Use of Essential Oils During Pregnancy
Even if you are new to essential oils you have probably run across something about using them during pregnancy. The main concern during pregnancy is the oils crossing over into the placenta and affecting the growing fetus adversely. The risk of harm depends upon several different factors. The general consensus on this subject is to just to avoid using essential oils completely at least during the first few months of pregnancy.
To this date, there are no known records of harm to the fetus when a woman uses just a few drops of essential oil in a nightly bath nor are there records of adversities for women who use essential oils normally by inhalation or topically, however, it is still in general advisable that a woman avoid all use of essential oils especially in the first 3 months of pregnancy.
I tend to think it is always better safe than sorry and becoming that one woman in millions who has problems using essential oils at anytime during pregnancy.
As an Aromatherapist, I do not recommend using essential oils anytime during pregnancy, and would not prepare any product for a woman who openly admits to me "she is pregnant." That is just my personal standpoint on the issue mainly due to the "lack" of clear information regarding toxicity of essential oils during pregnancy. I would not want to be directly or indirectly responsible for harming an unborn child.
Connie Limon, Aromatherapist, Level 1
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