how to stop braxton hicks/irritable uterus - Page 2

[APToddlerMama]

Originally Posted by Rubymoon81

For the Natural Calm, I worked up from 1/2 teaspoon a day, to 1 tsp, to 1.5 tsp. over the first 3 weeks.  1.5 tsp. seems to be enough.  They say to work up to 2 tsp., but I think the appropriate amount varies from person to person.  Too much will give a laxative effect. 

Thank you!  I am going to start on that too. 
 

[indignantgirl]

I have an irritable uterus and for all my pregnancies I've used Wild Yam and Black Haw (or Cramp Bark) tinctures together.  It works like MAGIC.  I would not be pregnant without them in my possession.  The Natural Calm was pretty good too but not like MAGIC for me.

Avoid RRL.  Seriously, it triggers braxton hicks for me something awful.  I love the taste but have to completely avoid it my entire pregnancy, every time.

[Devaskyla]

Originally Posted by Rubymoon81 

  I also started drinking a ridiculous amount of water.  I thought I was drinking tons already, but my midwife pushed me to drink more, and that has also helped.  She also told me to cut extra sugar and salt from my diet which may have been counteracting my water intake (I admit, I had let myself get a little snack-happy). 

You should always salt to taste. Restricting salt leads to swelling, retaining fluids & sometimes to hypertension/pre-eclampsia. Seriously, restricting salt is a bad idea, in pregnancy especially. I'm really surprised, I thought that advice had gone out many years ago.
 

[riverview9]

update: I'm on black cohash and valeria root and it was working great. the last few days the contractions are back even while taking encapsulated herbs . I"m 1-2 centimeters dilated. I wasn't planning on stopping the herbs until 38 weeks but women on procardia (prescription to stop contractions) seem to go off it at 36 weeks (i'm 36weeks 5 days). If my body is ready for the baby to come out maybe I should just stop the herbs (not helping much anyway now) and let it happen. My other kids were born a smidge after 40 weeks so this feels early to me