Very OT....red rasberry leaf...

[Guest guest]

....i have a question for you intelligent people....im 5 mos pregnant.

I have an extreme fear of taking anything during pregnancy...i take

nothing except for maternal vitamins. I am interested in taking red

rasberry leaf. Now here is my dilema...i decided upon the caplets

rather than the actual leaf because i dont generally like teas and i

am much more likely to commit to this if i can take the caplet...i

know its terrible. What is the consensus on the caplet form....does

anyone know....? Is it safe and how much should i take? Each one

is 575 mg apparently

christina

[Guest guest]

I've been taking RRL since 6 weeks along. No problems at all! My

midwife wnats me to take a total of 6 capsules a day, so I do. The

bottle says 4 a day, I think. Unless you run this by your midwife/OB,

I would go with the instructions on the bottle. I would assume it's

safe, since my midwife recommended it. I know it helps tone the

uterus for childbirth, beyond that, I don't know, but would be

interested to hear!

Congrats on your impending arrival, btw!

~ in TX

Maxwell 4/5/00 (hospital)

#2 10/16/01 (homebirth)

> ...i have a question for you intelligent people....im 5 mos

pregnant.

> I have an extreme fear of taking anything during pregnancy...i

take

> nothing except for maternal vitamins. I am interested in taking

red

> rasberry leaf. Now here is my dilema...i decided upon the caplets

> rather than the actual leaf because i dont generally like teas and

i

> am much more likely to commit to this if i can take the caplet...i

> know its terrible. What is the consensus on the caplet

form....does

> anyone know....? Is it safe and how much should i take? Each one

> is 575 mg apparently

> christina

[Guest guest]

, I dont know about the quantity (the container should have

guidelines to follow) but my texts reccomend taking it as a tonic for

the last three months. The active conponant is fragrine which

stimulates prostaglandins, thus prepare the uterine muscles for

labour...ie if you start too early you could cause premature

labour.... so leave it for another month to start taking it daily....

hope that information is useful for you. Enjoy your swelling belly

and good luck with your upcoming birth.....

maryanne

" The Belly....As full as the moon, as soft as clouds in the wind "