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Father May Get LIFE in Prison for 7-Year Old's Tat...: "'Permanent and painful body disfigurement of a child,' states the report -- sure sounds a whole lot like something else we do... And I am..."
About Me
- Nurturing mummy
- Victoria, Australia
- Single mummy, who believes we should all strive to do our best in educating ourselves in choices we make on our childrens behalfs! Worried about how much the Western society are seperating themselves from what it is to be human. Ignoring what it is to be natural and trusting ourselves, and replacing it with our inventions and thinking we can outsmart nature. This is not the future I want for my children, Annabelle 3yrs and Lucy 1yr. Most of all Im passionate to get back to basics with pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.
Friday, April 29, 2011
10 Homebirth Facts No One’s Telling You
If we were educated on how birth work, home birth rates would be higher and Ob's would almost be out of jobs....
10 Homebirth Facts No One’s Telling You: "1. In studies comparing home vs. hospital births, homebirths supervised by a “trained attendant” indicate fewer deaths, injuries and infecti..."
10 Homebirth Facts No One’s Telling You: "1. In studies comparing home vs. hospital births, homebirths supervised by a “trained attendant” indicate fewer deaths, injuries and infecti..."
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Confusing passion with pushing....
"Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers"
Not so long ago I was that woman who argued with a subject I did not know enough about. I believed what I believed, simply because it's all I had ever known. No research to back it up, no passion driving my thoughts and worst of all, no WANT to better myself. Certainly far to stubborn to challenge my unfounded beliefs!
My stubbornness and desperate fight to 'win' the argument was simply that, I wanted to win the argument and defend all that I have ever known.
I would get angry, pushy and loose all control.
I then had my children and realised all that I thought I knew, didn't matter. I had a clean slate and an amazing opportunity to better myself FOR my children. I soon found the more I challenged my beliefs, the more I learnt, the more I learnt the better person and mother I became.
I was one of the lucky ones, I learnt quickly that what I thought I knew, wasn't necessarily true, fact or right!
I learnt to shut my mouth and listen, almost as much as I spoke;)
I worry that as humans we don't hit our full potential because we are so busy, constantly justifying our past actions, we loose the chance to better our future ones.
Now when I come across a topic that can cause heated debates, I remember we have to be careful not confuse our passion with being pushy. Pushing a topic or belief can help bring it to people's attention BUT I must remember many people are where I was. Stuck, in their own beliefs, not willing to challenge them and are quick to tell me to stop pushing.
Am I pushing? Or is this part of them being scared that all they've ever known, may be wrong?
Hopefully one day they will realise and see my passion for what it is. I'm so glad I started to challenge, all I ever knew and continue to question what I think I know........
Knowledge is power and chance to live a better life.
Not so long ago I was that woman who argued with a subject I did not know enough about. I believed what I believed, simply because it's all I had ever known. No research to back it up, no passion driving my thoughts and worst of all, no WANT to better myself. Certainly far to stubborn to challenge my unfounded beliefs!
My stubbornness and desperate fight to 'win' the argument was simply that, I wanted to win the argument and defend all that I have ever known.
I would get angry, pushy and loose all control.
I then had my children and realised all that I thought I knew, didn't matter. I had a clean slate and an amazing opportunity to better myself FOR my children. I soon found the more I challenged my beliefs, the more I learnt, the more I learnt the better person and mother I became.
I was one of the lucky ones, I learnt quickly that what I thought I knew, wasn't necessarily true, fact or right!
I learnt to shut my mouth and listen, almost as much as I spoke;)
I worry that as humans we don't hit our full potential because we are so busy, constantly justifying our past actions, we loose the chance to better our future ones.
Now when I come across a topic that can cause heated debates, I remember we have to be careful not confuse our passion with being pushy. Pushing a topic or belief can help bring it to people's attention BUT I must remember many people are where I was. Stuck, in their own beliefs, not willing to challenge them and are quick to tell me to stop pushing.
Am I pushing? Or is this part of them being scared that all they've ever known, may be wrong?
Hopefully one day they will realise and see my passion for what it is. I'm so glad I started to challenge, all I ever knew and continue to question what I think I know........
Knowledge is power and chance to live a better life.
Erykah Badu Nurses to "Fall in Love"
This is so wonderful to watch. Mumma feeding her baby while singing:)
The superstars of today can really help with getting an important message out. One of those is breastfeeding, more so an older child:)
Erykah Badu Nurses to "Fall in Love": "When primal mothering reaches into our everyday lives - from times at work, to play, and everywhere in between - it is a beautiful thing. ..."
The superstars of today can really help with getting an important message out. One of those is breastfeeding, more so an older child:)
Erykah Badu Nurses to "Fall in Love": "When primal mothering reaches into our everyday lives - from times at work, to play, and everywhere in between - it is a beautiful thing. ..."
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
My Child is Very Advanced: V is for Vaccines
My Child is Very Advanced: V is for Vaccines: "Several people have asked me to share my views and findings on vaccines. I am starting this post off by saying if you don't want to read thi..."
Multinationals Break Formula Sales Law in Vietnam
This made me cry:(
But just goes to show that 'human milk' for human babies is like gold and to precious to waste or give up the chance to offer to your baby....
Multinationals Break Formula Sales Law in Vietnam: "This mother's twins. Born at equal weights and with equal health, her son (valued as a male) was given the human milk designed for him. Her ..."
But just goes to show that 'human milk' for human babies is like gold and to precious to waste or give up the chance to offer to your baby....
Multinationals Break Formula Sales Law in Vietnam: "This mother's twins. Born at equal weights and with equal health, her son (valued as a male) was given the human milk designed for him. Her ..."
Sandra Bullock Cuts Her Newly Adopted Son
She wants so much for her son but is full of 'pride' to take away his basic human right. Right from the start!
Sandra Bullock Cuts Her Newly Adopted Son: "A peaceful parenting reader passed along this Jezebel article to me today and I must say I was rather hoping to not read the news highligh..."
Sandra Bullock Cuts Her Newly Adopted Son: "A peaceful parenting reader passed along this Jezebel article to me today and I must say I was rather hoping to not read the news highligh..."
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Don't Fear the Fever; Fear the Fever Reducer
Our bodies can look after themselves and more often then not, what you jam into it to kills an illness, causes negative effects!
Don't Fear the Fever; Fear the Fever Reducer: "Did you know that the practice of administering Tylenol before or after vaccinations is not supported by scientific evidence? If you choo..."
Don't Fear the Fever; Fear the Fever Reducer: "Did you know that the practice of administering Tylenol before or after vaccinations is not supported by scientific evidence? If you choo..."
peaceful parenting: Doctors Reject Circumcision As HIV Prevention
peaceful parenting: Doctors Reject Circumcision As HIV Prevention: "An international statement by Doctors Opposing Circumcision Introduction. There have been a number of exaggerated claims made for the a..."
peaceful parenting: Inspirational Jealousy
peaceful parenting: Inspirational Jealousy: "By Katherine Henderson © 2011 Read more from Henderson at SAHM I Am Today I was having a doula consult/pow wow with my good fri..."
Monday, April 25, 2011
Why Pregnancy Due Dates Are Inaccurate
Why Pregnancy Due Dates Are Inaccurate: "My first pregnancy was 44 weeks +1 day long if you use our 'standard' measure of LMP to figure the due date. I should have expected as muc..."
The No-Cry Sleep Solution: When Your Baby Wakes Fr...
Lucy is terrible at sleeping, this I shall try:)
The No-Cry Sleep Solution: When Your Baby Wakes Fr...: "By Elizabeth Pantley Author, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night and related No-Cry book seri..."
The No-Cry Sleep Solution: When Your Baby Wakes Fr...: "By Elizabeth Pantley Author, The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night and related No-Cry book seri..."
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
The Guggie Daily: Let's Learn About Hepatitis B Infection and Vaccin...
The Guggie Daily: Let's Learn About Hepatitis B Infection and Vaccin...: "This is the first post in a series where I will summarize each vaccine on the American Centers for Disease Control (CDC) schedule, which can..."
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Moron
To normalise breastfeeding, to undo the mess we have created for ourselves. We need to start when little girls are learning through play.. EVERY doll comes with a bottle and we accept that.....but a doll that breastfeeds! A NORMAL way to feed a baby......and that's creepy????!!!
Wow this world is screwed and so are our babies!
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/furore-over-child-breastfeeding-toy/story-e6frfhqf-1226031638963
Wow this world is screwed and so are our babies!
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/furore-over-child-breastfeeding-toy/story-e6frfhqf-1226031638963
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
What Every Parent Needs to Know About Vaccines Acc...
What Every Parent Needs to Know About Vaccines Acc...: "Do you read the ingredient labels on food before buying it? Read the instructions before assembling furniture? Read the fine print before si..."
5 Doula Myths Debunked
Please read and learn:)
5 Doula Myths Debunked: "By Jessica English © 2010 Read more from English at Birth Kalamazoo Birth advocacy tshirts & onesies at MadeByMomma As doulas become mor..."
5 Doula Myths Debunked: "By Jessica English © 2010 Read more from English at Birth Kalamazoo Birth advocacy tshirts & onesies at MadeByMomma As doulas become mor..."
Birth is not medical! Our future is suffering for it. The issues of today start with birth!
