Re: book on pregnancy from healthy perspective?

[Guest guest]

I do not recommend Nourishing Traditions for the very same reasons that

you recommend it, too funny! It advocates too-early starting of solids.

There is ample medical evidence that the gut does not seal until 7 months

or so. Even one formula supplement a day changes the infant's intestinal

tract bacteria to that of an adult. Did you know that cow's milk has

much more casein than human milk, and much less lactoferrin, among other

things? Better to give NT after breastfeeding has failed, or when baby

is getting nutrition from solids rather than experimentation, as it

should be under one year of age. Additionally, I find that pregnant

women often have worry blinders on about the pregnancy and birth, which

can prevent them from intellectually engaging with material other than

material specific to that outcome.

I don't recommend the WAPF website to anyone because of the breastfeeding

misinformation. I do refer them to the on-line version of Price's work.

I don't remember the 'primitives' bottlefeeding animal milks, though many

do start solids early. Admittedly, I have only read the book online and

I find that I don't retain information from the screen as well as the

flat page. More B vitamins in the diet and protein with some fat in the

morning will help morning sickness in a healthy mother. Kombucha might

help many with morning sickness, but I would think that the detox

reaction many have when first consuming it might be counterproductive.

My midwife had me drinking infusions of nettles, oatstraw, alfalfa,. . .

.. I am unsure of the rest, perhaps yellow dock for iron. Rasberry leaf

is a known uterine tonic, drunk after the fear of miscarriage is past,

strengthening the uterus and shortening labor, but some women are

sensitive to it.

Desh

[Guest guest]

>

> There is ample medical evidence that the gut does not seal until 7

months

> or so. Even one formula supplement a day changes the infant's

intestinal

> tract bacteria to that of an adult. Did you know that cow's milk

has

> much more casein than human milk, and much less lactoferrin, among

other

> things?

Desh can you link any sites that would give more info to babies,

feeding, gut healthetc... like you often post (one thread before you

mentioned normal delivery activates the immune system). I find the

things you mention interesting and do not have time or money to buy a

bunch of bnooks and read them all. So sites with various articles

covering some of this works for me.

I must say i agree with you on the feeding and breast feeding issues

in NT. While i agree with her that we should all be eating a much

better diet period - especially during PG and BFing, she does make it

sound like formula is better if a mom is non NT diet and BFing. I

would like to see her rewrite some of her articles in this area and

take some time to research things and be more thorough here.

[Guest guest]

Desh,

I just received my Bulk Herb Store catalog and there is a book that

they recommend called " The Naturally Healthy Pregnancy " by Shonda

. You can look it up on their website and read about it.

[Guest guest]

My midwife's website is www.empoweredbirth.org. I also love love love

the www.gentlebirth.org archives. The forums at www.mothering.com are a

wealth of information. The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, and

anything else written by Henci Goer are invaluable. There is a nice

compendium of research over at www.naturalchildbirth.org as well. For my

second pregnancy, I ate a combination of the Brewer diet I previously

mentioned- www.blueribbonbaby.org and WAPF recommendations on CLO, fats,

organ meats etc. plus infusions as recommended by midwife : 9.2 pound

baby, 6 hour labor in the tub at home. Easy. I did take Floradix to get

over the morning sickness hump. I have some nice breastfeeding links I

can throw you, but we have slow dial-up and I can't really get online

because we're expecting a phone call.

Desh

[Guest guest]

Hi Dan,

> Can anyone recommend a health-consious pregnancy book. Our friends are

> expecting a baby next year, and thought it may be a nice gift

I just gave a lecture on nutrition for pregnancy at the WAPF

conference, and the lecture is available online (you have to buy them,

but I don't make money on it). An article version is coming out in

the next journal and will eventually be online. I don't think either

of these would be appropriate for the type of gift you want, but they

might prove useful. I think I have important points that go beyond

what is currently on the WAPF site.

Chris

[Guest guest]

Dan,

Also check out Nina Planck's website (author of Real Food: What to Eat and Why).

She recently had a child and writes some wonderful things about her experience,

what she ate, and what she feeds her child now. I know it's not a book you can

give to someone, but it's still great info.