(in birthing) 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? Ask why is the overgrowth of the bacteria there – and change the environment so the bad bugs are naturally knocked off. […]
Breech – How to move baby so easy birthing is possible in today’s birthing climate? Breech babies present with their bottoms down and their heads up. There must be a reason? Maybe baby is comfortable like this? Maybe we can make the inside of mum more comfy to lie the way that the midwives/doctors are
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Gestational diabetes used to be almost unknown. Perhaps we need to look at what we are eating – and also – how we are testing? What I say here may be controversial if you believe that you are getting the best of care .. . but . . . Perhaps review what is going in
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The use of ultrasound scanning in antenatal care is big business, and in any big business marketing is all-important. As a result of decades of enthusiastic marketing, women believe they can ensure the well-being of their babies by reporting for an early ultrasound scan and that early detection of a problem is beneficial for these babies. That
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(Written long ago) from a birthing mother’s perspective . . . I have included this, as being a mother, shaped my experience as a healer and as an author. I would hope that the book/DVDs I have written including What Dads Can Do, allows parents to do what I did not — take charge and
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About halfway through my pregnancy I became uncomfortable with my obstetrician. Her methods and her bedside manner were very pushy and rough. I was concerned that when the time for the birth came she would take over and bully me, and I would end up with lots of medical intervention that I neither wanted nor
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Endometriosis I started seeing Heather following an appointment with an OB/GYN regarding break-through on the pill, which I had been enduring for over 2 years, and having tried every pill available, this was the next option. During this appointment, he had told me to make an appointment with the private hospital for a laparoscopy as
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So here I am, 27wks pregnant with our second baby – and what do I want from this pregnancy? In many ways my wishes are the same as those for Grace’s birth, although now I know how to get there. The choices for me this time were simple. Home birth without doubt is the only
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Sometimes we needed more than we could have imagined – and must go through the initiation into NEVER AGAIN! I am writing this birth story on the other side of Grace’s first birthday and with a new baby growing in my belly. Both of these events have conspired to have me look at what could
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