Seeing the wonderfully quick relief of my kiddo’s bee sting with a single homeopathic dose and drop of essential oil topically got me hooked on keeping a natural first aid kid handy. Here are the most effective natural remedies to keep on hand to safely and effectively relieve the pain and swelling of bee stings, wasp stings, and all the biting insects!

While some swelling (or ‘edema’) is normal in well-nourishing pregnancies, nutrition plays a big role in how much swelling a woman might experience. It’s not true that it’s only ‘luck of the draw’ or that you have to ‘just wait it out’ until the baby’s born. As a holistic midwife, nutrition is a part of our very first consultation because of its powerful role in keeping mom comfortable and both of them healthy.