Vaccines in the news… July 10, 2008
Posted by filewizard in Everyday Life, Jude, Natural Living.add a comment
I have been amazed at the different news agencies picking up various stories about vaccines lately. They still have a “vaccines are safe” undertone, but they are being written pretty open minded to parents who are starting to question the CDC, FDA, etc.
I quit vaccinating Jude after her 4 month appointment because I started reading up on vaccine ingredients and just how they make vaccines and after a lot of reading/praying/thinking I came to the conclusion that for me, the risks outweigh the benefits.
Between vaccinating against everything under the sun (including diarrhea!), using anti-bacterial soap/gel, slathering on sunblock on a daily basis, and prescribing antibiotics every time you go to the doctor our bodies are becoming week and not able to fight off a common cold! Nature did not intend for us to live this way.
Here’s a few of the news stories I found out there…
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/health/28vaccine.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/05/12/autism.case.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/03/24/autism.vaccines/index.html
I’m giving up my cell phone April 17, 2008
Posted by filewizard in Everyday Life, Jude, Life Lessons, Natural Living.Tags: brain cancer, cell phone
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So, I get kinda lost in the healthy-natural living crowd… lost like what they say just seems to make sense sometimes. I don’t really understand any of the science behind it, but they tell me (mercola.com) that my cell phone is increasing my chances of having brain cancer… like, a lot. Anyway, it got me thinking about how my $69.99/month “plan” magically turns into a $100 bill every month. It’s amazing, really, how many “fee’s” they can get away with taking onto your bill.
So, long story short, in my quest to live a more natural life in these very un-natural times, and to save some money in my very broke times… I’m turning my cell phone back in (for a fee of $150, of course) and going back to a good old home phone.
Now… I just have to sort out how Jude’s plastic bottles are killing her.
Ahhh, to be a Mom that cares is to be insane.
Donating Breastmilk April 14, 2008
Posted by filewizard in Breastfeeding, Jude.Tags: Breastmilk, Breastmilk Banks
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Jude was breastfeeding withen 15 minutes of being born. We got off to a good start by avoiding pacifiers, avoiding drugs during labor, etc. I pretty much didn’t stop breastfeeding my entire hospital stay… or so it felt. All of a sudden you become a Mom, and your changing 4 “dirty” diapers and 6 “wet” diapers a day. You’re charting what the “dirty” ones looked like and when they happened. You soon come to understand what a true sleep-less night is while you lay in bed and stare at the little creature you’ve created with amazement. There’s just so much more to “do” at every minute of everyday and you just simply never stop. I was so focused on breastfeeding “by the book” and making sure my milk came in strong that I ended up having an oversupply of milk. I went back to work when Jude was just 6 weeks old and spent my morning break, lunch hour, and afternoon break in an empty office pumping so that she would have breastmilk while she was at daycare. I remember my best day of pumping I produced 19 oz. during and 8 hour workday. I felt like freaking SUPERMOM. Jude always drank 3 bottles of 4 oz. while she was at daycare so she only needed 12oz. so… you do the math and you see how I ended up with lots of extra frozen breastmilk in the freezer. After awhile it was obvious that I had more than what Jude was going to consume and they don’t last forever in the freezer, so I started looking for what to do with the extra. I was NOT going to throw away all that time and effort. Any Mom that pumps can tell you that stuff is “liquid gold”. I ended up finding a wonderful resource. Milk Banks. Milk banks take donor breastmilk, pasturize it, and give it to babies, usually pre-mie’s, that for whatever reason, don’t have their Mothers breastmilk. IT SAVES LIVES. There is simply No COMPARISON between formula and breastmilk, especially to a pre-mie baby.
I ended up sending 130 oz. of breastmilk to the Denver Milk Bank (http://www.bestfedbabies.org/mIndex.htm). It is one of my proudest achievements of my life.
