Now you need to look at the chemicals you are putting on your skin and into your body. Chemicals from your body will transfer to your baby....potentially causing health problems.
Many books on aromatherapy have cautions about essential oils when you are pregnant. (This is called "covering your butt").
I have wondered about this for the 15 years I have been working with essential oils.....Then, I discovered a book written by Robert Tisserand, of the Tisserand Institute. He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of Aromatherapy".
This is in the Introduction section; RISKS IN PREGNANCY: A thorough search of the literature has not revealed any cases of unwanted abortion resulting from the use of essential oils. In fact most attempts by women to use essential oils to cause abortion have proven unsuccessful.....
It is the oral administration of essential oils that should be avoided in pregnancy.
Small amounts of essential oils are not harmful; they are helpful.
Everything you need to have a safe, happy problem-free pregancy.
We can custom create products to care for whatever issue concerns you.
For the Expectant Mom
It is very important to care for yourself and yes, even pamper and spoil yourself while you are pregnancy.
Here are several products that will help you do just that!
Morning Sickness and Nausea Relief --an aromatherapy inhaler to carry along or keep at your bedside. Contains a blend of spearmint and ginger essential oils.
Pregnancy Pick-up Back Rub--A wonderful blend of rose otto, geranium, lavender and chamomile essential oils in a silky smooth oil base that contains sunflower, jojoba, apricot kernal and coconut oil. This blend is also good when mental exhaustion is a problem. Massage into upper back, shoulders and neck are. Will also help relieve leg tiredness if massaged into feet, calves and knee area.
Leg Cramp Foot Bath--Geranium, lavender and cypress essential oils in a castor oil base. Add 1 tsp. to bowl of hot, but not boiling water. Soak feet for about 15 minutes.
Perineum Oil--1/4 oz. blend of rose otto essential oil in jojoba oil. Helps to soften perineum to prepare for birthing and help prevent tearing.
Raspberry Leaf Birthing Tea--Use for hundreds of years to help prepare the uterus for the stess of pregnancy and birthing. Drink during pregnancy.
Post-Natal Lift--Just the ticket to combat those baby blues with this wonderfully uplifting blend. Contains lavender, rose otto, geranium and frankincense in a sunflower, jojoba, apricot kernal, coconut oil base.
Calendula Healing Ointment--For the Breast-Feeding Mom. Use on nipples to soothe and heal.
Infection Synergistic Blend--Infections are fairly common after birth. For infection in the vagina or cervix following birth, use 3 drops of this blend in a bidet or bowl of water and bathe three times a day. Use warm water and ensure that you remain submerged for five minutes to allow the essential oils to do their job. Keep a watch handy and perhaps a magazine and stay put!
A deeply penetrating all natural skin moisturizer with a combination of Emu oil, aloe, cocoa butter, shea butter, oils of jojoba, wheat germ, vitamin E, plus essential oils to help skin remain supple, to prevent stretch marks. Start early in your pregancy to prevent stretch marks. If you already have them, this will heal the redness.
Written by a very satisfied customer:
Ode to Mom-to-Be Lotion
Oh, how I love this lotion
Its like a magic potion
It soaks into my big belly
to keep it from shaking like
a bowl full of jelly.
These little stretch marks are such a curse
No one wants them to get any worse.
My bottle is empty now
Like a just milked cow
I would do any chore
If you would just send me more!!!
by Cindy R
(she has stretch marks because she didn't use my lotion with her first child)
Are you wanting to enrich your birthing experience with essential oils?
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Women’s Tonic
Woman’s tonic for use during every season of a woman’s journey. During pregnancy, delivery, menses, menopause; also for pain cramp,atony; related to birth, pregnancy, menstruation and menopause.Helpful for morning sickness; hot flashes; infertility; mild sedative; rheumatism; insomnia.
Use: 1. As a tonic:2-3 capsules per day…can be used with the Nervous Tension formula.2. Menses: 4-6 capsules per day. 3. Pregnancy: 3-5 capsules per day. Can supplement with Nervous Tension (1-2 per day) and Whole Body Tonic (2-3 per day). 4.Other applications: 4 capsules as needed, up to 12 per day.
The focus of this blend is on sustaining and reinforcing the woman during difficult physical times, such as pregnancy, birth, menopause,menstruation, etc. It reduces pain, cramping, uterine atony, and related problems, and helps maintain good hormonal health and balance. The blend will serve best when used moderately on a regular basis. An Important Note:Although estrogenic and other neurohormonal agents are present in some of the herbs, the estrogenic action of blends like this has been grossly overestimated by some individuals. While some estrogenic activity may be present, exaggerated assertions along those lines are unwarranted. Clinical observations of medicinal effects support a variety of interpretations, of which the estrogenic theory is but one.
Black Cohosh—was introduced to American medicine by the Indians, who called it squaw root. Used to treat uterine disorders. Clinical findings are: soothes irritation and congestion of uterus, cervix and vagina. Contributes to quick, easy and uncomplicated deliveries. Acts both directly on the tissues of the reproductive apparatus and indirectly through the nervous system.
Licorice Root—Used in uterine tonics by cultures in Asia, Europe and North America, premier herb for such in holistic medicine. A study on ovulation found that Licorice Root normalized the ovulation in women who did not ovulate.
Raspberry Leaves—Helps normalize a woman’s reproductive systems. Controls hormonal runaway. Relaxes uterine muscles. Helps tone the smooth muscle of the uterus. The relaxing response is valuable in causing contractions during labor.
Passion Flower—Calms nerves from hormonal adjustments common to women. Helps relieve pain, discomforts, and nervous manifestations associated with menses.
Chamomile—proven uterine tonic. Mild sedative and anti-inflammatory properties. Positive interaction between passion flower and chamomile.
Fenugreek Seed—Helps stimulate and tone uterus. Helps lower blood sugar and cholesterol levels. Helps with female problems of all types.
Saw Palmetto Berry—An herbal medicine in the U.S. for 200 years. Nutritive tonic; decreasing ovarian and uterine irritability, relieving dysmenorrheal and healing ovarian dysfunction. Used to treat virtually all diseases of the reproductive system.
Squaw Vine—Native American plant. Used prominently in the native American medicine and in homeopathic medicine for over 100 years for reproductive system problems.
Wild Yam Root—Over 200 years of use in American medicine. Used to treat dysmenorrheal, ovarian neuralgia and cramps, after-birth pains, and other problems of menses and childbirth.
Kelp—Included in this blend for it’s considerable nutritive and tonic value. It prevents breast cancer.
