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Tylenol - acetaminophen - is probably the drug most recommended to pregnant and breastfeeding women for minor discomforts and fevers. Tylenol is not without consequences however. According to Wikipedia, Tylenol  'hepatotoxicity is, by far, the most common cause of acute liver failure in both the United States and the United Kingdom." Hepatotoxicity means toxic to the liver.  You must remember

Natural Pregnancy Mentornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656739289646777000.post-4650909063139248632012-01-09T14:28:00.000-08:002012-01-13T23:05:09.436-08:00

“You’re a … what now?” The massage therapist smiled sweetly. “A birth doula. Basically we provide informational, emotional, and physical support to pregnant moms.” She nodded. Later when she walked me to the door after my massage and saw the magnet advertising my business on the side of my car, she asked again. “So, you’re a … what was it again?” I get this all the time. At a birth last

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Whatever your views about the Duggar family and their choices, we would ask you to leave them aside for now. They lost a daughter last week and are mourning this child. This is the tribute from Michelle to her baby girl Jubilee Shalom Duggar.As a mom who has also has 3 babies in heaven, I understand that this is not about how many children this couple has nor about any of their other choices.

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In our prenatal exercise section, we recommend doing Kegels because we were told they are good for you. Florence took the Bradley Childbirth classes many years ago and Kegels were highly recommended.We came across an article which says Kegels may actually not be good for you!We are reprinting this article with permission.Not too many of us want to talk about this, although we might with our

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You and a friend are going for a walk, chatting as you stroll along. A while down the road you think you’re ready to head back but she says “no, let’s go farther, and let’s jog a bit.” So you continue on. A bit farther down the road your side is cramping and your lungs start to ache. “I want to stop” you mumble. But your friend takes your hand and tugs you along even faster. You can no longer see

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This beautiful story is reprinted with the permission of Heather Von St. James. Heather had just given birth just 3 months prior when she was diagnosed with cancer.Heather Von St. James offers a message of courage, inspiration and hope to those diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer. In fact she considers herself to be a “poster child for hope after mesothelioma” as she is now a 5 year survivor of

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If you are pregnant, you should be made aware that ultrasound technology has not proven to be safe and a lot of research says that it may actually be quite harmful. When we say ultrasound technology, we do not only mean the scan that you can have to "see" your baby and that some doctors seem to do every time in their office...we also mean the device called a doppler which is use to listen to

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‎"One of the most important things a father can do for his children is to love their mother." ~ Theodore Hesburgh.I take my role as "loving my wife as Christ loves the church" very seriously! I also realize that my children are watching how I treat their Mother! I believe the best thing you can do for your children is to train them up in Christ (the way they should go) and one of the ways to do

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You know, I would probably not ever bring up the topic of UNITY of midwives on my own. It is complicated and I am convinced it is pretty much implausible. But, on an increasingly frequent basis I am being told that I am dividing midwives and that my rhetoric is creating an "us/them" mentality. I am admonished to join with others who are "working for unity among midwives" and I have been

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The Bloodhound Gang's 2000 album title says it all: Hooray for Boobies! As a mother who nursed her son for two and a half years, I know just how amazing the breast can be. Everyone has heard that "Breast is Best" -- its even written all over the formula cans, yet the breastfeeding rates in our country are still ridiculously low. I'm going to discuss society's impact on breastfeeding, why formula

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This post was written by Carla Hartley:The admonishments to stop rocking the boat never end, but as I have said many times, while I sit still, someone drowns. I cannot stay silent. Midwives are human. They are fallible. They are NOT perfect. If they are hurting mammas and babies, they are dangerous. Period. Knowing what I know and staying silent would mean I am guilty of aiding and abetting

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I have never for one second understood the rationale of licensing midwives. What those who are pushing for licensure want, and what they get, will eventually be two very different things. • They may start out with part of what they want: power and third party reimbursement. But professional equality and respect cannot be legislated and will never happen. So mark that one off the list. The only

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I have had horrible nightmares my whole life that I am in a situation where eminent danger warrants blood-curdling screams, but regardless of how much effort I put into it, no sound comes out. I feel myself bursting at the seams in utter frustration, because even if I am in a crowd, everyone is oblivious to what I am trying to get them to hear.I am living that nightmare every day. I am screaming

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This past summer, I had the opportunity to travel with my family to Ghana, West Africa. This was a missions opportunity; my very first and my husband’s second. We were deeply committed to taking our children so that they could experience “being” in another country. I had always heard the stories of women “whipping” them out, not caring “...where they were...,” etc. I frankly prided myself, to a

Natural Pregnancy Mentornoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656739289646777000.post-22813773716534395382010-11-22T21:00:00.000-08:002010-11-22T21:28:28.798-08:00

This post "the lie about birth" was written by Carla Hartley and reposted with her permission.I receive a significant number of emails pointing out the errors of my ways. On a daily basis, people make all manner of attempts to convince me that I am "going about this all wrong." I usually just chalk it up to a difference in perspective, and let it go. Today, I had some particularly "instructive"

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