Now. One of the things I was busy doing, aside from all that, was retaining and working with a doula, which I wish everybody knew about but it turns out very people do. A doula is a labor coach -- someone who's seen childbirth dozens of times before, and who knows all the tips and tricks to get through it easier, safer, and less painfully. My doula is named Valerie, and she's wonderful. I'm telling you all that so I can tell you this story, which I'm trying to camouflage as interesting, because it's not.
One of the things Valerie suggested I start doing is drinking red raspberry leaf tea. It's been used for ages to help along all things reproductive. You can google it if you like, but I won't go into it. The last time we were at the grocery store, I sauntered down the tea aisle to see about this magical tea. Yeah, they had it -- at the crazy price of about $5 for 16 teabags. For that price, it better offer to deliver the baby for me. I reckoned the price would be only a bit lower, if not higher, at a specialty hippie store, so I immediately canned that idea.
TO THE INTERNETS!! Here it is, about a week later, and I've received my tea from a crunchy hippie store online. I went ahead and ordered a pound for around $20. Have you ever wondered what a pound of loose tea leaves looks like? Yeah, me too. It turns out a pound of loose tea is enough to pack full a gallon Ziploc bag, and then some; and at 1-2 teaspoons per serving, I reckon I've got enough tea for approximately 3.42 brazillion cups of tea.
So come on over. We'll have some uterus-toning tea and have a wild time.
