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Essential Oils in Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

(Using dōTERRA Essential Oils. Much of this information was gathered from

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A word on essential oils: I’ve used essential oils for many years and loved them, however it wasn’t until I began using dōTERRA essential oils that I woke up to the incredible healing benefits and many uses. These pure plant based products are 100% clean, nothing artificial, no fillers or nasties. They are incredibly effective, safe, potent and affordable. I have never before found oils like these, or a company like dōTERRA! I have cleaned up my household cleaning products, personal care products and our family medicine cabinet. We now use the oils for all of these. We use them for emotional support, sleep, relaxation, digestion, immunity, skin, muscular ease, connection, meditation, prayer, in our cooking, water and so much more! They have added so much value, and without sounding dramatic…they have changed our lives. They can offer so much support during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. I hope you find this helpful, inspiring and supportive. Please take a look at my website for more information www.laurenfalconer.com.au and http://www.theessentialmidwife.com/ where much of this information comes from. To find out how to get your dōTERRA essential oils and start your journey with the absolute best quality oils on the market and the most supportive community, scroll to the end of this document where I have a step by step guide to help you get started. Enjoy! * The FDA has not evaluated these statements. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. If under medical supervision, or pregnant, it is recommended to consult your physician before use.

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Pregnancy

Morning sickness: Put three drops of grapefruit or peppermint essential oil into a diffuser by your bed. This can sometimes help with the morning nausea. You may find that waking up to these aromas helps Swelling and water retention and Pregnancy Edema: Lemon- use a few drops in water internally on a daily basis. “Liquid Sunshine” Super antioxidant and antibacterial properties. You can also use three drops of Geranium, Ginger, Lemon and Lavender in a roller bottle with fractionated coconut oil and roll on ankles and feet a few times a day especially at the end of the day and massage feet and ankles in a upward movement toward the heart. Place a drop of each over your heart. Heartburn & morning sickness: DigestZen and/or Peppermint a drop under the tongue, rubbed on abdomen, a few drops in a capsule a couple times a day, or rubbed on the bottoms of your feet. You can also fold a tissue into a small square or cup your hands and add 3 drops of peppermint essential oil. Inhale as needed for either. Another option is: If you can tolerate it, add three drops of peppermint essential oil in a glass of water and sip throughout the day. Restful Sleep and/or insomnia: Lavender Peace, especially nearing your due date and birth. Lower Back / Leg Pain & Pressure: Deep Blue & AromaTouch. A nightly massage is wonderful! Sciatica: Mix 3 drops of essential oil with 1 tbs carrier oil and apply to the painful location. Rubbing a few drops of geranium on the painful location & then soak in a bath of epsom salts with lavender. Congestion: Add a few drops of Breathe to your diffuser, cup of your hands or bowl of hot water and inhale steam. Place a drop of clove and thyme on the tips of your middle finger and fingerwalk middle of the nose up and out towards the cheek bones. Depression: Place 3 drops of Lavender or Elevation and mix it with a carrier oil. Then massage it into upper back, neck and face and avoiding eyes. Wear as a perfume or diffuse Citrus Bliss. Avoiding Stretch Marks: Add 2-3 drops of each Helichrysum, Lavender, Frankincense, 1 cup Virgin Olive Oil, and liquid from 6 capsules Vitamin E and 4 capsules Vitamin A. Apply a couple times a day starting when you feel like it. Emotional Stress: Add 2 drops of either Lavender or Elevation to a carrier oil & massage into your wrists, neck and around ears.

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Gas (flatulence): Mix 1 drop of peppermint in 1 tsp. of honey. Stir into a small glass of warm water. Group Beta Strep: Mix 3 drops of OnGuard & 3 drops of Oregano on soles of feet morning and night. Hemorrhoids: Mix 3 drops Aromatouch and 5 drops geranium to 1 tbsp. carrier oil and apply to the area with hemorrhoids or you can do this and then soak in a bath. High Blood Pressure: Put 3 drops of ylang ylang to 2 tbsp. of bath salts and mix with bath water. Bathe in the evening 2x week. Toxemia: Mix 2 drops cypress oil to 2 tsp. of carrier oil. Massage into your abdomen and bottoms of feet. Insomnia: Put 3 drops of either lavender or ylang ylang to 1 tbsp carrier oil and do a full body massage. Diffuse either of these oils in the air. You can also spritz your pillow with Lavender. Yeast Infection: Mix 3 drops of Tea Tree and 1 drop lavender with 2 tbsp. of bath salts. Add to warm water and soak for 10 min.

