Natural Momma

It's been awhile since I posted here but now that we are settled after moving I am hoping to post more again!! Sorry for the hiatus. Here's an interesting article about vaccines and infant mortality. http://vactruth.com/2011/05/05/infant-mortality-rates-increase-with-vaccines/

Infant Mortality Rates Increase With Vaccines | Vactruth.com In the just published (May 4, 2011) online journal article, “Infant mortality rates regressed against number of vaccine doses routinely given: Is there a

Winnie Palmer hospital was on Good Morning America this morning. They were priding themselves in already having 40 births at 8:00. Wonder how many were induced/c-sectioned. Just to have babies born on 11/11/11...very sad to me. I'm glad my kids will know they were born on the day THEY were ready and they were not part of an assembly line.

hmm...interesting.
http://www.kaimh.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159%3Aare-the-terrible-twos-a-cultural-phenomenon&catid=39%3Areadings&Itemid=121

Are the “Terrible Two’s” a cultural phenomenon? Kansas Association of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Pretty amazing if you ask me! I actually just put Breastmilk on Hadley's bug bites yesterday! I love it!
http://www.drmomma.org/2009/09/medicinal-uses-of-breastmilk.html?spref=fb

peaceful parenting: The Medicinal Uses of Breastmilk You missed, ear infections! It worked for my daughter last year after giving birth to my son, I squirted some BM into my 6 year old daughter and go figure! No more ear infections since then! :-) *knocked on wood*

Check out this chart comparing vaccine schedules of 1983 to 2010. Do you think that your body could handle that much stress on its immune system? How would that affect an baby or toddler's immature immune system?

Thinking on Montessori or not satisfied with traditional education? check out this short video!

Dr Steve Hughes: Montessori and the Future of Education Promotional video for www.MariaMontessori.com - a project from the Montessori Administrators Association launching in late 2009.

http://ezzo.info/Aney/aneyaap.htm

AAP News article questions Babywise a resource for parents who are interested in professional evaluations of the Ezzo method of parenting including professional evaluations of Babywise, Growing Kids God's Way, and Preparation for Parenting and other Ezzo-authored curricula

According to quality measures set out by The Joint Commission, a leading health care accreditation group, no data exists to show “that higher rates improve any outcomes, yet the C-section rates continue to rise.”

National C-section rate highest ever, study says More than one in three babies in the U.S. is now delivered by cesarean section, according to a study released today by the hospital quality tracking group HealthGrades.

According to the referenced study in this interview, only 3 percent of home births have complications, while c-sections in hospitals occur 39 percent of the time, the highest ever in history. Where does the difference comes from? moms? hospitals? doctors?

Study Finds Home Births Increase By 20 Percent A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that home births increased by 20 percent between 2004 and 2008.

Further proof that sometimes we just need to trust our bodies

Doctors To Pregnant Women: Wait At Least 39 Weeks : NPR A full-term pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but some women are now electing to deliver two or three weeks early. Even though 37 weeks is still considered full term, studies show that babies born even a few weeks too early are at greater risk for health problems than those who are born later.

We had one at our birth with Hadley and she was great!!!
http://www.pregnancymagazine.com/the-big-day/five-reasons-you-need-a-doula-delivery-room

Five Reasons You Need a Doula in the Delivery Room | Pregnancy Magazine Considering who you want to support you through labor can be a challenging decision. The birthing room cast can include relatives, friends, doctors, nurses and midwives. There is one more person you should consider bringing with you - a doula. These

I've been out of town for over a week now and pretty much not on a computer at all! I'll be back in town in a week and hope to get some awesome birth stories posted!! Can't wait!