I'm one of those natural buffs too. I was all set to have a home birth until
the end of my pregnancy with my 18 month-old, then found out she was breach.
I tried everything I possibly could to help her turn around but nothing
worked. I was forced to have a c section, which I grit my teeth about to
this day. I have spiritual reasons as well as health reasons why I hate
hospital births and have yet to fully recover from that experience. my
midwife looked at the umbilical chord and said it was too short with the
placenta being so high up, which made it impossible for her to turn around
completely. Had I gone into labor she wouldn't even have enough leway to
come out on her own. had I known about it a lot earlier I would have done
research to find out what foods or herbs help to promote umbilical chord
growth and swallowed tons by funnel if I had to do so. It's good to hear
from someone else with similar views about this. Sue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Seegal Anselmo" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: Heads up on No Dairy


> In a message dated 8/20/2004 10:40:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > I remember the one mom saying her one baby was extremely colicky and was
> > nursed. So was my older daughter. I read a book by Dr. Sears, The Fussy
> > Baby. He mentioned temperment having a lot to do with it.
>
> That was me. Out of my 6 children, my 5th was so colicky. Exclusively BF
till
> 2 years. Started solids at about 10 months. I do this with all my children
> and none were vaccinated till after 3. I am one of those
> homebirth/breastfeeding.no vaccinating freaks ;)
> So when he was colicky after a peaceful homebirth I was perplexed. Never
> havnig a child with an allergy before I did not pick up on it and did not
change
> my diet till after he was 6 months :(
> We get him tested on Monday., It will be interesting to see what the test
> shows. He was consuming cows milk through MY diet for months (I never
drink milk
> but have cheese, etc).
> I love Dr. Sears, and I truly htink that is what got me through all my
babies
> infancies.
>
> Seegal