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    Aromabump: The Belly Bible for Aromatherapy in Pregnancy
    Aromabump: The Belly Bible for Aromatherapy in Pregnancy
    Aromabump: The Belly Bible for Aromatherapy in Pregnancy
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    Aromabump: The Belly Bible for Aromatherapy in Pregnancy

    By Lisa Heeney

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    "Aromatherapy can be wonderful in helping to have a happy and comfortable pregnancy, and using it can potentially bring many benefits - including helping you to stay relaxed, get a great night's sleep, and ease those aches and pains. So, if you want to use essential oils to support you in your pregnancy, AromaBump is a fantastic guide to keep close at hand.
    In this book you will find: Profiles of 24 essential oils that are safe and fabulously helpful to use in pregnancy Details of over 30 different pregnancy discomforts and challenges from anxiety to varicose veins, acne to rosacea, and heartburn to stretchmarks - and how aromatherapy can help Step by step instructions on how to create beautifully fragrant and therapeutic blends to help you feel well in your pregnancy, labour and post-partum Dozens of exclusive, professionally developed aromatherapy recipes to use in the bath, massage, face and body oils, and for vaporisation around your home
    You will also be able to access your free video bonuses at www.aromabump.com
    Allow aromatherapy to ease you through your pregnancy, and let AromaBump be your guide!"
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateOct 19, 2016
    ISBN9781524662622
    Aromabump: The Belly Bible for Aromatherapy in Pregnancy
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    Lisa Heeney

    Lisa Heeney is a professional reflexologist and aromatherapist who has cared for hundreds of women with her specialized pregnancy treatments, often having the honor of supporting them through more than one of their pregnancies. She has been using aromatherapy with her clients since she qualified from the Tisserand Institute of Aromatherapy in 2005. Having often been asked about essential oils and how they might help with various pregnancy discomforts, Lisa drew upon her knowledge, skills, and personal experience of three positive pregnancies to create her own range of natural aromatherapy-based body products for the expectant mother. She also discovered that many women wanted to use essential oils at home to help them ease the discomforts of their pregnancy; however, they were often unsure about which ones to use or how to use them correctly. So AromaBump was born. Lisa loves working in the field of pregnancy and is keen to promote happy, healthy, positive, and indeed comfortable pregnancies and births to as many women as possible. She lives in Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland, with her husband, John, and their three children, Elizabeth, Ruairí, and Jacob.

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      Aromabump - Lisa Heeney

      © 2016 Lisa Heeney. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 11/07/2016

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-6263-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-6264-6 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-6262-2 (e)

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      Preface

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      CHAPTER 1 Aromatherapy in Pregnancy

      CHAPTER 2 It’s all in the mix – Proper Blending and Dilution of Essential Oils in Pregnancy

      CHAPTER 3 24 Pregnancy-safe Essential Oils

      1. ATLAS CEDARWOOD Botanical Name: Cedrus atlantica

      2. BERGAMOT Botanical Name: Citrus aurantium/Citrus bergamia

      3. CARDAMOM Botanical Name: Elettaria cardamomum

      4. CLARY SAGE Botanical Name: Salvia sclarea

      5. CUBEB Botanical Name: Piper cubeba

      6. CYPRESS Botanical Name: Cupressus sempervivens

      7. EUCALYPTUS Botanical Name: Eucalyptus globulus

      8. FRAGONIA Botanical name: Agonis fragrans

      9. FRANKINCENSE Botanical Name: Boswellia carterii

      10. GERANIUM Botanical Name: Pelargoinium graveolans

      11. GINGER Botanical Name: Zingiber officinale

      12. GRAPEFRUIT Botanical name: citrus paradisi

      13. LAVENDER Botanical name: Lavandula angustifolia

      14. LEMON Botanical name: Citrus limonum

      15. MANDARIN Botanical name: Citrus reticulata Blanco

      16. NEROLI Botanical name: Citrus aurantium var. Amara

      17. ORANGE (SWEET) Botanical Name: Citrus Sinensis

      18. PATCHOULI Botanical name: Pogostemon cablin

      19. ROMAN CHAMOMILE Botanical name: Anthemis nobilis

      20. ROSE OTTO Botanical name: Rosa damascena

      21. ROSEWOOD Botanical name: Aniba rosaeodora

      22. SANDALWOOD Botanical name: Santalum album

      23. VETIVER Botanical name: Vetiveria zizanoides

      24. YLANG YLANG Botanical name: Cananga odorata

      CHAPTER 4 Carrier Oils

      1. CALENDULA Botanical name: Calendula Officinalis

      2. COCONUT OIL Botanical name: Cocos nuciferous

      3. SWEET ALMOND OIL Botanical name: Prunus amygdalus dulcis

      4. GRAPESEED OIL Botanical name: Vitis vinifera

      5. JOJOBA OIL Botanical name: Simmondisia chinensis

      6. ROSEHIP SEED OIL Botanical name: Rosa canina

      CHAPTER 5 Hey, I didn’t sign up for that! (Common pregnancy discomforts and aromatherapy blends to address them)

