Pregnancy and Use of Essential Oils

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I have for years and years had problems with miscarriages. I had my 1st son

at 17 and now my 2nd after being married for 8 years and trying to have a

baby for 7 of them just had another baby.

The Drs are still not 100% sure why I miscarry within the first 3 weeks.

But we do want another one.

Does anyone have any thoughts or advice since all this pergo talk?

 

-sarah

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Butch Owen <butchbsi

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:04:40 -0700

Pregnancy and Use of Essential Oils

 

 

Hi y'all,

 

From one of the many pages in Martin's Archives .. this one entitled

Essential Oil Safety - The Known and the Unknown. .. at URL.

 

http://www.aromamedical.com/articles/eosafety.html

 

" Pregnancy: Almost all of the claims made in aromatherapy books about

not using certain oils during pregnancy are unfounded. Many such claims

are based not on the essential oil concerned, but are from the

traditionally claimed effects of the water soluble herbal extracts when

taken internally. Such extracts are frequently totally different to the

same plants oil.

 

The facts are that most common essential oils are permitted food

flavorings. If there were the slightest evidence that using essential

oils externally was any threat to the health of a fetus, then the oils

concerned would have been restricted by legislation long ago.

 

If someone was suffering from severe morning sickness early on in

pregnancy, then the smell of something like peppermint or spearmint oil

may well subdue the nausea. In such a case of constant vomiting, the

implanted foots is far more likely to be dislodged by the traumatic

muscular contractions of the uterus, than from the effects of the

inhalation of ANY essential oils.

 

The birch and wintergreen oils are best avoided during pregnancy. This

is because indications are that the main chemical is readily absorbed by

the skin. High levels of this in the bloodstream are not desirable in

pregnancy. " UNQUOTE

 

(MY NOTE: I'll take it further than that and say Sweet Birch and

Wintergreen should not be used on a frequent basis by ANYONE regardless

of their condition .. they are not natural oils .. they contain roughly

98% Methyl salicylate .. almost always synthetic .. but it would not

matter if it were natural as the body processes both VERY badly. The

liver does not process them well and they accumulate. Infrequent use

would probably not harm a person with a healthy liver .. but the reasons

most folks use them is for chronic problems so infrequent use is not the

norm. I can't tell you just how healthy my liver is .. maybe other

folks know more about theirs.)

 

Martin goes on ....

" Clary sage is perfectly safe in a normal pregnancy, but should perhaps

be avoided by anyone with a history of early miscarriages. "

 

(MY NOTE: I think this is a case of him bending to the majority cause

there is no reliable information to support this. Still .. we keep in

mind that almost all miscarriages occur during the 1st trimester .. but

Clary has gotten a bad reputation (undeserved) for MAYBE causing grief

if a person has a history of miscarriages. My buddy who deals with the

difficult pregnancies at Hacetepe Hospital says that a woman who has had

frequent miscarriages is not listening to the messages Mama Nature is

giving her .. something is wrong and it is continuing to go wrong .. but

it can often be repaired. I hope Martin jumps in .. there are herbal

solutions (NOT essential oils solutions) for ladies who have such

problems. Martin has considerable experience in that area.)

 

Martin goes on ..

" The main contra-indication of essential oils use during pregnancy is

the heightened chance of causing skin irritation. It is quite common in

late pregnancy for the skin to become very itchy and sometimes inflamed.

In such circumstances essential oils in massage or the bath might make

the condition worse. "

 

This one entitled .. Incorrect Safety - An Example Of Disinformation.

http://www.aromamedical.com/articles/incorrectsafety.htm

 

This one with some information for nursing mothers .. and entitled

Fragrance & Human Fertility.

http://www.aromamedical.com/articles/odourbad.html

 

Folks might wanna stroll through the Archives portion of Martin's site

at http://www.aromamedical.com/articlesarchive.html

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com