Why did we hand our birth over to the medical system??? To dull the pain of childbirth? How can we expect so much from our children and how they grow, mind, body and soul. When the 1st chance we get, we allow intervention. YOUR body, YOUR baby, YOUR birth. Never be pressured!
http://mynaturalchildbirth.org/natural-childbirth-2/
http://mynaturalchildbirth.org/natural-childbirth-2/
Monday, April 18, 2011
In vrijheid bevallen: An Unexpectedly Unassisted Natural Childbirth
In vrijheid bevallen: An Unexpectedly Unassisted Natural Childbirth: "http://mynaturalchildbirth.org/natural-childbirth-story/ An Unexpectedly Unassisted Natural Childbirthby April on Thursday, Ap..."
Quotes, I love:)
“We found that babies who received an additional two months of full breastfeeding were over four times less likely to contract pneumonia and half as likely to suffer recurrent ear infections.”
Caroline Chantry quotes
“Child birth is one of the most natural and ancient things to occur, and the fact that 95 percent (of babies) are delivered in the hospital, and a huge percent are C-sections, is rather telling to our detachment from the process.”
Caroline Chantry quotes
“Child birth is one of the most natural and ancient things to occur, and the fact that 95 percent (of babies) are delivered in the hospital, and a huge percent are C-sections, is rather telling to our detachment from the process.”
What's more important?
So what is more important? Making life easier on the parents, making it more 'convienient'? Or have we lost the ability to believe in ourselves as humans and as parents?
We cut our boys to save time bathing and teaching them hygiene, we bottle feed to go back to work (instead of fighting for support to stay home) or because we believe we're not enough, we make our babies 'cry it out' to save going to them, holding them and nurturing them as it'll make us 'tired' in the morning or worried they might get to ATTACHED??!?!?!, put them in strangers care as we have been brainwashed to think WE cannot teach them the qualities they need to cope with life, and we let people whom we 'trust' inject them with GOD knows what chemical because once again we are convinced our human bodies,milk and diet are not equipped to handle things.......
Your babies, your choice YES. But how many of you can say you have enough factual based research to make informed decisions on your child's behalf?
Now I cant imagine why all mothers aren't being told all that I have learnt. We have to fight to find out? Sometimes feels like a battle already lost....
But no matter how many people scoff at me or insult me, I remember how important the war is...
This is my blog and my place to vent if I choose to!
We cut our boys to save time bathing and teaching them hygiene, we bottle feed to go back to work (instead of fighting for support to stay home) or because we believe we're not enough, we make our babies 'cry it out' to save going to them, holding them and nurturing them as it'll make us 'tired' in the morning or worried they might get to ATTACHED??!?!?!, put them in strangers care as we have been brainwashed to think WE cannot teach them the qualities they need to cope with life, and we let people whom we 'trust' inject them with GOD knows what chemical because once again we are convinced our human bodies,milk and diet are not equipped to handle things.......
Your babies, your choice YES. But how many of you can say you have enough factual based research to make informed decisions on your child's behalf?
Now I cant imagine why all mothers aren't being told all that I have learnt. We have to fight to find out? Sometimes feels like a battle already lost....
But no matter how many people scoff at me or insult me, I remember how important the war is...
This is my blog and my place to vent if I choose to!
The Chemicals in Disposable Diapers
I cloth nappy Lucy........ I NEVER even thought of the chemicals involved! The Chemicals in Disposable Diapers: "By Noreen Kassem Disposable diapers seem to be a necessity in today's lifestyle of convenience and temporary items. Though they are common..."
A Change in How Intercourse Works
A Change in How Intercourse Works: "The following is an excerpt from the National Organization of Circumcision Information & Resource Centers, Colorado site. During interc..."
Sick of hearing "He/she doesn't sleep through? Formula will 'fill him/her up'" There is a REASON Sleeping With Baby: Breastfeeding, Night Waking & ...
Sleeping With Baby: Breastfeeding, Night Waking & ...: "Mothering, Issue 141 by Peggy O'Mara One of the biggest crises of confidence that new mothers face has to do with sleep. Mothers feel respon..."
Night Waking Protects Against SIDS
Night Waking Protects Against SIDS: "By Dr. William Sears, M.D. Excerpted with permission from New Beginnings, Vol. 16 No. 3, May-June 1999, pp. 68-70. Sudden infant death synd..."
CoSleeping After Cesarean
CoSleeping After Cesarean: "By Catherine McTamaney It never occurred to me that anything might go wrong. My partner and I had asked all the big questions as we got re..."
Improve Marital Sex: Keep the Foreskins
Improve Marital Sex: Keep the Foreskins: "by Dr. Dean Edell Here is a brand new study on circumcision that got my attention right away. The subject is the effect of male circumcision..."
Confessions of a Failed Babywiser
Confessions of a Failed Babywiser: "By Alexandra Bush posted with permission This essay is written both as catharsis and restitution. I regret that I encouraged many parents ..."
peaceful parenting: Baby's Beneficial Bacteria Depend on Birth
Just another reason who ever created us is amazing! And to avoide a c section.... peaceful parenting: Baby's Beneficial Bacteria Depend on Birth: "By Rachel Ehrenberg for Science News posted with permission Water to water: baby enters the world vaginally into warm waters and his mother..."
Sunday, April 17, 2011
I thought I had already posted this. Ah well it's wonderful! peaceful parenting: Joshua's Story: Why I Chose Another Mother's Milk
peaceful parenting: Joshua's Story: Why I Chose Another Mother's Milk: "By Lindsey Ward ©2010 'Lucky Boy' onesie available at MadeByMomma Joshua was born on August 23rd, in the water, at our ..."
peaceful parenting: The Taste of Mom's Milk
peaceful parenting: The Taste of Mom's Milk: "By Danelle Frisbie ©2010 When my son was born, I had an intense breakdown moment, fully concerned about the taste of my milk. It was Day Th..."
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Dont screw with nature unnecessarily!
Wonderful blog post:)
Our bodies were made for this! Sure modern medicine can help SOMETIMES. But seriously, intervention might help for an hr MAYBE, then it's all down hill from there.....
Cascade of intervention:(
http://www.glorialemay.com/blog/?p=164
Our bodies were made for this! Sure modern medicine can help SOMETIMES. But seriously, intervention might help for an hr MAYBE, then it's all down hill from there.....
Cascade of intervention:(
http://www.glorialemay.com/blog/?p=164
peaceful parenting: Birth Matters Videos
peaceful parenting: Birth Matters Videos: "Birth Matters Virginia, an exceptional childbirth education, support, and resource group to which I belong, recently hosted a birth video c..."
peaceful parenting: Jewish Father's Letter to His Son
peaceful parenting: Jewish Father's Letter to His Son: "To my dear son Elijah, I write this letter to explain to you and my family & community why I choose not to perform a circumcision upon..."
peaceful parenting: Breastfeeding & Bedsharing
peaceful parenting: Breastfeeding & Bedsharing: "By Dr. James J. McKenna Visit the James McKenna Library Mothers and infants sleeping side by side, also known as cosleeping, is the ..."
nippled: The Rape of Birth: Feminism’s Final Frontier
nippled: The Rape of Birth: Feminism’s Final Frontier: " When I’m in conversation with a tough, feisty, feminist woman and the subject of birth comes up I am always irritated whe..."
Friday, April 15, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Great blog! Great post:)Babies, Boobs, & Blasphemy: My Son Was Born Perfect; No Disassembly Required
Babies, Boobs, & Blasphemy: My Son Was Born Perfect; No Disassembly Required: "Circum-what?! If you're a parent, you probably like to brag to everyone you know about how perfect your child is. I know that I do! B..."
Here is a great site:)
http://avn.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=34&Itemid=157
You do have a CHOICE to vaccinate or not! I'm still researching and no amount of abuse will stop me!
"They save lives" and "They are there for a reason", is not good enough to convince me. Especially coming from people that know NOTHING about vaccines and 'asking their doctor' is the deepest they have 'researched'......
I cant believe I never asked questions sooner. I just did what was 'done'. Don't ever let anybody make a decision for your child. Even if it means having people abuse and judge you. My children are worth more then your insults.
To make a decision as important as this, you must learn history of the disease and vaccine, research is deeper then asking your GP and peers...
I have not decided either way, to vaccinate or not to, but I certainly wont be pressured when it comes to my child's health.......will you?
"For most children, the risk of a serious vaccine reaction may be 100 times greater than the risk of hepatitis B."
^^^^Just a taste of the FACTS this site has:)
You do have a CHOICE to vaccinate or not! I'm still researching and no amount of abuse will stop me!
"They save lives" and "They are there for a reason", is not good enough to convince me. Especially coming from people that know NOTHING about vaccines and 'asking their doctor' is the deepest they have 'researched'......
I cant believe I never asked questions sooner. I just did what was 'done'. Don't ever let anybody make a decision for your child. Even if it means having people abuse and judge you. My children are worth more then your insults.
To make a decision as important as this, you must learn history of the disease and vaccine, research is deeper then asking your GP and peers...
I have not decided either way, to vaccinate or not to, but I certainly wont be pressured when it comes to my child's health.......will you?
"For most children, the risk of a serious vaccine reaction may be 100 times greater than the risk of hepatitis B."
^^^^Just a taste of the FACTS this site has:)
Friday, April 8, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Found this interesting:)
If only the Western society supported and educated mothers:(
http://www.mnn.com/family/family-activities/blogs/breastfeeding-saves-lives-and-money
http://www.mnn.com/family/family-activities/blogs/breastfeeding-saves-lives-and-money
Everyone Else's Children Matter Too
Everyone Else's Children Matter Too: "photo courtesy of peaceful parenting mom, Erin Davey 'Each of us must come to care about everyone else's children. We must recognize that ..."
