Tag: Pregnancy

Pregnancy Belly Oil Recipe

Pregnancy Belly Oil Recipe

Pregnancy is a great time to be avoiding toxins.  Although it was originally thought that the placenta filters out most nasties (so baby doesn’t receive them), a ground-breaking study done in 2005 showed cord blood of the newborns studied contained an average of 200 industrial 

Guide to using raspberry leaf for pregnancy and labour

Guide to using raspberry leaf for pregnancy and labour

Raspberry leaf, or Rubis idaelus has a long history of use by herbalists and midwives in preparing the uterus for childbirth.  It also has some traditional use in easing nausea of pregnancy and assisting with breast milk production.  As a naturopath it is one of