Essential Oils for Labor?

jessicab711

Anyone have experience with good essential oils for relaxation and pain management during a natural delivery?  I may need to make a trip to Whole Foods here soon to pick some up.....

mandi195

Peppermint is always my go to for pain... and lavender for relaxation. 

+lisamarie+

It is nice to be able to diffuse them during labor. A good blend is lavendar, Frankincense, Ylang-ylang, and Roman Chamomolile oils. If you like essential oils and want to use them often, I highly suggest the book "Gentle Babies". Has great info on oils and how to use them during pregnancy, lavor/delivery, and on babies.

Ealdwic

Seconding Young Living and Gentle Babies. I am using that book as my oily guru for this pregnancy and it's all based on YL oils. Which are absolutely amazing. I distribute and personally buy wholesale from them and adore the quality and therapeutic grade promise. So good to be oily!

amabarne

I'd never even thought to check and see if I could use my diffuser/oils at the hospital! Good to know.

Knottie32364231

Our hospital requests that we not use diffusers or room scents because it affects the entire staff. They said we could use cotton balls or similar so I could breathe the scents without everyone else breathing them. I am taking lavender and clary sage and rose geranium.

WDDCH

I've heard clary sage but I didn't have that one on hand my last birth.

ldmw

My hospital encourages the use of scents. I'm using something called panic button.

lauren5228

During my first labor, my doula pinned peppermint oil soak cloth squares to my shirt near my collar when I started to feel nauseas. Worked like a charm!

secretbaba

I've bought a pack from Amazon designed for labour - they have clary sage and lavender, with a spray for the face for during labour and they just recommend putting it on a muslin. I also bought a super cheap 'labour massage oil' with pretty much the same, plus geranium and Wild Rose. I'll see how much use they are when it happens!

elizalegs

I was going to say clary sage like someone else but honestly, the best thing I can think is just find something you know you like anyhow. If it relaxes you, it will help. I know everyone always says lavender but for some reason it never calms me, it just makes me think of cleaning products (unless it's an actual plant)
Good luck!!!