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By: Natural Birth Resources | This Girl & That Guy

Natural Birth Resources | This Girl & That Guy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:35:46 +0000

[...] is a nice post of some informative sessions worth listening [...]

By: Natural and Home Birth Resources | Newlyweds and Nesting: Elizabeth Anne Designs Living: A Food, Lifestyle, and Craft Blog

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:03:01 +0000

[...] Misc: Pregtastic-Though the website hasn’t been updated for a month (I even emailed them to ask if the show wasn’t being produced anymore!), the past episodes are a phenomenal resource, in my opinion. I wrote about my favorite episodes here. [...]

By: Rebecca Walters

Rebecca Walters — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:45:43 +0000

Just wanted to leave a piece of advice for what saved my breastfeeding experience. Just hang onto this info in case you get an infection that won’t seem to go away…Newman’s Nipple Cream. You have to get a prescription for it (I had to request this specifically) and then find a pharmacy that mixes their own stuff (usually not a chain pharmacy). It is magic. Without this stuff I would not have been able to heal my nipples and continue breastfeeding.

I had an amazing breastfeeding consultant who was just that, amazing. She told me about this magical potion. Hopefully though, you will never need it, but for anyone who does, it is amazing.

By: Kelli Nicole

Kelli Nicole — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:27:40 +0000

I don’t know what country you live in, but as far as I know, the United States doesn’t vaccinate for TB (when I traveled the the Philippines that was one of the vaccines I couldn’t get access too, though they did do a TB test as I came into contact with a dozen or so kids with the disease daily). Other volunteers that were with me there were from Canada and they DID have a TB vaccine, so…just saying, that one doesn’t really count (for the US anyway).

By: hannah

hannah — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:49:07 +0000

I was about to say the same thing! A friend’s baby had a really lucky escape – she was be suffocated in-bed.

I think co-sleeping is ideal but best with a co-sleeper to attach to the bed.

By: hannah

hannah — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:47:55 +0000

See, in Australia, vaccines are spread apart. What exactly is the deal with scheduling in the US?

*goestoresearch*

By: hannah

hannah — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:46:04 +0000

I was really interested to hear your thoughts on circumcision as I wasn’t sure what the LDS Church’s stance on it all was.

Being Jewish, I know if I have a son he will be circumcised. I have seen enough brit (the ceremony) to feel comfortable with it. I think people also have a lot of opinions about circumcision without having seen one performed.

If I were not Jewish, I don’t know that it would occur to me to have my son circumcised. Jewish women to have a lower incidence of cervical cancer – from my understanding this has been linked to circumcision but don’t quote me on it.

My concern about vaccines is not people who want to schedule differently, which I totally understand, but people choosing not to get them at all. It is dangerous for your own child as well as other people’s children. My friend’s father has been a head clinicial with various organisations worldwirse including the WHO and TB association and he said that lack of vaccinations is directly related to increased deaths from TB, whooping cough and for the re-emergence of polio. He did say that a lot of Drs don’t schedule properly for various reasons in the US particularly.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:09:13 +0000

I’m so glad you’re going to get the appartus to make co-sleeping safe. I know this may engender anger from the internets, but this isn’t a scare story — my friend’s best friend, a few months ago — her baby died from suffocation while they were cosleeping. Their daughter was four weeks old, and her head got caught against the bedding, and she couldn’t move her head to allow herself to breathe. The just had her in the bed with them…. I just would never want anyone else to ever go through this…

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:00:51 +0000

Not yet! My plan is to research birth, then breastfeeding, then vaccines. And of course a few other things thrown in as well.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:59:44 +0000

I expect them to start coming soon, I’m not showing enough yet. I’m going to have to hold my temper because I’m not sure how long I can be “nice” to those who don’t know how to mind their own business.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:57:32 +0000

I like this view. And I share it.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:55:54 +0000

Yep! I keep finding co-sleepers (the small kind that actually sit in your bed, not the bassinets that sit next to your bed) on Craigslist but I keep forgetting to call and go pick them up. I plan on co-sleeping as long as I’m exclusively breastfeeding. I’ll of course be flexible if it isn’t working for us but that is the initial plan.

By: Cate Subrosa

Cate Subrosa — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:33:19 +0000

Watching your childcare philosophy evolve is fascinating. It is similar to my own in many ways (but not all).

Tell TH not to worry about the poo – firstly you’re washing the nappies hot enough to kill all the yuckies, and secondly you’ll likely wash them with other light colours so most of his stuff won’t go in that wash anyway.

Are you planning on co-sleeping?

By: Cécy

Cécy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:36:30 +0000

Very interesting links. You are definitely building my pregnancy information database. I will definitely come back here when comes the time to look into all this. Thank you for sharing.

By: Cécy

Cécy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:33:44 +0000

From just the summary it’s not about not doing vaccinations but how you schedule it.
I’m not against vaccines personally, although I don’t think all are a necessity in life.
Tetanus is a necessity, Hepatitis B depends on your lifestyle.
I had many vaccines as a child, my latest Dr in France (that’s where I was born and raised) was horrified to see how close some of the vaccines where and explained to me that it can make you overly sensitive at times. It’s sometimes best to leave time between vaccines from my understanding.
That same Dr had me tested for Hepatitis B antibodies when I was told I needed a new vaccines and I found out I had 300 times the needed amount.
So yes vaccines are important, but it’s important to know which ones and to be able to spread them through time if possible.

By: Mrs. D

Mrs. D — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:31:01 +0000

I agree! I’d love to hear about things that surprise you about being pregnant. Also, I love reading about the crazy things people say to pregnant women. If you get any weird comments/suggestions please let us know!

By: Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:04:28 +0000

I love the links! Once the baby goes down for a nap I’m going to listen. Since you have the vaccine link and Dr. Sears up there I was wondering if you had read The Vaccine Book.

By: phruphru

phruphru — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:25:35 +0000

Cool! Forwarding Pregtastic to a pregnant friend. Thanks for sharing!

By: Starry-Eyed Barefoot Bride

Starry-Eyed Barefoot Bride — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:20:30 +0000

It makes me smile when I thnk about how different things are today from when our parents were pregnant with us! Makes me wonder what it’ll be like when our kids have kids.
Are you against vaccinations in total? Specific ones? Or is it the “accepted” schedule of vaccines?

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:26:18 +0000

Hey Jenna! I took my lens to Garland camera and repair on recommendation of my sister:
http://www.cameraandrepair.com/

It’s a little ghetto place, but they fixed it in two days and charged me $85. I’m picking it up today, I’ll let you know if something goes wrong. They were going to charge me $100 to fix my point and shoot so that was a no-go!