Essential oils for my heart baby!

Hello!!  We got good news from the doctor that she is growing (1 oz shy of 10lbs a few days ago!) and that surgery will likely now be in NOVEMBER!!  He was originally saying 4 months, so obviously she is doing well if he wants to wait until 6 months old.  We took her off her diuretic and she has been handling it well as far as I  can tell... so one less med!

So, we're of course doing all the standard medical stuff for her heart condition, but someone who usually uses natural remedies at home, I can't not research what would be best to help June be as healthy as she can be for surgery and for healing post-op.

Among other things, we are using essential oils!!  We use Young Living brand.  The essential oils you can buy for cheap at the store are just that... cheap.  While they still smell good, those oils don't have much of the medicinal properties of oils.  So while they are more expensive, it's definitely worth it.  Especially because they last for so long because you only need a few drops each time!

I could do a whole 'bother post on what I do for first aid for my kids, for myself, during pregnancy and birth.... but this post is for my heart baby.

We just started using these oils this week when my shipment came in.

Here is our regime:

Aroma Life:

Aroma Life™ Essential Oil Blend combines the harmonizing effects of ylang ylang with known powerhouses cypress, helichrysum, and marjoram. Pulsing with life, this vibrant blend of essential oils energizes your life force. Aroma Life™ is best applied over heart energy – front and/or back.

Wellness Solutions: Balances cardiovascular, lymphatic, and circulatory systems; reduces stress.

Ingredients:

• Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)
• Marjoram (Origanum majorana)
• Helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum)
• Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata)
• in a base of organic sesame seed oil.

Applications: For topical use, apply 4 drops on location (heart, abdomen, on the hand under the ring finger and above the elbow or in conjunction with Raindrop Technique) as needed. Diffuse, directly inhale, or add 2-4 drops to bath water. Apply 1-2 drops over heart and long spine from first to fourth thoracic vertebrae (which correspond to the cardiopulmonary nerves). Dilute 1:15 with vegetable oil [I prefer organic oils so that chemicals do not interact with the essential oil and waste energy] or our V-6 Oil Complex for a full body massage.

WHAT WE DO:  Diffuse for 20 mins 2-3 times a day.  I also put a very diluted mix of this and coconut oil on her feet and over her heart a couple of times a day.  This oil does not need to be diluted necessarily, but with such a young baby I personally think it wise.  I probably wouldn't dilute it with my other two but June is sick, so I am extra cautious.  Since oils ARE powerful!  

Gentle Baby™ Essential Oil Blend is a soft, fragrant combination of essential oils designed specifically for mothers and babies. 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.

Wellness: Gentle Baby™ supports the skin, maintaining normal cellular regeneration and helps reduce the appearance of aging. It is particularly soothing to dry, chapped skin and diaper rash. Skin issues improved when using Gentle Baby™ with Rose Ointment over top of it.

Ingredients:

• Rosewood (Aniba rosaeodora)
• Geranium (pelargonium graveolens)
• Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii)
• Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
• Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile)
• Ylang ylang (Cananga odorata)
• Lemon (Citrus limon)
• Jasmine (Jasminum officinale)
• Bergamot (Citrus bergamia)
• and Rose (Rosa damascena)

Applications: For aromatic use. Diffuse or apply on mother's abdomen, feet, lower back, face, and neck areas. Dilute with V-6™ Enhanced Vegetable Oil Complexf or full body massage and for applying on baby's skin.

WHAT WE DO:  Baby massage!  I try to give her a massage a few times a week and use coconut oil and Gentle Baby.  I went to a baby massage class and also our cranial sacral therapist gave me some tips.  I diffused this oil when we were in the hospital with her so sick (also when I was giving birth to her!) and my hope is that she will continue to associate thus calming blend with... being calm and relaxed.... so I can diffuse it again when we are in the hospital for open heart surgery to keep her (and me!) calm.  I also use a blend called "peace and calming for this.... I wear it on my chest so that when she is held close to me she smells it and calms.  I will be wearing that during our hospital stay to keep myself calm!!  Another bone I use in this way is a blend called "Jpy."  Just depends on how I'm feeling which of these 3 I use.  I also use Gentle Baby in my homemade diaper wipe solution... never a diaper rash in this house!   But thats a whole different post!

I have many oils that I plan to use after the surgery to help her incision- for healing and to help minimize the appearance of the scar.  Though I hope she is always proud of her scar... remembering always that she's a fierce warrior!!  And also one to help with emotional trauma (I'll be using that one on myself too!!!

Let me know if you want some oils... I get them at wholesale and use at least a few daily.