Another Reason for a Healthy Lifestyle: Major Food...
Thanks Guggie Another Reason for a Healthy Lifestyle: Major Food...: "What's in your food? How do companies make it? Everything is connected! Below is a press release from Children of God for Life (COG). It's..."
peaceful parenting: Taye Diggs Talks Placentas, Waterbirth, Midwives &...
Thanks Peaceful Parenting, for another great article:) Taye Diggs Talks Placentas, Waterbirth, Midwives &...: "Taye Diggs (38) appeared on The Ellen Show on October 15th and discussed the natural, physiological birth of his first baby, Walker Nathani..."
peaceful parenting: Blood Magic: The Healing Properties of the Placent...
Let us not judge.....but learn. Blood Magic: The Healing Properties of the Placent...: "Written by and blogged at: Misplaced Mama (This is not a post for judgment. If thought of eating the placenta for medicinal reasons mak..."
He Didn't Cry: Babies in Shock
This one hurts my heart.... He Didn't Cry: Babies in Shock: "Please see below for photo credits. This little one is not screaming. He is not sleeping. But he has gone into shock: a semi-comatose state ..."
Monday, April 4, 2011
Im back!
Well after a long break due to being DUMPED, I'm back!
Long story short....
My partner of 7 years, father of my two baby girls, decided he wasn't happy. And thought it was best we went our separate ways, with him still seeing his babies.
So to be honest at 1st I was a MESS and went to a friends, with my girls, for a few days. I went through so many different emotions, until finally, I did a little soul searching and realised, I was no longer happy in that relationship!
Sure I had love for him and we had a 'happy' family life BUT, was I in love with him? Did we have a bond when the kids left the room?......NO
I'm 23 years old, YES I'm a mother and that is my priority! But since he left I have realised what a blessing he gave me...........he gave me a chance to find ME.
It's ok for me to go out and have fun and it's ok for me to spend money on myself. It's ok to for me to do things that make ME happy! My girls will grow to be strong, happy and stable minded, if that's how they see their mother. As long as my girls come 1st and I'm true to them and myself then I cant go wrong.
I had to mourn the things that now wont be, holidays with the my girls and their father, marriage to him, more babies with him etc.
Once I mourned that I was then able to get EXCITED about what really mattered in life. My girls and I taking on the world!
I now go to bed and I get excited about the next day! I have never felt so bright and as though the world is my oyster!
Life is beautiful and I am far to blessed to be stressed:)
I LOVE my life and all that are in it. I still have my x in m life and who knows, one day we may try again. But now I need to be loyal to myself and my feelings and at the moment, they are excited about the future with my girls:)
My girls have never been so well behaved. I guess mummy being true is working;)
I wonder what tomorrow will bring??? BRING IT ON!
Long story short....
My partner of 7 years, father of my two baby girls, decided he wasn't happy. And thought it was best we went our separate ways, with him still seeing his babies.
So to be honest at 1st I was a MESS and went to a friends, with my girls, for a few days. I went through so many different emotions, until finally, I did a little soul searching and realised, I was no longer happy in that relationship!
Sure I had love for him and we had a 'happy' family life BUT, was I in love with him? Did we have a bond when the kids left the room?......NO
I'm 23 years old, YES I'm a mother and that is my priority! But since he left I have realised what a blessing he gave me...........he gave me a chance to find ME.
It's ok for me to go out and have fun and it's ok for me to spend money on myself. It's ok to for me to do things that make ME happy! My girls will grow to be strong, happy and stable minded, if that's how they see their mother. As long as my girls come 1st and I'm true to them and myself then I cant go wrong.
I had to mourn the things that now wont be, holidays with the my girls and their father, marriage to him, more babies with him etc.
Once I mourned that I was then able to get EXCITED about what really mattered in life. My girls and I taking on the world!
I now go to bed and I get excited about the next day! I have never felt so bright and as though the world is my oyster!
Life is beautiful and I am far to blessed to be stressed:)
I LOVE my life and all that are in it. I still have my x in m life and who knows, one day we may try again. But now I need to be loyal to myself and my feelings and at the moment, they are excited about the future with my girls:)
My girls have never been so well behaved. I guess mummy being true is working;)
I wonder what tomorrow will bring??? BRING IT ON!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Induced Lactation
Induced Lactation: "The following is an excerpt from the excellent resource book, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk, by Diana West, IBCLC, an..."
Monday, February 14, 2011
The home freebirth of Lucinda Molly.
Thank you, to my beautiful friend Lisa, for letting me share her wonderful birth story. A birth to prove to us all, what we are capable of :)
My due date was Feb 6 2011. I had an ante natal appointment booked for Feb 8, where I had already been told that they would be discussing induction with me, as they didn’t want me going too far over because of the fact that this was pregnancy #6 over 20 weeks and I am 35 years old. I had written up a birth plan stating things like ‘no vaginal examinations to be performed’ but that was completely ignored by my midwife who told me they would like me to have a S&S (strip & sweep/stretch & sweep) done at the next appointment.
Because of these facts, I decided to skip my ante natal appointment and just hope for the baby to come out asap.
I had a feeling about Feb 10. Maybe it was wishful thinking, but Feb 10 stayed in my head.
On Feb 9 I started to do some acupressure and almost instantly the Braxton hicks contractions I had been having began to intensify. I got excited that thought it was the real thing. I was sorely disappointed when they all faded into nothingness. The best thing about them fading was that I got to have a decent night sleep.
On the morning of Feb 10 I woke at 6am with more Braxton hicks contractions. I told Rob to stay home as I was rather exhausted and the pains were coming fairly regular. By 7am I was ready for Rob to go to work as I wasn’t convinced this was the real thing. James & Madeleine had school photos on and Rob drove them to school. I asked Rob to drop in to Bi-lo on his way home to buy some snack type foods for the little ones, just in case the Braxton hicks amped up and I went to hospital later in the day.
I went for a shower while Rob was gone and Harrison joined me. We had a sing along and splashed each other. I felt fine even though the Braxton hicks were bugging me. I got out of the shower and put on a top. Something told me to fold my towel and sit on it on the bed. I grabbed the laptop and hopped on facebook to keep me occupied until Rob got home. I got another Braxton hicks contraction and suddenly I felt my water break. I was really confused at first because it was so opposite to what happened the last time my water broke naturally. Last time I was in what I knew was labour, I lost my mucus plug and not long after my water broke. This time, my water broke while only having Braxton hicks? That’s when I thought that perhaps the pains actually were the real thing and I was probably in labour. I called Rob and told him what had happened. He was shopping in Bi-lo and decided he’d best hurry home. I decided to get back in to the shower and clean myself up a bit. It was around 8:15am.
Rob arrived home and I hopped out of the shower. I got back on facebook to distract myself for a bit while Rob got the kids their breakfast. Pains were coming every 7 minutes and lasting for 1 minute. I wondered if I should head up to the hospital. I decided not to as I thought the baby would be way off as the contractions weren’t really intense and they were still 7 minutes apart. I had no problems talking through the contractions.
So I basically sat in bed with Harrison & Anelise and we watched a movie. Rob put a whole heap of pillows behind my back so I could be semi reclined and comfortable. Rob dozed off while I watched TV and got through my contractions.
Anelise was being really clingy to her Daddy and was a bit sooky. She wouldn’t leave Rob alone and wouldn’t settle next to me. Rob went to take her into her bedroom but I didn’t want him to leave my side. Rob asked if we should head up to the hospital and again I said no. I told him that they contractions were not strong enough and there was no way I was going to be in labour up there with the little ones unwelcome and bored. I had previously been told that this time around it was highly likely I would not be allowed to have the kids in the room while I birthed the baby. This really upset me.
So, I sat back in my mountain of pillows while Rob timed my contractions and talked to me. Suddenly, I felt a massive need to push. Once again, Rob asked if we should head to the hospital and I told him I was going no where! The baby was going to be born where I was sitting as I couldn’t move.
Between contractions & pushing, Rob & I discussed little things like him slipping the cord off the babies neck should it be wrapped around it and what we would do in regards to the cord etc. We decided that I would birth the baby and he would call an ambulance. I guess being told so often that I would haemorrhage played on my mind a fair bit, so there was a part of me that wanted that covered just in case.
Anelise was still clinging to her Daddy and Harrison was sitting up next to me with his play stethoscope. I explained to Harrison that the baby was going to be born soon. Through contractions, Harrison would place his stethoscope on my belly and listen like a little Doctor. It was very cute.
It was lovely having my babies there with me. I kept pushing & pushing and I felt like I was getting nowhere. Part of me kept thinking “call the ambulance and get me to the hospital right now” and the other part of me thought “this is transition, you CAN do this”. Rob grabbed a spare doona and some extra towels and we put them underneath me as I moved into a less reclined but still semi reclined position. I started pushing some more and Rob then told me he could see the babies head and there was lots of hair. Rob was telling me how great I was and how well I was doing. I pushed and pushed some more and out popped the head. I told Harrison to move down by my leg and watch the baby come out. I kind of expected it to be easy from here, like it had been for my others but it wasn’t. I felt like the baby was a little stuck so I asked Rob to help me. Not real sure what he did but it hurt a little and it made me push really hard. The rest of the baby slid out and I felt instant relief. Harrison & Anelise watched the whole thing and when the baby came out, the first thing I heard was Anelise say “Bubba”. The time was about 10:50am.
