This body of information was designed as a phone app in 2013/14, and has outdated technology.
It goes though have the answers you may need .
The extensive links no longer work and there is also a Periods app (all women’s health – especially why babies may not be forthcoming – and why the entire reproductive system needs to be renovated prior to pregnancy . .. and a Fertility one – honing in on the couple and the MALE factors. . and what to do to be able to use the Pregnancy app – get well/baby ready FIRST.
NUTRIENTS and their bio availability – to make the best pregnancy, baby and maternal adventure properly (as designed)
Each one of the original Periods, Fertility and Pregnancy apps had a section on ingredients – now as a full self paced online course
LIFE Essentials.
It is available with Love Your Body Better – and answers most health and wellness questions simply put – you can’t bake a chocolate cake with no brown ingredient.
Similarly – you can’t bake a cake without an oven that works as the recipe needs it to.
Thus we have the Easy Pregnancy Resources for you to take care of the basics. .
Easy Pregnancy Solutions has 14 eBooks which as re extensive photographic case stories with extensions of such topics as
- Healthy Eating in Pregnancy,
- Avoiding G.D.,
- Solving Pregnancy Aches and Pains,
- Fetal Positioning Solutions and
- Easy Childbirth Preparation.
A deeper dive than in the app – as well as the contents of the resources kit.
Description:
Smelly breath
Why:
- Bad diet
- Excessive sugar/cereals
- Not enough good gut bacteria
- Insufficient hydration/nutrients
- Poor self care
- May also not be poohing enough
Solution:
- Take gut flora
- Eat fermented foods
- Drink lots more water – not chilled
- Take more vitamins (B, C, D)
- Take Zinc & Magnesium
- Adjust all issues mentioned above
- See an Acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist to clear underlying issues
Description:
Dimply, knobbly fat appearing on backs/sides of upper legs/bottom
Why:
Increase in fluids/estrogen allows it to be there temporarily
May be indicative of lower than optimal thyroid function
Solution:
- Drink more water
- Eat more vegetables
- No sugar/cereals
- Take more vitamin C & D, Magnesium
- Check iodine levels
- See an Acupuncturist
Description:
Constant sneezing, ear, eye, nasal itching & dripping mucous
Maybe asthma & food reactivity
Why:
Insufficient vitamin C & Zinc
Possible hypothyroid
Possible overtoxicity brought on by life accumulation &/or ongoing vaccine reaction
Solution:
Avoid triggers you observe to be obvious
Reduce exposure to likely issues, such as chemicals
Rotate foods
Frequent small doses of vitamins B, C, D
Recolonise your gut with a good bacteria supplement
Check BBT* (vaginal, as may be underlying undiagnosed low thyroid function)
Consult with a holistic health care professional
- BBT is basal body temperature – is lowest body temperature, usually just before waking
Description:
Seemingly catching everything that goes around
Why:
Poor health, immune system not happy
Too many vaccines too close together &/or not enough vitamins C, D, Zinc
Poor gut bacteria
May also be unhappy, overly stressed & not sleeping well
Solution:
Address your nutrition – eat more vegetables, fat and protein
Add good probiotic to your diet
Enjoy small, frequent, tasty meals and increase vitamins B, C, D & Zinc
See your Acupuncturist
Description:
Dizzy when getting up or all the time
Feeing dizzy, as though about to fall down, losing consciousness
Why:
May be important to seek medical attention
Insufficient:
- Rest
- Protein
- Vegetables
- Fat
- Vitamins B, C, D
- Magnesium
- Circulation to the head
- Blood energy (see link below)
Solution:
Attend to all things mentioned above
See medical practitioner, then Chiropractor and Acupuncturist
Description:
Very busy sleeps. You can remember lots of dreams, all night
See also ‘Sleepless’
Why:
Excessive Inner Heat due to pregnancy (see link below for more information)
May be worsened due to reasons found in ‘Sleepless’
Solution:
Possibly need to eat less before going to bed
Eat less heat forming foods
Do less heat forming activities
Acupuncture and Chinese herbs may help
Description:
Scary, sometimes repetitive dreams, often with very violent themes
Awakening in panic/terror &/or unwilling to go back to sleep as more horror may await you
See also ‘Dreams – vivid’ and ‘Sleepless’
Why:
An unquiet Shen/spirit. Something is really bothering you from the past and may be worsened through exposure to heating foods
Heat in the blood from excess in pregnancy, may be hooking into past distressing incidents, life trauma
Solution:
Undo what is upsetting you, perhaps see a counsellor.
