Make it safer for Mum and Baby It does not hurt to make sure there is enough micro and macro nutrients in mum’s body – before she conceives and during pregnancy. Often the need for these is increased – especially for breast feeding. . Especially as so many women are so iodine, zinc, selenium and […]
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Heather’s new ebook “Breech Solutions” is available on the eShop. If you have been told that your baby has settled into a non-optimum birthing position, this book will contain important information to help you decide the best course of action. The information here is different from what you may have seen before, in that I am coming
Your baby apparently being in the ‘wrong’ position means your body is giving you the equivalent of a warning light going off – and YOU need an answer – something needs to change. If you are not up for this, please stop here. If you are after a solution and you know that you can
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A long-standing patient came in today for treatment. Her three previous pregnancies have resulted in only one baby and she wants to avoid a miscarriage this time. I asked her about the quality of her husband’s sperm and she looked at me quizzically, saying: “I have got pregnant 3 times already so there is obviously
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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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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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AIMS Journal, Summer 2002, Vol 14 No 2 When newborn babies die of infection, the leading cause is the group B streptococcus. Paediatricians from Newcastle carried out a survey in the Northern Region in which they looked for risk factors.1 For each infected baby in a neonatal unit, they selected four controls for comparison. Of 37
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Human immune systems do not start to function till about 8 weeks – after a full term birth . . AIMS Journal, Spring 2000, Vol 12 No 1 Doctors from Winchester report four cases where premature babies developed severe apnoea (failure to breathe) within 24 hours of having diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) and influenza
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Heather’s comment – just stating the obvious. . . A group of obstetricians in Ohio has looked at bacteria present around the cervix before and after vaginal examinations. 35 women in labour (25 of them with ruptured membranes) had a speculum examination and at the same time a sample of fluid was taken to check
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AIMS Journal, Autumn 2000, Vol 12 No 3 Caught early enough Strep B can be treated successfully. Jane Plumb of the Group B Strep Support Group gives a brief outline of how to identify it and what to do. Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a common type of the streptococcus bacterium. Approximately a third of
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