whos taking RLT?

[kodi]

just wondering who else is taking it? tablets or tea? and what week did u start and how much are u taking?

i started mine at 32 weeks on 2 a day and progressing to 4 a day at 34 weeks

 

[wantingno.2]

i started at 34 weeks and had 1 cup for a week then 2 cups the next week ...... i gave up about a week ago though... it gave me bad indegestion and i just couldnt stand the thought of fitting even more cups of it into my day!!!

 

[Kirst264]

I'm starting the capsules at 34 weeks, not sure how many to take though, guess i will start with 2 a day..?x

 

[katzone]

I'm taking the capsules, had 2 day at 32 weeks, then 3 at 33 weeks, 4 at 34 weeks. I think I read you can have up to 6 a day but I have stuck to 4. I am also on iron tablets and take a pregnancy multivitamin and EPO ... think if I took anymore tablets I'd be rattling

 

[kodi]

yeah think the max is 6, which il prob build up to at 36 and stay on 6 until i pop

 

[buttonnose82]

I take a mixture of the tea & capsules

I started at 32 weeks with 1 a day, then each week I increased by 1, so I am now onto 5 a day

 

[Pearls18]

I started drinking it at 36 weeks- I did 1 cup a day, then 2 cups a day at 37 weeks and now I'm on 3 cups a day. I think I can go up to 4 cups a day but I might wait until after 40 weeks instead of next week coz my mugs are pretty huge lol x

 

[charli87]

i bought mine on saturday as they were on offer at holland and barratt, i'll be havin one a day from 32wks then increasing it by one each week.

 

[Mrs_N]

I'm taking the capsules - can't stand tea of any kind!
I started at 33 weeks (would have started at 32 but didn't get them til later!) taking 1 a day and have increased by 1 each week so currently on 4 a day and will increase to 5 tomorrow.

 

[applejack]

I started at 34 weeks - 1 a day, Im now 35 weeks and on 2 a day (capsules) I'm planning to just up the dose a capsule every week x

 

[iwanta8a8y]

I need to head out and get some today to start taking them, i am going to get both the pills and tea, i will try the tea out and see how i get on with that, but guess it will be easier with the pills...

 

[ssmith1503]

What are meant to be the benefits of this? Not sure whether to try them or not?

 

[kodi]

What are meant to be the benefits of this? Not sure whether to try them or not?

meant to help the uterine muscles and second stage of labour making it shorter, but take it from 32 weeks as it needs time to get into your system x

 

[stephmum2be]

I bought some yesterday to start taking but just got back from seeing my MW and shes told me to not take it till my due date as it will bring on labour! I thought it was just meant to tone and strengthen the uterus which apparently it does but it can also make you go into premature labour so shes told me to steer clear!

 

[kodi]

I bought some yesterday to start taking but just got back from seeing my MW and shes told me to not take it till my due date as it will bring on labour! I thought it was just meant to tone and strengthen the uterus which apparently it does but it can also make you go into premature labour so shes told me to steer clear!

i think MWs worry sometimes about "what ifs" im not mentioning it to mine as i know what response i'd likely get! x

 

[stephmum2be]

I bought some yesterday to start taking but just got back from seeing my MW and shes told me to not take it till my due date as it will bring on labour! I thought it was just meant to tone and strengthen the uterus which apparently it does but it can also make you go into premature labour so shes told me to steer clear!

i think MWs worry sometimes about "what ifs" im not mentioning it to mine as i know what response i'd likely get! x

Lol, i really wanted to take it too but shes frightened me now!

 

[bubbles]

I started at 32weeks with 1 perday then increased every 2weeks. I'm now on 3perday and will keep at this until next mondy when it will increase to 4per day. I'm pretty sure it's recommended not to drink more than 4 cups per day

 

[chocolate]

For tablets it says to take between 3 and 6 a day, 1 at a time.
I started mine yesterday and am going to take 3 a day until 35 weeks, then increase to 6 a day.


Ive not found any research saying it will help start labour, just that it will shorten the 2nd and 3rd stage

 

[ttc_lolly]

I've got the capsules hun from H&B because I'm not a fan of tea so didn't wana risk getting the teabags and then not using them but just so happens, the instructions on the back of the bottle says that if u open 1 capsule up and empty the contents into a mug & add hot water u can drink it as tea!! So it's a 2 for 1 lol x

 

[Hoping]

I'm drinking a cup of RLT a day at the moment, but will increase as I go along. I did it with last pregnancy too.