[Everything doTERRA] Re: Oils & Pregnancy

I'm sorry to hear about the peppermint effecting your nursing!
Peppermint EO is used traditionally for drying up milk supply, and
anise is used for increasing it.
Did you take the peppermint in any other form than S&S?
Here is a good article for increasing milk supply using herbs and
diet. Ginger is on the list, and made me think that ginger EO could be
used to help.

http://www.mobimotherhood.org/MM/article-diet.aspx

Julia

On Aug 24, 3:28 pm, Tiffany <chevy...@cox.net> wrote:
> I don't know about using oils while you are pregnant, but while you
> are nursing, stay away from peppermint oil. I was nursing and using
> slim and sassy, after calling and finding out that it is indeed ok for
> nursing mothers and it wouldn't hurt my baby. But, what I didn't know
> is that peppermint will dry up your milk supply in a hurry! I was
> unaware of this and found out the hard way. I was totally unprepared
> to wean my daughter but had to since I had nothing left. The quality
> and quantity decreased drastically. To a point that it was no longer
> nutritionally healthy for her. Unfortunately I had to put her on
> formula. I didn't have time to slowly introduce it to her since I
> dried up so quickly. Her stomach didn't like that! So, do NOT use
> peppermint oil while nursing!
>
> On Aug 23, 2:20 pm, Elea <eleasprin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello All!  Are there any oils that should be avoided when pregnant?
> > More specifically, I usually take a homemade coconut tablet daily with
> > oregano, lemon & OnGuard mixed in it.  Are any of those to be avoided
> > during pregnancy?  I know peppermint will slow down lactation but
> > didn't realize it until almost too late.  Anything else that can
> > affect pregnancy related issues that I should know about?

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