Raspberry Leaf and Shortened Second Stage of Labor

• Raspberry leaf in pregnancy: its safety and efficacy in labor.

  • 2001-03-04
  • RCT
  • Journal of midwifery & women's health 46(2)
  • • M Simpson
    • M Parsons
    • J Greenwood
    • K Wade

  • PubMed: 11370690
  • DOI: 10.1016/s1526-9523(01)00095-2

  2 Insights on

  • Shortened Second Stage of Labor

  • High evidence
  • Pregnant Women

  The only clinically significant findings were a shortening of the second stage of labor (mean difference = 9.59 minutes) and a lower rate of forceps deliveries between the treatment group and the control group (19.3% vs. 30.4%).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  2 x 1.2 g per day