PregnancyMarilyn Vine in pregnancy page would like to pass across new information just received on ultrasounds. Mike Adams of NaturalNews advises the following: ”Ultrasound is extremely damaging to the health of any unborn child (fetus). The natural health community has been warning about ultrasound for years, but mainstream medicine, which consistently fails to recognize the harm it causes, insists ultrasound is perfectly safe and can't possibly harm the health of a fetus. Now, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a project that aims to temporarily sterilize men by blasting their scrotums with ultrasound. The burst of ultrasound energy, it turns out, disrupts the normal biological function of the testes, making the man infertile for six months.” Click on the link below and read the full article. I always felt that when your child started to achieve so many things in that first 12 months of their lives that you, yourself, looked at the world with different eyes. I felt I was looking at the world through the eyes of my babies and sensed the pride in their achievements when they sat up, stood for the first time and took their first steps. Pregnancy is such a wonderful state to be in! To all the women who may read this website, who are pregnant, all I can say is that I hope you enjoy your pregnancy as much as I did. Well my baby is now 40 years of age (2009) and since his birth so much has come to light and so much has been learned. Some of it good and some of it not so good! I would like to share this with you in an endeavour to make sure that your pregnancy is a safe one and that your baby is born healthy. I sincerely believe that our health is entirely our own responsibility and if you are a mother or a father then that responsibility falls on you for the care of your children. I ask you all – please do not just accept what you are told – but go away and do your own research and not just from one source but from many different sources and then, and only then, make your decisions. Your life and the life of your child may depend on this decision. I consider this even more important during pregnancy. Pregnancy is so easy for some and so difficult for others. More and more people are having difficulties in conceiving children and are seeking help at fertility clinics. We all should be asking ourselves why is the incidence of couples seeking help growing so quickly? On another issue entirely but one very relevant to pregnancy as well. Why are we seeing so many people these days with hip, shoulder and knee replacements? Could it be the fluoridation of our water? Drinking fluoridated water while pregnant could harm your babies skeletal system and will more than like damage the formation of their teeth and the first teeth will come through mottled and this is called dental Fluorosis. I believe from all the research that I have read that dental Fluorosis is a sign that the body has skeletal Fluorosis. May I suggest that you click on the link below and read some of the information contained in the page. The Daily Telegraph on 16 July 2003 published an article called Shampoo can damage unborn sons “A common chemical used in a range of products from shampoo to plastics, may cause infertility in boys while they are still in the womb, it emerged yesterday. Mothers to be may unwittingly be putting their sons at risk of defective sex organs, low sperm counts and even cancer, by washing their hair or using make-up. Substances called phthalates used in shampoos, conditioners, skin lotions and make-up are linked to an increased rate of abnormalities and infertility. A two year experiment on rats showed that phthalates disrupt the male hormone testosterone during fetal development, doubling the rate of defects. Researchers believe that in some cases they may increase the risk of testicular cancer later in life. Phthalates are often not listed as ingredients so people do not even know they are using them. The number of infant boys suffering the two most common forms of genital abnormality has doubled in 50 years. Wikipedia tells us that: “Phthalates, or phthalate esters, are esters of phthalic acid and are mainly used as plasticizers (substances added to plastics to increase their flexibility, transparency, durability, and longevity). They are primarily used to soften polyvinyl chloride. Phthalates are being phased out of many products in the United States and European Union over health concerns.” I suggest that you click on the link below and see what Wikipedia has to say. It was interesting that under Legal Status the EU has restricted the use for children since 1999. Also be careful of the plastic toys that you buy your babies/children – especially the ones that they put in their mouths! Dr Mercola brings us a report of June 2009 “In June, food and chemical lobbyists met in Washington, DC to save the toxic plastic chemical BPA. Their internal meeting memos revealed a dangerous and unethical strategy to keep your family eating and drinking from BPA-laden containers, despite the mounting scientific evidence that exposure to even extremely low levels of BPA can impact health, particularly during early infancy.” Click on the link to read the article. Pregnancy brings more information on chemicals affecting mail fertility. Click on the link to read the article. Click on the link to read his advice. The FDA reviewed 200 scientific studies AND has now concluded that ”mercury fillings are safe for human health. Previously Consumers for Dental Choices sued the FDA with regard to fillings using mercury. This required the FDA to take off statements on mercury fillings being safe” from their website! What has changed now for the FDA to declare it is safe for everyone? Read the full article by clicking on the link below
