Don’t stymie choice of home childbirth

By GERADINE SIMKINS
Posted: July 17, 2008
One wonders what process the American Medical Association House of Delegates used to determine that its resolution on home deliveries was prudent and reasonable.
AMA resolution 205 attempts to outlaw a woman’s choice to give birth at home or in a freestanding birth center by calling for legislation to establish hospitals [...]

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Replace Car Seats that are involved in an Accident

Ok, here we go again. This is the second Britax car seat I have had to replace this year. The first was in an accident when Ethan’s father’s car was totaled. Yesterday, a car hit Matt’s BMW in a parking lot, rendering our BRAND NEW BRITAX BOULEVARD unsafe for use.
So…after getting off [...]

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Parenting Books

I finally got a list together of my Parenting Books.
Without further ado:
GENERAL HEALTH:

How to Raise a Healthy Child…In Spite of Your Doctor, Robert S. Mendelsohn
Wise Woman Herbal Childbearing Year, Susan Weed
The Healthiest Kid in the Neighborhood, Sears & Sears
A Mother’s Guide to Raising Healthy Children Naturally, Sue Frederick
Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health, Susan B. [...]

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Pregnancy Related Books

I finally finished compiling my list of parenting, pregnancy, etc. related books. So, I thought I would share the list with whomever reads my blog. Feel free to recommend additional books…I do love books
Those related to Natural Child Birth and Pregnancy (in no particular order):

Aromatherapy During Your Pregnancy, Fances R. Cliffford
Unassisted Homebirth, An [...]

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Secondary Transmission: The short and sweet about live virus vaccine shedding.

(from insidevaccines.com; http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/2008/02/24/secondary-transmission-%ef%bb%bfthe-short-and-sweet-about-live-virus-vaccine-shedding/#more-96)
A child gets vaccinated and is from that moment on protected from the vaccine virus, correct? We all realize that vaccines are not 100% failproof, but is that the only concern?
If it only were that simple. The fact is that once a child is injected with a live virus vaccine (and let’s assume [...]

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