Rasberry Tea

I was curious about it too. Asked my midwife yesterday and she said that she'd reccommend it from 32 weeks onwards. It is meant to help a great deal with the second stage of labour.

As I am 39 weeks now I though it'd be pointless to drink it but she said to start as it will help even at this late stage.

Hope it helps x

 

i asked my mw and she told me i could have it from 35w...everywhere seems to vary though...x

 

How much are you suppose to drink of it per day for it to help in any way?

 

i have bought the tablets from Holland & Barratt, i took them to my mw appointment just to check with her. i'm only ever in with the mw about 10mins tops. it wasn't the mw who recommended them, it was my cousin who had both her boys on their due date and easy births xx

 

i only took them to mw because on the back of the pack it said to seek medical advice if pregnant....so i took them to her and she said that they were fine to take. H&B didnt advise me at all but i've read on a few other posts that ladies have been told not to take them before a certain stage (can't remember what they said though) I'm just going to start at 35w and hope they help! x

 

Hi just a question why do they say drink raspberry tea?

 

H&B told me that they couldn't advise pregnant women on rasberry leaf tea and said to ask my midwife. My MW didn't tell me how much to drink however I am due on Monday so it may not make a difference anyway. I am sure I heard that there may be a guideline for earlier on in pregnancy, I don't know though. Hope someone else may be of more help. xx

 

Hi, Thank you. I might look into this myself then. It sounds good.

 

well thats me off to buy some tomorro! thanks ladies

 

It doesn't only help with pg related things, this website tells about more of the benefits.
I've been drinking it since he beginning of 1st tri.

 

I bought some from holland and barratt yesterday and on the packet it says avoid in early stages of pregnancy

 

I've had at least a cup a day, sometimes ill have 2 depending on if I remember, or if i feel in the mood to have another I'll start increasing it to 2 cups a day for sure with in the next couple of weeks then by 35 weeks ill be on about 3 a day, ect

 

snap, and all the sites ive read say avoid in early pregnancy cos it makes your uterus contract. I started at 36 x 1 tea, 37 x 2, and will increase weekly to 4

 

I've heard that it's really good to drink it afterwards too, helps everything get back to normal more quickly apparently. I think I'm going to start drinking it pretty soon.