Has anyone used it to induce labor? Did it work?
2006-12-13 06:24:23 · 7 answers · asked by volcomgrly23 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
lol you can purchase it at any grocery store, but i heard that it helps with keeping your cervix closed lol like in pre term labor, So maybe we both need to be doing more checking!!! Ive been drinking it once a day because i have a history of preterm babies...hmmmmmm :)
2006-12-13 06:26:54 · answer #1 · answered by jess_n_flip 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While I was pregnant, I took Red Raspberry leaf capsules. I heard that it helps to tone your uterus, and helps to make your delivery easier. My mother had all 5 of us kids by c-section, and my sisters had they're kids by c-sections, so i thought i was doomed to have a c-section just like them,plus my OB said that my uterus was shaped weird and it might be hard to have a baby naturally. But after 36 weeks i started taking those capsules.....and what do ya know....I'm the first in my immediate family to have had a child vaginally. Don't know if you really wanted to know that, but the capsules are pretty much the same as the tea, and you just take 2 capsules twice a day after 36 weeks. I guess they also help with your uterus after you have the baby as well. My OB said that my uterus was in really good shape for just having had my first child.
I bought my capsules at "meijer" for about $9 a bottle. Hope that I helped you some.
2006-12-13 07:10:11 · answer #2 · answered by Lee-Anne D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to find! If you read the label most popular brands are green or white tea with raspberry flavoring. I found some at a natural foods store. That would be your best bet. FYI: I drink tons a day... still no baby!
2006-12-13 06:27:25 · answer #3 · answered by tonetones03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi hun, i used it from 36 weeks pregnan, they dont reccommend it before...it didnt bring labour on but it deffinately softened my cervix and i had my little girl in 3 pushes...the reason i know this worked was because with my other 2 children, i didnt drink it and i was pushing a whole lot longer.
its also adviseable not to drink no more than 3 cups a day.
i never found it in supermarkets, i had to go to a health /herbal shop for mine, i bet you can even get it on ebay, worth a look
2006-12-13 06:33:49 · answer #4 · answered by fanlight 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try health food stores or GNC.
i used raspberry zinger, which isn't really what you're suposed to use to induce and i think it just helped prepare my cervix.
i don't think it caused labor, though. i drank it all the time, though. it was funny!
take care:)
2006-12-13 06:30:03 · answer #5 · answered by joey322 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard you can get it at Whole Foods supermarket. Here is the link to look for locations:
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/index.html
2006-12-13 06:28:29 · answer #6 · answered by party_pam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy it from health/vitamin shops I havent really seen it anywhere else though.
2006-12-13 06:26:25 · answer #7 · answered by jacks my boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