Labor / Birth Early labor: Lavender and Lavender Peace. Mix 3 drops of lavender into a carrier oil more and massage from the legs from the ankles up toward the heart. Breech baby: Mix 5 drops of Myrrh w 1 tbsp. of carrier oil. Massage abdomen in a circular motion ending with visualizing your baby’s head moving down. Induction & speeding up a slow labor: Clary Sage - it is a uterine tonic. Place a drop on the ankle reflex points. To calm and focus: Use Balance. You can diffuse or just open the bottle for smelling Energy during labor & second stage: Peppermint smelt straight out of the bottle, on a tissue, in water, or diffused. Great for partners also. Labor room or birthing area: Diffuse 5-7 drops of either Lavender Peace or Elevation into the air with a diffuser to improve the over all calmness, peacefulness and happiness in the room. (If

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diffusing seems to much simply place the oils on a tissue and smell. This is best of you are very sensitive to smell). Back Labor: Use a few drops of Peppermint and/or Deep Blue and massage back and apply pressure. This will relieve some of the discomfort especially with a posterior baby. Labor pains: You can use lavender and/or clary sage and put in with 2 tablespoons of bath salts and soak in bath. Mix 2 drops of balance in 1 tbsp. of carrier oil and massage hips, bottoms of feet and abdomen. Or use a warm compress and apply 2 drops of whisper or ylang ylang and place the wet cloth on your belly or back as desired. Perspiration (Excess): Add 2-3 drops of lavender to a bowl of slightly warm water. Dip a washcloth into the bowl and wipe off excess perspiration. This will also be calming. Hyperventilation: You can use 1-2 drops of any of these essential oils (ylang ylang, geranium, wild orange or easy air and place it on a tissue or cup your hands and inhale. Anxiety: Add 2 drops of any of these oils (lavender, wild orange, lavender peace) in a bowl of cool water. Soak a washcloth in the water, wring it out and use it on your face as desired. To avoid or minimize tearing: Mix 5 drops of clary sage and 2 drops of geranium with 2 tbsp of carrier oil massage hourly into the perineum. If there has been any tearing you can mix a few drops of Helichrysum and place it on a warm compress on the perineal area. If hemorrhaging, seek medical attention immediately. Uterine massage: Mix 5 drops of lavender, 7 drops of whisper with 2 tbsp of carrier oil and massage abdomen until uterus is well contracted and firm. Reflexology Points: Precautions ~ The following pressure points should not be accessed before you reach your 40th week. Always check with your doctor or midwife before doing anything to stimulate contractions. Pressure points may feel tender, but it should not hurt you. If you feel pain, reduce pressure and make sure you have the right spot! If a contraction starts, stop the pressure and wait until the contraction ends. Then you can apply pressure again. �! Thumb Point: Press firmly on the center of your thumb for a few minutes, then switch to

the other thumb. This is one of the most effective points used in reflexology for inducing labor. It stimulates the pituitary gland to release oxytocin, one of the main hormones that causes the uterus to contract.

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�! Arch of Foot : This point is located inside the arch of the foot, just in front of the heel. Apply firm pressure, but not so hard that it causes pain. This point is also very helpful in relieving intensity during labour.

�! Inside Heel: Apply pressure to the point just inside the heel of the foot, aligned with your ankle. If it feels tender you’ve found the right spot. Between Toes : Apply pressure, one finger’s-length below the point between the big toe and the second toe. This point will also be tender when you find it.

Acupressure Points:

�! Webbing between your thumb and forefinger: Press or massage the top of this webbing. This point affects the large intestine, which surrounds a portion of the uterus, stimulating contractions.

�! Shoulder muscle: Press and massage the highest point of your shoulder muscle. �! Inside ankle: Find the point four finger’s-width above the inside of your ankle. Apply

pressure; it helps ripen the cervix and strengthen weak contractions. �! Outside ankle: To help the baby descend toward the pelvis, put pressure on the point

between your ankle bone (outer ankle) and Achilles tendon (which runs up the back of your leg)

�! Lower back: This point is actually located one finger’s-width above your buttocks crease. Feel for a small indentation and massage for a minute.

�! Roof of Mouth: Using your tongue, press on the roof of your mouth with your tongue as far back as you can. This is a handy one you can use as you go about your daily routine

Post-natal period After birth bleeding: Clary Sage, Helichrysum, and Ylang Ylang this tones things back up quickly. Place mix on ankle reflex points. Pain and inflammation: Lavender and Frankincense on frozen pads for soothing, healing, and inflammation for immediately after birth. Cramping & Abdominal Pain: Deep blue rubbed directly on lower abdomen. Hemorrhoids: Cypress, Geranium, Clary Sage, Helichrysum- 1-2 drops of each in a spray bottle base of Fractionated oil for Hemorrhoids. Apply each time you use the restroom. Nipple Soreness: Helichrysum & Lavender for breastfeeding soreness (brings healing and elasticity, reduces soreness to 2 days VS 10-14 days)

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Dried or cracked nipples: Mix 5 drops of any of these oils (geranium, myrrh, sandlewood or balance) with 1 tbsp. of carrier oil. Wipe your breast before breastfeeding. Engorgement: Add 2 drops of lavender oil and 2 drops of geranium to one cup hot or cold water. Soak a washcloth in the solution, wring out and apply washcloth to breasts. After try to gently express some milk.

