AROMATHERAPIST | COACH | AUTHOR | SPEAKER
Articles, reflections, and resources across the three threads of my work: living with APAS, the craft of aromatherapy, and wellness for people who carry a lot.
Practical guides to using essential oils safely and effectively for you and your family
Reflections and tools for staying well drawn from aromatherapy, mindfulness, & psychology.
This second installment is from my book, Lost but Found. (Get the book here!) This is an interview of my reproductive immunologist, Dr. Caroline Tolosa-Gloria, answers Frequently
In this interview, my obstetrician and perinatologist, Dr. Valerie Tiempo Guinto sheds light on APAS/APS.
Dr. Valerie Tiempo Guinto is the Chief of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Section at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital. She was also the President of Philippine Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine in 2017 and is the Head on the Task Force on Recurrent Pregnancy Loss of the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society.
Truth is, I am not against ingestion. What I am against is people promoting casual ingestion of essential oils because there is a whole lot of experience (which even I don’t have) that you need to have before you could endorse the safe and proper way to take these essential oils internally.
“A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower.” -Marianne Williamson
There are no definitive causes that the medical field can link to Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APAS) but these were the things I did to address mine.
I stare blankly at the ceiling, feeling the painful (but bearable) twitches of the four holes in my abdomen. The past few days had been