Welcome to Essential Oil Solutions with Dotaura, the podcast where you'll hear experts share insights,

tips, and tricks on using essential oils in your life. Today's episode features Lena Schwenn,

talking about using essential oils for cooking and sharing some of her favorite recipes.

Hi, my name is Lena Schwen and I'm a Diamond and Doterra

and a holistic nutritionist. I'm also a mom of four little boys, eight and under. We have twins in the

middle and they're six. And about six and a half years ago when I was pregnant with them,

I was right in the middle of teaching high school and had contractions. And lo and behold, I ended up going into labor and having my babies 12 weeks premature. It was a really tumultuous time in our lives. We even categorize it as BT and AT because everything before the twins and after the twins is so different. Our family

doesn't look anything like the way it did before. And part of that is just being thrust into this

world of the NICU and not being able to navigate where we were or how to really care for our babies.

One thing that I learned is I had to become their advocate. I had to be their voice

because they didn't have a voice. And so in doing so, I had to learn the vernacular of the hospital

and all the different medications they were on and the different support they were getting from

their doctors. And I very quickly learned that their bodies weren't going to respond

the same way as other babies or even themselves being twins. They didn't respond the same way

to medications, one from the other. And so I wanted to explore different options and find solutions

that could support their body through this process,

and more importantly, bring them home to us because that's all we really wanted was for our babies

to survive and come home. And the most beautiful thing happened as we started to incorporate

essential oils and different products from Dutera, we learned really quickly that their bodies were responding

in the most positive way. And eventually, after four months, we were able to bring them home.

And through their first year of recovery, we continue to support them with essential oils

and with the different products from Dutera that have been transformative in our lives

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