Re: diets effect on pregnancy and childbirth

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My diet during my first pregnancy was mixed - grass-fed beef (my main craving

was beef), lots of fruits and veggies and chocolate every day (I called it a

" need " not a craving), and a lot of essential fatty acid supplements.

Unfortunately, my first baby was induced (by orders of a fearful ultrasound

technician and my eagerness to meet her), and because of that, I also needed an

epidural, so I don't know how labor would have been without the drugs. Labor

was very quick for a first pregnancy (about 8 hours from the time I got the

inducing drug; four hours after I got the light epidural) and pushing took 5

minutes. I didn't have an episiotomy [sp?], but I needed a couple of stitches.

During labor, I said affirmations and visualized everything going smoothly,

which was easy with the epidural. I didn't just sit and chat waiting for the

baby to come.

I think that overall, I was very healthy and had a relatively easy birth, even

considering the use of the drugs. My baby was born alert in spite of the drugs,

which caused a lot of breastfeeding problems for hte first few months.

I am much healthier now, I eat a lot of raw dairy, raw eggs, some carpaccio, and

a lot of coconut oil and other healthy fats. I'm looking forward to and

planning a drug-free birth.

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From: Marcella Mathewes

Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:09 PM

Subject: diets effect on pregnancy and childbirth

Sally, or anyone else with experience, do you think that your diet affected

your pregnancies and childbirths positively? I remember reading about Eskimo

women having long and complicated labors after changing to a modern diet and

wonder if a primitive one helps make it shorter and easier. I wonder how

much a healthy diet helps or if you really need to be conceived on a native

diet. Anyone have some before native diet and after native diet pregnancy

and birth experiences to compare?

Thanks,

Marcella

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Marcella,

I had my daughter 7 months ago (first child). She was born with no

drugs and labor was almost 11 hours total. However, a lot of the

hard labor didn't start 'til we were in the hospital (got there

around 3am and she was born by 6:24am). Within 4 pushes she was out.

I contribute the good labor and pregnancy (1 day morning sickness) to

diet and knowing the right techniques for birthing. I really focused

on protein and eating veggies.. and definitely avoiding sugar.

My diet is even better now since we came across NT! However, I

believe that it could have been a LOT worse if I didn't focus on

eating correctly. We should know more once we have our 2nd, but

that's not happening quite yet

Jess

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I don't have any personal experience YET, but would love to hear

from anyone that does too.

But from all the research I've done, a healthy diet can make things

much easier. There is a documented case in Weston Price's Nutrition

and Physical Degeneration about a woman who had her first child

without changing her diet. Her labor was 53 hours and she was a

partial invalid after the birth for several months. For her second

pregnancy, she made choices based on the primitives, eating milk,

green vegetables, sea foods, organ meat, and high vitamin butter and

cod liver oil. The labor was only 3 hours and the health of the

mother was only slightly affected by the experience. I'd say that

what you eat plays a HUGE role in how well you body is able to handle

the extra stress of childbearing. And I didn't even mention the

difference in the 2 children and how her diet affected them. The

pictures really tell the story....see page 408. If you don't have

the book, I highly recommend it!!!!!!!

Becky

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about Eskimo

> women having long and complicated labors after changing to a modern

diet and

> wonder if a primitive one helps make it shorter and easier. I

wonder how

> much a healthy diet helps or if you really need to be conceived on

a native

> diet. Anyone have some before native diet and after native diet

pregnancy

> and birth experiences to compare?

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> Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

Sorry if this is a duplicate message, but I tried to post and it

didn't seem to work earlier...

I don't have any personal experience yet, but I do believe from

everything I've been studying lately that diet plays a HUGE role in

affecting childbirth. Weston Price's book, Nutrition and Physical

Degeneration documents a case where a woman had her first child while

eating modern foods. In her second pregnancy, and effort was made to

eat like the primitives, using milk, green vegetables, sea foods,

organ meats, high vitamin butter and cod liver oil. Her labor for

the first child lasted 53 hours and she was a partial invalid for

several months afterwards. The second had a 3 hour labor and the

experience made only a slight impression on the health of the

mother. Weston makes it a point to say that the difficulties of

labor are greatly decreased and the strength and vitality of the

child are greatly enhanced when the diet has been reinforced with

adequate nutrition. And the differences in development of the two

children is quite clear from the photographs of their facial form and

jaw x-rays. See page 408 for the photos. I HIGHLY recommend this

book if you haven't read it.

Becky

--- In @y..., " Marcella Mathewes " <honoraholmes@h...>

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> Sally, or anyone else with experience, do you think that your diet

affected

> your pregnancies and childbirths positively? I remember reading

about Eskimo

> women having long and complicated labors after changing to a modern

diet and

> wonder if a primitive one helps make it shorter and easier. I

wonder how

> much a healthy diet helps or if you really need to be conceived on

a native

> diet. Anyone have some before native diet and after native diet

pregnancy

> and birth experiences to compare?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Marcella

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