Calm environment/quiet time
Avoid electronics before going to bed
Meditate
No caffeine/alcohol/sugar
More vitamins B & C
Put Magnesium on skin during the day
More water, protein, fat, exercise
See an Acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist
Description:
Lips continually drying out, overly reddened, needing moistening, maybe chapped all the time
Why:
Too much sugar being eaten
Not enough vegetables/nutrient dense foods in diet
Insufficient water
Poor gut bacteria
Solution:
Avoid all sugar/cereals/grains
Eat 9 cups of vegetables daily
Eat lots of fat & protein
More vitamins B, C & D
Eat fermented foods
Take good gut bacteria
Drink more water
Description:
Not warm enough, possibly at night
Chilled, often white, blue extremities
See also ‘Reynard’s disease’
Why:
Circulation impaired
May be low thyroid functioning
Check BBT (basal body temperature), rather than blood tests
Solution:
Take extra vitamins B, C, D, Magnesium
Eat more protein & fat
Avoid all cold environments
No cold or cool foods/fluids
Rest more
Start exercising
See an Acupuncturist
Description:
Swelling of extremeties, although may be throughout body, including eyes, face
Can cause carpal tunnel &/or cellulite in pregnancy
Why:
Not enough:
- Exercise
- Water
- Rest
- Great nutrients
- Good gut bacteria
- Good health in general
Solution:
Correct all above
Take more vitamins D, C, B, Magnesium
Eat more vegetables
See an acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist
Massage as per What Dad’s Can Do work (see link below)
Description:
Gums bleeding, receding, being infected, sore or generally causing problems
Why:
Bad diet
Excessive sugar/cereals
Insufficient hydration
Poor nutrient intake
Not enough good gut bacteria
Poor self care
Solution:
Take gut flora
Eat fermented foods
Avoid sugars/cereals
Adjust all issues above
See an Acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist to clear underlying issues
Description:
May have been happening before pregnancy
Should not be losing head hair (not after baby born either)
Why:
Lack of nutrition
Thyroid not happy
Blood energy not strong
Solution:
Ignore blood tests
Eat small amounts of nutritious food often – protein, fat & vegetables
Cut down all sugars & grains
Undo stress through adding more vitamins B, C, Magnesium & Zinc
See an Acupuncturist
Description:
Partial protrusion of inner organs or tissues outside where they are supposed to be
Usually abdominal
Why:
Insufficient inner strength to hold things in place
Presence of excessive cold
Lack of vitamins C, D, E, Magnesium, protein
Sudden trauma/over exertion
Solution:
Correct all of the above
See an Acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist
May need surgical correction, but still need to attend to all of above
Description:
Baby often hiccupping
Maybe also did in utero
Why:
Baby allergic to something in your diet if breastfeeding
Baby allergic to something in its own diet if not breastfeeding
May have a weak gut – needs more good gut bacteria
Solution:
Recolonise mum’s & baby’s gut
Take vitamin C – a little often, daily
Vary mum’s diet if breastfeeding
Change formula if not breastfeeding
Add more Zinc (a little – it is a micronutrient missing in some soils)
Zinc is crucial for life, good gut & immune function
Description:
Feet/legs need to go out of covers at night, regardless of weather
This discomfort may be so bad you can’t sleep
Why:
Inner state of exhaustion from inner toxins
Lack of Potassium
Deficient yin (including fluids)
Solution:
Drink more water
Take more vitamins C, D & Magnesium
Eat more fat, protein & vegetables
No sugar or sweet tastes to be ingested
See an Acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist
Description:
Itchy abdominal skin usually happens towards the end of pregnancy
Skin starts to be itchy, worsening till stretch marks appear
Why:
Insufficient inner resources/strength to maintain wellness & keep mum’s body working perfectly
Solution:
Great pre-conception preparation
Plenty of fat, protein, vegetables & water
More vitamin D, C, B, Magnesium & Zinc
In pregnancy, oil skin twice daily
Take Chinese herbs to assist perfect outcomes
Description:
Can’t settle as legs are itchy or burning, especially in afternoons &/or evenings
Why:
Inner state of exhaustion from inner toxins
Lack of Potassium
Deficient yin (related to dehydration)
Solution:
Drink lots more water
Increase vitamins C, D, B, Magnesium
No substances that heat up blood, eg sugar, chemicals of all kinds including preservatives, caffeine, alcohol, excess salt, spices
Sort out stress
Avoid being upset/angry
See an Acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist
Description:
No longer possible to rush about & manage your previously busy life
Exhaustion, wanting to sleep, can’t be bothered
Why:
Mothers need great ingredients to grow a great baby
Perfect nutrition means fat, protein, heaps of vegetables & clean water
Possibly B vitamin deficient
Probable lack of down time to relax
Solution:
Add fat, protein, vegetables & clean water to diet
Take B Complex 3 x daily, plus Magnesium & vitamin C
Make sure mum is sleeping, resting and exercising to be well
Description:
Mum feels too sexed up and has a high libido
Why:
Changes in her routine, diet and hormones may have made her body work far too well.
