Healthy Pregnancy and Easy Labor
Dedicated to Aleksandria, who is expecting her baby-girl in October.
Essential oils (i.e. myrrh) were widely used for centuries for pregnancy, delivery, infections and stretch marks.
If I were to have a baby again, I would definitely use Young Living to keep my body toxins free, calm and balanced. I would also enjoy raspberries, as they helped me during labor.
Oils I would use: Longevity blend, Citrus oils (Lemon, Orange, Tangerine or Grapefruit) in my drink, regularly cleanse lymph with Lemongrass, liver with JuvaFlex or Juva Cleanse, kidneys with Juniper, take care of my digestion, use Ocotea or Slique Essence to balance sugar and Endoflex to balance the endocrine system.
Kurt Schnaubelt recommends applying Neroli on abdomen, chest or lower back every ten minutes or so, according to the contractions.
Here is the info for a “ Great day protocol” (please read at the bottom of the following link):
I would definitely use Thieves or/and tea tree on my feet every day not to get any germs near me or my baby.
For labor, I would use the following oils: Valor (for balance & to be brave), Marjoram on my spine (to dilate), Peace and calming, RutaVala or another oil of preference to stay calm, Harmony and White Angelica and Basil. I would keep Helichrysum handy in case there are cuts and of course Frankincense. Peppermint will be handy for both being calm and energized, and just in case the baby turns toward the spine, as was my agonizing experience.
After delivery and for the baby, I would use Valor immediately on my feet and shoulders to make sure my body (and baby’s) is properly aligned. Please keep in mind that baby is very gentle & does not need even 1 drop on the body – that’s too much. You have to dilute it with a vegetable oil.
I would diffuse Lavender in the room for the baby and myself.
David Stewart, Ph.D mentions in his Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple book unsafe procedures used in the hospitals. For more information, refer to his Safe Alternatives in Childbirth Editors: David Stewart, Ph.D. & Lee Stewart
From Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple by David Stewart, Ph.D
"Traditionally, oil of myrrh was inhaled, imbibed in wines, and applied neat to the skin throughout pregnancy by women of the Bible, as well as used during labor to massage the perineum to prevent tearing, and diffused under the labor bed to promote confidence and calmness. It was rubbed undiluted on the mother's abdomen following birth to reduce stretch marks and applied to the umbilical cords of newborn babies as a protection from infection. Myrrh was the oil of choice for expectant and new mothers of Biblical times, not only for its physical benefits, but for the emotionally uplifting properties as well.
If I were to give birth in a hospital, I would make sure to bring essential oils with me to sterilize the environment: Thieves, Melaleuca Alternifolia, Lemon, diffuser, etc. I would make sure not to have hot oils close to the baby.
Please read the attached pages for the Labor Recipe and more.
Here are some helpful testimonials I found at http://www.oil-testimonials.com/essential-oils/7600/apply-valor-for-after-birth-pains:
Apply Valor For After Birth Pains
Author: Joni Hendrickson
Location: MN, United States
Posted: 07-11-2012
Views: 156
Questions received: 0
Keywords: pregnancy
After I had my last baby I was pleased to discover that valor rubbed on my lower back and stomach relieved my afterbirth pains. I always feel really good after having my babies but this time was exceptionally good with the use of oils. Lavender also was very calming.
Peppermint Was My Best Friend During Pregnancy!
Author: Fe Bailey
Professional skills: Frequency Energy
Location: CA, United States
Posted: 09-05-2008
Views: 2,264
Questions received: 1
Keywords: pregnant, pregnancy, peppermint
Besides myself and my amazing husband, peppermint was my very dear and loyal friend during pregnancy.
I had ALL the symptoms that any book can describe: morning sickness, headaches, dizziness, very sensitive to smells, lack of energy, weird stomach and so on. I have to tell you, if you are pregnant or you know someone who is blessed by this process, do yourself/herself a favor and get a bottle or even two bottles of Peppermint right away! It help me with Anything, even when the day was hot, I will rub it at the soles of my feet and aahhhhh! I will be completely refreshed.
I was able to forget whatever at home, but never my Peppermint oil.
Gentle Baby Works Great For Stretch Marks
Author: Aaron Wilson
Professional skills: Kinesiologist
Location: CA, United States
Posted: 07-31-2008
Views: 1,879
Questions received: 1
Keywords: pregnancy, stretch, belly, scars, gentle baby
We were introduced to Young Living just before my fifth pregnancy. During the middle to end of the pregnancy my skin was beginning to really hurt and itch from the stretching.
My sister recommended I try Gentle Baby as it really helped her and after applying it only one time I could really feel the difference! No more itching or burning!!
I've continued to apply it every 2-3 days (when I remember) and my stretch marks have stopped spreading and become much less noticeable even though I'm in my ninth month and have grown considerably since the first application of Gentle Baby. I highly recommend this oil!!
Ylang Ylang For Calming While Pregnant
Author: Mary Simmons
Professional skills: Raindrop Technique
Location: NY, United States
Posted: 04-22-2007
Views: 1,496
Questions received: 0
Keywords: Please suggest some
While going through pregnancy I have been using Ylang, Ylang to help calm my nerves and have had great results.
