Essential Oils for the Birth Kit e-Courses
About the courseEssential Oils for the Birth Kit© is a complete online training course developed for health 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 in infant care.
Participants will learn applications, concentrations, and safety precautions while exploring how to best use essential oils to address common symptoms during childbearing, including: morning sickness, indigestion, fatigue, stretch marks, labor pain, teething and colic. Once enrolled, students will be invited to participate in our online forum and to schedule a private consultation with the author, Stephanie McBride. Those who complete the course and pass the five quizzes will receive a certificate of completion. The Professional CEU track includes CEU credits upon completion. Certifying organizations include: Midwifery Education Accreditation Council- MEAC- 0.6 CEU American College of Nurse-midwives- ACNM- 0.6 CEU Oregon Midwifery Council- OMC- 5 CEU |
What's included?This e-course is beautifully presented in a series of eight colorful modules accompanied by audio-visual recordings, averaging 30 minutes in length. Each module is enriched by photographs, research citations, charts, and simple essential oil formulations.
Students have access to downloadable and online course materials, including:
Participants will walk away feeling confident and prepared to integrate essential oils into their birth experience or professional work. |
e-Course PreviewHow to receive FREE access!Open a wholesale DoTERRA account through Daily Nectar Essentials and receive complimentary access to our non-CEU track of Essential Oils for the Birth Kit.
Learn more about DoTERRA's therapeutic-quality essential oils here. *Order must be for 100 PV or greater (roughly $100, €88, A$141 in essential oils). Please email us to be added to the course. Blend for placenta separationBasil, clary sage, lavender. Use one drop each in 1-2 teaspoons of carrier oil and gently apply to abdomen to encourage placenta separation after the baby has been delivered.
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e-Course ModulesModule 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 applications, 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, and coping with discomfort, exhaustion, discouragement, 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, perineum 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 skin care. 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. |
Participant Reviews
"Stephanie's e-course is filled with wonderful evidence-based research on EOs that are safe to use during pregnancy, in labor and postpartum as well as with infants. She starts with the history of EOs and goes on to talk about EOs that are covered in her e-course that are safe to use. This knowledge is very much needed, just because there is a lot of misguidances out there that can harm new mothers and their babies." -Sandra Golaszewski, Midwife
"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 lets us know how it should be used. There was also some good 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. As well as lots of good info on when NOT to use the oils, like neat on the newborn's skin, and specific limits for blood pressure management. I really liked 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, 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 wks! 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 had suggested several things and I tried visceral manipulation with lavender and clary calm stick 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 on 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
"Excellent educational value and very effective demonstration of the subject matter." -Midwife
"I thought the presentation was excellent! I learned a lot of things that I will be sure to apply during my next pregnancy and 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 from your work in gathering it all." -Sheliese Fenn, Blog writer, Aromatools
"Great experience and a presentation that was well thought out!"- Midwife
"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 lets us know how it should be used. There was also some good 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. As well as lots of good info on when NOT to use the oils, like neat on the newborn's skin, and specific limits for blood pressure management. I really liked 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, 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 wks! 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 had suggested several things and I tried visceral manipulation with lavender and clary calm stick 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 on 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
"Excellent educational value and very effective demonstration of the subject matter." -Midwife
"I thought the presentation was excellent! I learned a lot of things that I will be sure to apply during my next pregnancy and 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 from your work in gathering it all." -Sheliese Fenn, Blog writer, Aromatools
"Great experience and a presentation that was well thought out!"- Midwife