any of you ladies used red raspberry leaf tea or evening primrose oil to help speed labor along? did…

I tried red raspberry leaf for about a month. No success 😑 but no labor complications either

I know someone that did the raspberry tea went into labor the next day

Just to clarify I'm not looking into trying either until I'm at least 37-38 weeks lol. I just wanna avoid a c section so if little man has flipped head down by then I definitely wanna try to maybe help things along so I can avoid a c section if he flips back around lol. I know it may not work but it's worth a shot.

@teja, glad you didn't have complications!! sorry it didn't work for you though nothing is 100% unfortunately. @julieann81 I may not wanna go the next day but that's good to hear lol

RRLT helps contractions become more efficient once labor starts becausr it tones your uterus. EPO helps soften the cervix which helps you dilate easier once you are thinned out and the body is ready. Neither will send you into labor

I started thinning and dilating at 36 weeks with my daughter I just meant to help things along if I did that early again but I wouldn't try until I was at least 37-38 weeks @arivera64 I just meant to like help things.

RRLT is fine thru the whole pregnancy and in larger amounts around 30 weeks. EPO is usually started around 33 to 35 weeks

oh okay I didn't know that @arivera64 thank you. I was told not to start either until 36 weeks but by a friend not my OB

Of course you can ask your doctor if it's ok for you, but generally speaking. ....it's fine 😉

my OB is all for stuff like that she hates having to use pitocin and other things, @arivera64 , which is a plus for me.

Great! !