Hump Day Etsy Find — Natural Birth Massage Oil

This week’s Etsy find was inspired by watching the reality show 18 Kids and Counting last night.  If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you can check out this TLC reality show here.  Last night’s episode showed Anna’s labour and birth experience with baby McKynzie.  It was soooo beautiful that I just couldn’t believe it.  They were “hoping” for a natural birth as many other parent’s do and had a doula set up to assist the doctor in achieving their goals.

The doctor ended up being out of town when they went into labour so they opted for a home birth instead of dealing with a doctor that they’ve never met before.  I think that this situation happens frequently.  It even happened to me during my first labour and delivery experience.  I was only 19 and ended up naturally delivering my son at the hospital with a doctor I’ve never met before or since.  This really took alot of the intimacy of the experience out of the equation unfortunately.

Josh and Anna asked their doula to help them with a home delivery and she managed the pain naturally with the aid of showering, massage and a series of exercises.  I’ve never seen birth portrayed in such a natural, beautiful way!  Their experience was completely different than all 3 of my births.  I’d love to be able to experience birth in a more natural way.

Maybe using Etsy seller JoyfulGirlNature‘s products could help women reconnect with having a more natural and calmer birthing experience.  As a mom of five and a grandmother of 2, she certainly has experienced birth in a variety of ways!  She uses natural and organic ingredients to create her own recipes that have been found to be effective for their intended use.

This back pain relief oil is made of organic almond oil, lavender and frankincense.  The frankincense is especially good for natural labour because it aids in meditation which slows and deepens breathing.  It’s very hard to stay calm and focused during labour and birth because of the intense pain.  Anything at all that can help mothers to achieve their goals of having a natural birth or to just calm them during labour is definitely worth a shot, right?  This product also can help provide sedative effects as well as being a natural muscle relaxer.  To make it even better, she uses PET packaging for all of her packaging!

She even has a pain relief labor package that contains a relaxation pillow with organix flaxseed and lavender, a labor relaxation oil, 2 lip balms, a natural peri-care spray and the back pain relief oil described above.  This would make a great gift for any Moms-to-be!!  If I ever get pregnant again, this is definitely on my must-have list.

She also offers a huge variety of other products for kids, men, women and even cats and dogs!  She has cleaning products, shampoos, moisturizers, face and body products and a huge array of natural remedies available.  All natural products by an Etsy crafter…fantastic!  I’d love to have the opportunity to review some of these products one day.  This is definitely a site that I’ll be re-visiting in future posts (and purchases!).