Personal Care and Your Unborn FetusMany people don’t even realise that many products on the market contain ingredients that can cause them, and especially their unborn babies and children harm. Dr John Lee in his tape on Oestrogen Deception advises us that the personal care products being used by the mother can do damage to the foetus in the first 35 days of its life. Some of these ingredients are probably in products you have sitting on your shelves right now – products that you thought were perfectly safe. As a result of this your immune system becomes weaker and compromised over the years. Dr John Lee also tells us this may contribute to many of the degenerative diseases later on in life.You can give your kids a healthier start by taking the potentially harmful personal care and household products out of their lives from the very beginning. Please click on the link below and see just a few of the harmful ingredients that are contained in personal care products. Remember that what you put on your skin passes through the skin and into your organs and your blood stream. The skin IS NOT A BARRIER as once was believed and now it is understood that it is one of the quickest ways to get things into the bloodstream hence the nicotine patches and heart patches. I am involved in several MLM companies that can provide safe personal care products and also good nutritional supplements. One of these companies has a line of children’s products that are safe, gentle and effective. These products are non-toxic and free of the questionable ingredients commonly used in most children’s formulations. These products also contain therapeutic grade essential oils which can help children relax and unwind after a busy day. It was back in 1996 when I first started to learn about harmful ingredients in personal care products and I remember visiting my son and his family in New Zealand not long after. My first grandson was about 12 months at the time and I was telling his mother what I had learned and together we went into the bathroom and checked the labels on a very prominent brand of baby products and found that every one of them contained harmful ingredients. My daughter in law said “what would you do” and I said “If he were my child - I would throw them all out and she said “well do it!” This safe range covers:
If you would like more information on these products please use the email form at the bottom of the page. I also have access to a range of sanitary products that come in food grade sterile package and are made from raw cotton and medical grade paper rather than recycled material. They are 100% Food Biodegradable and will biodegrade in 7-90 day unlike the products available at supermarkets and chemists which are made with materials that have been bleached (to make them white) possibly with chlorine compounds that contain traces of the organochlorine – dioxin. They are also made of recycled materials which may contain trace amounts of copper, lead and zinc. Many of these napkins can harbour bacteria as they are not sterile products. These sanitary products also contain an Anion Strip. What is an anion strip? It is a strip containing negative ions. “Negative ions increase the flow of oxygen to the brain; resulting in higher alertness, decreased drowsiness and more mental energy says Pierce J Howard, Phd, author of the Owners Manual for the Brain: Everyday Applications from Mind Brain Research and director of research at the Centre of Applied Cognitive Sciences in Charlotte N.C.” Negative ions have many healing properties:
Products that are available that contain Anion strips which incidentally have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration and some of the products have been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the last of them are going through TGA approval right now (March 2010).
Take the time and watch the YouTube below – 3 minutes. This YouTube is on a baby with what they call Scalded Skin syndrome which is a bacterial infection. In one week the Anion Strips healed this baby and what a difference from a child in terrible trouble and probably a lot of pain to a happy, smiling baby. Negative Ions have the ability to kill 99.9% of bacterial infection. If you would like further information on any of these products which incidentally are available in 30 different countries of the world, then please use the email form below. Pregnancy Page brings you information on toothpastes. Toothpaste is probably one of the most harmful of the products that children use simply because they eat it instead of spitting it out once they have cleaned their teeth! Some toothpastes contain warnings on the packet NOT THE TUBES to this effect and advise that you seek medical assistance if ingested! How many people read what is written on the packet – no they don’t – they just take it out of the packet and put it in the bathroom ready for use! Very clever marketing! You can’t say they didn’t warn you! Here the Herald Sun brings us an article Danger Lurks at Home Everyday household products trigger untold family ills. Click on the link below and read the article. The article lists rooms in the house and ingredients associated with various products. Put a “chuckle” in your life. Please watch the YouTube below – you will not be able to help yourself, but end up chuckling as well.
