Message #998 - THE_HERBALIST 
Subject: Pregnancy: Final Words
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Vulpie...I hope that some of this will be useful to you.  I have much, much 
more...this is just the tip of the iceberg.

More than anything else, I'd recommend that you start now drinking red 
raspberry leaf tea.  Drink several cups to 2 quarts daily!!!  This is a 
wonderful herb for toning up the uterine muscles for the work they are to do. 
It will make your labor easier and less painful.  You might also want to take 
a zinc supplement, which will make you less likely to have premature rupture 
of membranes and also make you less likely to have a low birth weight baby.

You might also want to drink some liquid chlorophyll.  I like Nature's 
Sunshine brand, which tastes just like peppermint tea (but will stain 
EVERYTHING it comes in contact with green!).  It's wonderful for keeping your 
iron levels up and also seems to help with a less painful, shorter labor as 
well as avoiding postpartum hemorrhage.

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact me.
Janie Young, moderator P_BIRTH, Traditional Homebirth Midwife (in training)
Labor of Love (Services & Support for Childbearing Families)
1157-A Lee Rd, Ft. Sill, OK 73503 Phone/Fax 405-250-0993
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