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Comment on From Morning Sickness to Hypermesis Gravidarum by Joy

Joy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:59:26 +0000

Great blog! Can I add not just bleu cheese, but any strong or mold ripened cheese. Brie and Camembert are bad…

Comment on Ultrasounds: Being Fully Informed by forex robot

forex robot — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:02:56 +0000

nice post. thanks.

Comment on Ultrasounds: Being Fully Informed by Ann Marie Long

Ann Marie Long — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:11:20 +0000

I certainly appreciate this discussion being furthered in any form; I don’t think technology-addicted Americans even give pause to consider the effects of exposure to unnatural energies on ourselves, let alone our developing babies.

I like to assume a common-sense approach to these things: ULTRA SOUND waves, in a liquid environment. NOT natural, NOT NORMAL, not EVER before done in the history of humans or other creatures. So why make it common now? Why not limit the unnatural and support the most pure, simple, un-accoutered process possible?

I believe this is where the American for-profit “healthcare” system comes in and insists that every easy moneymaker SHOULD be pursued, thus ultrasounds march on. But I definitely value the consideration of the tenuousness, the fragility, of those early, unknown moments of cellular division, replication, and organization. We humans have a scientific understanding that is far, far inferior to the actual PROCESS of pregnancy that takes place, and I feel we should do everything possible to nourish that process as naturally as we are able to, without technology’s creeping interference. Ultra sound waves ’sound like’ interference to me, and if I were in a liquid environment, where intricate chemical, hormonal, cellular-level communications were occurring to design my very essence, I would appreciate all the clarity and quiet possible! Thus I gave that to my baby, Brome. Cheers!

Comment on Ultrasounds: Being Fully Informed by SacredPathways

SacredPathways — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:39:05 +0000

Thank you Caroline! I missed this one and will be adding it to the list on this blog.

Comment on Ultrasounds: Being Fully Informed by Caroline Rodgers

Caroline Rodgers — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:24:34 +0000

Thank you sharing for your concerns and resources regarding the risks of prenatal ultrasound. I am the author of “Questions about Prenatal Ultrasound and the Alarming Increase in Autism,” published in 2006 in Midwifery Today. You can find my article as well other well-researched articles about ultrasound online at http://midwiferytoday.com — just visit the site and do a search for “ultrasound.”

This imaging technology was embraced before its safety was well established and has been changing rapidly ever since, with significant changes in technology, number of applications and gestational windows of exposure. Proper oversight, training and safety studies have been sadly lacking.

Comment on How We Birth Matters by SacredPathways

SacredPathways — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:40:08 +0000

Thanks Lucy! I am hoping to be updating with a new post soon. Life has been crazy busy with Christmas!

Comment on How We Birth Matters by SacredPathways

SacredPathways — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:39:39 +0000

Please feel free to quote me. I would love a link when you post it. And no, I do not have Twitter at this time.

Comment on How We Birth Matters by Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:04:58 +0000

I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Lucy

http://maternitymotherhood.net

Comment on How We Birth Matters by 4ikak

4ikak — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:04:41 +0000

I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
And you et an account on Twitter?

Comment on How We Birth Matters by Joy

Joy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:31:24 +0000

These same issues were being discussed seriously about the time I was pregnant with you, V. I watched my friends having children: all of those (honestly, all) who delivered in hospital had C-sections, even though none of them had had high-risk pregnancies. I was working in the health industry myself at the time and was watching the Cesarean rate skyrocket. There was a lot of controversy and discussion and then it sort of…. just went away. The trend went to birthing centers and more “natural” birthing methods. More or less. Anyway, you were born at home because, compared to the friends who had hospital births, all the friends who had home births had lovely experiences without any complications whatsoever. There was NO apparent difference whatsoever in the health, genetics, etc. of the people who had had hospital births vs those who had home births and yet all the hospital births resulted in complications. I’m not stupid, I could see the writing on the wall and I basically said about the health care system and pregnancy “They’re not going to take me alive!” I swore I’d go out in the woods and hang from a tree if necessary lol! And, lo and behold, we had a home birth without complications in a lovely, smooth environment. No surprise to me.

Now the C-section rate is skyrocketing again. The old adage “Those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it” comes to mind. Thank you my daughter, for continuing to make people aware of the dangers of mindlessly following “the system” as opposed to making mindful, informed, conscious choices for themselves and their children!