I grabbed my new little baby and put it on my chest. Rob grabbed the towel we had bought for it and placed it over us. Harrison looked at the baby properly and said “It’s a little boy”. I realised I hadn’t checked to see if the ultrasounds had been telling us the truth. I moved the cord aside to discover the ultrasounds were right and I was holding my little princess. I showed Harrison that she was indeed a little girl and told him her name is Lucinda. I sat there with the 3 of my babies cuddled up to me while Rob called the ambulance.
The operator asked if I had delivered the placenta yet and Rob said no. I told him to tell them it wasn’t far off and with that, I pushed and out it came. Rob went out to the kitchen to find an old ice cream container but there were none, so he grabbed an old salad bowl and came back and put the placenta in it.
Next thing we hear a quick siren sound outside. Rob went to the door and let the ambulance women in. They were lovely and joked that I had left nothing for them to do! By this stage the only thing left to do was to clamp and cut the cord. The cord had stopped pulsating so we clamped and Rob cut it. I was feeding Lucinda all this time. We then wrapped Lucinda and talked about how she & I were to go to the hospital to just get checked over. I handed Lucinda to Rob and went off for a quick shower. I cleaned myself up and the ambulance lady carried Lucinda out to the ambulance as I walked beside them. I hopped onto the stretcher and continued to feed Lucinda. We arrived at the hospital and we were wheeled past what felt like a thousand different people who all turned to look at me. I couldn’t take the smile off my face as I wondered what everyone must be thinking.
We arrived at Labour & Delivery and I hopped on to another bed where I was checked over and offered something to eat & drink.
Rob then arrived shortly after with Harrison & Anelise. They both hopped on to the bed with me and we shared the dessert that came with my meal. The midwives came back in and weighed & measured Lucinda. She weighed 4160kgs or 9lb 3oz, was 53 cms long with a 35.5cm head circumference. Rob was praised for keeping such a cool head throughout the birth and the midwives were so proud of how well I did. We arrived back home around 2pm with our newest little perfect princess
My due date was Feb 6 2011. I had an ante natal appointment booked for Feb 8, where I had already been told that they would be discussing induction with me, as they didn’t want me going too far over because of the fact that this was pregnancy #6 over 20 weeks and I am 35 years old. I had written up a birth plan stating things like ‘no vaginal examinations to be performed’ but that was completely ignored by my midwife who told me they would like me to have a S&S (strip & sweep/stretch & sweep) done at the next appointment.
Because of these facts, I decided to skip my ante natal appointment and just hope for the baby to come out asap.
I had a feeling about Feb 10. Maybe it was wishful thinking, but Feb 10 stayed in my head.
On Feb 9 I started to do some acupressure and almost instantly the Braxton hicks contractions I had been having began to intensify. I got excited that thought it was the real thing. I was sorely disappointed when they all faded into nothingness. The best thing about them fading was that I got to have a decent night sleep.
On the morning of Feb 10 I woke at 6am with more Braxton hicks contractions. I told Rob to stay home as I was rather exhausted and the pains were coming fairly regular. By 7am I was ready for Rob to go to work as I wasn’t convinced this was the real thing. James & Madeleine had school photos on and Rob drove them to school. I asked Rob to drop in to Bi-lo on his way home to buy some snack type foods for the little ones, just in case the Braxton hicks amped up and I went to hospital later in the day.
I went for a shower while Rob was gone and Harrison joined me. We had a sing along and splashed each other. I felt fine even though the Braxton hicks were bugging me. I got out of the shower and put on a top. Something told me to fold my towel and sit on it on the bed. I grabbed the laptop and hopped on facebook to keep me occupied until Rob got home. I got another Braxton hicks contraction and suddenly I felt my water break. I was really confused at first because it was so opposite to what happened the last time my water broke naturally. Last time I was in what I knew was labour, I lost my mucus plug and not long after my water broke. This time, my water broke while only having Braxton hicks? That’s when I thought that perhaps the pains actually were the real thing and I was probably in labour. I called Rob and told him what had happened. He was shopping in Bi-lo and decided he’d best hurry home. I decided to get back in to the shower and clean myself up a bit. It was around 8:15am.
Rob arrived home and I hopped out of the shower. I got back on facebook to distract myself for a bit while Rob got the kids their breakfast. Pains were coming every 7 minutes and lasting for 1 minute. I wondered if I should head up to the hospital. I decided not to as I thought the baby would be way off as the contractions weren’t really intense and they were still 7 minutes apart. I had no problems talking through the contractions.
So I basically sat in bed with Harrison & Anelise and we watched a movie. Rob put a whole heap of pillows behind my back so I could be semi reclined and comfortable. Rob dozed off while I watched TV and got through my contractions.
Anelise was being really clingy to her Daddy and was a bit sooky. She wouldn’t leave Rob alone and wouldn’t settle next to me. Rob went to take her into her bedroom but I didn’t want him to leave my side. Rob asked if we should head up to the hospital and again I said no. I told him that they contractions were not strong enough and there was no way I was going to be in labour up there with the little ones unwelcome and bored. I had previously been told that this time around it was highly likely I would not be allowed to have the kids in the room while I birthed the baby. This really upset me.
So, I sat back in my mountain of pillows while Rob timed my contractions and talked to me. Suddenly, I felt a massive need to push. Once again, Rob asked if we should head to the hospital and I told him I was going no where! The baby was going to be born where I was sitting as I couldn’t move.
Between contractions & pushing, Rob & I discussed little things like him slipping the cord off the babies neck should it be wrapped around it and what we would do in regards to the cord etc. We decided that I would birth the baby and he would call an ambulance. I guess being told so often that I would haemorrhage played on my mind a fair bit, so there was a part of me that wanted that covered just in case.
Anelise was still clinging to her Daddy and Harrison was sitting up next to me with his play stethoscope. I explained to Harrison that the baby was going to be born soon. Through contractions, Harrison would place his stethoscope on my belly and listen like a little Doctor. It was very cute.
It was lovely having my babies there with me. I kept pushing & pushing and I felt like I was getting nowhere. Part of me kept thinking “call the ambulance and get me to the hospital right now” and the other part of me thought “this is transition, you CAN do this”. Rob grabbed a spare doona and some extra towels and we put them underneath me as I moved into a less reclined but still semi reclined position. I started pushing some more and Rob then told me he could see the babies head and there was lots of hair. Rob was telling me how great I was and how well I was doing. I pushed and pushed some more and out popped the head. I told Harrison to move down by my leg and watch the baby come out. I kind of expected it to be easy from here, like it had been for my others but it wasn’t. I felt like the baby was a little stuck so I asked Rob to help me. Not real sure what he did but it hurt a little and it made me push really hard. The rest of the baby slid out and I felt instant relief. Harrison & Anelise watched the whole thing and when the baby came out, the first thing I heard was Anelise say “Bubba”. The time was about 10:50am.
I grabbed my new little baby and put it on my chest. Rob grabbed the towel we had bought for it and placed it over us. Harrison looked at the baby properly and said “It’s a little boy”. I realised I hadn’t checked to see if the ultrasounds had been telling us the truth. I moved the cord aside to discover the ultrasounds were right and I was holding my little princess. I showed Harrison that she was indeed a little girl and told him her name is Lucinda. I sat there with the 3 of my babies cuddled up to me while Rob called the ambulance.
The operator asked if I had delivered the placenta yet and Rob said no. I told him to tell them it wasn’t far off and with that, I pushed and out it came. Rob went out to the kitchen to find an old ice cream container but there were none, so he grabbed an old salad bowl and came back and put the placenta in it.
Next thing we hear a quick siren sound outside. Rob went to the door and let the ambulance women in. They were lovely and joked that I had left nothing for them to do! By this stage the only thing left to do was to clamp and cut the cord. The cord had stopped pulsating so we clamped and Rob cut it. I was feeding Lucinda all this time. We then wrapped Lucinda and talked about how she & I were to go to the hospital to just get checked over. I handed Lucinda to Rob and went off for a quick shower. I cleaned myself up and the ambulance lady carried Lucinda out to the ambulance as I walked beside them. I hopped onto the stretcher and continued to feed Lucinda. We arrived at the hospital and we were wheeled past what felt like a thousand different people who all turned to look at me. I couldn’t take the smile off my face as I wondered what everyone must be thinking.
We arrived at Labour & Delivery and I hopped on to another bed where I was checked over and offered something to eat & drink.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
:) If You Nurse Your Baby...
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Get the tissues and hold your loved ones a little closer then usual:( Amidst Shekinah Glory, Husband Loses Best Friend a...
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
I will continue to research what is being put into my child. No matter what other parents tell me and no matter what I'm called. My children come 1st and I refuse to go along with something. I will fight for an answer, until I'M satisfied.
Many of you will laugh at me, call me hippy, you can think of me how ever you like. But what I am is a good mother. Questioning whats going in my child's body. I'm not saying I wont vaccinate, I'm not saying that at all. But I will make the best choice for my children.
If a mother formula feeds her child, do you judge her? She isn't, for what ever reason, giving her child NATURAL VACCINE. Please don't underestimate what breast milk does!
But no, God forbid, we don't judge her as SOME mothers will say "It's my choice"
But a mother who doesn't vaccinate????? WOW, everybody has an opinion.
Maybe before you judge her, do your own research. Really look into it. Having a judgement based on what you have been brought up to think is unfair and small minded.
