Christopher's Original Formulas Birth-Prep Capsules 100 ct - Herbal Blend for Expectant Mothers - Supports Natural Preparation for Childbirthn

I am going to update this as I progress. I am 39 weeks and 2 days with my 5th baby. I've been taking Birth Prep since week 34, as my midwife suggested. I have had challenging and long labors with my last two babies. I am hoping for an easier one with baby 5. I will say these pills are making me feel awful. I hope they work during labor and this baby comes out easy. I am on my second bottle and after taking the pills an hour later I have intense menstral like cramping and strong nausea that lasts for several hours. It's miserable. I've never experienced this before and it happens like clock work after I take my pills. I'm taking two in the morning and two at night. This has not happened until the last two weeks. I hope it's shaving time off. I will update after I give birth to let you know how my labor went!! Ok *UPDATE* These pills are amazing and I'm so glad I took them even though they made me feel awful for weeks!!! It helps you SO MUCH in labor. I will say they don't make you pop early but they help your cervix be ready and more importantly they help TONE YOUR UTERUS! I just gave birth at 42 weeks. This is my 5th baby, homebirth/natural birth. This is the first baby I took these with after having 63, 24 hour long miserable labors. With this one I had to drink Caster oil which I never have done before, I've never done any interventions before but I got diagnosed with late on set polyhydramminos. At 42 weeks my fluid levels were dangerously high and we needed to get he baby out quickly. I did not want to be risked out of care and Homebirth. These pills made my contractions totally bearable until the end. It made my cervix soft and ready and my uterus was so strong and toned I was able to work with my contractions in a way I never have been able to before! It was incredible how ready my body was for birth and I truly believe that's what these pills do, and in turn when your labor starts everything is ready to go, primed and toned! The weeks of cramping I personally experienced was doing a good work at exercising my body for labor. It was worth that discomfort!!! I was at a high risk for post partum hemorrhage because of my condition and I'm glad I'd been taking these pills to strengthen my uterus and birthing everything! After having 4 difficult labors with all my other children, this one was a dream. It was so different am manageable!!! I am so thankful I took these and if I ever have any more kids I will take these every time!!!

I took one pill daily starting at 34 weeks (then 2 daily at 35-37 weeks and the alternated 3 every other day and 2 pills on the other days from 38 weeks on). I never had any adverse side effects and did fairly extensive research in the ingredients since I know there are a couple of ingredients that are deemed questionable with safety. From what I understand, the amount of those ingredients in this formula is totally safe as long as you don’t take too much. My labor was effective and fast. I absolutely felt like my uterus was toned and ready for this birth. This was my 3rd baby and 2nd vaginal birth, and I also ate dates and drank red raspberry leaf tea and did evening primrose oil sparingly, so I don’t know how much credit to give to this formula alone, but I labored for about 5 hours total and only had about an hour and a half of really intense labor. Contractions were easily manageable until I dilated to an 8, at which point they really picked up, but by then it was only another hour until my baby was out! Anyway, it was worth trying for me and I did have a great labor experience.

This is anecdotal and was my personal experience but I figured it’s worth sharing. This stuff freaking worked for me! I took this at suggestion of my midwife along with primrose capsules for 4 weeks leading up to my due date. I had lots of prodromal labor for weeks then Baby came only three days past my due date. I was in “active labor” for just THREE HOURS!! Completely different experience from my first. Hope this helps someone else out there! God bless!! 🫶🏻 (I’d also add that it made me a little nauseous whenever I took the capsules but it was nothing crazy. Definitely felt an increase in Braxton Hicks for an hour after as well.)

I took as directed on the bottle. Mines stated to start taking 1 pill starting at 36 weeks for a week and then 2 per day after that. No more than 2 per day. All I can say is Thank You to the makers of this stuff. It might not work for everyone but it worked for me. My first child was posterior and my labor was 16 hours total but it was a hard painful labor. I pushed for about 4 to 5 hours!! I just delivered my baby boy today, home birth, no meds and the total time for labor and delivery was 3 hours!! No joke! I had strong braxton like contractions around 12:40am, then I noticed they werent going away so I decided to use the contraction counter to see what that would say. Each contraction got stronger. The app I used said that I started my contractions already at 2 min apart. Me and my midwife thought I was probably doing something wrong with the app but she came to my house anyway. So contractions started at 12:45am, Midwife shows up at around 2:30am to tell me I was already 9cm dialated!! Baby was born at 4am!!😆 Best birth EVER! The labor was still labor and the contractions were painful but the time in pain is what made it wonderful. Instead of 12 hours of excruating pain, it was only 2hrs!! I will take it. Now I dont know if it was also quicker because its my 2nd child but I think adding this made it even better. I noticed that my braxton hicks were very strong since taking it, not painful just strong and tight! Which probably prepped my uterus to have nice, strong, and effective contractions! I am definitely going to recommend this to my friends and will be using this for all future births😁

