Raspberry leaf tea and eating dates...

[BabyB19]

Any truth in it or a load of....
Any other suggestions or advice on what to eat drink, quantities, times, etc etc... all welcome 🥰
TIA

I'm pregnant again and I'm just not sure I can face the raspberry leaf tea this time, it's so grim, so I guess that says something about my confidence in its power!

I did lots of walking, drank a cup of raspberry leaf tea a day, ate a load of dates, spicy food, sex etc. I went 8 days overdue but my labour was short and pushing stage very short so maybe there's something in it!

Drunk so much of raspberry tea and was 14 day late and had a c-section. I normally eat very spicy food and had jalapeños and chili peppers too. But my friend had 3 boxes of pineapple from Tesco and went to Labour in 24 hours.

I drank the tea from 36 weeks, eat fresh pineapple and DTD the week of my due date.

My waters broke on my due date. So will do the same again this time round and hope it works.

There is even a warning on the tea box not to drink prior to 37 weeks. I thought it was interesting that the midwife, who I had never met before, randomly asked if I'd been drinking RLT!? Like I said, I had a HB so maybe that also contributed to the swiftness of labour and birth.

I drank raspberry leaf tea from 34 weeks I think, from 37 weeks I probably drank approx four cups a day because I liked it. Labour was just over five hours from start to finish, pushing stage was approx half of that time though, still quick so can't complain.

I tried them all, lots. Was induced at 42wks. Ended up with an emergency c-section 2 days later. 🤦🏼‍♀️

So potentially a load of nonsense...but I think if I were nearing due date of DC2 I'd still try them again. You never know!

Thanks ladies, it seems more positive than negative and I didn't know about the pineapple so I will put that on my shopping lists over the next few weeks too! ❤️

Think I drank 3-4 cups a day, like you would with normal tea, I suppose. I don't think there's any harm in trying it.
Never heard of the date thing, surely that just keeps you regular...? And amazingly you do poo a lot prior to popping the baby out, nature's way I guess and explains why a lot of babies are almost born on the loo!

Swore by raspberry leaf but not the tea. Midwife advised RL extract tablets. First baby 6 hour labour, day before due date. Second 2.5 hour labour 2 wks early. I am certain it helped.

I heard years before that RLT eases the pushing stage.

3 babies later... all pushed out very easily.

Worth a shot!

I started eating 6 dates a day from 36 weeks and drinking 3 cups of raspberry leaf tea a day from 37 weeks. Baby born 38 weeks, 40 mins active labour and 4 minutes pushing

Absolutely sick of the sight of dates now.

Ate with both. Both a bit early. First I had epidural so that slows things anyway but second was 6 hours start to finish so pretty quick.

Did both but evidence only exists for dates. Had a very fast labour on due date first baby.

Although there is no way of knowing wether it helped or you ladies would have had these kind of labours anyway it does seem definitely more positive stories than negative so I will be trying both! Hopefully will be able to give an update in appx 4 weeks saying it's helped me too!

I did dates (3 majool dates a day which are a lot nicer) and the tea. My waters broke at 40+1 at 2am, started getting contractions about midday, baby was born at 6pm. Incidentally I was sent home around 3.30 pm as I was told I was still only 4cm then I went back around 5pm and was fully dilated with no time for an epidural or my planned water birth. Either the midwife was wrong or the dates sped it up at that stage.

I read up on this and decided no harm in trying.

Raspberry tea from 34 weeks, took raspberry leaf caspules from 36 weeks, and 6 dates per date from 36 weeks also.

no idea if it helped, but baby was born on due date, labour 8am-4pm, short 20 min pushing stage. So would do again if theres a next time just in case