I could taste a little something green behind the mint but nothing bad, certainly nothing as bad as the lactation tea. I drank the tea and the rumbling of pain beginning to form stopped. I added a little spoonful of honey and ate some pound cake in preparation for the acetaminophen I was going to down in response to the cramps I could feel taking root in my lower back. I was waiting for some color change but I never got one.Īfter a sniff I could really smell the mint so I pressed the plunger and poured out the tea. The first time I made it I didn’t have any dried leaves yet so I plunked about 6 or so fresh leaves in a mini french press with a few mint leaves, filled it with hot water and let it sit. I noticed an appreciable drop in my milk supply so I figured it was a great time to try out the raspberry leaf tea. This also happened to be right at the beginning of my period (TMI ahead) when I wanted to eat everything and if I couldn’t eat it I wanted to sleep on it. The same article also mentioned the tea ‘tones the uterus’ which I’m guessing has something to do with it’s pain killing properties. I pulled off a few leaflets and took them to work where my awesome boss has a giant dehydrator and got to work. I don’t have any red raspberries, and all the teas seem pretty clear about the color of the berry, but I figured the gold and black raspberry bushes couldn’t be that different so out a plucking I went. I was pretty sick of drinking that awful lactation tea (in it’s defense it does work, I just can’t stand the taste of licorice) so I figured I’d try it. Somewhere along the way I read that red raspberry leaf tea could help increase milk supply.
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Pre-baby I used to take enough painkillers to make my LPN husband really nervous just so I could function and you know, not throw up. I’m still breastfeeding (after 8 months) but sadly I wasn’t one of those lucky women who hold off their periods through some hormonal miracle.Įven after giving it a baby my uterus is still angry with me about it’s empty status. The last part was awesome, the rest not so much. Instead I had 103+ fever, bronchitis and a baby. I brushed it off thinking it was my hateful uterus out to get me. Then March hit and I ended up really sick. Then we decided to have a baby… I stopped taking the pill in October 2012.Įach period was worse than the last, February was the worst. I started taking birth control pills fairly young and they did a lot to keep it in check. Like vomiting, crippling pain, dizziness, migraines, misery. Talk to your health care provider if you have any questions. Now that that’s out of the way let’s get to the good part.Įver since they started I have had terrible periods. I AM NOT A DOCTOR! This is not intended as medical advise, it’s purely anecdotal based on personal experience. If you don’t want the background but you’re always up for some herbal remedies skip down a bit to the raspberry leaf tea recipe. And I’m not really sorry about that, if you’re lucky enough to skip out on painful monthly cramps you can skip this post. That’s when I turn to my stash of raspberry leaf tea.įYI this is going to get into TMI territory.
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Quite often the occasion is a crampy uterus set on world destruction. But occasionally the need for a nice glass of tea arises.