You are allowed your opinion but only with facts to back it up. That's what I'm in the middle of doing, trying to rap my head around whats going into my child, why it's going into her (history of illness'/vaccines etc).
"There were illness' now there's not"
Is NOT good enough answer. I'm sorry but no matter how much it puts people out I will continue to be that annoying person to question everything.
Our children are sold lots of things that aren't good for them and my 'trust' in the medical system is well, leaves much to be desired, so I will question this.
I may use some of these vaccines, but not others, who knows.
Question is do YOU know what is going into YOUR child?
http://presscore.ca/2011/?p=968
Many of you will laugh at me, call me hippy, you can think of me how ever you like. But what I am is a good mother. Questioning whats going in my child's body. I'm not saying I wont vaccinate, I'm not saying that at all. But I will make the best choice for my children.
If a mother formula feeds her child, do you judge her? She isn't, for what ever reason, giving her child NATURAL VACCINE. Please don't underestimate what breast milk does!
But no, God forbid, we don't judge her as SOME mothers will say "It's my choice"
But a mother who doesn't vaccinate????? WOW, everybody has an opinion.
Maybe before you judge her, do your own research. Really look into it. Having a judgement based on what you have been brought up to think is unfair and small minded.
You are allowed your opinion but only with facts to back it up. That's what I'm in the middle of doing, trying to rap my head around whats going into my child, why it's going into her (history of illness'/vaccines etc).
"There were illness' now there's not"
Is NOT good enough answer. I'm sorry but no matter how much it puts people out I will continue to be that annoying person to question everything.
Our children are sold lots of things that aren't good for them and my 'trust' in the medical system is well, leaves much to be desired, so I will question this.
I may use some of these vaccines, but not others, who knows.
Question is do YOU know what is going into YOUR child?
http://presscore.ca/2011/?p=968
Nice.....forskins for sale. Just $559! Or, leave it where it belongs!
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A 'big baby' is not a reason for a c section. Peaceful parenting: Boston Area Woman Naturally Births Her First 13 Po...
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Are we surprisd? peaceful parenting: Crying It Out Causes Brain Damage
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Australia's statement on crying and normal sleep.
Cut and paste
http://www.aaimhi.org/documents/position%20papers/controlled_crying.pdf
http://www.aaimhi.org/documents/position%20papers/controlled_crying.pdf
Wish more people like Miranda were around. Showing young girls what boobs are for. Maybe then they would grow to see the normality of breastfeeding
Cut and paste:)
http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/fashion/features/article/-/8787473/kerr-fights-breastfeeding-stigmas/1/date/asc/83747/#thread
http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/fashion/features/article/-/8787473/kerr-fights-breastfeeding-stigmas/1/date/asc/83747/#thread
Sunday, February 6, 2011
When I believe in something Im passionate about it. I may tread on toes and Im most likely going to have many that hate/dislike me or that disagree with me. But if I get through to just one person, just as somebody got through to me, then it's all worth it.
We all have different beliefs and that's what being human is all about. I once had no stance on most of what Im passionate about today. I opened my ears and eyes and listened to something that challeneged my beliefs, low and behold I learnt things and continue to be proven wrong and learn more. It's important to admit faults and to embrace them.
So every time somebody shuts me out and pushes me away for simply challenging their beliefs, I remember one of my favorite quotes:)
"We cannot withhold facts for fear of offending because the importance of the information outweighs people's right to not be challenged in their beliefs."- Maddy Reid
We all have different beliefs and that's what being human is all about. I once had no stance on most of what Im passionate about today. I opened my ears and eyes and listened to something that challeneged my beliefs, low and behold I learnt things and continue to be proven wrong and learn more. It's important to admit faults and to embrace them.
So every time somebody shuts me out and pushes me away for simply challenging their beliefs, I remember one of my favorite quotes:)
"We cannot withhold facts for fear of offending because the importance of the information outweighs people's right to not be challenged in their beliefs."- Maddy Reid
It wont leave my head!
I just cant shake it! It wont leave my mind, that footage is forever etched into my mind and my heart!
Please dont hold back! Speak up, you can be kind if you like either way just speak up! It's up to us to make this illigal! As long as it's legal many will think it's ok.
Call me hippy, call me pushy, call me judgmental, I dont care! As long as you hear me! Because for some reason we ignore their cries:(
Just needed to get that out. Im so down until I write it down and pray somebody from here will help at least ONE baby from such unnesessary torture.
You may find my posts a little much, but this is my safe place. Where I can try my hardest to process things that I find mind blowing!
Please dont hold back! Speak up, you can be kind if you like either way just speak up! It's up to us to make this illigal! As long as it's legal many will think it's ok.
Call me hippy, call me pushy, call me judgmental, I dont care! As long as you hear me! Because for some reason we ignore their cries:(
Just needed to get that out. Im so down until I write it down and pray somebody from here will help at least ONE baby from such unnesessary torture.
You may find my posts a little much, but this is my safe place. Where I can try my hardest to process things that I find mind blowing!
"Im holding my baby" The rate of cesarean is to high and the reasons are not good enough!
Birthing your baby is a process every human NEEDS to go through.........
I question the reasons. This surgical procedure should only be allowed in TRUE life or death cases. Sad thing is, we have lost touch with ourseleves and what we are capable of and given our trust to medical teams.....
After studying birth, the history, reasons for pain and all the rest. Im amazed births are not at home and only in rare cases would it be in a hospital.
Cut and paste this link:)
http://vimeo.com/5648654
I question the reasons. This surgical procedure should only be allowed in TRUE life or death cases. Sad thing is, we have lost touch with ourseleves and what we are capable of and given our trust to medical teams.....
After studying birth, the history, reasons for pain and all the rest. Im amazed births are not at home and only in rare cases would it be in a hospital.
Cut and paste this link:)
http://vimeo.com/5648654
Friday, February 4, 2011
Mistake.
I have made so many. This time I have hurt someone. I use this blog to say things that I cant say in real life......passion, frustration, anger, happiness, every emotion that gets the better of me.
Im a passionate person and very emotional!
Thing is I need to learn where that fine line between passion and pushy is.
I wanted to give all my info and I wanted to change her mind and make her see what I see.
Thing is with passion needs to come compassion and respect. Who knows that friendship may be forever over. But with its ending came learning. To respect and TRY, no matter how different, to see that persons point.
I have been called many things this past week that made me second guess myself and my ways. Thing is I keep coming to the same conclusion......Im happy with me and the woman Im becoming. I have SO many lessons to learn, tears to cry, people to love and loose, friendships to make and break and MISTAKES to make. But at least I can admit when Im wrong and learn:)
I still believe in my ways and what have learnt and continue to learn but it's to important to have respect for others and their 'choice', I can only hope that others respect mine.
Not just EXPECT respect but earn it.
We are all different but just as my desperation for others to 'see the light' that I see, they have their own light that they want me to see.
Sorry about the big emotional post but as I said you will get all my emotions on this blog, good and bad;)
Im a passionate person and very emotional!
Thing is I need to learn where that fine line between passion and pushy is.
I wanted to give all my info and I wanted to change her mind and make her see what I see.
Thing is with passion needs to come compassion and respect. Who knows that friendship may be forever over. But with its ending came learning. To respect and TRY, no matter how different, to see that persons point.
I have been called many things this past week that made me second guess myself and my ways. Thing is I keep coming to the same conclusion......Im happy with me and the woman Im becoming. I have SO many lessons to learn, tears to cry, people to love and loose, friendships to make and break and MISTAKES to make. But at least I can admit when Im wrong and learn:)
I still believe in my ways and what have learnt and continue to learn but it's to important to have respect for others and their 'choice', I can only hope that others respect mine.
Not just EXPECT respect but earn it.
We are all different but just as my desperation for others to 'see the light' that I see, they have their own light that they want me to see.
Sorry about the big emotional post but as I said you will get all my emotions on this blog, good and bad;)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
We all know its 'normal' and 'better', but why? Peaceful parenting: Microscopic View of Human Milk, Cow's Milk and For...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
A little background:)
I think I should post a little about my girls, my life:)
I wont post to much about them as I would like to keep my life and my blog a little seperate;)
But they are the reason for my choices in life, so it only makes sense to post a little about them. Annabelle, 3 and Lucy 1, are my life. They are the reason for my in-depth research and the reason for my constant questioning of the way we are 'told' to live our lives.
How I thought about children/mothering etc before children, couldn't be more diffrent to how I think now! If somebody like me talked about all the things I now talk about, before having kids, I would have yawned, giggled and moved on. It wasn't important to me. But the moment I fell pregnant with Annabelle my mind shifted, I felt what it is to be a woman and human. Protective and already so much inlove. The day she was born and put to my breast, that was it, I realised what life was all about.
Watching her grow and learn because of me, wow!
Then having Lucy, was a whole new feeling. Not ony did I feel an unstoppable urge to learn more about the process of conception, birth, breastfeeding and the crazy choices that are presented once becoming a mother, but I wanted to voice this urge! I wanted to not only learn but, if possible, teach.
Could I be the only one who feels this way? Will I be fighting a loosing battle to voice how feel? Will I just give up, because it would become to hard to question what we are 'told' to do? Luckly, no, Im not alone. Everyday I am inspired to push and learn more. And lately I have been told that I inspired, ha, still cant believe that!
Though many times I feel discouraged and question if I should keep pushing, going against the grain. I have to forget for a moment how many hurdles Im up against and instead, remember the hurdles I've jumped. How many people I have helped, and how many people are with me.