This was my first time trying this supplement. I bought this for my fourth pregnancy and started taking it at 36 weeks. I went into labor at 41 weeks and labored for eight hours total. Although it was a quick labor, I was never able to get my contractions at regular intervals and they were very sporadic which I’ve never experienced before. The contractions themselves were building in intensity and were affective though. Once my Midwife broke my water, my baby was born within 40 minutes. The birth itself was quick, and not that bad at all. I delivered naturally at home.

My first child was I induced a few days early due to leak in water. Second child I use 5W and had a fast labor, but very uncomfortable. Third child I decided to try Dr.Christopher's prenatal formula since it was easy to order on Amazon. I must say, I credit my fast and easy labor to this herbal prep. The only thing that was frustrating, was the early on-and-off labor contractions (a little stronger than the Braxton hicks I had for several weeks) that came 3 days before birth, creating excitement and the disappointment when nothing happened. My second came the day i started having serious contractions. Well, the few days of frustration was worth it because I checked into the hospital 6:40, pretty comfortable with building contractions 7 min apart. Checked by a nurse and was dilated to 5cm. I had been 2/3 cm for two weeks 75/80% effaced. An hour and a half later, kneeling comfortably on a towel in the shower, leaning over a labor ball with my husband holding a shower head spraying hot water on my lower back, I was surprised to learn I was dilated to an 8!!! I was completely shocked because i was still comfortable in the labor.. Chatting with the nurse an my husband. I decided to labor in the shower maybe 20-30 more minutes before deciding to dry off so I wouldn't be cold during the pushing stage. Dried off, got to the bed, on hands and knees for 2 contractions and told the nurse I felt baby coming! Turned on my side, dr checked me I had a little lip, broke my water, was complete and 3 pushes later it was over!! 9:40 (3hours total) we had our 3rd baby!! I seriously felt immediately after that I could have another if i only had 30 minutes of "intense" labor. Didn't feel the "labor pains" until was on the bed ready to push! I have recommended this to my friends with normal low-risk pregnancies, and would recommend to all moms wanting to have a better, shorter labor!! Had my son on his due date exactly 40 weeks. I don't think this will induce you, just strengthen uterus and make it all around easier. I took as directed, maybe skipped a few days accidentally early on. Plan to use this with my next baby!! Wouldn't have a 4th without this herb!!

The name of this seems to change every time I order it, but it is still the same product. I have no way of knowing if it helps or not as I have always taken it. But my beautiful friend and midwife of many years who recently passed away and was a very very experienced midwife said she noticed that the women who take it tend to not go over the date as much (especially with first timers) and have faster labors. My first baby was six hours, second was one and a half hours long, third baby was four hours but was also posterior so this obviously took longer, my fourth babies labor was three hours, my fifth baby was three hours but only because my friend/midwife was two and a half hours away so I got into a warm tub and did my best to hold back labor (I was determined to wait, my friend was battling breast cancer and we both new this would be her last birth so I really wanted her there) so I relaxed but as soon as she walked in and set up, I pushed out a baby. My sixth baby was, unfortunately a stillbirth due to a twisted cord, she quit kicking me one day at 32 weeks, my midwife and I went to the hospital to view an ultrasound and found her heart had stopped and the cord appeared to be twisted around her ankle. The doc at the hospital gave me two weeks to go into labor without intervening. I still had Dr. Christopher's blend in the cupboard so I started taking them, my labor only went on about an hour. I was very very grateful to get that over quickly, as I wasn't psychologically up to a long labor. I am now 33 weeks with a number seven (and last) and looking for a new bottle- the name has changed again, of course. It's possible that I have quick labors naturally but considering the herbal mix and my midwife's experiences comparing clients who took it vs. those who didn't, I think it's a good idea to take it. I also want to add that with the exception of my stillborn baby girl in the hospital, these were all home births with no complications. I have never had any type of tear. And in all cases have had such a small amount of bleeding that the midwives and/or docs and nurses have commented on that lack of bleeding every time.

Great product! Easy to take, gentle on the stomach, and gave me peace of mind preparing for labor. A trusted herbal supplement that I would recommend to others.