q for those who took rasp leaf tea tablet form

my bottle says to take 12-15 tabs a day!

Howmany did you take? i would go broke!

If you can handle it D, the loose leaf tea is sooooooooo much cheaper! I just had lots of honey in it to start with :lol:

nah - i'm sure mine wasn't that many! I know I never took that many. I can't remember tho.. it was only with DS that I took some, and it was only for a couple of weeks coz he came at 37 weeks, and I didn't get a chance with DD, she arrived at 34 weeks. hahah.

I know I was in shock when I read how many the bottle said!! I actually only generally took one a day - at brekky. Sometimes I took another at lunch but not often. It's quite concentrated apparently and I am sure that even the one tab I took helped in some way.

I took 3 tabs a day as recommended on the bottle i had. Get a different bottle, the doasage of yours must be a lot lower then what they can come in.

Get the brand 'Herbs of Gold' it's only about 3 a day I think.
Or try the tea, so much cheaper and I actually liked it, lol. Apparently it's more effective too??

I took 2 x 3 times a day. As well as doing clary sage belly rubs 2 times a day.

Gee that's a lot huh?!

I took 3 a day too. I can't remember what brand mine were though sorry (was over 2 years ago)

I'm pretty sure mine said to take 4 - 6 per day! I just took it how the jar said... it definately didnt say 12 -15. Mine was blackmores.

yeah mine are blackmores and it says take 3-5 tablets, 3 times a day!

I will take 2 a day and that should take me up to the birth :)

Just on this subject I saw my OB today and asked him I should start taking them and he basically said that they were a waste of time and didn't really have enough scientific backing to proof that they have any effect.
My question is did your OB ask you to take them or it is just a given that we should take them??
Sorry to hijack :redface:

Danni, I say any amount has got to have some effect.

BTW, just noticed that my little man Elijah was born on Mason's birthday :) Clever little men.

My ob said it will help and i should take it.

cass, well done little man!!!

Hi,
I took the blackmores brand, 2 tabs 3x a day, every time i took them i would get braxton hicks for about an hour afterwards :rolleyes:

My OB said altho it's not really proven to be of benefit.. it certainly won't hurt.. and he said he'd take them if he was pregnant LOL.

My Ob said that he's never seen a woman who's taken it have a difficult labour! That was enough for me, I was drinking the tea like a mad woman :lol:. I swear by the stuff.

Thanks ladies, I guess it couldnb't hurt :)

ooohhh janie thats exciting!!!

I have heard it can help with the uterus shrinking after a c/s too

I took the tea form and I liked it too. 12 - 15 tablets sounds excessive to me. I would try another brand.
My Ob also said there was no real proof, but it wouldn't hurt. He said the same thing about acupuncture. I did both and from my first contractions to holding my baby was 9 and a half hours. Not too bad considering it was essentially my first labour; my first was a c/s. I will definitely take the tea again next time, I think it did something.

My midwife recommended the tablets as they're more concentrated, and to take the tea you need to drink LOADS of it each day - ok if you like herbal teas I guess and want to be running to the loo even more than we already are in 3rd tri ;)

She said that the women they support who take the tablets anecdotally have shorter and more efficient labours than those who don't - so can't be any harm really.

Lolly

I have just started taking them, yesterday. I bought the Blackmores brand, as that was all I could find, mind you, I didn't look in a health food shp, just Coles, Woolies and the chemist. The ones I have cost about $7 per bottle and hav about 80 tablets in them. The bottle says to take 3 tablets with meals, 4-5 times a day, so that makes it 12-15 tablets a day. I worked it out to cost me about $10 a week, and even thought they taste like cr@p, I figure if it's going to help me, then I don't care. If I happen to come across any others that are stronger, therfore you don't have to take as many, I'll take them.

I haven't ad any BH contractions yet, that I know of. Come on bubba, can't wait to meet you!!