When it comes to our kids DONT EVER, do as you're 'told'. Question everything that doesn't feel right or natural! This is your DUTY as a parent. Your children are relying on you to make informed choices.
My girls will continue to inspire and push me to become more. Im only 23 and am slowly realising what my 'meaning' is. Im not affraid of who I am, but proud. And it's all because of these girls I have been blessed with:)
I wont post to much about them as I would like to keep my life and my blog a little seperate;)
But they are the reason for my choices in life, so it only makes sense to post a little about them. Annabelle, 3 and Lucy 1, are my life. They are the reason for my in-depth research and the reason for my constant questioning of the way we are 'told' to live our lives.
How I thought about children/mothering etc before children, couldn't be more diffrent to how I think now! If somebody like me talked about all the things I now talk about, before having kids, I would have yawned, giggled and moved on. It wasn't important to me. But the moment I fell pregnant with Annabelle my mind shifted, I felt what it is to be a woman and human. Protective and already so much inlove. The day she was born and put to my breast, that was it, I realised what life was all about.
Watching her grow and learn because of me, wow!
Then having Lucy, was a whole new feeling. Not ony did I feel an unstoppable urge to learn more about the process of conception, birth, breastfeeding and the crazy choices that are presented once becoming a mother, but I wanted to voice this urge! I wanted to not only learn but, if possible, teach.
Could I be the only one who feels this way? Will I be fighting a loosing battle to voice how feel? Will I just give up, because it would become to hard to question what we are 'told' to do? Luckly, no, Im not alone. Everyday I am inspired to push and learn more. And lately I have been told that I inspired, ha, still cant believe that!
Though many times I feel discouraged and question if I should keep pushing, going against the grain. I have to forget for a moment how many hurdles Im up against and instead, remember the hurdles I've jumped. How many people I have helped, and how many people are with me.
When it comes to our kids DONT EVER, do as you're 'told'. Question everything that doesn't feel right or natural! This is your DUTY as a parent. Your children are relying on you to make informed choices.
My girls will continue to inspire and push me to become more. Im only 23 and am slowly realising what my 'meaning' is. Im not affraid of who I am, but proud. And it's all because of these girls I have been blessed with:)
I couldn't read this and not share. Peaceful parenting: My Beautiful Boy, I Am Sorry
A friend of mine is cutting her son when he's born, without even doing ANY research. That poor baby, safe and sound in there, doesn't know what will hit him:(
I offered her info and help, she shut me down. Not a bad parent but not an informed one. When you dont inform yourself on the choices you make for your child, you can create scares, not just physical;)
peaceful parenting: My Beautiful Boy, I Am Sorry: "Please print my apologies. My beautiful boy, Evan, I am so sorry I did not learn more about circumcision befor..."
I offered her info and help, she shut me down. Not a bad parent but not an informed one. When you dont inform yourself on the choices you make for your child, you can create scares, not just physical;)
peaceful parenting: My Beautiful Boy, I Am Sorry: "Please print my apologies. My beautiful boy, Evan, I am so sorry I did not learn more about circumcision befor..."
Monday, January 31, 2011
:(
http://vaccineriskawareness.com/Killer-Measles-Vaccine-Is-Withdrawn-And-Other-Vaccine-Death-Cases
Epidural
Epidurals shouldn't be used in every birth and shouldn't be offered to all birthing mothers! It's one way to slow/stop natural birth.
You may have to cut and paste the link:
http://www.healing-arts.org/mehl-madrona/mmepidural.htm
You may have to cut and paste the link:
http://www.healing-arts.org/mehl-madrona/mmepidural.htm
Thanks Guggie and EM.
Birth. Before leaving the hospital, your newborn will be injected with these ingredients:
Hepatitis B shot:
10 micrograms hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed on 0.25 mg aluminum as aluminum hydroxide
4.5 mg sodium chloride
0.49 mg disodium phosphate dehydrate (a buffer)
0.352 mg sodium dihydrogen phosphate dehydrate
*grown on yeast cultures*
At 2 months of age, your child will be injected with these ingredients:
Hepatitis B shot:
10 micrograms hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed on 0.25 mg aluminum as aluminum hydroxide
4.5 mg sodium chloride
0.49 mg disodium phosphate dehydrate (a buffer)
0.352 mg sodium dihydrogen phosphate dehydrate
*grown on yeast cultures*
Rotavirus oral dose:
Sucrose (quantity not specified)
Sodium citrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium hydroxide (quantity not specified)
Polysorbate 80 (quantity not specified)
Cell culture media (quantity not specified)
Trace amounts of fetal bovine serum
Trace amounts of pig virus
DTaP* shot:
(*Note, there are multiple DTaP vaccines in America. Some are also in combo-doses with other vaccines. Please view the package inserts to learn more).
6.7 Lf of diphtheria toxoid
5 Lf of tetanus toxoid
46.8 micrograms of pertussis antigens. This is represented in the final vaccine as approximately 23.4 micrograms of inactivated pertussis toxin and 23.4 micrograms of filamentous hemagglutinin.
Not more than 0.170 mg of aluminum
Not more than 100 micrograms of residual formaldehyde
Unspecified amounts of gelatin
Unspecified amounts of polysorbate 80
HiB shot:
(Label appears to be incomplete on the FDA’s page, which was later removed.)
10 micrograms purified Haemophilus b saccharide
Approximately 25 micrograms CRM 197 protein
single dose 0.5 ml vial contains no preservatives
IPV (Polio) shot:
40 D antigen units of Type 1
8 D antigen units of Type 2
32 D antigen units of Type 3
0.5% of 2-phenoxyethanol
100 micrograms of formaldehyde
less than 5 ng neomycin
less than 200 ng streptomycin
less than 25 ng polymyxin B
less than 1PPM of residual calf serum (cow blood)
PCV-7 shot:
2 μg of each saccharide for serotypes 4, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F
4 μg of serotype 6B per dose (16 μg total saccharide)
approximately 20 μg of CRM197 carrier protein
0.125 mg of aluminum per 0.5 mL dose as aluminum phosphate adjuvant.
At 4 months of age, your child will be injected with these ingredients:
Rotavirus dose:
Sucrose (quantity not specified)
Sodium citrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium hydroxide (quantity not specified)
Polysorbate 80 (quantity not specified)
Cell culture media (quantity not specified)
Trace amounts of fetal bovine serum
(no preservatives)
DTaP* shot:
(*Note, there are multiple DTaP vaccines in America. Some are also in combo-doses with other vaccines. Please view the package inserts to learn more).
6.7 Lf of diphtheria toxoid
5 Lf of tetanus toxoid
46.8 micrograms of pertussis antigens. This is represented in the final vaccine as approximately 23.4 micrograms of inactivated pertussis toxin and 23.4 micrograms of filamentous hemagglutinin.
Not more than 0.170 mg of aluminum
Not more than 100 micrograms of residual formaldehyde
Unspecified amounts of gelatin
Unspecified amounts of polysorbate 80
HiB shot:
(Label appears to be incomplete on the FDA’s page, which was later removed.)
10 micrograms purified Haemophilus b saccharide
Approximately 25 micrograms CRM 197 protein
single dose 0.5 ml vial contains no preservatives
IPV shot:
40 D antigen units of Type 1
8 D antigen units of Type 2
32 D antigen units of Type 3
0.5% of 2-phenoxyethanol
100 micrograms of formaldehyde
less than 5 ng neomycin
less than 200 ng streptomycin
less than 25 ng polymyxin B
less than 1PPM of residual calf serum (cow blood)
PCV-7 shot:
2 μg of each saccharide for serotypes 4, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F
4 μg of serotype 6B per dose (16 μg total saccharide)
approximately 20 μg of CRM197 carrier protein
0.125 mg of aluminum per 0.5 mL dose as aluminum phosphate adjuvant.
At 6 months of age, your child will be injected with these ingredients:
Hepatitis B shot:
10 micrograms hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed on 0.25 mg aluminum as aluminum hydroxide
4.5 mg sodium chloride
0.49 mg disodium phosphate dehydrate (a buffer)
0.352 mg sodium dihydrogen phosphate dehydrate
Rotavirus dose:
Sucrose (quantity not specified)
Sodium citrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium hydroxide (quantity not specified)
Polysorbate 80 (quantity not specified)
Cell culture media (quantity not specified)
Trace amounts of fetal bovine serum
(no preservatives)
DTaP* shot:
(*Note, there are multiple DTaP vaccines in America. Some are also in combo-doses with other vaccines. Please view the package inserts to learn more).
6.7 Lf of diphtheria toxoid
5 Lf of tetanus toxoid
46.8 micrograms of pertussis antigens. This is represented in the final vaccine as approximately 23.4 micrograms of inactivated pertussis toxin and 23.4 micrograms of filamentous hemagglutinin.
Not more than 0.170 mg of aluminum
Not more than 100 micrograms of residual formaldehyde
Unspecified amounts of gelatin
Unspecified amounts of polysorbate 80
HiB shot:
(Label appears to be incomplete on the FDA’s page, which was later removed.)
10 micrograms purified Haemophilus b saccharide
Approximately 25 micrograms CRM 197 protein
single dose 0.5 ml vial contains no preservatives
Fluvirin shot:
Viral antigens
Trace thimerosal (amount not specified)
0.98 mcg mercury
Polymyxin, neomycin, and betapropiolactone (used in manufacturing) cannot be detected in the final product by current assay procedures.
