Raspberry leaf tea - HELP

[singleteenagemum]

Just a quick question. I know they say that raspberry leaf tea can help bring on labour, but is it the same as raspberry flavoured tea?

[spidermama]

It's not the same. It needs to be the leaves, dried. It seems to be harder to get these days but a good health food shop should have it. Or Neals Yard.
It doesn't 'bring on labour' as such but is believed to be a uterine tonic.
I really loved it during late pregnancy.

[katzguk]

i would buy the tablets the tea is yuck!

[mushypeas]

I think ours was from Holland and Barrett and yes I think it does have to be raspberry leaf.

[spidermama]

L loved the tea. I was almost addicted. But then, I am a little odd.

[singleteenagemum]

cheers ladies, can you get the tablets at somewhere like holland and barret aswell?

[katzguk]

yep that where i got mine from

[mumfor1sttime]

Got mine in holland and barrett.
Drunk it every day in last week of pg - not sure if it helped, but I liked it. Add sugar or honey.

[swizzles]

oh i drank this stuff by the bucketload, it was horrible and i was 9 days late. Also had a 41 hour labour

I thinks it's possibly bollocks

[beetle73]

I drank plenty of the stuff from Holland & Barrett. DD came 2 1/2 weeks early, with 4 1/2 hr labour. So it was either the tea to blame or the over-energetic nesting.