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My Go-To Essential Oil Blend for Labour
Why Use Essential Oils During Labour? If you’re just beginning your journey with essential oils, I’d love to share my favourite labour-support blend with you. I prepared very thoroughly for the birth of my second son. When I gave birth to my first child, I regretted not preparing enough, so this time I was determined to do things differently. Even though I had planned for full pain relief (which didn’t happen in the end), I wanted to make the first stage of labour as comfortable as possible. I bought a birthing ball and carefully selected the essential oils that would support me through the process. Introducing a pleasant scent into…
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Two Births, Two Stories: Epidural vs. Natural
Dreams of a Baby, Nightmares of Pain For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to have children. However, the thought of childbirth terrified me since I was a child. Perhaps it was the dramatic stories my mother told me about giving birth in communist Poland, or maybe it was the phrase “that’s nothing compared to childbirth” that I kept hearing whenever I hurt myself as a kid. I love nature, but when it comes to physical pain, I never saw the point in suffering. I didn’t want to think about it or see it, so I deliberately avoided birth videos and stories from other women. At every…