IPV shot:
40 D antigen units of Type 1
8 D antigen units of Type 2
32 D antigen units of Type 3
0.5% of 2-phenoxyethanol
100 micrograms of formaldehyde
less than 5 ng neomycin
less than 200 ng streptomycin
less than 25 ng polymyxin B
less than 1PPM of residual calf serum (cow blood)
PCV-7 shot:
2 μg of each saccharide for serotypes 4, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F
4 μg of serotype 6B per dose (16 μg total saccharide)
approximately 20 μg of CRM197 carrier protein
0.125 mg of aluminum per 0.5 mL dose as aluminum phosphate adjuvant.
Remember to gather and review all the information about your child’s vaccinations before it is time for the shots. You need to know ahead of time which vaccine, which brand and which ingredients your child will be exposed to at the visit.
Wondering where to begin? I list pro-vaccine sources and then anti-vaccine sources in a tidy post right here:
http://guggiedaly.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-every-parents-needs-to-read-on.html
Want to make a customized schedule to fit YOUR child’s needs? This is an awesome tool! This calculator lets you customize a schedule based on your child’s age, height and weight. It will add up toxin exposure and alert you to allergen exposure! http://www.vaccine-tlc.org/
Do you need to know more about the vaccines themselves? You can read all about the ingredients and the manufacturing process by reading the actual package inserts:
http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/thi-table.htm
Oh yes! And don't forget: you have the right to refuse vaccinations! Vaccines are not required. You can delay, you can choose some but not others, you can stop until you have decided. If people are harassing you, report them, fire them and hire a doctor who respects you and your children.
Hepatitis B shot:
10 micrograms hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed on 0.25 mg aluminum as aluminum hydroxide
4.5 mg sodium chloride
0.49 mg disodium phosphate dehydrate (a buffer)
0.352 mg sodium dihydrogen phosphate dehydrate
*grown on yeast cultures*
At 2 months of age, your child will be injected with these ingredients:
Hepatitis B shot:
10 micrograms hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed on 0.25 mg aluminum as aluminum hydroxide
4.5 mg sodium chloride
0.49 mg disodium phosphate dehydrate (a buffer)
0.352 mg sodium dihydrogen phosphate dehydrate
*grown on yeast cultures*
Rotavirus oral dose:
Sucrose (quantity not specified)
Sodium citrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium hydroxide (quantity not specified)
Polysorbate 80 (quantity not specified)
Cell culture media (quantity not specified)
Trace amounts of fetal bovine serum
Trace amounts of pig virus
DTaP* shot:
(*Note, there are multiple DTaP vaccines in America. Some are also in combo-doses with other vaccines. Please view the package inserts to learn more).
6.7 Lf of diphtheria toxoid
5 Lf of tetanus toxoid
46.8 micrograms of pertussis antigens. This is represented in the final vaccine as approximately 23.4 micrograms of inactivated pertussis toxin and 23.4 micrograms of filamentous hemagglutinin.
Not more than 0.170 mg of aluminum
Not more than 100 micrograms of residual formaldehyde
Unspecified amounts of gelatin
Unspecified amounts of polysorbate 80
HiB shot:
(Label appears to be incomplete on the FDA’s page, which was later removed.)
10 micrograms purified Haemophilus b saccharide
Approximately 25 micrograms CRM 197 protein
single dose 0.5 ml vial contains no preservatives
IPV (Polio) shot:
40 D antigen units of Type 1
8 D antigen units of Type 2
32 D antigen units of Type 3
0.5% of 2-phenoxyethanol
100 micrograms of formaldehyde
less than 5 ng neomycin
less than 200 ng streptomycin
less than 25 ng polymyxin B
less than 1PPM of residual calf serum (cow blood)
PCV-7 shot:
2 μg of each saccharide for serotypes 4, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F
4 μg of serotype 6B per dose (16 μg total saccharide)
approximately 20 μg of CRM197 carrier protein
0.125 mg of aluminum per 0.5 mL dose as aluminum phosphate adjuvant.
At 4 months of age, your child will be injected with these ingredients:
Rotavirus dose:
Sucrose (quantity not specified)
Sodium citrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium hydroxide (quantity not specified)
Polysorbate 80 (quantity not specified)
Cell culture media (quantity not specified)
Trace amounts of fetal bovine serum
(no preservatives)
DTaP* shot:
(*Note, there are multiple DTaP vaccines in America. Some are also in combo-doses with other vaccines. Please view the package inserts to learn more).
6.7 Lf of diphtheria toxoid
5 Lf of tetanus toxoid
46.8 micrograms of pertussis antigens. This is represented in the final vaccine as approximately 23.4 micrograms of inactivated pertussis toxin and 23.4 micrograms of filamentous hemagglutinin.
Not more than 0.170 mg of aluminum
Not more than 100 micrograms of residual formaldehyde
Unspecified amounts of gelatin
Unspecified amounts of polysorbate 80
HiB shot:
(Label appears to be incomplete on the FDA’s page, which was later removed.)
10 micrograms purified Haemophilus b saccharide
Approximately 25 micrograms CRM 197 protein
single dose 0.5 ml vial contains no preservatives
IPV shot:
40 D antigen units of Type 1
8 D antigen units of Type 2
32 D antigen units of Type 3
0.5% of 2-phenoxyethanol
100 micrograms of formaldehyde
less than 5 ng neomycin
less than 200 ng streptomycin
less than 25 ng polymyxin B
less than 1PPM of residual calf serum (cow blood)
PCV-7 shot:
2 μg of each saccharide for serotypes 4, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F
4 μg of serotype 6B per dose (16 μg total saccharide)
approximately 20 μg of CRM197 carrier protein
0.125 mg of aluminum per 0.5 mL dose as aluminum phosphate adjuvant.
At 6 months of age, your child will be injected with these ingredients:
Hepatitis B shot:
10 micrograms hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed on 0.25 mg aluminum as aluminum hydroxide
4.5 mg sodium chloride
0.49 mg disodium phosphate dehydrate (a buffer)
0.352 mg sodium dihydrogen phosphate dehydrate
Rotavirus dose:
Sucrose (quantity not specified)
Sodium citrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium hydroxide (quantity not specified)
Polysorbate 80 (quantity not specified)
Cell culture media (quantity not specified)
Trace amounts of fetal bovine serum
(no preservatives)
DTaP* shot:
(*Note, there are multiple DTaP vaccines in America. Some are also in combo-doses with other vaccines. Please view the package inserts to learn more).
6.7 Lf of diphtheria toxoid
5 Lf of tetanus toxoid
46.8 micrograms of pertussis antigens. This is represented in the final vaccine as approximately 23.4 micrograms of inactivated pertussis toxin and 23.4 micrograms of filamentous hemagglutinin.
Not more than 0.170 mg of aluminum
Not more than 100 micrograms of residual formaldehyde
Unspecified amounts of gelatin
Unspecified amounts of polysorbate 80
HiB shot:
(Label appears to be incomplete on the FDA’s page, which was later removed.)
10 micrograms purified Haemophilus b saccharide
Approximately 25 micrograms CRM 197 protein
single dose 0.5 ml vial contains no preservatives
Fluvirin shot:
Viral antigens
Trace thimerosal (amount not specified)
0.98 mcg mercury
Polymyxin, neomycin, and betapropiolactone (used in manufacturing) cannot be detected in the final product by current assay procedures.
IPV shot:
40 D antigen units of Type 1
8 D antigen units of Type 2
32 D antigen units of Type 3
0.5% of 2-phenoxyethanol
100 micrograms of formaldehyde
less than 5 ng neomycin
less than 200 ng streptomycin
less than 25 ng polymyxin B
less than 1PPM of residual calf serum (cow blood)
PCV-7 shot:
2 μg of each saccharide for serotypes 4, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F
4 μg of serotype 6B per dose (16 μg total saccharide)
approximately 20 μg of CRM197 carrier protein
0.125 mg of aluminum per 0.5 mL dose as aluminum phosphate adjuvant.
Remember to gather and review all the information about your child’s vaccinations before it is time for the shots. You need to know ahead of time which vaccine, which brand and which ingredients your child will be exposed to at the visit.
Wondering where to begin? I list pro-vaccine sources and then anti-vaccine sources in a tidy post right here:
http://guggiedaly.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-every-parents-needs-to-read-on.html
Want to make a customized schedule to fit YOUR child’s needs? This is an awesome tool! This calculator lets you customize a schedule based on your child’s age, height and weight. It will add up toxin exposure and alert you to allergen exposure! http://www.vaccine-tlc.org/
Do you need to know more about the vaccines themselves? You can read all about the ingredients and the manufacturing process by reading the actual package inserts:
http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/thi-table.htm
Oh yes! And don't forget: you have the right to refuse vaccinations! Vaccines are not required. You can delay, you can choose some but not others, you can stop until you have decided. If people are harassing you, report them, fire them and hire a doctor who respects you and your children.
Feeling for the mothers who TRUELY have no choice. Yet know the massive differences:(
What if mumma cant feed? And cant get donor milk? The alternative needs to be better. Every baby deserves the best, weather mummy can give it or not. No baby should miss out and no mother should feel asthough she isn't able to give the best.
Sadly it's all about money. Yes believe it, money comes before your baby's health in this world. Not to you, but to those who make the 'alternative' that you feed your child. Isn't it strange that the WHO dont recommend formula unless all other sources have been exhausted. Yet if you cant feed then you're not encouraged to source breastmilk elsewhere?!
