When to start taking raspberry leaf capsules
RED RASPBERRY LEAF TEA PREGNANCY | Your Questions Answered
hey hey Mama's my name's midwife Kyra
and a few weeks ago I did a red
raspberry leaf tea video that I sparked
a whole bunch of questions about red
raspberry leaf so I'm here to tackle
those with you today as a midwife
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believe in it too let's talk about some
of your red raspberry lychee questions
one of our followers on YouTube the West
asked what our teas that are safe to
drink during the first trimester
um in my practice I actually really
don't recommend any teas during the
first trimester although red raspberry
leaf tea is safe to drink in most
healthy pregnancies I really like to
focus on nutrition during the first
trimester and try to avoid anything
medicinal if possible while we're
developing our new baby so kns heart
tube asks at 39 weeks pregnant is it
okay to add sweetener to your red
raspberry leaf tea
so without gestational diabetes yes it's
perfectly fine to add sweetener to your
red raspberry leaf tea
I prefer honey because it's a much more
natural sweetener but any sweeteners
fine as long as you have a healthy
lowers pregnancy I actually drink my red
raspberry leaf tea with a bag of mixed
berry tea and if so it'll be a little
bit more sweet without having to add any
sweeteners and I'm actually posted a
link to this mixed berry tea in the
comments below I can only find it on
Amazon I cannot even find it in a local
store here in Lafayette and it really
adds a really good flavor and takes away
some of the earthiness of the red
raspberry leaf tea so you could consider
trying that instead of adding sweetener
maybe mix it with another tea that you
like so a common question I get asked is
should I get pre-made red raspberry leaf
tea packets or should I buy the loose
leaf and make it myself during my
pregnancy actually I use both I like red
raspberry leaf tea in the pre-made
packet because it's easy they're
individually wrapped so you can take
them on the go you can buy one Amazon I
have them on the links below but loose
leaf tea is great if you're a huge tea
drinker or if you're a stay-at-home mom
and you have the ability to make tea
throughout the day in a pot on your
stove you can take loose leaf tea and
they make these cute little loose leaf
tea holders that you can drop it in your
tea and you can make cups all day long
obviously buying it in bulk
we'll make it a lot cheaper than buying
it in the individual packets but you
know you kind of have to look at your
situation decide how portable you need
your tea throughout the day because
remember in your third trimester you'll
be drinking four to six cups a day every
day so that's a lot of tea and if you're
looking for something fun to give us a
gift they have these really cute
pregnancy mugs right here and I'll put a
link to those below they're really fun
and it's the perfect size for your red
raspberry leaf tea cup another question
I got asked actually this week by one of
my clients which I thought was a really
great question is um does she actually
have to drink four to six cups a day in
her third trimester or could she start
taking capsules or other ways to get in
her tea so I actually recommend that if
you're just not a big tea drinker and
you need four to six cups a day at the
end of your pregnancy best thing to do
is to just double up on your tea bags in
your in your cup you put like a double
stress so instead of four regular-sized
cups you could do two really strong cups
we call that an infusion and basically
it's just a really strong tea also if
you want to switch to capsules like she
kind of supplements capsules and tea um
look at the milligrams on your capsules
to make sure it matches up with your tea
this right here is my favorite red
raspberry leaf tea it has 1500
milligrams per cup that's brewed most
red raspberry leaf tea capsules have
about 900 milligrams and so you'll need
almost two capsules for every cup of tea
so you know you kind of alternate
throughout the day if you just can't get
your tea in because it's not so much
about the volume of the tea as much as
it is about the medicinal dosage of
getting the red raspberry leaf tea into
your body while you're pregnant
so Skyler Joan from our youtube channel
asked can you add milk yeah I don't see
why not
I mean now I've actually never heard of
adding milk to tea but there's
absolutely no reason not to have you
guys have heard of adding milk tea or
tea I think actually if they do it in
England and possibly maybe even in the
Philippines so let me know if you're
familiar with adding milk to your tea in
the comments below maybe where you're
from cuz I've never heard of that but
yes Skyler absolutely you can add milk
to your tea Kelly Collette in our red
raspberry leaf tea video asked a
question about breaking up her capsules
of red raspberry leaf tea into
dosis instead of three um I don't see
any harm in doing this at all I mean
again the goal is to get a certain
amount of milligrams of red raspberry
leaf tea into your body each day
whatever gets it in in my opinion just
do whatever gets it in whether it's a
cup
the capsules the tea the infusion and
also um nature sunshine actually makes a
concentrate of the tea so Callie if you
just can't get in that many capsules in
a day the red raspberry leaf tea
concentrate might be something that you
enjoy I'll link it below for you in the
description and you just can take it
with you and squeeze it into your cup it
already has sugar in it and maybe you
won't have to take so many capsules
during the day so ash and OGG says that
in her red raspberry leaf tea
she likes to add nettle and alfalfa tea
to her tea and actually this is a
phenomenal idea these nettle and alfalfa
are really high in iron and other
vitamins and minerals during your
pregnancy and these are actually really
safe pregnancy teas that you can add
that would be really really good so Asha
talked thanks for giving that serving
suggestion I think that's a great idea
to tell our Mamas for sale on our
youtube channel as what month of your
pregnancy can you start drinking the tea
um it's mostly recommended to start on
the fourth month of your pregnancy but
like I said before you can't have it
your first trimester it just you know
for the common general public it's
recommended to start on my four you can
drink it all the way the rest of your
pregnancy during your birth though we as
we've discussed before and even in the
postpartum period when you're not
pregnant it's definitely a safety to
drink dream big asked a really good
question about if Fred raspberry leaf
tea is related to helping women get
fertile and actually the answer is yes
red raspberry leaf tea has a lot of
vitamins and minerals that are help that
help to tone the uterus and prepare the
body for pregnancy it's actually one of
the herbs that is highly recommended by
naturopaths
for fertility treatments and so i'm not
gonna tell you that red raspberry leaf
tea is the cure-all for infertility but
absolutely if you're trying to get
pregnant this is definitely a tea you
want to add to your repertoire so while
we're talking about serving suggestions
another serving suggestion that I have
is to make red raspberry leaf tea
infusion ice chips for your labor
so this is really great and it's super
simple all you need to do is make a
double batch of your red raspberry leaf
tea and freeze it little ice cube molds
when it's time for your birth put them
in a ziploc bag crush them with a hammer
and you've got raspberry leaf tea full
of nutrition and electrolyte packed ice
chips that you can just pop in your
mouth throughout your labor to help you
stay hydrated I love your serving
suggestions so post them in the comments
below if you have some more or if you
have any more questions I could do a
follow-up video more questions you might
have about red raspberry leaf otherwise
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next Midwife Monday bye bye