Possibly this is not a problem
Solution:
Dad may have to accept floods and famines and go with the flow
Description:
Medically, anything that is seen as a (potential) deviation from the new definition of ‘normal’ is then tested/carefully monitored
This worries parents-to-be – without doctors being able to give causes, or likely natural remedies to regain wellness
Why:
Medicine is crisis management, not a health restoration process
Without knowing how to improve health, everything is potentially dangerous in their eyes
Most conclusions are only likely if you continue doing what is causing the problem
You can generally back out of all trouble by changing what has lead you there – diet & lifestyle
Solution:
Find a qualified natural care practitioner who is able to support normal, encourage you to trust yourself & your body and enjoy the changes that diet & lifestyle bring, towards a happy healthy mum & baby
Description:
Spontaneous nosebleeds or gushes
Why:
SpUp-rushing energy
The cause might be that you are too angry, too hot, or deficient in vitamins C & K
Solution:
Eat more green leafy vegetables (a lot more), as well as vitamin C & Magnesium
Drink more water & slow down
Undo reasons for wayward energy, ie anger, stress
See an Acupuncturist
Description:
Sudden random stabs of pain, may be fleeting, may be long lasting, anywhere in head/body
Why:
“Stuck Blood” in acupuncture terms, due to circulation not being great
Points to lack of Magnesium, vitamins B, C, D
Lack of water, exercise, rest, & adequate nutrition
Past accidents or operations
Too many chemicals, especially from soft drinks
Solution:
See an acupuncturist to normalise body flows
Correct nutritional and hydration imbalances
Description:
Toxin build up, showing as facial or back/chest/buttock/upper thigh pimples that are red/purple
Sometimes painful swellings
Why:
Excessive sugar/fruit/cereals/inner heat
Excessive toxins through chemicals & modern life
Not drinking enough pure water (non-chilled)
Possible constipation & liver toxicity
Solution:
Address the issues above
Recolonise gut with good bacteria
Avoid all sugar/sweet taste food & drink
Drink lots of water (room temperature)
Eat lots of fresh, coloured vegetables (vitamins C, K)
Get plenty of vitamins B & D (sun)
Description:
Partial/total extrusion of uterus into vaginal cavity
Why:
May be caused prior to conception
Accident
Over exertion
Invasion of cold energy into body
Solution:
Avoid all exposure to cold
See an Acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist/Feldenkrias practitioner
See also Hernia
Description:
Presence of reddened, sometimes itchy &/or dry scaly skin
Lesions anywhere on body
Why:
Nutritional deficiencies
Too much sugar &/or toxins
Not enough hydration
Need for good gut bug colonisation
Solution:
Take good gut bacteria to enhance digestion
Get serious about eating properly
Drink more water
Take more Zinc, Magnesium & vitamins B & C
See an Acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist
Description:
Circulation not right
Blue/freezing/purple extremities (also nipples when breastfeeding)
See also ‘Stuck liver Qi’
Why:
Insufficient vitamins B, C, D & Magnesium
Emotionally strung out – lack of nutrients not helping this
Solution:
Increase intake of vitamins B, C, D & Magnesium
Address emotional difficulties
See an Acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist
Description:
Sudden aching/cramping, often severe stabbing pain in lower belly (usually after first trimester)
May also be felt strongly in labour
Why:
Insufficient maternal nutrition
Cold used in the past is stored in the body & is interfering with circulation
Solution:
More exercise, rest, hydration
Address diet – Magnesium, protein, fat, vegetables, vitamins C & D
See an Acupuncturist
