raspberry leaf tea / evening primrose dosage

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Ok i've been having 2 cups of raspberry leaf tea for about a week now,i'm 36 weeks on thurs and was going to increase it to the folloring:

now (35+4) 2 cups a day
36 weeks - 3 cups a day
37 weeks - 4 cups a day
38 on wards - just drink wot i have left to use the rest of the boxes up
I also bought some raspberry leaf tea capsuls today and thought i'd take 1 until thursday then

now (35+4) - 1
36 weeks -2
37 weeks - 3
38 weeks - 4
39 weeks - 5

i've only got 100 so i wouldnt be able to take any for the last week, but will prob drink more rasp tea

i've also got some evening primrose tablets (1000mg high strength) i was just going to take 2 a day orally from tomorrow

any advice/tips?

When you are due stick an epo capsule up your fanjo before you go to bed.

I am sorry I am new to this and am very curious to know what raspberry tea and evening primrose oil supposed to do?

raspberry leaf tea is suppose to help tone the muscles to help make the 2nd stage of labour shorter / make the contractions more effective and stronger/ The evening primrose is suppose to help soften and ripen the cervix.

I'm not too keen on inserting the epo but i might give it a go bout 38 weeks

When can you start drinking the tea and taking the evening primrose capsules?

I started drinking tea at 34 weeks, and i've only started taking evening primrose from 35. I think they advise not to drink rasp leaf tea until the 3rd trimester.In holland and barret they said not to take rasp tablets until 36 weeks

I have a theory about raspberry leaf tea (not that you've asked but I'm going ahead anyway...) (and I thought it did something to encourage your uterus to get busy, but plausibly not) anyway, my theory is that for some people it works alarmingly well/fast, and for most it doesn't seem to make any odds. My mum drank it when preg with my brother, and he was born 2 days after she started drinking it, and labour lasted about 2 hours.

I drank it with DS1, and started at 38 weeks. He was born in 4 hours at 38+2. So this time around (am 12 weeks pregnant) I am a bit nervous of drinking it! So be a bit careful - don't start too early!

ok you've scared me now!Just had another tablet (2nd of the day) and i'm on my 2nd cup of the tea too and i have a very active baby lol