Since being pregnant the second time round I have found myself drawn to organics and alternative therapies for delivery. Last time I had used the gas and felt really light headed and didn't have the strength to 'push', also I felt it had affected my ability to focus mentally on the task at hand and also caused me a lot of anxiety! I hope this time it will be much easier with the help of aromatherapy and meditation or visualisation.

I know it may sound a bit hippy and I should just say yes to the epidural or the drugs...but I really want to have a good experience before and after the birth. A lady at work has kindly put together an 'exhaustion' blend for me which I can use with an oil diffuser. It has grapefruit, mandarin and jasmine essential oils...and smells so yummy! Smells can be so relaxing, calming and in a way it zones you out and takes you to a clearer state of mind. Another blend is the 'delivery' blend which includes lavendar, geranium, neroli and clary sage. I have to stay away from certain oils as some can actually bring on premature labour!



I have also come across the new organics range on the bloom website (http://www.bloomcosmetics.com/PRODUCTS/Organics.aspx). They recently launched an essential oils range, so I am going to purchase a bergamot and geranium one...those are particularly nice. I think I got hooked onto Geranium when I first used the Aesop (http://www.aesop.net.au/odetofourpoets/body_care.html) Geranium Leaf body cleanser. It's fantastic in giving you that uplifting wake up shower in the morning! I find Sofia cuddling up close to me after my shower, just to have a sniff :)



Let's just hope the 'no drugs' technique works...lol! I have also been practising yoga throughout the pregnancy and will probably join a class at the YogaSpace (http://www.yogaspace.com.au) just to see me through. This time I won't be no fool. During Sofia's delivery I was young, naive, pretty easy going, didn't know what to expect...probably thought it was like pushing out a bouncy ball. But it's more like a hard watermelon! hehehe. This time I will be ready ;) Sorry to have scared anyone into going through with pregnancy with my descriptions. But you really don't know what it's like till you go through it!! :)

Well good luck with that. Smells good or bad made me sick when I was preggo and having been through a natural birth and an epidural, I'd take the epi anyday lol

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