Thyroid, Hormones and Essential Oils

After the birth of my youngest child, I began to have severe fatigue.  I noticed my nails were ridged and sometimes yellowish.  My hair fell out when I brushed it and I had unexplained weight gain.  I had Post-Partum depression pretty badly as well.

I got pregnant when she was 10 months old and was terrified because I was already exhausted all the time.  I had been known as the energizer bunny to my friends, teaching 3-5 group fitness classes a day and still making time for dancing and homeschooling.  I could not even up the stairs without being winded.  I remember someone hearing me catch my breath who had known me 4 years and he said "that's the 1st time I have ever seen you winded".

I am over 40 and figured it was that.  I had seen a doctor and a Naturopath and they hinted at thyroid but my numbers were within range.  They did put me on medication at one point and it did help but if I were to get pregnant again, I wanted to stay off all medications.  I am not recommending this to anyone.  Medications can be of great benefit and you should trust your doctor and your gut.

It wasn't until I miscarried recently that I saw hands down how powerful the oils can be.  I have used them for almost 10 years and am only self taught but my children still seem to get sick a lot and all I use is oils so I had my doubts.   I am not one to be so staunch in my own ideology that I will allow my child to suffer through pain, though many of my oil friend advocates would and do, do this.  To each his own.

Anyway, that said, I had been bleeding for 3 weeks pretty heavily and had gone to the hospital twice.  The actual miscarriage itself has taken one month and that's not including the hormonal and emotional side effects.  The doctors had given me medications and it was still taking this long.

On a Thursday,  decided to test the oils.  I made a blend to get my hormones on track.

In a small jar, I combined:
   1/2 teaspoon magnesium oil
   1/2 teaspoon coconut oil
   15 drops frankincense
   15 drops sandalwood
   20 drops Clary sage
   10 drops Rose
   5 drops Thyme

In a roll on I combined:
  15 drops Lemongrass
  10 drops Clove
  20 drops Myrrh
  20 drops Frankincense
  10 drop Geranium

I rubbed the roll on directly on the base of my neck and along the fleshy part of my foot beneath the big toe.  I dabbed the jar oils on the left side of my neck.  The only reason I put it here is because I had excruciating headaches emanating from there due to loss of blood.  This can be applied on the feet as well.

Guess what?  I birthed the placenta within a few hours with no pain and have not bled since! More importantly, I have some of my energy back.  I am on doctors orders bed rest for the most part so I think I'm tired from recovering.  I will post an update in a month or so and tell you what else they have done for my thyroid and energy levels.  I get more blood work

The Oils I used

done and will check back.

Side note but I thought it was interesting: the wise men brought Frankincense and Myrrh to Jesus.  They're very healing.  What if it was for the mom too?