      1. ACHES AND PAINS (INCLUDING BACKACHE)

      2. ANXIETY

      3. BREAST TENDERNESS

      4. BREATHLESSNESS

      5. CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

      6. COLD SORES

      7. CONSTIPATION

      8. CYSTITIS & URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (UTIs)

      9. DEPRESSION

      10. HAEMORRHOIDS & VULVAL VARICOSITIES

      11. HAYFEVER

      12. HEADACHES

      13. HEARTBURN

      14. HIPS

      15. HYPERTENSION (High Blood Pressure)

      16. MORNING SICKNESS/NAUSEA

      17. OEDEMA

      18. PERINEUM PREPARATION

      19. RESTLESS LEGS

      20. SINUSES (Blocked, and also Sinus infection)

      21. SLEEPLESSNESS

      22. STRESS

      23. SYMPHYSIS PUBIS DYSFUNCTION (SPD)

      24. STRETCH MARKS - See Chapter 6 Your Pregnancy Skin.

      25. THRUSH

      26. TIREDNESS

      27. VARICOSE VEINS

      CHAPTER 6 Your Pregnancy Skin

      FACIAL MASSAGE

      HYDROSOLS

      HOT CLOTH CLEANSING

      Common skin conditions In pregnancy

      1. ROSACEA

      2. ACNE

      3. CHLOASMA

      4. ECZEMA

      5. PSORIASIS

      6. STRETCH MARKS

      Chapter 7 Labour and Post-Partum

      LABOUR

      BIRTHING

      POST-PARTUM

      POST PARTUM SORE/TENDER BITS

      POST-PARTUM HAEMORRHOIDS

      BREASTS AND BREASTFEEDING

      SORE/CRACKED NIPPLES

      BREAST ENGORGEMENT

      MASTITIS

      BLOCKED MILK DUCT

      Glossary

      Bibliography

      Useful Resources

      Buying essential oils, carrier oils, and containers

      Further aromatherapy reading:

      Further positive pregnancy reading and resources:

      Final note from the author

      To my lovely husband John, who says I’m a great one for the ideas.

      Preface

      I WAS FIRST introduced to essential oils in the year 2000 when I went for some reflexology treatments from a wonderful lady called Nancy Hynes, who was also an aromatherapist. I loved how I felt after receiving Nancy’s treatments, and she would often send me home with a little bottle filled with the remainder of the essential oil blend she had been using. The blends smelled gorgeous, and I found them to be extremely restorative and comforting. My only brother, Kevin, had died suddenly at the beginning of that same year and I was in a very low mental space as a result. Little did the lovely Nancy know that she would become a key influencer in what would later become an integral part of my life, and work.

      In 2001 after completing my reflexology diploma (once again as a direct result of Nancy’s influence), I immediately started a diploma in Holistic Aromatherapy in the prestigious Tisserand Institute of Aromatherapy in London. Prior to the diploma starting, I had taken part in a magazine competition to win a scholarship for the aromatherapy diploma in Tisserand, which as fate would have it, a nun from my secondary school, Sr. Patricia, had brought to my attention (Thank you Sr. Patricia!). It turns out that I came second, so no scholarship was won. However, I felt so strongly about learning more about essential oils that I proceeded to apply for the course anyway and travelled from Dublin to London on a monthly basis for two years to attend the weekend seminars.

      Having qualified as an aromatherapist, and despite not yet having children of my own at that time, I had a keen interest in working with pregnancy. I found it amazing and something to be celebrated and supported. I was building up a loyal clientele working as The Pregnancy Reflexologist, and I was also offering aromatherapy pregnancy massage. Many clients had begun to ask me for aromatherapy advice, in terms of which essential oils to use at home to help with certain discomforts they were experiencing.

      In 2008 I was pregnant with my first child and I referred often to my list of essential oils with the aim of easing the normal aches and pains of pregnancy life. I used aromatherapy blends in the bath, in body oils, facial creams and in my trusty oil burner around my home, and I found that they helped me in so many aspects. Baby number 2 came along in 2010, and once again the essential oils played an important role in keeping me happy and healthy in my pregnancy.

      Somewhere between having my second baby and being pregnant with my third, the idea about writing an aromatherapy book for pregnancy started to germinate in my head. I felt that essential oils had helped me so much in my own pregnancies that I would like to share that information with other pregnant women, so that they too could experience the benefits. I saw too on social media that there were many discussions regarding the use of essential oils in pregnancy and labour. I realised that there were many questions, and unfortunately, some of the answers, even though they may have been given in good faith, were not always correct, or safe. Here, I felt that I could put my knowledge of both aromatherapy and pregnancy to good use by compiling helpful information that women could use with confidence that would support them in their pregnancies, in labour and post-partum.

      And so the plan to write AromaBump was put into action. Overall, the whole process has taken me four years to complete – that’s what having three children in the space of four and a half years did for my work productivity levels! Anyway, it is said that good things are worth the wait… so here it is, and it comes down to this: My one wish for you is that you enjoy using this book and the aromatherapy blends that it contains, and that you and your baby carry wellness, both in your pregnancy, and once baby is born, wherever you go.

      Acknowledgements

      A SPECIAL THANKS for the love and support given to me by my wonderful husband, John, my family, my lovely wee mummy, and my fantastic parents-in-law, who are always there to dig me out of a hole, be it with child-minding, a flat tyre, or a leaky roof.

      I would like to acknowledge the input of my best friend called Helen, whose support at the beginning of this project enabled me to get the ball rolling. I would also like to acknowledge the encouragement and direction given to me by my friend, coach and cheerleader, Cara, without whose help, I fear, this book would have taken even longer to complete!

      I would also like to thank the very talented Bridget from Bammedia for designing my book cover – she has been able to make superbly tangible that which was previously only in my head.

      And finally, a special mention to my beautiful ladies who have come to me for reflexology and aromatherapy treatments - thank you for letting me share even a little part of your pregnancy experience, and for everything that I learn from you on a daily basis.

      Thank you, and much love to you all!

      Introduction

      PREGNANCY IS A very exciting time and if it’s your first time being pregnant, then absolutely everything is new. I know the feeling of wanting to know everything about everything, and how, suddenly, you feel that you want to consume all that is pregnancy related. One thing is for sure, being positively supported, and building your tool kit to feel happy and well in your pregnancy is

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