Lactation:

�! Increase milk: Mix 5-7 drops of any of these oils (fennel, basil, clary sage or geranium) with 1 tbsp. carrier oil. Massage breasts, lymph area above breasts and upper back along the spine. Repeat daily for up to 10 days. Wash the oil off the nipple area before feeding. Also you can mix 2 drops fennel oil with 1 tsp. of honey and swallow. Follow this with a glass of water. Repeat 3-5 times daily for up to 3 days.

�! Decrease milk: Mix 3-4 drops of peppermint with 1 cup of cold water. Soak washcloth in the mixture, wring it out and apply to breasts. Wash the nipple off before feeding.

Perineal Healing: Mix 2 drops of cypress and 2 drops of lavender with ó tsp. of bath salts. Add to warm bath and soak for 10-15 min. Repeat up to 3x a day. Yeast infection: Dilute Tea Tree in a spray bottle with water, apply after going to the toilet. Mix tea tree with Fractionated coconut oil for nappy rash. Post partum Depression: 5-7 drops of essential oils in the diffuser 3x a day (either citrus bliss, elevation, clary sage or bergamot). Mix 6 drops of either orange, geranium, elevation or frankincense with 1 tbsp. of carrier oil and massage neck, shoulders and feet. Repeat up to 3 times daily.

Baby Umbilical Cord: Myrrh serves as a liquid band-aid and avoids infection. Birth trauma relief: Place Balance essential oil along the spine and bottoms of baby’s feet-“Chiropractor in a bottle” (remember to dilute) Thrush (in mouth): Mix 1 drop of tea tree, 1 drop of lavender and 2 drops of vitamin E oil with 1Tsp. garlic oil. Apply 1 drop of this mixture to mother’s nipples before nursing.

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Calming: Frankincense and lavender on the bottoms of the feet. Colic: Mix 1 drop of any of these essential oils (citrus bliss, wild orange and/or lavender) with 1Tbsp.. carrier oil. Apply a small amount on the stomach and back. Use a warm compress to keep baby’s abdomen warm. Burp as baby needs & if gas pains seem to exist. Crying: Diffuse a few drops of Lavender Peace or Lavender in the room where your baby sleeps. Fever: Mix 1 drop of lavender to 1 tbsp. of carrier oil apply to the bottoms of the feet, back of the neck and behind the ears. Nappy Rash (yeast): Mix 1 drop of tea tree with 1 tbsp. of plain yogurt and apply to the bottom area (avoid genital area) Other nappy rash: mix 1 drop or lavender and 1 drop of roman chamomile with 2 tbsp. of carrier oil. Avoid the genital area and change nappy frequently. More Resources:

�! This book is highly recommended: Essential OIls for Pregnancy, Birth & Babies

�! The Essential Life https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Life-Total-Wellness-Publishing/dp/1495146448

�! Modern essentials APP https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/modern-essentials/id533956710?mt=8

Ordering your oils: There are 2 ways to get started. You can buy retail from my dōTERRA website or you can get your own wholesale account and receive 25% off all products for an entire year! I would highly recommend the wholesale account. To get the wholesale account you either pay a one off $35 fee & select the oils that you’d like, OR you can start with an enrolment kit and the $35 fee is waived. I’d highly recommend an enrolment kit as it will really give you all you need to get stared. This is one of the best investments in your health! The home essentials kit gives you the incredible petal diffuser and the top 10 oils. This is like your mama first aid kit and has all you’ll need to get started. You receive 25% off the kits when you join as a wholesale member.

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1. Click here for my website: http://mydoterra.com/laurenfalconer 2. Click on the ‘Join & Save’ and follow the steps OR if you want to shop retail click ‘shop. Add your preferred language and country of residence. 3. Select your location where you will be receiving your products. 4. Select the Wholesale Account for the best benefits and discount of 25% 5. Fill in the “About You” section. This is the bulk of your wholesale account application. This info goes straight to Doterra through their secure site. 6. Enter your Enroller and Sponsor ID numbers. If you are enrolling with me, you’ll use #3512686. If you have come in through my direct links, these should be filled in for you. 7. Create your password. This gives you access to your personal online shopping cart where you can place and manage orders. 8. Read and accept the online enrolment terms and conditions. 9. Choose your Enrolment Kit (Home essentials is very popular and gives you the top 10 oils plus the petal diffuser) 10. Choose your preferred shipping method 11. Enter your payment information and check your shipping address. Click ‘Process’ ‘Order Now’ and ‘Continue’. That’s it! You now have your own dōTERRA wholesale account and your oils are on the way! When you join dōTERRA you will be receiving a whole lot more than just oils. This is what drew me to this company, the incredible support and community. When you join dōTERRA with me, I offer you an initial 1:1 skype mentoring call & another 4-6 weeks after you’ve been using your oils. I offer you support through emails, facebook, and by providing you with resources as part of my team. I so look forward to supporting you on this incredible journey. Lots of love, Lauren xx