Talk to me about raspberry leaf tea

[diamond lil]

I bought some raspberry leaf tea this weekend to get things moving along.

So, how does it work? Should I drink it 2 times a day? 3 times?

Does it work????

Thanks!

[robertandenith]

RRLT will only just help you tone your uterus, it will not give you contractions nor dilate. But keep drinking it! It also helps you to reproduce milk I would drink it before, throughout and after labor!

[rach03]

I was wondering the same thing. I bought a box of it earlier this year but didn't drink any because of my miscarriage history, but I planned on drinking some at the end. It was packed in a food box due to our move and I just found it this weekend. Is it too late to start? Will it do any good at this point?

[robertandenith]

heck yeah! I drank RRLT in the beginning of the pregnancy. Then at the end, throughout labor AND I still drink it now. It's even better for PP - will help you assist those after pain contractions and relieves excessive bleeding

[robertandenith]

look what I found... http://www.birthingnaturally.net/exe...el/kegcup.html

I gotta start doing kegels now... after 3 kids, my pelvic floor needs some major improvement LOL!!!

eta: while I don't understand is how will it reduce milk supply? some say that it will help you PRODUCE more milk and I can vouch for that statement...

[holothuroidea]

I make an infusion (steep over night) with 3 (heaping) tbsp of the loose leaves to 3 cups water and drink that throughout the day.

My infusion also has alfalfa (1 tbsp), nettle (2 tbsp), and burdock root (1 tsp). My MW said 1-3 tbsp of each but I have adjusted it to my taste (burdock tastes really bad, btw).

I don't think RRLT will reduce your milk supply. I drink this stuff every day and I hand express about a tablespoon's worth of colostrum from each breast on a daily basis... and I don't even have the baby yet! (maybe it's the alfalfa?)

[robertandenith]

I noticed about the milk production statement varies in different sites, in this site it tells you that rrlt assists you in plentiful milk I have always drank rrlt in all my pregnancies and I only have to say that I produce milk to feed 10 babies!

diamond lil, there is a paragraph in that site that gives you a list of herbs to produce uterine contractions:

Herbs that stimulate uterine contractions: birthwort, blue cohosh, cinchona, cotton root bark, ergot (as in commercial preparations for migraine headaches), goldenseal, gotu kola, Peruvian bark.

[heatherRN]

I believe RRL has a balancing affect, that is why it mellows and irritable uterus and tones a quiet one. I have heard it helps with milk over-production and under-production. A true catch all womens herb.
I drink it 1-2 times per day and it seems to slow down my oh so frequent BH. I also plan on drinking it during and after labor. There is a massive thread in the pregnancy forum for more info.