Cherry tart juice

knottie33f5359a64570c25

I was looking for other ways to help sleep other than taking Benadryl every night. I saw a video about drinking cherry tart juice for sleep but I can’t find anything about it ; whether it’s safe during pregnancy. Help! Is it safe?!

suzycupcake

Ask your Doctor. Have you tried massage therapy or progressive muscle relaxation plus limiting your screen time? I'm a big believer in stop worrying about it. Worrying and obsessing on it will just make it worse. 

knottie33f5359a64570c25

Thanks! I’m not worried I just can’t sleep

00kim00

It's just juice. You may not find anything about safety if you're specifically looking for tart cherry juice (or apple juice or grape juice or orange juice), but you can just follow the guidelines for juice in general, with means just make sure it's pasteurized.

harpseal135

If you want to try, try.  Do you need to ask about orange juice? Apple juice? If no (reasons why you would: diabetes) why would cherry juice be different? 

knottie33f5359a64570c25

Because cherry tart has melatonin in it

knottie33f5359a64570c25

Thanks for the support

emeraldcity603

knottie33f5359a64570c25 said:

Because cherry tart has melatonin in it

I personally stay away from melatonin for myself and my kids. You are messing with your natural hormone production. Also, it would have been helpful to put that in the original post so that people understood why you were asking about juice. 

00kim00

emeraldcity603 said:

knottie33f5359a64570c25 said:

Because cherry tart has melatonin in it

I personally stay away from melatonin for myself and my kids. You are messing with your natural hormone production. Also, it would have been helpful to put that in the original post so that people understood why you were asking about juice. 

Lots of things have naturally occurring melatonin in them, just like tart cherries, such as eggs, nuts, and fish. Even bananas and oats have significant amounts of melatonin. Do you really avoid all those things for you and your kids? I think you both are actually similarly putting way to much stock in the idea of melatonin in food. It's naturally occurring in food in levels that yes, may help with sleep, but also aren't concentrated like melatonin pills that can be harmful. If it's not a for your doctor has said to avoid, you should be fine.

emeraldcity603

00kim00 said:

emeraldcity603 said:

knottie33f5359a64570c25 said:

Because cherry tart has melatonin in it

I personally stay away from melatonin for myself and my kids. You are messing with your natural hormone production. Also, it would have been helpful to put that in the original post so that people understood why you were asking about juice. 

Lots of things have naturally occurring melatonin in them, just like tart cherries, such as eggs, nuts, and fish. Even bananas and oats have significant amounts of melatonin. Do you really avoid all those things for you and your kids? I think you both are actually similarly putting way to much stock in the idea of melatonin in food. It's naturally occurring in food in levels that yes, may help with sleep, but also aren't concentrated like melatonin pills that can be harmful. If it's not a for your doctor has said to avoid, you should be fine.

Stuck in the box……


 I’m referring to melatonin supplements. I have never paid attention to foods that have naturally occurring melatonin. Once she mentioned melatonin I assumed it was something artificially added. 

suzycupcake

Exactly and plus also, tart cherry juice is a concentrated form. We have no idea if it's safe for pregnancy. It seems that I am unable to reply to you outside of a quote box. Weird.  

suzycupcake

Are you not sleeping at all? Like not even for an hour? @knottie33f5359a64570c25

firsttimemamalc

Clinical pharmacist and expecting mama here 👋🏼. Tart cherry juice won’t hurt the baby, but may not give you the sleep you need…especially with its sugar content. The best and safest option is doxylamine (Unisom). Start with half a tablet at night and work up to one tablet. It works similarly to Benadryl, but is safest in pregnancy. It’s recommended by doctors everywhere for nausea, so two birds with one stone!! Hope that helps.