Babies are Precious

What a privilege!  This is the 2nd time I was invited to attend the birth of a granddaughter, and I was very glad to be in attendance both times!  Crystal helped me prepare some lotion-rub to be used during labor.  The essential oils we put in some coconut oil were: a little bit of lavender, and a lot of clary sage.  Why would we use these during labor?

Although Clary Sage isn’t recommended for use during pregnancy, it is highly recommended for use during labor.  Many recipes for soothing and calming during labor include Clary Sage.  It mixes well with Lavender, and has been claimed to assist in promoting the progression of labor.  We found our mixture to be very useful, and the coconut oil was equally soothing to skin that might have been rubbed raw through continuous massage.

Rhiannon was born in the afternoon, and it has now been six days since her arrival.  There seems to be nothing quite like a child to show you the passing of time.  Welcome to the family, little Rhiannon!

Hello world!

This is wonderful!  I’m so glad to have the opportunity to blog with fellow herbal and essential oil enthusiasts.  I’ve been ‘down’ a long time.  My computer got smashed by a large, heavy falling object and the recovery process took much longer than expected.  Then, while it was down, we decided to switch hosting servers, and the learning curve began all over again!  However, we are back and ready to continue helping my family (and anyone else that wants to) learn about herbs and oils.

Funny story.  Last week, Emily was out helping to harvest the eggs on a neighbor’s farm.  They have a chicken that is quite aggressive and likes to peck holes in the eggs in the nest.  Well, to combat this the farmer had placed several wooden eggs in the nest to help alleviate the problem.  Emily didn’t know this.  The faux eggs look just like the real ones, so she collected them.  She did the float test on the eggs to see if they were good.  Well, the wooden ones floated, so she threw them away.  We laughed and laughed.  I wonder what would have happened to her sensibilities if she had tried to crack one open?