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Raspberry leaf tea

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gabi95 · 15/06/2021 10:21

Has drinking raspberry leaf tea actually helped anyone bring labour on? I'm 39 weeks today and so sick and tired of being pregnant Shock this is my second baby, my first was induced at 41+3 and I want to avoid an induction more that anything this time. I've been drinking raspberry leaf tea for about a week and a half now twice a day and nothing, only loads of practice contractions. Any tips on how to bring on labour will be super helpful! Thanks!

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IggyAce · 15/06/2021 10:25

I drank raspberry leaf tea with both of my pregnancies and both dcs were early. Drank it from 36weeks. I don’t think it really brings on labour but it can help speed it up and with the healing process. Good luck hopefully it isn’t too much longer.

vampirethriller · 15/06/2021 10:27

It didn't do anything for me... I went to 42+3.

Caspianberg · 15/06/2021 10:36

Raspberry leaf tablets are better. The tea is vile and you have to drink buckets of it for same dose as 1-2 tablets. Holland and Barrett and the like sell them

dorisronson · 15/06/2021 15:02

At 40+3, and throughly fed up, I drank 5 cups of raspberry leaf tea, ate half a pineapple and walked up and down the stairs 25 times in a day. Went into labour at midnight that night....

Chunkymenrock · 15/06/2021 15:08

Swore by it, but the extract, not the tea. Holland and Barrett do it. Max dose from 36 weeks. Both mine were a little early with a 6hr labour and a 2.5 hr labour.

ElaborateSalad · 15/06/2021 15:15

I used it with both of my DC. I don't think it's meant to bring on labour but it tones the uterus to make contractions more efficient.

Both of my labours, 15 years apart, were exactly the same length. Five and a half hours of contractions each time, despite one being an induction. I put it down to RLT

Notstrongandstable · 15/06/2021 15:24

Didn't work for me.,nor bloody pineapple!
If you can manage to have sex I've heard lots of anecdotes about it helping...but I'm guessing it's probably the last thing you feel like doing in this heat!

Mama1993 · 15/06/2021 19:19

I've been drinking it since 38 weeks to no avail.

Had sex the evening of my due date with DS1 lost my mucus plug and was in noticeable labour 6 hours later. I had him about another 6 hours after that!

Currently 4 days overdue. Had sex on due date again but didn't have quite the same magic effect!

lazylockdowner · 15/06/2021 19:23

Not sure if it brings labour on I was late with all 4 of mine (6,7,8 &4 days) but I drank it from 35 wish eeeks upping to about 4 cups a day and my labours were all incredibly short ( I'm talking 20 mins snd under) very easy labours no tears etc, might be nothing to do with the tea but after the 1st I made sure I drank it every time

Chunkymenrock · 15/06/2021 21:05

I think it should be advised as a matter of course. Everyone I know who has taken it (preferably the extract instead of the tea) has had shortish labours and is convinced it helped.

lazylockdowner · 16/06/2021 09:23

Chunkymenrock I honestly only started taking it because I heard it helped with easier/faster labours, in all of my labours pains didn't start until I was literally 8-9 cm and pushing stage was 2-3 pushes, my 3rd I didn't push at all she was coming and I couldn't do anything about it.

BurningBenches · 16/06/2021 11:25

Sadly not. I've drunk in hope with all of mine, my labours haven't been long though.

DC1 42wk induction(12/13hrs)
DC2 40+10 (18hrs but only 6 were established labour)
DC3 42wk induction (2hrs)
DC4 40wk induction (6.5hr, but only 4hrs established labour)

Currently 40+4 with DC5. Im expecting induction on Friday/Saturday.

Good luck x

RealisticSketch · 16/06/2021 11:30

Not the tea but the tablets and pineapple, arrived on due day, but of course I have no idea if that would have happened anyway. 😬 I also recommend being as active as possible, reduce stress as much as possible both things conducive to good birth.

NinaMimi · 18/06/2021 07:15

I tried the tea starting from 36 weeks but I’m overdue so didn’t do anything.

AngeloMysterioso · 21/06/2021 00:00

It’s one of those impossible to know things. People can swear that raspberry leaf tea, clary sage or whatever made them go into labour, but they might well have gone into labour at the same time without that stuff. I tried bloody everything but I still ended up having a 23 hour labour at 10 days overdue.

DramaAlpaca · 21/06/2021 00:05

It don't think it did a thing for me.

But then DS1 arrived 5 days early and first babies are often late, so maybe it did?

I'll never know Confused

EdithGrantham · 29/06/2021 17:17

I was going to buy some of the tablets but then the Holland and Barrett website says on theirs not to take in pregnancy?

Wriggleon · 29/06/2021 18:22

Took the tablets, went overdue but v quick easy labour with no stitches

BertieBotts · 29/06/2021 20:56

It's not supposed to make labour start, it's supposed to make your labour shorter by making your contractions more efficient. It's not strong enough to induce labour.

BunnyRuddington · 30/06/2021 19:37

I drank gallons of the stuff but o didn't think they brought labour on, I though they just helped to progress the birth more quickly? I two fairly quick labours.

RestingStitchFace · 02/07/2021 22:15

Took one capsule of raspberry leaf and my waters broke 15 mins later. Possibly a coincidence....

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