INDUCTION – Heather’s position statement. As a continuity of care practitioner one who looks after you and all of your family through all your life and phases, I support nature and life in all things. I do not support modern obstetric practices as they are too dangerous – especially to mum and baby bonding. If […]
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Here is a question. Where are the fertile men whose partners are told that they are ‘too fat’/’too old’ etc? I don’t see any fertile results for fertile men partnering the women who are told that they have poor AMH or ovarian reserve. When I look at the partner – he is at best marginally
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This is a big issue for most of the women who walk into my practice thinking I can help them get pregnant. It becomes an even larger one when they may have had a few miscarriages, and may be feeling remarkably distressed about starting to try again. The damage of loss of hope, of watching
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Low sperm count (Oligozoospermia) is one of the main causes of male infertility. Usually low count and low motility (agility to get where they are useful) and general health (leading to a great baby not a miscarriage or deformed baby) and also often poor sexual response/pleasure is all connected. (See more in Heather’s Kidney Yang
Rather than looking to the momentous reasons behind the maternal dislocation and mothering anxiety that may be visiting your household, or that has in the past, here is an article that aims to encourage you to get pregnant again, if you would if you had the courage. It is also written for those who are
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Circumcision I have three boys, none of whom I had cut. The first, over 35 years ago, set the scene – so precious the new life out of my body . . no way was anyone going to harm him. When he and his brothers all grazed their knees or were otherwise damaged for the
A report on the results of 22 international studies, published in a recent edition of the Australian Health Review, revealed something curious. It found that low-risk pregnant women being cared for by midwives were more likely to have a normal birth than equally low-risk women being cared for by a doctor. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/birth-is-no-time-for-war-stories-20120622-20tvt.html#ixzz1yaEoUmXJ
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Often women are told that they are carrying Group B Strep. Can they birth naturally without intervention and more importantly – are antibiotics even necessary? Why not look back to nature?
Magnesium is important in enhancing the structure and the function of the human body. The adult human body contains about 25 grams of magnesium. Over 60% of all the magnesium in the body is found in the skeleton, about 27% is found in muscle, 6% to 7% is found in other cells, and less than
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In northern countries couples are less likely to conceive during the winter, whereas conception rates peak in the summer. This has been attributed to their dark, cold winters when the sun is low in the sky and people cover themselves to keep warm. New research has found vitamin D is one of the most important contributors
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