Does red raspberry leaf tea work? Your experience

Question

Is it true that Red Raspberry leaf tea helps shorten labor & have stronger contractions? I’m 38 weeks pregnant ( first pregnancy), I’m trying to do everything I can to have a “short” labor. 😭 What is your experience with the tea?

Answer

1st baby (no tea) was 18hours of full blown hellish labor. Iv meds weren't doing anything but I refused the epi cause I'm terrified of the needle. 
2nd baby(tea starting at 28weeks), 18hours total still but I walked the mall and nobody knew I was labor. Dead certain I was at a 2 or 3cm when bf convinced me to go to the hospital, but was at 6cm 🤯 and had him 2 hours later completely med free.

Answer

I believe in it! My first labor was 13 hours and I wasn’t dilated when I came in, dilated slowly, and ended up having pitocin. I also had a second degree tear with a 6.5 lb baby. 
Then with my second, I started drinking red raspberry leaf tea at 36 weeks 3x per day (I also ate 1-2 pineapples per week including the core) and when I went in for my last appointment, I was 4 cm dilated without having had noticeable contractions, went into labor that night, and I had a super easy non-medicated labor that lasted 6 hours and I didn’t tear with a 8.5 lb baby. 
I plan on doing the same because that’s the only real difference between my first and my second and the second was SO much easier.

Answer

I drank it. Still went past my due date. Then again not even pitocin helped me ha

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