Building a healthy nursery for your babyHere is an article on “Five Steps to a healthy nursery or child’s room”. It is advising how you can create a haven for your new addition which has been built with love as well as safe materials. Click on the link below to learn more.Healthy Nursery – Washington Toxic Coalition How to Manage Morning SicknessSheryl Walters on 13 June 2009 in Natural News tells us:”You've been feeling a little "off" for a few weeks and think you may have the flu. But lo and behold, over the next month or so, you discover you have another reason for your "off" feeling. You are going to be a mother! After the shock wears off and you begin to see pregnancy as the wonderful thing it is, you wonder if you'll be able to survive the morning sickness you are experiencing. Remembering that morning sickness doesn't last the whole nine months isn't much help as you sit with your head held over the waste basket, feeling more than a little green. Well, take heart. There are many things you can do to help alleviate the symptoms of morning sickness without the harmful effects of drugs.” Click on the link below and learn more.
Here is an article on Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Pregnancy linked to Birth Defect. Reuben Chow on 5 April 2009 in Natural News tells us that a study recently published in the journal Pediatrics has revealed that women who do not have an adequate intake of Vitamin B12 during pregnancy are at greater risk of having a child with a birth abnormality called neural tube defect. Please click on the link below to read the full article. Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Pregnant Women Linked to Birth Defect Poor Nutrition in the Womb Triggers Permanent Genetic ChangesDo you buy or make your own baby foods? Read on to find out about how some baby foods are actually worse than junk food! Some baby foods worse than junk food Pregnancy page is pleased to bring you the article by Kerri Knox published on 6 August 2009 in Natural News. ”In the nature versus nurture debate, scientists often talk about genetics versus environmental factors in health. One environmental factor that has been getting a lot of attention lately is Vitamin D- and with good reason. Vitamin D is turning out to be a major influence in heart disease, cancer, diabetes and many other health problems. But Vitamin D is even MORE vital than was previously thought. New research is showing that even our Pre-Birth vitamin d levels are an important determinant of our future health.” Click on the link to read the full article. BreastfeedingPregnancy Page brings you information on how breastfeeding protects the hearts of mothers. This is written by Melissa Sokulski on 24 April 2009 in Natural News.”Breastfeeding has long been known to be good for mother and baby. La Leche League International lists many benefits, including that breast-milk is easy for the baby to digest, and has natural antibodies protecting the baby against bacteria and viruses. Now a new study by the University of Pittsburgh has shown that breastfeeding protects women from heart disease, heart attacks and strokes as well. Published in the May issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the study finds that if a woman breastfeeds for one year or more, she is ten percent less likely to have heart attacks, heart disease or strokes. Dr. Eleanor Bilma Schwarz, a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh and author of the study says, "Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women, so it's vitally important for us to know what we can do to protect ourselves." “The sad, disturbing truth about all this is that the infant formula industry has, for decades, engaged in highly deceptive marketing practices that sought to replace healthful human breast milk with harmful, factory-made infant formula products in order to generate profits. These corporations can't make money off mothers' breast milk, but they sure can earn big bucks off a canister of processed, chemically-contaminated cow's milk proteins, high-fructose corn syrup and various chemical additives. Some of the most outrageous crimes ever committed against the people of developing nations, in fact, have been committed by the infant formula corporations who actively sought to teach uneducated women that "breast milk is bad" while insisting that "modern women feed their babies formula." Read the link to learn more! ”According to the World Health Organization, breastfeeding babies exclusively for the first six months can save the lives of 13 percent of infants that die under five. Breast milk is what nature intended for infants to be eating, and eating in ways in accordance with nature is always to our benefit. But do you know why breast milk is so valuable? The answer is simple: Babies are born with only partially developed immune systems, and components of mother's milk help children build their immune system. Breast milk contains both healthy bacteria and medium-chain fatty acids, both of which are disease fighting and go a long way to protect us from outside threats.” Hospital or Home Birth?I am pleased to bring you information in Pregnancy page for you to be able to assess the risks that you might be taking in having a home birth.