Essential Oils For All Your Perinatal Wellness Needs

Essential oils are an all natural, safe and effective way to help you boost your health throughout the entire perinatal period. Below are just a few ways in which these oils can be used therapeutically throughout each stage.

Fertility Nutrition

Improves Cellular Health by Reducing Toxic Load

The average woman is exposed to over 500 chemicals before she even leaves the house in the morning. Think quickly about your daily routine...what toxins are you being exposed to through pollution, personal hygiene products, cleaning agents, and food?

Essential oils help to reduce your toxic load both by reducing the amount of toxins you encounter in your environment, as well as serving as anti-inflammatory agents that support your health on a cellular level.

Citrus oils, particularly lemon and wild orange, can be added to drinking water to support liver cleansing and kidney detoxification.

Frankincense is another top oil for cell support due to its anti-inflammatory and immune boosting properties.

Supports a Healthy, Happy Gut

A healthy digestive system is essential for supporting reproductive health because it ensures the body is getting the nutrients to stay healthy, happy, and strong. Peppermint oil is the top single-oil suggestion here. When your stomach is upset, you can put a few drops in water and take it like a shot or take a few drops on your tongue.

Fosters Hormonal Balance

The most important thing when it comes to fertility health is creating hormonal balance. If our hormones are out of whack then our health will suffer. Essential oils are a natural and easy way to support your hormones.

The most recommended single oil for this is clary sage, which may help balance estrogen. Thyme oil may also be used to help balance progesterone.

To reduce PMS symptoms around your cycle, try DoTERRA’s Clary Calm Proprietary Blend, which includes clary sage, lavender, bergamot, roman chamomile, cedarwood, ylang-ylang, geranium, fennel, carrot seed, palmarosa herb, and vitex leaf/berry essential oils.

And let’s not forget men! Studies show sandalwood oil may help increase testosterone levels.

Pregnancy Nutrition

Reduces Symptoms such as Nausea and Indigestion

Nausea is a sign of a healthy pregnancy; however can negatively impact mom’s nutritional intake. Select essential oils can help support healthy digestion and ease occasional discomfort when taken internally. For example, Fennel, Ginger, and Peppermint oils are popularly used around the world for their digestive benefits when ingested. Digestzen Blend, which includes peppermint, ginger, caraway, coriander, anise, tarragon, and fennel. You can add it to water or tea or apply it topically to the stomach area. It may also help reduce bloating, gas, and indigestion that occurs as the pregnancy progresses.

Natural, Caffeine Free Energy Boost

Fatigue is probably the #1 symptom associated with pregnancy. If you are feeling particularly fatigued look for oils that have energizing and refreshing properties need to rejuvenate the mind with energized or refreshed feelings: Inhale or diffuse Peppermint oil for an invigorating pick-me up, or rub on the temples for an energy boost. Tangerine or lemon oil also work well. Rub between the palms and inhale aroma slowly.

Postpartum Nutrition

Supports Healthy Weight Loss

An individual’s metabolism has a direct connection with their ability to manage weight. While the rate at which our bodies burn calories or use energy has a lot to do with genetics, there is still plenty we can do to control how our metabolism affects our weight. You will find that there are several essential oils that are useful for supporting a healthy metabolism. Grapefruit Oil is easy to incorporate into your diet and because it is all natural plant extract is safe for breastfeeding moms as well.

Stress Reliever

However, we do know that weight management goes beyond the simple equation of calories in vs. calories out. Our hormones, mood, emotions, sleep stress all can impact our ability to be successful at losing weight. Essential oils can be a powerful resource to help us promote calming, grounding, or balancing emotions. Creating a calm environment can help you stay focused and motivated on your goals. On particularly stress-filled days, place a few drops of Wild Orange oil into the diffuser for an energizing, revitalizing aroma.

Lavender is one of the world’s top healing oils and doTERRA’s most popular oil. It may help lower cortisol levels and help you calm yourself. The cup-and-inhale method offers immediate stress reducing effects. Lavender helps to induce sleep so it is best to use before bedtime.

Remember, just like any other form of supplementation we want to make sure we are only using high quality products.

Because there’s no regulating body, people can say whatever they want about their products, so it is important to look for the following verification:

Purity—Look for companies that advertise their products are independent third-party tested. DoTERRA works with the Aromatic Testing Authority to ensure the quality and safety of its products. Additionally, when you buy a DoTERRA product, you can go to the website sourcetoyou.com and read their third-party quality reports.
Potency—This measures the therapeutic efficacy of the product...it is important to remember that not all oils are the same… the concentration of a product you buy at your local Pharmacy is nowhere near what DoTERRA offers. This is largely due to the importance of growing products in their natural soils. DoTERRA ensures the best possible potency with indigenous sourcing, working with farmers who harvest plants in their natural habitat.

Essential oils can play a powerful role in supporting your health during all stages of pregnancy. To learn more about how to incorporate into your life, sign up for our Free Class or email me at carlyn.rosenblum@mthrnutrition.com.

Essential Oils for Perinatal Wellness