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Essential Oils for
Maternal Wellness© e-course

About the course:

Essential Oils for Maternal Wellness©   is a complete online training course developed for birth professionals, moms-to-be, and essential oil educators who would like to learn how to safely and effectively apply essential oils during each phase of maternity and for infant care.

Participants will learn essential oil applications, concentrations, and safety precautions while exploring how  to best use oils to  address  common symptoms that occur during childbearing, including: Morning sickness, indigestion, fatigue, stretch marks, labor pain, varicose veins, anxiousness, teething and colic.

Once enrolled, students  will be  invited to participate in our online forum and to  schedule a private consultation with the course presenter, Stephanie McBride. Those who complete the course and pass the five quizzes will receive a certificate of completion.   ​

Continuing Education Credits & Language Options

  • We offer  a Professional option for    this course, which includes six hours of    Continuing Education  Credit to health care professionals in the United States through MEAC and ACNM.   Learn more.                     
  • ​This course now    available in   Italian  and will soon be  offered in  Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Romanian.  More languages are coming and we are looking for translators.  If you are bi-lingual and would like to apply for my affiliate program, please email me.

What's included?

This e-course is beautifully presented in a series of eight colorful modules accompanied by audio-visual recordings, averaging 30-40 minutes in length.  Each module is enriched by photographs, research citations, charts, and simple essential oil formulations.  ​ Bonus video tutorials have been added to this newly updated e-course (2022).

Students will have access to downloadable  course materials, including:
  • Essential Oils for Maternal Wellness- Handout-  A 28-page  usage guide with safety instructions, quality guidelines, Birth Kit Blends, monographs for 17 essential oils, and oil usage charts.
  • Course Bibliography​
  • Five  interactive online quizzes.  Those who pass the quizzes will receive a certificate upon completion. Continuing education credits are available to United States licensed birth professionals at an additional cost. ​
​Participants walk away feeling confident and prepared to integrate essential oils into their birth experience or professional work.  ​

Meet the author:

I'm Stephanie McBride and I am a passionate advocate for the use of Essential Oils as a form of natural self-care and for use  in clinical practice, from the moment of conception forward.   

​My 25 years of botanical medicine study, coupled with practical experience as a certified clinical herbalist, professional aromatherapist, and functional nutritionist,  qualify me to provide the in-depth knowledge necessary to simplify this ancient health modality for others.  I'm a published author and international keynote speaker   on this topic for health and midwifery conferences and at universities.

e-Course Preview:

Watch an e-course preview here to learn more!   

Essential Oils for Maternal Wellness© is the recently updated second edition  of   Essential Oils for the Birth Kit©.   


​Course Modules:

Module 1: Fundamentals 
This e-course begins with an in-depth introduction to essential oil therapy that includes an overview of historical uses, schools of thinking from modern schools of aromatherapy, essential oil attributes and their clinical effects on physiology, and criteria for determining essential oil quality. 

Module 2: Applications and Dosing
Module two provides a clinical explanation and examples for using the three main essential oil applications: Aromatic, topical, and internal. Topics covered include: dosing, modes of application, and the safe and effective use of carriers. 

Module 3: Safety in Maternity
Module three covers guidelines for the safe application of essential oils during each phase of pregnancy. Areas of focus include: General safety, potential toxicity, therapeutic actions, herb-drug interactions, and contraindications for use during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. 

​Module 4: Use in Pregnancy
This module addresses the most common uses for essential oil use during pregnancy, including: Nausea, vomiting, poor digestion, stress, fatigue, trouble sleeping, muscular aches and pains, vascular irregularities, swelling, and preparing for childbirth. 

Module 5: Use in Labor
This module offers indications for the key uses for essential oils during labor, including: Preparing the birth space, calming anxious feelings, coping with discomfort, exhaustion, and healthy delivery.

Module 6: Use in Postpartum
This module addresses the most common indications for postpartum, including: Afterpains, heavy bleeding, care for tender skin, perineal care, hormonal balance, baby blues, breast health, and healthy milk production.

Module 7: Use in Infant Care
Module seven covers safety guidelines for supporting infant health with essential oils. Participants will learn uses, applications, and concentrations for gently supporting: Digestive health, teething, calm, sleep, and skincare. 

​Module 8: Materia Aromatica
This module, presented from an herbalist's perspective, provides summaries of 17 of the best essential oils for use in maternal and infant care.   Each oil is characterized by its native location, aromatic parts, most important medicinal attributes, and any known contraindications. It also introduces the "Doctrine of signatures", an ancient system of knowledge used by herbalists to better understand the unique attributed of individual plants. ​​​​

Additional Resources

Wholesale essential oil "birth kits" 

Orders made through this website include 100s of hours of general use education, business opportunities, and personalized support from myself or a member of my team.
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Guidebooks and laminated reference charts

Readers will come away feeling more confident using and recommending essential oils during pregnancy, each phase of labor, in postpartum, and in caring for infants and babies.
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​Participant Reviews:

"Stephanie's e-course is filled with wonderful evidence-based research on essential oils that are safe to use during pregnancy, in labor and postpartum as well as with infants. She starts with the history of essential oils    and goes on to talk about oils   that are covered in her e-course that are safe to use. This knowledge is very much needed, because there is a lot of misguided information out there that can harm new mothers and their babies."
Sandra Golaszewski, Midwife

"Stephanie's e-course is amazing! I have researched this topic for years, so I thought this course was going to be a refresher for me... but boy, was I ever wrong! I've learned so much from this course. I also love how it's go-at-your-own-pace. Stephanie gives great handouts to use as references. The knowledge you get from this course is priceless!"
Kayla McNeill, Infant Massage Instructor


"I loved learning about the history of essential oil use, especially in birth. I found the recipes themselves to be particularly helpful. It's nice knowing which oils blend well together, and for which purposes, because you don't find that in a lot of other courses. I also found the info about the Doctrine of signatures to be very useful. There was a very good framework for each oil and how it's sourced, which informs how it should be used. There were helpful safety rules given in the course, like the difference between midwives and doulas in how you should be handling/prescribing oils, and what training/level of professionalism you need to handle them safely. There was also important information  covering when NOT to use the oils, like neat on the newborn's skin, and specific limits for blood pressure management. I really appreciated that specific guidance!"
Taylor, Doula

"I've already started using some of the blends you recommend in your course in my practice and have seen amazing results. I think I've been most impressed with the blend to help with placental separation... I've used it twice on placentas that did not want to come just before I was going to call my back-up doctor and both times within 30 seconds, out came the placenta. I love it, my laboring moms love it, and I'm just really happy I found your course." 
Devon Welling,  Advanced Practice Midwife

"Today I had a pregnant patient come in struggling with getting the birthing process going since tomorrow she will be at 42 weeks! I missed my call with Stephanie to do visceral manipulation and essential oil support to get the labor moving along. So I texted Stephanie and she suggested several things. I tried visceral manipulation with lavender and the ClaryCalm roller and got the baby to drop after 20 minutes. Still progressing but soon-to-be mama is on her way tonight." 
Jill Ghormley, Naturopathic Physician

"Thank you for the fantastic class.  I continue to go to the site and learn more by listening over and over again.  Now I just need to have some hands-on experience, which you have helped to instill." 
Betty Ludlow, Midwife

"I learned a lot of things that I will be sure to apply during my next pregnancy, and I plan to share that information with my friends and family.  Stephanie had a lot of information to share that was quite helpful and I know many people will benefit."
Sheliese Fenn, Blog writer, Aromatools

​"Great experience and a presentation that was well thought out!"
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