Not that long ago, our medical professionals would have never, ever vaccinated a woman during pregnancy. But today, injections during pregnancy are becoming routine, despite limited safety data. For many women, it may seem like it’s no big deal to get a TDaP or a Flu shot during pregnancy, but
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Safe and effective has become a slogan to assuage fears, however, there is ample precedent that drugs once declared “safe and effective” by the regulating agencies can be anything but…safe and effective. Only time reveals these kinds of horrors. It took many decades to reveal the unexpected consequences of antibiotic
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Guest post: Whyser Sometimes called the detox gene, MTHFR (Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase) is an enzyme that plays an important role in the Folate Cycle, which plays a central role in cell metabolism and is crucial role for body homeostasis. If you have an MTHFR mutation, you cannot convert folic acid into
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Shared from The.Holistic.Mother. Pregnancy is the opportunity to step into how powerful we are as creators. Birth isn’t just an isolated event, it’s a human experience. You become a bridge that connects your old life to your new life. The 40+ weeks we are pregnant aren’t just there to give
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Mothers: Before a doctor pressures you into a medical procedure your intuition might be weary about–please keep doing your own independent research. You may not be getting the whole story when it comes to prenatal vaccines, for example, no vaccines are FDA approved for use during pregnancy, AND, there are
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Like so many women, I spent my twenties trying to avoid pregnancy. I wanted to travel, I wanted to get my degree, I wanted to stay out late and wake up late—all without the responsibility of raising tiny beautiful humans. For my partner and I, the rhythm method proved to
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New evidence has emerged linking Primodos, a 1960’s pregnancy test drug, to serious birth defects, as well as a major scandal and cover-up that hid that information from the public. The Sky News documentary Primodos: The Secret Drug Scandal details the groundbreaking and heartbreaking findings that Schering, the German drug company
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Raise your hand if you have ever read a scientific study? Or even looked at one. Scientific studies are these megaliths of information. They can be tedious to read, difficult to understand–after all, they are their own completely unique language. To a lay person, like me, we need other people
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“When a mother is pregnant, the kind of soul she can accept depends on her mental attitude. And then there is another beauty that within the realm of your belly, which is your pregnancy, you can totally transform the soul. The soul is pure and has nothing to do, but
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Look. I don’t need scientists, doctors or the FDA to twist my arm into ordering shrimp and lobster fajitas the next time I’m out to dinner. But it’s refreshing to know everyone is finally in agreement that eating fish and shellfish every week is extremely beneficial to everyone’s health, especially
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