Evening Primrose Oil/Raspberry Leaf Tea

SC1977

Are you taking EPO or the tea or do you plan to take either of them?  My friend, who is a midwife, gave me a box of the tea and suggested I take EPO too. I have some EPO in the pantry that's leftover from my TTC days. 

I wish I thought to ask my midwife about them this morning, but instead I'm left to consult with Dr. Google who led me to this abstract about EPO:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10380450 

I'm just curious if you guys had any thoughts on it.

amy21tom

I'm doing RRLT but not EPO. I started the tea at 29wks w/ 2 cups a day. We'll see if it works! Hope it's doing its toning! haha

tokenhoser

My doula recommended the raspberry leaf tea and gave me a couple to try... but I haven't actually drank any yet.

My doctor suggested starting perineal massage... but that sounds so unpleasant, I haven't done that yet, either.

No one has mentioned the EPO, but I don't really think that's up my alley either. Honestly, I haven't seen any real evidence any of these make much of a difference.

sugarangel77

i normally drink raspberry tea because it doesn't bother my stomach and i like it. its a lipton tea bag? does that count? 

tokenhoser

sugarangel77:

i normally drink raspberry tea because it doesn't bother my stomach and i like it. its a lipton tea bag? does that count? 

No. That's fruity tea, not raspberry leaf tea.

sugarangel77

tokenhoser:

sugarangel77:

i normally drink raspberry tea because it doesn't bother my stomach and i like it. its a lipton tea bag? does that count? 

No. That's fruity tea, not raspberry leaf tea.

oh crud. thought it sounded to good to be true  

SC1977

tokenhoser:

My doula recommended the raspberry leaf tea and gave me a couple to try... but I haven't actually drank any yet.

My doctor suggested starting perineal massage... but that sounds so unpleasant, I haven't done that yet, either.

No one has mentioned the EPO, but I don't really think that's up my alley either. Honestly, I haven't seen any real evidence any of these make much of a difference.

I tried the perineal massage thing a few times this week but I got bored after 30 seconds and stopped. Plus it's sort of hard to reach with the belly in the way.  I want to do it because I'm scared of tearing more than anything else, but I just can't seem to commit.

I jumped on the tea bandwagon. I thought it would taste fruity, and I hate flavored teas.  As soon as I realized it tastes like black tea, I threw a bunch in boiling water and made American iced tea with it.  

je2161

I've been thinking about raspberry leaf tea for a couple weeks now, but I think tomorrow I will go buy some. I could use some more cervix ripening ... who couldn't?

glowbugga

I'm doing EPO but I'm not taking it by month My O.B

gave me the impression that it goes in your JJ just be for bed.

 

 https://www.essortment.com/naturally-inducing-labor-benefits-drawbacks-evening-primrose-51100.html

 

 

Lkat17

I haven't looked into these things much yet, but I did just get a gift of Earth Mama Angel Baby Organic Peaceful Mama tea yesterday and noticed that it has red raspberry leaf in it. https://www.earthmamaangelbaby.com/pregnancy/peaceful-mama-tea.html