You know that feeling when your body is achy and you feel an awful bug coming on? That was me last night. We just returned home from a fabulous little going away party our good friends put on for us and I felt my body starting to fall apart. It was 8:00 p.m. and I could barely keep my eyes open. I quickly got Blake to sleep (way past his bedtime) and then fell right into bed. When Blake woke up around midnight, I was sick. My stomach hurt, I had the chills, I couldn't even get Blake out of his crib to nurse him. Matt brought him to me. (Don't judge, my baby is almost 7 months and I still nurse him in the night...we are working on that.). Anyways, after I fed Blake I turned to my Essential Oils for some relief. I put On Guard on my feet, Digestzen on my stomach, and took 2 drops of On Guard and 1 drop of Melissa internally and came back to bed. I couldn't sleep for the next two hours, but instead of getting worse, I felt my body fight. I went through chills and hot spells all while my body was working to get rid of this bug. At 2 a.m I was really burning up and just wanted to sleep. I'm sure I had a temperature. This time I turned to peppermint and lavender. I put a few drops of peppermint on my neck and then put lavender pretty much everywhere, my feet, neck, back, forehead. I really wanted to sleep. When I laid back down, I had instant relief from my fever and within 10 minutes I was asleep. Luckily Blake slept well and I was able to sleep until 7 a.m. this morning.
When I woke up... no signs whatsoever of my difficult night. I feel great. Which is such a blessing since I have a girls lunch date planned for today and not to mention, I also need to clean and pack since we leave bright and early Saturday morning for our trip to NYC. I really didn't have time to be sick (who ever really does) and am so grateful that my Essential Oils helped me kick this bug!
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