hey guys if you are pregnant you might have tea on your mind specifically red raspberry leaf tea
and if you're wondering whether or not you should be drinking this when you're pregnant
and whether it's worth it and all the details i'm going to get to all of them
in this video but i want to start off by saying red raspberry leaf tea is one of those things in
pregnancy that i like to file in the category of doesn't have risks but could have benefits
now let's jump into the details when when to drink the tea so you
can start drinking the tea really in your third trimester by about 30 weeks or so
they say midwives and doulas and childbirth educators seem to fall on right about 30 weeks
as the time to start drinking the tea when any time of the day so you could drink it for
breakfast lunch dinner snack you could put it into your schedule i really recommend if you're
going to make the tea part of your last weeks of pregnancy routine maybe build another routine into
drinking the tea like as a childbirth educator i would love to see someone drink some tea
then maybe practice their breathing
and kind of get a two-for-one out of that so taking time for yourself to have the tea and
to prepare for childbirth what do you think about that let me know in the comments below
okay so we got our win now are where where well that's really up to you
so why would we drink this tea well through the years herbalists have recommended raspberry leaf
for toning the uterus so some people drink it for support during menstruation but in our case
in pregnancy we would drink it to tone our uterus so that when labor starts we have a nice strong
uterus the other benefit that raspberry leaf tea could bring is a reduction in postpartum bleeding
so if we have a nice strong uterus what that might mean is that after we have our baby that
the uterus can clamp down and shorten our bleeding time reduce the amount of bleeding now if you are
someone who likes research-based information if you're someone who is really appreciates the
science and studies and facts we're not going to find a lot here with the tea there have been some
a few research studies done not a ton on the tea so there's not any definitive evidence saying
drink this tea for these benefits but there's also no information that supports not drinking the tea
how do we drink this tea anyway what is the best practice so first of all if you've never had red
raspberry leaf tea you might think that it's a fruity tea it's actually not it's more of a black
tea and it has that taste so if you're someone who doesn't really like that taste you might
want to brew a fruity tea at the same time so you can put both tea bags in your cup
totally fine also if you're someone who likes to add sweetener to their teeth honey sugar maybe
likes to add milk all totally fine if you prefer a hot tea great if you prefer an iced tea do it
so there's all sorts of variations that you can make to this tea in order to get the same benefits
but the big takeaway i want you to hear is the amount so when we look to our midwives we look to
our herbalist about what they recommend for raspberry leaf tea what i have found most often
is the suggestion to drink quite a bit of tea a day really right in the six cup range
so six cups of tea a day can be quite a lot you might consider brewing a a small pot a tiny pot in
the beginning of the day and then drink that for a little while brew a second pot like i have here
but whatever you do to make it work six cups is the recommendation finally let's talk about is
this worth it you know i think it's worth it if you are someone who likes to be proactive who
likes to give yourself like all the best chance of everything if you're someone who um feels better
doing things feels better when you're prepared for something then i think i would add this to
my list if you are someone who has an overwhelming to-do list has too much going on doesn't feel like
has that feeling of like i haven't been drinking my tea then you know what it might
cause more stress than benefit so maybe it's not something that's worth it to you if adding
something to your list that is not guaranteed to help maybe i'd skip it but if you love tea
and you want to give yourself all the chances even if it might not help why not do it so i hope that
cleared up the tea situation and the red raspberry leaf tea for you leave me a comment below let me
know if you are drinking your tea what's your favorite brand i am currently sampling the earth
mama uh 100 organic raspberry leaf tea and i find it pretty delicious if you want to see a
link to that down below i've got that and if you are someone who wants to know about dates which
i bet you do since you you are interested in t dates and how dates might prepare your body for
labor i have a great video that you can find right here and i'll see you guys next time
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