Here is 100 reasons to seek breastmilk instead of using formula. These companies dont deserve your money or baby's health.
http://www.jobdescriptionmommy.com/job-description-mommy/2010/12/100-reasons-to-avoid-infant-formula-like-the-plague.html#
Sadly it's all about money. Yes believe it, money comes before your baby's health in this world. Not to you, but to those who make the 'alternative' that you feed your child. Isn't it strange that the WHO dont recommend formula unless all other sources have been exhausted. Yet if you cant feed then you're not encouraged to source breastmilk elsewhere?!
Here is 100 reasons to seek breastmilk instead of using formula. These companies dont deserve your money or baby's health.
http://www.jobdescriptionmommy.com/job-description-mommy/2010/12/100-reasons-to-avoid-infant-formula-like-the-plague.html#
Dont talk to me!
About childcare places! I DONT CARE!
Im not going to choose our country leader, based on how many more places she can create! I wont be interested until they work out a way to help mothers/father, AT LEAST ONE, parent stay home. I want to be supported in my choice to stay home!
We support women to the moon and back with going back to work, but do we even think of the poor mumma working her BUM off at home?
Im NOT saying we should all stay home, blah blah blah, but what I am saying is it needs to be equal support for women staying home and women working!
Also Im not sure but is it a massive new 'fad' to use care? I dont know if it's good for the child or not, I just choose NOT to use it.
Im so sick of hearing "oh they should do a day at care".
Oh, really? I can teach my children till a certain age (my own abilities restricts me) and I also can give them the 'socialization' so many people like to talk about.
They 'socialize' with me, there, and thats the way it will stay until kinder age. And then, if they're not ready, I will not push, I will wait until they are READY.
Now this little vent is NOT against mumma's who use care. This is a vent about me being treated as though Im from another world, because I dont use care.
Im not going to choose our country leader, based on how many more places she can create! I wont be interested until they work out a way to help mothers/father, AT LEAST ONE, parent stay home. I want to be supported in my choice to stay home!
We support women to the moon and back with going back to work, but do we even think of the poor mumma working her BUM off at home?
Im NOT saying we should all stay home, blah blah blah, but what I am saying is it needs to be equal support for women staying home and women working!
Also Im not sure but is it a massive new 'fad' to use care? I dont know if it's good for the child or not, I just choose NOT to use it.
Im so sick of hearing "oh they should do a day at care".
Oh, really? I can teach my children till a certain age (my own abilities restricts me) and I also can give them the 'socialization' so many people like to talk about.
They 'socialize' with me, there, and thats the way it will stay until kinder age. And then, if they're not ready, I will not push, I will wait until they are READY.
Now this little vent is NOT against mumma's who use care. This is a vent about me being treated as though Im from another world, because I dont use care.
These links will help you make your decision, if you haven't already ;)
Ingredients. An important thing to know, dont you think? Yet we're not told about what we are putting into our baby's bodies!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vaccine_ingredients
If you make a cuppa, sit down and really LEARN about the history of these illness' and vaccines.
Adverse effects associated with childhood vaccines: evidence bearing on causality
http://books.google.com/boec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
10 Part series.
Video Vaccines and Brain Development - Dr. Blaylock
http://m.youtube.com/resulhl=en&q=vaccines+and+brain+development+blaylock+&submit=Search
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vaccine_ingredients
If you make a cuppa, sit down and really LEARN about the history of these illness' and vaccines.
Adverse effects associated with childhood vaccines: evidence bearing on causality
http://books.google.com/bo
10 Part series.
Video Vaccines and Brain Development - Dr. Blaylock
http://m.youtube.com/resul
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
peaceful parenting: Cut vs. Intact Outcome Statistics
Cut vs. Intact Outcome Statistics: "Out of 100 Circumcised boys: 75 will not readily breastfeed post-op 55 will have adverse reactions from the surgery 35 will have post-op..."
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Childhood vaccination- fears, hopes and realities....
Why Im learning more about the chemicals I'm TOLD to give my children. An informed parent usually makes for a good parent:) Thanks Earthy Motherhood for your wonderfu post and info xx
Earthy Motherhood: Childhood vaccination- fears, hopes and realities....: "When we realised we were pregnant with our firstborn, one of the first topics to come up about parenting was vaccination. I lauched into al..."
Earthy Motherhood: Childhood vaccination- fears, hopes and realities....: "When we realised we were pregnant with our firstborn, one of the first topics to come up about parenting was vaccination. I lauched into al..."
Quotes that I love!
You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book
Leadership is action, not position. ~Donald H. McGannon
Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. ~Robert Jarvik
Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. ~Tom Peters
A leader is best
When people barely know that he exists.
~Witter Bynner, The Way of Life According to Laotzu
I am more afraid of an army of one hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of one hundred lions led by a sheep. ~Charles Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Périgord
Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow. ~Vince Lombardi
When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that person is crazy. ~Dave Barry, "Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn
Leadership is action, not position. ~Donald H. McGannon
Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. ~Robert Jarvik
Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. ~Tom Peters
A leader is best
When people barely know that he exists.
~Witter Bynner, The Way of Life According to Laotzu
I am more afraid of an army of one hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of one hundred lions led by a sheep. ~Charles Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Périgord
Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow. ~Vince Lombardi
When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that person is crazy. ~Dave Barry, "Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
If you only ever learn one thing from my posts, please let it be, NOT to cut....
Please feel free to tell your friends about my blog. If you think it'll help them:)
http://www.circumstitions.com/Nursing.html
http://www.cirp.org/library/birth/
http://www.nocirc.org/statements/breastfeeding.php
http://www.circumstitions.com/Nursing.html
http://www.cirp.org/library/birth/
http://www.nocirc.org/statements/breastfeeding.php
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Sad
:'( 2011 is empty. The world is full of saddness. It seems its been going since 09:(
So much death. Mothers loosing their children, children loosing their mothers/fathers....
I know this is life and what is meant to happen, but does it need to be so tragic?
Feeling so low about it all.......
I worry that I wont wake to see my beautiful girls again and they'll have to find a way through this life without my guidence and love.....
I hate this thought, I worry so much that I then worry my instincts are telling me it'll happen......
Years ago I didn't care if I was alive or not. Now I love my life so much I just want to hang onto it and Im so scared it'll be taken somehow:(
I lost my dad in 09 and still cant talk about it. I pretend his on holidays, and put it to the back of my mind, just so I dont have to think about life without him:(
I know this post is a downer, but its my mood at the moment xx
So much death. Mothers loosing their children, children loosing their mothers/fathers....
I know this is life and what is meant to happen, but does it need to be so tragic?
Feeling so low about it all.......
I worry that I wont wake to see my beautiful girls again and they'll have to find a way through this life without my guidence and love.....
I hate this thought, I worry so much that I then worry my instincts are telling me it'll happen......
Years ago I didn't care if I was alive or not. Now I love my life so much I just want to hang onto it and Im so scared it'll be taken somehow:(
I lost my dad in 09 and still cant talk about it. I pretend his on holidays, and put it to the back of my mind, just so I dont have to think about life without him:(
I know this post is a downer, but its my mood at the moment xx
Monday, January 10, 2011
I will slap the next person who says
"I did it, never hurt/killed my child"
Clearly this a normal human reacting to defend themselves or there actions. But how will we ever learn something if we are so quick to dismiss what is being said, by getting so defensive.....
To feel hurt by somebody disagreeing with what you have done is one thing, but I guess if that person can back up what they're saying with facts, well that must be the straw that breaks the camels back.....
Then make this subject about our children, well, you get the point, it can get ugly very quickly!
We do all parent in different ways but really being informed would more often then not, stop the feeling of regret and denile when somebody else proves, it may not of been the best choice.
Who am I or anybody else to spread these 'facts', to question your parenting???? Im but another parent that also has regrets and can get defensive. But Im quickley learning getting defensive and lashing out WONT get my message accross and definitly wont give me any chance of learning something. Best part of learning from other parents mistakes with their children.......you wont have to have the same regrets they do with theirs.
Lets be honest, regret can eat away at us. So lets all open our ears, eyes and minds and we just may learn something. This goes for me too:)
So, no, your children is walking, talking, breathing, not dead..........but is this ALL you want for your child?? I mean its a good start haha. But what ever happened to wanting them to THRIVE not just survive.
I guess this post could be interpreted, with most choices we have to make as parents.
Clearly this a normal human reacting to defend themselves or there actions. But how will we ever learn something if we are so quick to dismiss what is being said, by getting so defensive.....
To feel hurt by somebody disagreeing with what you have done is one thing, but I guess if that person can back up what they're saying with facts, well that must be the straw that breaks the camels back.....
Then make this subject about our children, well, you get the point, it can get ugly very quickly!
We do all parent in different ways but really being informed would more often then not, stop the feeling of regret and denile when somebody else proves, it may not of been the best choice.
Who am I or anybody else to spread these 'facts', to question your parenting???? Im but another parent that also has regrets and can get defensive. But Im quickley learning getting defensive and lashing out WONT get my message accross and definitly wont give me any chance of learning something. Best part of learning from other parents mistakes with their children.......you wont have to have the same regrets they do with theirs.
Lets be honest, regret can eat away at us. So lets all open our ears, eyes and minds and we just may learn something. This goes for me too:)
So, no, your children is walking, talking, breathing, not dead..........but is this ALL you want for your child?? I mean its a good start haha. But what ever happened to wanting them to THRIVE not just survive.
I guess this post could be interpreted, with most choices we have to make as parents.
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