Oregano and Pregnancy ** Ack I did something stupid!

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Hi Jennifer,

 

> While mixing some oregano in milk for my daughter tonight, with a

> spoon, afterwards I licked the spoon, Upon which I remembered that

> oregano is not to be used in pregnancy

 

Whoever said or wrote that is wrong. Its just NOT true .. there is no

danger in sniffing Oregano whilst pregnant and there is no danger in

what you have done because the amount you took was next to nothing.

Ingesting EOs during pregnancy is not a good idea but in this case, its

not an issue .. its a matter of toxicity and the ability of the liver to

do its thing. You are a heckuva long way away from being anywhere near

a dangerous level of toxicity.

 

> Ack! It was about 3 drops in about a half cup of milk.

 

There was not enough there to even begin to think of problems. In fact,

you could ingest a far more toxic EO in far greater amounts .. or some

kitchen cleaner for that matter .. and the result might be you poison

yourself but not the fetus. The tales about avoiding this and that EO

during pregnancy are old wives tales .. rumors .. misinformation and

disinformation. Again .. I say pregnant ladies should not ingest EOs at

that time .. but inhalation is perfectly safe and the amount you have

ingested is like ZERO .. nothing to be concerned about.

 

On the issue of abortifacents .. we're talking about toxicity - that is,

poisoning a pregnant mother .. but there's little that can be done to

dislodge a healthy fetus from a healthy mother. Poisoning the mother

can harm the fetus but that is not an easy thing to do .. it almost has

to be a planned act.

 

The LD50 tests for Oregano speculate the lethal dose for a 3 year old

child is 21 ml .. which is one heckuva lotta oil and I don't think there

is a child or adult or drunk who could consume that much .. reflex

action would force vomiting long before that .. it's sorta like trying

to commit suicide by sticking your head in the toilet. Of course, less

than that could possibly cause enough toxicity to create problems in an

unhealthy mother or fetus. But sometimes healthy mothers accidently die

and the fetus is saved.

 

There are many folks who cover their butts by giving advice to not use

this and that EO as it can cause epileptic seizures, raise in blood

pressure, abortion, etc., and there is not one shred of evidence to

support such claims .. the issues with essential oils are toxicity,

irritation, sensitization and photosensitization.

 

If a pregnant mother drinks Drano its possible to kill herself but we

shouldn't say that Drano is an abortificant .. its a poison.

 

I expect that you got that information from an AT novel .. there's no

shortage of them. If Oregano was that harmful, the food industry would

remove all the EO we consume in our food products on a daily basis. And

in our toothpaste, ice cream, pastries, etc. We ingest and breathe many

things on a daily basis that are more harmful than any EO.

 

Check out the following URLs.

 

http://www.fragrant.demon.co.uk/eosafety.html

 

http://www.nature-helps.com/agora/pennyroy.htm

 

> How bad is it that I did this?

 

Well .. its very likely that you're gonna gain a whole buncha weight

now and your youngun will probably be born naked.

 

> Any advice?

 

Yep .. walk often as you can and buy some diapers. ;-p

 

> Also I went and downed about 2 cups of milk afterwards (kinda couldn't

> help that because of the sting!)

 

Milk should never be ingested by pregnant women. ;-p

 

> Jennifer Flanagan

 

Don't worry Jennifer .. no harm done. But try to avoid ingesting EOs

for a while. :-P

 

Regards and y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

PS: I'll add that if a lady has miscarried before, she should be real

careful and if she asked me .. I'd tell her to avoid ALL essential oils.

Why? Because she's proven that she has problems and I would give her

advice to do ONLY what her doctor says. That is a very significant

emotional experience and it's not abnormal for folks to seek blame in

their own actions or to seek fault in others to avoid guilt .. in fact,

there should be no guilt at all when a miscarriage occurs as its Mama

Nature's way of taking care of a mistake .. but people are people and

it's not unusal behavior to think in such a manner.