberry leaf tea or tablets? Does anyone know if it really helps at all? I hadn't heard of it with my first, but a few people are saying to me to start taking/drinking it at around 36 weeks? Thanks in advance! x

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Aug 15th, 2009, 09:34 AM	#2
Jelly_Tot Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: scotland Posts: 737	The first time i drank rasberry leaf tea is when i was 39 weeks pregnant (3 days away from my due date) and the next morning i woke with contractions. Dunno if it was just coincodience though. But i guess it has a diffrent effect on everyone xx

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Aug 15th, 2009, 09:50 AM	#3
aimee-lou Other BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Norfolk - UK Posts: 6,176	I'm planning on getting some at 36-ish weeks. I'm not expecting it to have a great effect but I'm hoping it will make the actual labour better.

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Aug 15th, 2009, 10:19 AM	#4
MollyApple Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: East London Posts: 237	From what I've read it doesnt bring on labour but lots of people who've drank it said they had shorter and uncomplicated labours. I drank loads of it last weekend whilst in pre-labour and although the contractions felt bearable I had 14 hours of them then they stopped so it wasn't enough to do the trick for me! I will start drinking it again this weekend and intend to drink lots of it during labour too, at the very least it wont do any harm and who knows it really might help?

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Aug 15th, 2009, 10:27 AM	#5
Allie soon2b4 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Currently live in Sweden but from Dublin, Ireland Posts: 163	I've taken the pills with my first two pregnancies and now with this my 4th. You start at week 32 with 1 pill per day and slowly increase this to 4 by week 38-39. RLT is not meant to induce labour it is used to strengthen/tone the muscles of the uterus and help you deal and manage the second stage of labour to contract more efficiently during labour, the reason it is not recommended before week 32 is that in some cases it can bring on labour prematurely.

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Aug 15th, 2009, 12:40 PM	#6
Vici Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Suffolk Posts: 5,931	I was told to start at 36 weeks by a homeopath I take the capsules. As others have said its meant to help tone the uterus and prepare it for labour

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Aug 15th, 2009, 15:57 PM	#7
MummyBurgo Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Leicestershire,Uk Posts: 1,903	I took the tablets from 37 weeks and only pushed for 14 minutes

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