Scar Faded From A Caesarian Section
Author: Susan De Marco
Professional skills: Midwife
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posted: 10-05-2011
Views: 841
Questions received: 0
Keywords: scarring, scarred, pregnancy, melrose, birth, rose, keloid, vbac
I have used oils for healing of wounds and the scars on myself, and also with women in my care, as their midwife. There were several that used Melrose oil on their caesarean section wounds, or the old scar. Just a small drip or two from a two 5ml sample bottle, which usually lasted until birth time. The oil was rubbed on, followed by the heat of the palm held over the wound or scar, with the oil on site for a minute or more, from the thirtieth or thirty-second week of pregnancy.
As the oil was held, the women added their own thoughts and feelings of intention: like the letting the body use the oils within its energy system in that area of the body, superficially and deeply; willing to let go of past trauma of the caesarean birth, aware that the tissues beneath that area can maintain health and strength for a planned vaginal birth ahead. Oils placed on the body, I believe�or sense, may work in the energy field and bring benefit to deeper body tissues and organ levels in some way.
When either the women or my self had a Young Living essential oil of Rose, one or two drops of Rose was added to the small bottle. Rose oil carries the highest vibrational rate, of the oils, as I understood when I bought a bottle, and is said to represent a frequency of love. Love frequency is excellent around pregnancy, birth, and babies.
One young mum had keloid scar that had formed after her second caesarean section birth, and because she thought it was ugly, it was also affecting her sense of self worth. A vaginal birth after two caesarean sections was her birth plan for baby number three, and she wanted to do what she could to encourage a strong previous scar, ready for the vaginal birth of her baby.
Two drops of Rose in eighteen drops of Melrose was the blend this mum chose to use. Several small drops of the mix was rubbed onto her keloid scar daily, and sometimes more�because she loved the aroma and thought baby did too! Amazingly, her keloid scar faded away to a fine white scar that was also patchy�and in some places the scar had completely gone!
Needless to say, the healing on the outside gave this mum confidence that her scar on the inside was also healthy. When I felt her tummy deeply to feel where baby was positioned in late pregnancy, her �scar� area tolerated it extremely well. Proudly, she did go on to birth her baby successfully, a vaginal birth, or VABAC, without a third caesarean!
Oils For Labor And Delivery
Author: Jessica Wild
Many people have asked me which oils I choowse to have on hand at a birth, here is my list.
ROSE, Just a heavenly oil that changes the feeling in the room the minute it is opened! Clary Sage, I have been to births in the last year and Clary Sage is
THE definitive 'best for labor' oil you will ever find, IMO. I will be diffusing Bergamot and any other citrus oil that smells good to me at the time.
I LOVE the emotional oils in labor! Grounding, Gathering, JOY, Present Time, Believe, Harmony, Sacred Mountain, White Angelica and of course, VALOR are the oils I will have on hand this time, as they have 'called' to me a lot lately! *grin*
Peppermint oil rubbed low on the back is SUPERIOR for back labor! Back labor usually means baby is turned posterior, and we have found that baby will turn AWAY from the peppermint oil, thus alleviating the pain of back labor! And, OF COURSE, LAVENDER! We do leg massages with it, and everyone is in heaven, not the least of which is mom! *grin* Hope this helps!
http://www.oil-testimonials.com/essential-oils/5801/labor-and-delivery-time-decreased
With my 3rd baby my midwife said I had "held up" her birth about 2 hours with my fear of pushing. With baby #4 I asked my good friend and Naturopath Debra about what oils to use to get over this fear. She recommended using Release and Present time.
I started putting them on my wrist daily (I was about 6 months along at the time) and inhaling them. I went into labor one night at 7pm and Jack was born a little after 10pm - the midwife barely made it and I did not "fear" the pushing at all!
Lavender Helped Contractions During Labor
Author: Jennifer Broich
The night before I actually went to the hospital for the birth of my son I began to have painful contractions that cause me to stay up all night long. The pain was unbearable through each contraction and since it was my first child I wasn't quite sure if it was contractions I was experiencing. So to help sooth the pain before going to the hospital I took a very warm bath with about 10-15 Lavender drops and also rubbed lavender on my tummy. While in the bath soaking my contractions completely diminished, well the pain diminished, not sure if I was still having contraction because I no longer felt any of the sharp pains.
Lavender also help the redness from stretchmarks appearing. I put Lavender on area where it appeared that stretch marks were developing and they diminished.
Posterior Baby Turned
Author: Stacy McDonald
My daughter, Tiffany, made an �essential oil believer� out of her midwife during the recent birth of her daughter! After a long prodromal labor, her midwife gave me a call to update me on what was going on. She said she felt things were going slow because the baby was posterior. She asked me to pray and told me they were trying various positions to get the baby to turn, but nothing was working so far. I asked her if she had tried any essential oils.
