Traditional Medicinals Organic Raspberry Leaf Herbal Tea Caffeine Free, 16 ct. (Pack Of 3)

in this review i will post what the tea is like, my birth experience and recipe/plan i did to prepare for labor.first off, let me speak on the tea for those who aren’t trying to prepare for labor. the freshness is there, i know some reviews said they experienced inconsistency is the tea, but i didn’t. it was the same all the times i bought it, which was a lot. i enjoyed the flavor a lot as a tea drinker, it tastes similar to black tea but a little lighter and with a hint of fruitiness. i enjoyed mine iced with a little stevia. note* this tea is not raspberry flavored tea, so don’t expect it to taste like raspberries. it’s made from the leaves, not the actual fruit.my recipe/plan: i started at 34 weeks, so drank it everyday consistently for approximately 5 weeks. i would use my electric kettle and boil 1.5liters of water, add 12 tea bags and steep for at least an hour. as long as you can. then i would i dump into a pitcher with stevia already added, fill the rest with cold filtered water. my pitcher had up to 3L, so i would drink a liter a day on ice. the pitcher lasted 3 days, so if you do the math i drank 4 extra steeped tea bags a day.my labor: i was induced at 39 weeks due to some health complications with her brain (so far she is 7 weeks old and doing wonderful in case you were curious), so i knew the day i was going to have her. after drinking 4 tea bags a day for 5 weeks i went into my induction. i was checked and as hard and high as possible, they told me we would do cervadil all night every 4 hours and if i wasn’t dilated at all by the next day to not be discouraged as that’s normal for a first time mom who’s body isn’t prepared to labor yet. the first cervadil was inserted and 4 hrs later we did the second one, an hour after the second pill was inserted my water broke on its own and i was dilated 2cm already. my contractions started immediately after, 1 minute apart. i labored like that for 6 hours, 5 without pain meds. my contractions were very bareable, i opted for an epidural after the 5th hr so i could try to get some sleep. it ended up not working for the first hour and as soon as it kicked in i was checked and her head was nearly coming out. so i was numb for the pushing which i’m not mad about LOL. she came out in 12 minutes, 4 contractions. half of which the doctor kept stopping me so she could’ve came out sooner. needless to say, i’ll do this tea with every future pregnancy!

This teas does what needs to be done and it’s good to

I purchased this tea towards the end of all three of my pregnancies. The hope was that by drinking this tea it would help my labor process. In my personal experience it did help me prepare for labor! I drank it in all of my pregnancies, and with my first it did cause some mild contractions but with each subsequent pregnancy that effect was lessened. I can't complain! Each of my labors were fairly quick and with each of my daughters I pushed for less and less time. The first was 15 minutes, second baby was 9 minutes, and my third baby was out with only 6 minutes of pushing! My water broke naturally with all three, ironically all of my labors were 10 1/2 hours long. The taste isn't the greatest but I'm not a big tea drinker anyways. I added sugar and honey for flavor. If I do decide to have another baby in the future I will most definitely buy this tea again.

I started drinking this tea in my third trimester and tried to drink a cup or two a day. It has a mild taste like black tea which I enjoyed.I had a very traumatic labor and delivery and major postpartum hemorrhaging with my first child and was at risk for it again so I figured I would give this a try (I have family history of postpartum hemorrhaging as well - mother hemorrhaged with all of her children).I delivered four weeks ago and I only spent 3 hours in labor! Each contraction was so productive, I could feel my child moving down into the birth canal and my cervix dilating (it was seriously so wild). My child came out in 4 pushes and I didn’t have any hemorrhaging! In fact my bleeding was really pretty light! AND I completely stopped bleeding at about 3 weeks postpartum (my first I bled for 8 weeks).I seriously believe this tea improved my labor, delivery, and postpartum healing.

I bought this for the final few weeks of pregnancy in prep for labor… I read that if you get contractions after drinking it to immediately stop though. That happened for me so I’m not drinking it now… however I will say it tastes soooo good with a little honey in it!

Sorry for the heading but I wanted to grab the attention of any ladies who have heavy periods. I boil one teabag every other day, the week before my cycle starts. If I slack off I definitely use one teabag a day while on my cycle. I boil 8-12 oz of water and drink throughout the day. I reuse the teabag the next day, add another teabag. I even let it steep over night. It’s a real help. I have two very heavy days to where I couldn’t leave the house or go too far unless I took a change of pads and undies and would still get home soiled. Now I can actually go out, be active and not worry about gushing. I have a fibroid. Since I discovered this tea, as long as I use it, my cycle is nice, and not overly messy. I hope this review helps others who have those heavy days.

I never usually write reviews, but I knew I just had to after my experience with this tea. After suffering from 3 scary postpartum hemorrhages, I researched every way to prevent it from happening again. I came across this tea and started taking it in the third trimester 1-3 cups per day. I went in to labor at 37 weeks, 3 days just 2 weeks ago on 1/27/22 and I arrived to the hospital 6 cm dilated and the head at station 0. I was in labor for 3 more hours, and pushed my baby boy out in a few pushes with NO EPIDURAL, and all my previous 4 labors, I’ve always used an epidural because the pain was so bad. This time the pain was manageable & I felt so in control. I definitely think this tea helped with the pain, and made my uterus toned & stronger. I didn’t have postpartum hemorrhaging this time, and my recovery was much faster. I hardly have any bleeding at 2 weeks postpartum & I feel great! If I ever have a baby again, I am for sure taking this tea again & I’m recommending it to every pregnant person I know!