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Good Vibrations

By Karina It’s all in the perspective. Our homebirth was a beautiful, gentle experience for myself and my partner but not so for our daughter Sophie. While admittedly she experienced no intrusive medical interventions or interferences with the biological imperatives of birth, her progress through the birth canal with the umbilical cord looped twice around

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Uneasy Babies

Unforseen Caesarean Consequences Without weighing into why C-section is now a major growth industry, and why natural birthing is seen by many as dangerous, and archaic, I would ask you to please think about the effects of a major abdominal operation in our fee for service medical world.

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Induction

Induction – Heather’s position statement. 40 weeks is NOT the due date – it is  an average for subsequent births – not for the first one. That is 10 – 12 days later. It is the normal range after the first birth – 37 to 43 weeks – on a Bell curve. Ask yourself why

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Birth Shock

What Are The Consequences Of Birth Shock? – Baby Becomes An Adult? Dr John Shen’s whole pulse framework model sat on top of his four levels of functioning model. This entailed understanding the nervous/circulatory/digestive and then organ functioning systems. For everything to work well as opposed to mechanically – for everything to be optimal .

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Conscious Parenting

Links to information of importance to conscientious parents: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS, Cot Death) “The risk of cot death (SIDS, crib death) can be eliminated by ensuring that babies sleep on mattresses known to be free from the elements phosphorus, arsenic and antimony (and using only certain specified bedding).”

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