oils in pregnancy

[Rosaline]

My sister is 13 weeks pregnant, very nauseous and is suffering headaches. When I did my aromatherapy training I was told never to use essential oils during pregnancy. She would like to use oils and has asked me for advice, so I thought I would put the question on a thread to ask advice form you all/ Any thoughts or experience would be appreciated. thank you!

 

[nickdc1960]

hi ive just come across your thread and wanted to say yes some oils are very beneficial in pregnancy when used correctly. Ive trained in clinical aromatherapy and im looking into specializing in aromatherapy in pregnancy. Some good oils to use for nausea are petitgrain and mandarin put in a vaporizer or on a tissue and inhaled, ginger is a well known one for nausea you can buy ginger tea which is good. Mandarin and petitgrain are gentle so adding 2drops of each so only 4drops in a bath would be good, if you wanted you could put that in alittle bit of base oil or lotion then in the bath water. For the headaches and actually also the nausea as it is good for that aswell would be peppermint i must say though that peppermint is a strong oil so only small amounts should be used so say one drop on a tissue and inhaled would be sufficiant. I wouldnt advise putting peppermint in the bath as i think it is to strong on the skin especially sensitive areas. There are many oils that can be used in pregnancy (not all though) one big thing though is to make sure the oils are good quality oils and pure and from a good supplier/company. The best ones are the ones who specialize in aromatherapy oils as they can give you information and advice. I get mine where i trained which is called penny price aromatherpy the price family have many good books out. If you want any information on oils for labour or anything dont hesitate to ask.

 

[Imrightyoulose]

Dear healing essence,
thank you very much for taking the time to reply to my thread. The info is most helpful and I will pass it on to my sister. I did my Indian head massage training with the Penny Price School!
Best wishes Lily of the Valley