Anyone else not bothered with the raspberry leaf tea and other stuff ?

My first pregnancy in 2022 I drank the raspberry leaf tea, tried to eat dates as much as I could even tho I don’t like them , did the perineal massage , harvested colostrum, bounced on my exercise ball everyday and probably other things that are said to help with labour and delivery etc that I can’t remember now . This pregnancy I feel like I’m so occupied with life and my 3 year old that I just haven’t bothered with any of it , I’ve even forgot to take my prenatals for probably months now🤦‍♀️ I was so on it with everything before and now feeling paranoid that I’ve done nothing this time round and I’m now 36+5 weeks absolutely exhausted and ready for baby to come!

Oh and considering I did all that last time I ended up having to be induced at 41+5 and had my son exactly 42 weeks so does it really help? 😂

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Yeah, I'm in a similar boat, I am not doing it this time, I dont remember doing anything last time. But ive been having dates with greek yoghurt this time around (mussed some of those too) . My attention to prenatal vitamins has been well off also. The three year old definitely hasn't helped my attention but I do have GD thos time around so ive made a conscious effort to eat better too.

I tried raspberry leaf tea and didn’t like it so I’ve stopped drinking it, even tried mixing it in with different juices and still couldn’t drink it 🤢 also I don’t think everything you have mentioned is supposed to induce labour, I think it’s more to do with the fact that it’s supposed to help you have an easier birth and reduce the risk of tearing so if they all helped in that sense please let me know because if so I’ll do anything 😂

The raspberry leaf tea is about the only one I've managed to do. I don't even have an exercise ball this time as I figured my 3 year old would just be launching it round the house 🙈🙈

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