>>Bonnie writes: >Dear Susie: >I question whether morning "sickness" is exclusively physical cleansing. >You said that your nausea has been worse than with your two previous >pregnancies. Why do some women that lead incredibly healthy and pure >lifestyles still experience nausea? Could it be that it is not the same >as traditional nausea but there for some other purpose? Hygiene >questions that hormones could contribute to the mood swings and other >experiences that typically happen to pregnant woman, arguing that in >every case it's toxicity. But who's to say? These things may occur for >some other reason and may not simply be the physical symptoms of an >impure body. I believe that we are mostly spiritual beings, and as such, >what we feed our physical bodies isn't EVERYTHING. I fear that often >hygienic beliefs disempower women during an otherwise very powerful time >in their lives. Well said, Bonnie!! Blindly viewing every symptom as a detox is one of the big blunders of raw dogmas (NH, instincto, fruitarian, etc.). I have heard offruitarians "justifying" their loss of teeth as a "cleansing response"! There is mention of morning sickness among "primitives", so if it is "unnatural" it is at least not a completely modern invention. Shelton's "The Hygenic Care of Children" probably shows him at his worst in terms of logical leaps (and his own early Pain). A good place to start in questioning the tenets of Shelton and NH in general... Cheers, Kirt