I want to start drinking
red raspberry leaf tea as you suggest, when I asked my midwife she suggest I stay away from it until a couple weeks before my due date.
Frankly, I put more stock into the experience of moms throughout the centuries (and in our community), as well as my own positive experience
with red raspberry leaf tea.
Drinking
red raspberry leaf tea on a more or less daily basis all through the month is the best way to improve your period experience.
Though red raspberry leaf tea is often recommended and touted for its ability to increase uterine contractions and shorten labor, its primary benefit might be in its nutritional value.
When I was pregnant I had 2 different doulas and 2 different midwife
suggest red raspberry leaf tea throughout pregnancy one midwife suggested pregnancy tea as well.
I say this very carefully but my cousin recently endured a very hard 2nd birth after her midwife told her to cut back on herbal supplements, evening primrose oil, and
red raspberry leaf tea do to a quick first labor.
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Red raspberry leaf tea on its own becomes too hard when frozen, so the coconut water gives it a better consistency while adding health benefits.
I was drinking lots of water, kombucha and went heavy on both hot and iced teas this trimester -
red raspberry leaf tea for uterine support along with both dandelion and hibiscus tea for my swollen legs.
I also religiously drank 2 cups
of red raspberry leaf tea with my second pregnancy so believe my uterus was «getting in shape» for the big day.
I posted a question on our mamas» group Facebook page; I asked if anyone had experience with drinking
red raspberry leaf tea during their pregnancy, and I had a lot of good responses.