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Having a miscarriage is a highly emotional experience for a woman, as well as being a shocking and painful physical experience and a more subtle hormonal one. Even those women for whom the pregnancy was an "accident" can find themselves feeling deeply disappointed and empty. There may also be guilt and anger.
It doesn't ease the pain to learn that half of all pregnancies end in miscarriage, usually so early the woman doesn't notice. Nor to be told that one can always try again. A baby has been lost and there is grieving. For those who have repeatedly miscarried there are several areas of research which can offer hope. A treatment has been developed for a common problem of the woman's immune system rejecting the father's cells and baby and placenta tissue as a "foreign" substance. In successful pregnancies, an immune response is made which prevents this happening; the new treatment stimulates antibodies by immunizing women with cells from the father's blood. Another research concentrates on adjusting the time at which the pituitary gland sends out its message so that hormones will mature the female egg, enabling conception to take place.
Women with rhesus negative blood, and those who do not know their blood group should consult with their midwife as soon as possible after a miscarriage that takes place after about 8 weeks of pregnancy. This is because a woman with this blood type may have made antibodies against rhesus positive blood at the time of miscarriage if the baby was in the positive blood group, which one can't know. As a precaution, and to prevent these antibodies working against the next baby if that is in the positive blood group too, an injection called anti-D (Rhogam) is routinely recommended and given within 72 hours to women who miscarry or have a termination, and those who give birth to a baby in the positive blood groups. Without the injection, the next baby, if it has rhesus positive blood, will develop jaundice and may require a blood transfusion after birth.
The essential oils recommended for use after a miscarriage not only help to bring the body back into its pre-pregnancy state, but they also heal on the emotional and spiritual levels. Choose a single oil or make yourself a blend using those given below, adding 5 drops of essential oil to each 1 teaspoon of base vegetable oil for a body oil and 6-8 drops in a bath:
POST-MISCARRIAGE ESSENTIAL OILS
Rose
Geranium
Grapefruit
Roman Chamomile
Narcissus
Frankincense
Palma rosa
Patchouli
Bois de rose
Or try a blend of oils:
Frankincense - 9 drops
Roman Chamomile - 9 drops
Geranium - 5 drops
Grapefruit - 7 drops
Make a concentrate using these proportions. Use 6 drops in a bath or 5 drops per 1 teaspoon base vegetable oil for a massage oil.
It is important to come to terms with the emotions you experience after a miscarriage so that anxiety doesn't affect your next pregnancy, because anxiety is in itself a cause of miscarriage. Exploring your feelings can be difficult to do because miscarriage is still a taboo subject and friends may tend to belittle the experience, all in good faith, with statements like "There was probably something wrong with the baby", "It happens all the time; you're lucky it didn't happen later", or "Well, it was an accident anyway, wasn't it?" - all of which attempt to close the door on the subject rather than opening it for discussion. If you find that you need someone to talk to who understands what an emotional upheaval you are going through, contact RESOLVE, Inc., a national self-help organization.RESOLVE, Inc.
National Office
5 Water Street
Arlington, MA 02174
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