Though she didn�t sound convinced, she seemed open to trying just about anything at this point. I told her I�d get right back with her, as I wanted to verify with a few other people which oil would work best. I called her right back and asked her to rub therapeutic grade peppermint essential oil on her lower back (Tiffany already had her birth �stash� of Young Living oils ready).
Within minutes, the midwife felt, with her own hands, the baby turning! And within an hour, a healthy 8 lb. 4 oz. baby girl was born into the world! Praise God!
Frankincense And Myrrh For Childbirth
Author: Tiffany Rowan
First of all, thank you to Heavenly Father for Dr. Gary Young and thanks to the person(s) who began this website for us.
I wanted to have the 'Jesus birth' after hearing Dr. Young describe how he delivered Jacob, his first son with Mary, using Frankincense and Myrhh.
During my pregnancy, I swallowed lemon oil by capsule (10 drops in a capsule once a day) for Urinary Tract infections and I swallowed peppermint oil by capsule (same regimen, but peppermint in morning and lemon at night) for Group Beta Strep.
We had bought the Essence of the Season kit to have on hand for the birth. We enjoyed the oils and resins so much that we had to buy another kit. We put a tea lite candle in the bottom of a tin cup, covered the rim with foil creating a shallow well, placed about two teaspoons of water in the well and crushed up a resin rock of frankincense in the water. We just kept adding water as it evaporated down. The smell in the house was so earthy and comforting. We all felt so mellow. Since the Essential Oils Desk Reference lists frankincense for depression, we decided to use it burning over the tin cup during the birth. Everyone in the room (husband, midwife and nurse) was calm during the labor.
This would be the first recorded essential oil pregnancy and birth in Arkansas. Many midwives were eager to attend.
About an hour before I ancipated delivering, since the contractions were about 2-3 minutes apart, I went to the bathroom and applied myrhh oil on my perinium for elasticity.
I had back labor as well as abdominal labor so I was kneeling on the floor with my upper body leaning across the foot of the bed. When the back labor became too unbearable, I generously dotted the bottle of frankincense to my lower back. The next contraction was amazing! I deeply inhaled the aroma still left on my hands and felt a higher spiritual focus I've never experienced before. I don't have the vocabulary to express it. The pain was SO minimal that I generously dotted it to my abdomen as well. At this point we moved on top of the bed. This was my six birth and I've never been able to deliver in bed!
We instructed the midwife to call in the older kids to witness the birth when the baby was crowing. When she did call in the kids, I didn't believe her because my cervix didn't have the intense stinging feeling right at the end of labor like it had with my other deliveries. This was the signal I was looking for that would indicate to me that 'this is almost over'.
This is the first pregnancy in which I didn't require a petocin shot to help my uterus clamp and contract back down after delivery. I didn't hemmorage this time either. For the next few days, I dotted frankincense on the painful areas each time contractions occured. The desk reference lists frankincense to help clot blood which is why I did this.
A few minutes after our daughter was born, my husband annointed her entire body with frankincense and smoothed it in. We applied one drop of Myrhh to her cord daily and it dried up the next day and separated from the belly button. By day five it had fallen off.
My midwife visited me the morning after the birth. She was amazed at the oils and couldn't believe how dried up the baby's cord looked. She asked me what I felt during the transition of labor when I applied frankincense. I repeated this conversation I had with my ten year old son:
Son, 'Mom, how come you never screamed?'
(To back up here...we had prepared the children with activities for a long day of awaiting the time of crowning when they would be allowed in to witness the birth of their youngest sister. They were told that I would be all right and that the loud sounds I would make were normal for a large baby coming out of a small hole in my body. They knew to listen for moaning, then louder moaning, and it would only be another 20 minutes or less before they would get to come in when I began screaming.) So back to our conversation.
Mom, 'What do you mean?'
Son, 'You said we would get to come in when you were screaming. You never screamed.' I thought, 'Yep. I never did. My cervix never stung. I never felt more than a 7 on a pain scale of 1-10. THAT FRANKINCENSE IS SOOOO AMAZING!'
So I wonder. Did Jesus' mother, Mary, feel this higher level of spiritual focus too? Did she feel minimal pain too? Did her birth attendants feel calm and focused?
I now tell everyone to get pregnant again just to experience the 'Jesus birth' with frankincense and myrrh. My midwife was so amazed that she has purchased these oils to have on hand and other mothers have experienced this too.
From Awaken to Healing Fragrance by Elizabeth Anne Jones
"For pain of the vagina after birth, Trota recommended: "... take rue, mugwort, and camphor, grind them well and, having prepare them with pennyroyal oil and warmed them in a pot, wrap them in a cloth and insert as a suppository. She recommends Pennyroyal oil as an emmenagogue to treat delayed menses. It is a dangerous oral toxin and abortive in pregnancy. Pennyroyal is also recommended to relieve pelvic congestion and as a tonic for the liver and the spleen. It cools the body and is an analgestic for headaches and for pain in the muscles or joints. The large number of ketones in it places it on a rarely used list by modern essential oil therapists.
"Angelica oil can stimulate a uterus to contract or to relax depending on the need"