Red Raspberry Tea

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Anonymous wrote:I never bothered to refrigerate it. I'd steep it overnight and then drinking the next day. I hate the taste of RRL, so I used to brew it with a celestial seasonings herbal tea bag, blueberry something, I think? It helped a LOT.

This is such a good hint. I am a tea and infusion drinker, but hate, hate, hate the taste of that tea. I'd make it cold (didn't taste as bad) and chug it.

If you can remember the specific product you used to mask the taste, PP, please do post.

It was Celestial Seasonings True Blueberry. I never would have been able to stomach the RRL otherwise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, can you please post the specific directions? Thanks so much

You brew 1 oz (1 tbps) of loose leaf tea with 1 qt of boiling water.

And then let it steep over night?

6 hours, but I did mine overnight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:that tea is so disgusting. I was with the GW midwives and bought a lot and tried it. I choked it down for maybe a day or two before deciding it was not worth it. I also could not stomach perineal massage. Had a completely normal labor and birth.

Did you stay away from all white sugar and white flour? I have a sweet tooth during pregnancy and while I eat healthy, I haven't been abiding by their strict rules.

Pp here. I did the same as you. Baby was 8lb6oz.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:that tea is so disgusting. I was with the GW midwives and bought a lot and tried it. I choked it down for maybe a day or two before deciding it was not worth it. I also could not stomach perineal massage. Had a completely normal labor and birth.

Did you stay away from all white sugar and white flour? I have a sweet tooth during pregnancy and while I eat healthy, I haven't been abiding by their strict rules.

Oh no. What is the connection between labor/birth and white sugar/flour?

I did, and drank the tea, and still had complications. I did everything I could but sometimes life's not fair.