If you’re nearing your due date and being threatened with a hospital labor induction, look no further. The midwives brew recipe is an ancient secret that has an 85% success rate. Read more on why it works, how to make it for yourself and how to go into labor tonight!
Natural Labor Induction
Most birthplaces won’t let you go past 42 weeks gestation. Some hospitals might even start discussing labor inductions as early as 38 weeks.
There are tons of health-related reasons a health care provider would suggest an induction. Typical reasons include pre-eclampsia, IUGR (inter uterine growth restriction), gestational diabetes, premature membrane rupture and more.
Beyond known health concerns, most birthplaces suggest labor inductions before 42 weeks. Minimal research suggests that once you go past 41 weeks, the chances of your placenta calcifying and negatively impacting baby begins to increase. This theory is based on Naegele’s Rule.
If you’re looking to avoid a medical induction and have tried these other natural induction tricks, the Midwife tea is for you!
DISCLAIMER
- Do not use this method unless you’re past your due date!
- Talk to your health care provider before you do this!
What is the Midwives Brew?
Midwive’s are widely used in European countries and are known for suggesting the “German Labor Cocktail” for over due mamas.
When you’re past your due date, it’s very frustrating! Not knowing baby’s arrival time, being super huge and uncomfortable, setting up childcare for your other kids, the list goes on.
As if that’s not stressful enough, once you’re past your due date, your health care provider will start suggesting a medical induction. This really gets in the way for mamas who want a spontaneous labor and natural delivery.
Waiting and wondering is the worst! If you’ve tried every other natural induction method, it’s time for you to try this midwives brew recipe.
Success Rate
Although there are no research papers written in the midwives brew recipe, there are tons of mamas who’ve shared stories about it working.
Many report going into labor within 24 hours of having the cocktail! And for some, it happened even sooner than that!
This strategy proves to be super effective! But some women also say it’s very gross – some vomited and some couldn’t even finish it. I drank this with my second pregnancy, and it’s definitely earthy tasting and tastes a lot like almond butter. It’s not awful, but it also isn’t something you’d have as a choice.
*Remember, do not attempt until after your due date and discussing with your health care provider.
Midwife Brew Recipe
Ingredients:
- 10 oz of Apricot Juice
- 8 oz Lemon Verbena Tea
- 2 TBSP Castor Oil
- 2 TBSP Almond Butter
Directions
- Boil some water and steep the tea. It should be a strong brew, so let the tea leaves or tea bag steep at least 10 minutes.
- Mix all of the ingredients in a blender until it’s smooth.
- Drink the mixture on an empty stomach.
Is the Midwife Brew Recipe Safe?
Generally, if you’re full term at 40+ weeks and in good health, the midwives brew recipe is thought to be safe.
There hasn’t been much of any research done of the safety of the midwives brew recipe. The ingredients can cause some troubles for mama, so that’s why it’s important to talk to your health care provider first.
The only ingredient in the recipe that’s concerning is the castor oil. Castor oil can induce labor and has been used for many years to stimulate uterine contractions. However, it also can cause diarrhea, dehydration, vomiting and nausea.
Related: How to Naturally Induce Labor – Techniques that ACTUALLY work
The reasons the midwives brew recipe is considered safe, even with the castor oil, is because of the almond butter.
The almond butter binds to the castor oil, causing it to become sticky and move more slowly through your intentional track. This lessens the potential for diarrhea, irritation and dehydration.
How Does it Work?
Castor Oil
Castor oil is something women have utilized for years as a natural labor induction method. It’s typically used as a laxative because it causes muscle spasms in the intestines to stimulate bowel movements. Similarly, it can cause uterine muscle spasms, too, since the muscles are so close together.
It does have a bad reputation, though. Castor oil causes gastrointestinal distress. It can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. This also causes dehydration. Dehydration causes muscles to contract, including your uterine muscles!
Dehydration does cause painful labor and muscle contractions. You also don’t want to be dehydrated going into labor. You need hydration for stamina and overall health for you and baby, so make sure you drink plenty of water before, during and after the midwives brew recipe.
Almond Butter
The almond butter plays an important rule in the midwives brew recipe. Since castor oil is known to move quickly through the intestines and cause diarrhea, the almond butter helps to prevent that.
The almond butter binds to the castor oil, causing it to become sticky and move more slowly through your intentional track. This lessens the potential for diarrhea, irritation and dehydration.
Lemon Verbana Tea
It’s unknown what the lemon verbana tea does to induce labor other than covering up the flavor of the castor oil. Some research indicates that lemon verbana tea relaxes the nervous system. It’s calming and can reduce stress and nervousness.
Apricot Juice
Apricot juice is added for the taste alone. Although, it does contain vitamins and minerals that are beneficial to baby and mom.
Substitutes
Some of the ingredients can be hard to find and aren’t essential for labor inductions. Making substitutions is thought to be okay and not lessen the effectiveness.
Nut Butter – If you’re allergic to almonds or don’t like the taste, you can substitute the almond butter for another nut butter. You want to butter to be natural so it has the full fat and oil to bind to the castor oil.
Juice – Apricot juice is tough to track down, and if you’re looking to induce labor ASAP, ordering from Amazon may not be an option. Local health stores like Sprouts will typically have apricot juice, but it can be hard to find. Pineapple juice is thought to work. It covers up the flavor. Some women use pineapple juice to induce labor. Some mamas have reported using mango juice and it working.
Conclusion
Sources say that the midwife brew success rate is and 85% success rate!
If you try the recipe and it doesn’t work for you, baby just may not be ready yet. Although you’re eager to meet baby or your HCP is threatening an induction, your body and baby know when they’re ready for labor.
There are alternative natural induction methods you can try like walking, squatting, red raspberry leaf tea, a warm bath and more. You can also try the midwives brew again if it’s been more than 48 hours since your last one.
All-in-all trust in the process and that you’ve chosen a HCP who has your best interest and baby’s in mind.
Have you tried the midwives brew recipe? Comment your experience below to help other mamas!
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