I'm happy to announce that my wife Elanne gave birth at 9:44pm on July 23, 2011 to a beautiful baby girl.
Sylvie was born at home (in our bed, as a matter of fact!) weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces.
She's healthy and doing very well as she explores this wide world outside the womb, and is diligently perfecting her breastfeeding technique.
Elanne and I are tired, as expected, but overflowing with joy and wonder. All the ...
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Spontaneous labor in a normal woman is an event marked by a number of processes so complicated and so perfectly attuned to each other that any interference will only detract from the optimal character. The only thing reqired from the bystanders is that they show respect for this awe-inspiring process by complying with the first rule of medicine - nil nocere [do no harm]
G.J. Kloosterman, The Universal Aspects of Childbirth
In the wild, mammals isolate themselves during ...
In this episode, we discuss the diagnosis and treatment of andropause (a.k.a. "manopause") from a holistic perspective.
Topics include:
Basic physiology and pathology of andropause
Can vasectomies contribute to early onset of andropause?
The best non-pharmaceutical approaches to preventing andropause?
Blood and saliva markers for andropause
What role libido/erections play in determining health?
Should andropause be accepted as a normal physiological process in aging males?
Is a "beer belly" and are "man boobs" signs of andropause?
Full Text Transcript:
Danny Roddy: Hello everyone and welcome to ...
In the last article in this series on natural childbirth, I reviewed evidence suggesting that routine prenatal ultrasound does not improve birth outcomes for mothers or babies, and that organizations like the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists recommend ultrasound scans only for specific reasons.
In this article I'm going to review evidence on the safety of routine ultrasound and Doppler scanning, and make recommendations based on that research.
The potential adverse effects of ultrasound
According to Australian family ...
"The routine use of ultrasound in pregnancy is the biggest uncontrolled experiment in history."
Beverly Beech, birth activist
In the first article in this series on natural childbirth, I presented evidence that - contrary to popular belief - hospital birth is no safer than home birth.
I'd like to begin this next article by telling you what it is not. It is not a blanket condemnation of ultrasound, nor is it a judgment of women who choose routine ultrasound ...
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