Raspberry leaf tea / capsules

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Yes or no? What have your experiences been?

Just loosing pounds out your bank I think

I’ve been drinking it since 25 weeks, apparently makes the pushing stage of labour quicker.
I drank it with my previous pregnancy and only pushed for a couple of minutes.
I like to think it was the tea!

Well I did get the shorter pushing stage they promised but that also may have been because it was my third and my body remembers previous labours.

Also very short pushing stage with the one I drank it for. Haven't done this time, reminds me I should get some

Shorter pushing when I used it too, although TBF it was my second anyway and also a bigger baby which tends to be quicker.

But I figure for a few quid (pack of sixty bags on Amazon) and a bit of yuck - I really don't like herbal/fruit tea - it's not a big hardship if there's any chance it helps. So I'm having one or two a day now.

Silly question, but can you drink these from any point in the pregnancy?

As a friend told me that you shouldn't have raspberry leaf tea/capsules until 36 weeks. Tbh she wasn't sure why but said she had read it online.

Thanks :)

Apparently it's only for later in pregnancy - packaging says not before 30 weeks

I’ve brought the capsules and they say from 30 weeks.
The tea says not in early pregnancy.
I’ve been having anything from 2-6 cups a day for the last 4/5 weeks and I’m now nearly 30 weeks.
It’s a myth it induces labour. It just helps tone your uterus.
Does anyone know if it’s true about it helping to soften your cervix?

Thanks for the info @MidnightFlowers, really helpful :)

Again just my experience but I drank it from 30 weeks with DC1, 37h labour but she was out in 2 pushes.

I took them with all 3 pregnancies, just had baby no.3 took 10 mins from waters breaking to holding him in my arms.

All 3 labours and pushing were pretty quick, drank the tea with first 2 and capsules with 3rd.

Drank shit loads while pregnant with DS. He never engaged, I never went into labour, and he was an EMCS at 42+1.

Tasted nice though!

The capsules I have say to take 2 a day which amounts to 375mg....that seems a lot less than I've read online??

Raspberry Leaf Tea is the only thing my 30+ years’ experienced midwife told me actually has evidence to support it of all the labour-related “old wives tales”. I had a v short pushing stage. Who knows whether it helped but I will be drinking it next time too.

I took the capsules from 37 weeks. Got to the hospital an hour before baby arrived and was probably pushing for 15/20 minutes. Will definitely be taking them again this time x