Did raspberry leaf tea work for you?

trudie100 · Jan 24th, 2012, 09:46 AM

Hey ladies

for those of you who have already given birth, if you tried raspberry leaf tea prior to labor did it work for you?

Ive read that its not meant to induce (i.e. bring on labor early) but that its meant to help alot [I]once you go into labor[I]

Its apparently meant to make the 2nd stage and pushing etc... quicker and more effective

I just wondered if anyone tried it and thinks it did make a positive difference to their birth? or if anyone drank it and went into labor early! ha xxx

Tacey · Jan 24th, 2012, 09:55 AM

It's obviously difficult to say if it helped, but Alice did shoot out (a bit too quickly!) and the placenta came out without any injection as soon as I stood up about 15 minutes after the birth. When the midwife rubbed my belly afterwards to help my uterus to contract, she was quite surprised that it already had.
I started drinking a few cups of tea a day from about 37 weeks, and I went into labour at 40+4.

feeble · Jan 24th, 2012, 10:00 AM

Its hard to say without any basis for comparison!

I noticed when i started with RLT that i wee'd less, that my belly felt 'firmer'

My labour was 27 hours and i needed my waters broken, it certainly didnt help with the first stage, the 2nd stage was easy/quick but i think that had more to do with positioning than any tea... Plus my mum and grandma both told me it took 20mins to to push out baby at the end and thats exactly how long it too x

teal · Jan 24th, 2012, 11:32 AM

I drank RLT from about 34 weeks. I'm not sure if it helped or not. My labour was less than 7 hour start to finish but it was an emergency forceps due to my baby being in distress so I wasn't really pushing for that long before he was pulled out.

Danielleee · Jan 24th, 2012, 12:51 PM

I started drinking RLT at 35 weeks, gave birth at 41+1 but only pushed for 16 minutes, i like to think it helped but who knows

x

xsadiex · Jan 24th, 2012, 13:08 PM

I drank and took rlt since 32 weeks and for my first the pushing stage was half an hour which is good for a first. It could have been the squatting position which helped too though - it's hard to know what caused what.

NaturalMomma · Jan 24th, 2012, 13:33 PM

It's just a uterine toner. You probably won't feel any effects of it during labor/birth. I drank it with ds2 and had a 25 hour labor with 50 minutes of pushing.

Duejan2012 · Jan 24th, 2012, 18:02 PM

i took it from 33 weeks with ds and did not with dd. so this time with ds my labor was only 8 ours. the second stage of labor was only 3 hours and that includes pushing. i pushed about 4 times. with dd it was a 13 hour labor and i pushed for 3 hours so i say yes it worked!! i will drink it again with my next LO too

trudie100 · Jan 25th, 2012, 04:04 AM

Thanks ladies x

steph. · Jan 27th, 2012, 02:06 AM

I think it helped. Started it along with epo at 35 weeks. Went into labour at 37+3. Labour only lasted 3 hours, and she was out in 2 pushes!

Jan 24th, 2012, 09:46 AM	#1
trudie100 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 507	Did raspberry leaf tea work for you? Hey ladies for those of you who have already given birth, if you tried raspberry leaf tea prior to labor did it work for you? Ive read that its not meant to induce (i.e. bring on labor early) but that its meant to help alot [I]once you go into labor[I] Its apparently meant to make the 2nd stage and pushing etc... quicker and more effective I just wondered if anyone tried it and thinks it did make a positive difference to their birth? or if anyone drank it and went into labor early! ha xxx

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Jan 24th, 2012, 09:55 AM	#2
Tacey Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 6,035	It's obviously difficult to say if it helped, but Alice did shoot out (a bit too quickly!) and the placenta came out without any injection as soon as I stood up about 15 minutes after the birth. When the midwife rubbed my belly afterwards to help my uterus to contract, she was quite surprised that it already had. I started drinking a few cups of tea a day from about 37 weeks, and I went into labour at 40+4.

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feeble Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,472	Its hard to say without any basis for comparison! I noticed when i started with RLT that i wee'd less, that my belly felt 'firmer' My labour was 27 hours and i needed my waters broken, it certainly didnt help with the first stage, the 2nd stage was easy/quick but i think that had more to do with positioning than any tea... Plus my mum and grandma both told me it took 20mins to to push out baby at the end and thats exactly how long it too x

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Jan 24th, 2012, 11:32 AM	#4
teal Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 12,936	I drank RLT from about 34 weeks. I'm not sure if it helped or not. My labour was less than 7 hour start to finish but it was an emergency forceps due to my baby being in distress so I wasn't really pushing for that long before he was pulled out.

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Danielleee Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South Yorkshire Posts: 183	I started drinking RLT at 35 weeks, gave birth at 41+1 but only pushed for 16 minutes, i like to think it helped but who knows x

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xsadiex Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: West sussex Posts: 2,972	I drank and took rlt since 32 weeks and for my first the pushing stage was half an hour which is good for a first. It could have been the squatting position which helped too though - it's hard to know what caused what.

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Jan 24th, 2012, 13:33 PM	#7
NaturalMomma Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,601	It's just a uterine toner. You probably won't feel any effects of it during labor/birth. I drank it with ds2 and had a 25 hour labor with 50 minutes of pushing.

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Duejan2012 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: colorado usa Posts: 3,251	i took it from 33 weeks with ds and did not with dd. so this time with ds my labor was only 8 ours. the second stage of labor was only 3 hours and that includes pushing. i pushed about 4 times. with dd it was a 13 hour labor and i pushed for 3 hours so i say yes it worked!! i will drink it again with my next LO too

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Jan 25th, 2012, 04:04 AM	#9
trudie100 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 507	Thanks ladies x

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Jan 27th, 2012, 02:06 AM	#10
steph. Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 1,814	I think it helped. Started it along with epo at 35 weeks. Went into labour at 37+3. Labour only lasted 3 hours, and she was out in 2 pushes!

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