“Deciding between a home and hospital birth is a difficult decision for some couples. Although a general perception exists that hospital births are safer than homebirths, this is actually not the case. An additional factor to consider is the general philosophical framework in which birth is placed in each setting. Most homebirth midwifes consider labor and childbirth to be a normal natural process; many doctors view childbirth as an event they must control in order to avoid catastrophe. When problems do arise at a homebirth, midwives are prepared to deal with them, and they know when hospital interventions are necessary. But the vast majority of births, when they are allowed to unfold physiologically, are straightforward and considered normal at the very least, if not beautiful and sacred by homebirth midwives.” Read the full article to learn more. Sherry Baker on 9 July 2009 in Natural News advises: ”It's scary enough to have a newborn baby in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) because he or she is premature or has health problems. But now there's reason to worry that many NICUs, places that are supposed to be dedicated to healing and protecting the youngest and most fragile of babies, are actually dangerous environments for neonates. According to a new study just published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, superbug infections -- specifically antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections -- in US NICUs increased over 300 percent in less than ten years.” Click on the link and read the article. Vaccinating your Newborn with Vitamin K InjectionThis can be a very controversial issue.My youngest grandson was 8 in December 2009 and before he was born his father asked all sorts of questions of doctors and hospitals about the Vitamin K injection. He felt that they really did not give him a good reason to vaccinate this new baby and when he asked for the ingredients in the vaccine and then researched the ingredients he was horrified and said no way! The hospital was not very happy with him but he stood his ground and we have a perfectly healthy normal young man of 8 who has not been vaccinated at all! Neither has his 14 year old brother. Here Jen Patterson on 17 July 2009 in Natural News is advising us to Make An Informed Choice about the Vitamin K Injection. “Both newborn babies and breast milk are said to be deficient in vitamin K1, and injection of this vitamin into newborns is standard practice in US hospitals. The diagnosis of vitamin K deficiency for newborns, however, is in comparison with adult levels and that of breast milk by comparison of human milk with cow`s milk. There are numerous biological differences between adults and babies (bodily proportions is one example), and these are not considered pathological. Do the differences in vitamin K levels suggest pathology? There are also, obviously, biological differences between human and cow`s milk. Our standard for normal breast milk should not come from comparisons with another species. Perhaps these low vitamin K levels are optimum vitamin K levels for babies. If so, systematic injection of newborns with almost 9000 times the adult level might be questionable as standard practice.” Click on the link and read the article. Household Chemicals and ToxinsDr Mercola asks ”Can these household chemicals crush your son’s masculinity?”“Elevated levels of two plastic-softening chemicals in pregnant women's urine are linked to less-masculine play behavior by their sons several years later, according to a study published in the International Journal of Andrology. Phthalates, which are used in everything from vinyl floors to plastic tubing and soaps and lotions, are pervasive in the environment and have increasingly become associated with changes in development of the male brain as well as with genital defects, metabolic abnormalities and reduced testosterone in babies and adults. A team of U.S. and British researchers posed a standard play questionnaire to the parents of 145 preschool-age children. Then they ranked the types of play on a scale from most masculine (such as play fighting or using trucks) to most feminine. An effect was identified among the sons of women with higher concentrations of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) in their prenatal urine. On average, those boys scored 8 percent further away from the masculine end of the scale than other boys. Read the link In a study spearheaded by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in collaboration with Commonweal, researchers at two major laboratories found an average of 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants in umbilical cord blood from 10 babies born in August and September of 2004 in U.S. hospitals. Tests revealed a total of 287 chemicals in the group. The umbilical cord blood of these 10 children, collected by Red Cross after the cord was cut, harbored pesticides, consumer product ingredients, and wastes from burning coal, gasoline, and garbage. Read the link.
Read the full report. ”The leading cause of infant death in the U.S. results from congenital birth defects. They have become an increasingly prominent cause of infant death. In 1970, the deaths from birth defects were 15.1 percent and by 1997 the figure jumped to 22.1 percent. The increase in birth defects is significant. Three to five percent of all U.S. babies are born with birth defects according to CDC figures in 2004. Another way of looking at it is one in every thirty three babies has a birth defect. Birth defects can affect any part of the body such as heart defects or neural tubes. Causes may be from nutrient deficiencies to contaminants or a combination thereof.” Molly Gray – talks about her reaction to finding that she had toxic chemicals in her body Molly Gray – High Levels of mercury despite her best efforts during pregnancy Jen Pinter – I thought No way was I going to get the tox results that I received Jen Pinter – Oh my phthalates Well Pregnancy Page became rather a long page with heaps of information. I hope you have enjoyed reading Pregnancy page and that you have gained some insight into taking care of yourself during your pregnancy and for taking care of your family. If you found the information in Pregnancy page of use to you would you mind referring this website onto your friends so that you can help them also? One of the reasons that I take the time to put this total website together and do pages like Pregnancy is to get information out to people world-wide. In hindsight I wish a lot of this information had been available when my babies were little as I know there would have been a lot of things that I would have done differently!
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