Young Living Feelings Essential Oil Kit and Pregnancy

Pregnancy can be a fun and exciting time for mom as she brings a child into the world. It may cause different feelings to surface and emotions to change. These changes may start right away, and are experienced differently by each person. I would like to share with you some of the changes that you might face, and how they may be eased with the help of Young Living’s Feelings™ Kit.

Tension and Stress
Tension and stress are emotional concerns that may run through your mind. You may experience feelings like “Am I ready for this?” or “Will the baby be all right?” Apply Harmony™ oil to the sides of the body. It will help you relax and let go of stress, tension, and fear. Then you can process your emotions easier, and learn to enjoy pregnancy.

Energy
Because of the changes during pregnancy, you may often feel drained. This can cause emotional energy blocks in the body, and leave you feeling worn out. Apply Young Living’s essential oil of Valor® to your shoulders. It may help you have more strength and courage to process and let go of the emotional blocks, thus improving your energy level.

Fear
Fear is a normal emotion you may experience during pregnancy. It may leave you feeling afraid about the baby’s development and the labor and delivery process. You may think, “What if something goes wrong?” Apply Release™ oil to your head. It may help you release the emotion of fear, and bring you into an attitude where you are able to let go of that negative emotion.

Hormonal Imbalance
It is well known that pregnancy changes the hormones in a woman’s body. The hormonal changes can be stressful at times. It may affect different areas of the body, such as the liver, stomach, and kidneys. It may result in the discharge of toxins though the body. All of this may hold you back from balancing your emotions. Apply Present Time to the back of the neck. It may help bring you into the here and now and balance the emotions you may be experiencing. It can also ground the body and release emotional blocks.

Frustration and Nervousness
At times the pregnant mommy may feel frustrated and nervous. This can be caused by the physiological changes from pregnancy or the many emotions you may be feeling. If you are feeling frustrated and nervous, maybe the first step is to use Inner Child™ oil. Put Inner Child under the nose. This essential oil may help ease your mind. It may provide what is needed to stimulate your memory to reconnect with your inner self. This can help you find emotional stability and bring joy to your heart, mind, and body.

Ups and Downs
Sometimes during pregnancy you may experience hard times with cycles of ups and downs. It might be difficult for you to calm down. From all the physical and emotional changes you are going though, you might also be fighting some sadness and feeling down. Apply Forgiveness™ oil to the heart. You may feel a shift in the body or a feeling of lightness. Draw in Forgiveness and let it improve the attitude and help with a sense of grounding and well being.

These quick, simple, and easy steps may help bring changes to help relieve the pregnant mommy. They can help you cope with the nine months of pregnancy and better handle some of the emotional discomfort and stress you may experience during pregnancy.

7 Ways to Use Gentle Baby Essential Oil Blend

Young Living Gentle Baby essential oil blend is a soft, fragrant combination of essential oils designed specifically for mothers and babies; but not limited to moms and babies (see my testimonial below). It helps calm emotions during pregnancy and is useful for quieting troubled little ones. It is also soothing to tender skin. Many of the essential oils in this blend are used in elite cosmetics to enhance a youthful appearance.

Gentle Baby Essential Oil and Pregnancy

Comforting, soothing, relaxing, and beneficial for reducing stress during pregnancy. Gentle Baby helps reduce stretch marks and scar tissue and rejuvenates the skin, improves elasticity and reduces wrinkles. It is particularly soothing to dry, chapped skin and diaper rash. Skin issues are improved when using Gentle Baby with Rose Ointment or Tender Tush over the top of it.

Gentle Baby includes these therapeutic-grade essential oils:

• Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) has been used for centuries for skin care. It revitalizes tissue and nerves and has relaxant, anti-inflammatory, anti-infectious effects.
• Rosewood (Aniba rosaeodora) is soothing and nourishing to the skin, enhancing skin elasticity, and is antibacterial and antifungal.
• Lemon (Citrus limon) increases microcirculation and lymphatic function. Its fragrance is stimulating, invigorating and antidepressant. (Komori, et al., 1995).
• Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is known as the universal oil. It is beneficial for skin conditions, such as burns, rashes, and psoriasis and prevents scarring and stretch marks. It is relaxing, grounding, and combats depression. Lavender Tips and Testimonials
• Jasmine (Jasminum officinale) is beneficial for dry, greasy, irritated, or sensitive skin. Also brings out femininity and helps with depression and nervous exhaustion.
• Roman Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) combats restlessness, insomnia, muscle tension, and inflammation.
• Bergamot (Citrus bergamia) is simultaneously uplifting and calming, with a unique ability to relieve anxiety, stress, and tension.
• Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata) increases relaxation; balances male and female energies. It also restores confidence and equilibrium.
• Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii) combats candida, rashes, and scaly and flaky skin. It stimulates new cell growth, as it moisturizes and promotes healing. It is antimicrobial. It also helps reduce tension and helps recovery from nervous exhaustion.
• Rose (Rosa damascena) used for the skin for thousands of years, it promotes healthy skin, reduces scarring, and promotes elasticity.

7 Ways to Use Gentle Baby Essential Oil Blend

1. Dilute 1 drop Gentle Baby to 1 teaspoon V-6 (a carrier oil) Apply topically for dry, chapped skin or diaper rash.
2. Diffuse (do NOT add a carrier oil when diffusing as it could ruin your diffuser).
3. Apply over mother’s abdomen, on feet, lower back, face, and neck areas.
4. Dilute with 1-2 tablespoons V-6 for body massage and for applying on baby’s skin, tips for foot massage.
5. For Pregnancy and Delivery: Use for massage throughout entire pregnancy for relieving stress and anxiety, and to prevent scarring and creating serenity. Massage on the perineum to help it stretch for easier birthing.
6. Mix a drop of Gentle Baby with a dab of Tender Tush for softening skin anywhere on the body – this is excellent for heels, knees, legs, elbows, tummies, or hands!
7. Use in the same dilution with V-6 for birthing mother dogs.

Note: Possible sun sensitivity due to the presence of citrus oils and bergamot, do not expose skin to direct sunlight where Gentle Baby has been applied.

Gentle Baby Testimonial

“The 3,000 mile long drive across the country when I moved to North Carolina was hard on my body, particularly my legs. My feet, ankles and calves were very swollen from sitting in the car driving for a week. I tried a few different oils and the one that made the biggest difference was, oddly, Gentle Baby! It made the swelling go down and the discomfort ease – go figure!

Moral of the story – if one oil doesn’t work – try another, don’t limit your choices to what you think an oil may or not do… you just never really know.” ~ Evelyn Vincent