Use moxa & sacral massage – (see link below for more information)
Description:
Can’t get to sleep
Waking up & can’t get back to sleep
Light, unrefreshing sleep
Why:
Too much eaten before bed (especially fatty/heavy &/or spicy foods)
Not enough:
- Exercise
- Hydration
- Blood energy (see link below)
- Magnesium
Excessive stress/inner toxins
Solution:
Drink more water
Walk & exercise more
Listen to mediation CD before bed
Take more vitamin B & C
Eat more protein, fat & vegetables
Eat less fatty/heavy &/or spicy foods
Resolve stressors
See an Acupuncturist
Description:
Skin becoming itchy, often followed by red or purple coloured stripes along skin surface that is under pressure (ie. breasts, belly, bottom)
Why:
Malnutrition
Lack of Zinc, vitamin C
Lack of good gut function and healthy bacteria (these help to assimilate foods well)
Solution:
Preventatively, oil skin throughout pregnancy twice daily (preferably cold-pressed almond or coconut oils)
Take plenty of Zinc, fish oil, vitamin C & D (sunlight)
Eat plenty of fat, protein & coloured vegetables
Drink lots of pure (though not chilled) water
Description:
Baby & mum are intimately linked. Mum’s inner being is the ‘default‘ setting – the template that a baby carries within forever
Mum is massively more affected by life when pregnant – as she opens subconsciously to perceptions she may have been blind to prior to pregnancy
Why:
Few realise that pregnancy is a time when mum can remake herself totally as her body is growing/making a baby
Any stressors that affect her in pregnancy/whilst breastfeeding mean they influence her at a far deeper & more profound way than if she was in a normal state
Forever distressed – when usually things may not bother her, now they do
Solution:
Ensure plentiful supplements, as well as wholesome abundant vegetables, fat & protein
Get more sunlight, rest, & water
Touching will allow her to go inside & heal whatever reactivity she feels within – to get to know herself before she is to be a mother
Description:
Baby is a heart & soul infused physical body.
Anything that you think /feel is reflected forever in the baby’s body somewhere.
Why:
Baby is affected by every chemical/hormone/every stressor that affects you.
Solution:
Get mum comfortable in herself & her life first & before pregnancy.
Priortise pregnancy, not external influences.
Take care of diet, supplements & attention to couple bonding time.
Description:
Teeth losing whiteness/chipping
Becoming weaker/breaking off
Why:
Insufficient nutrients to support pregnancy AND mum
Excessive sugar consumption
Insufficient Magnesium, vitamins K2, D, C, B to allow mineral absorption
Gut needs better flora
Solution:
Avoid all sugar/grains
Make bone broths
Take extra vitamins D, C, B & Magnesium
Eat more fats
Drink more water
See an Acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist
Description:
Mum getting hot & cold out of context (when she shouldn’t be)
Why:
Body is under excessive stress, possibly far less water drunk than needed
Body was not well before pregnancy & needs energy balancing/correction
Solution:
Hydrate
Eat well
Find a good acupuncturist
Take more time to relax
Sleep & exercise more
Drop down into being a pregnant mammal & look after yourself
Description:
Ringing or strange noises in ears, often worse at night
Why:
Besides actual ear damage (especially exposure to excessive band noise), likely cause is inner exhaustion &/or lack of nutrients, rest, hydration
Solution:
More vitamins B, C, D & Magnesium
More fats, proteins & vegetables in diet
More rest
See an Acupuncturist
Description:
Up and down all night to pee – sometimes also in the daytime
Seems that bladder capacity has shrunk
Often happens immediately after pregnancy is confirmed
Why:
Insufficient maternal Kidney qi strength, leading to incomplete processing & transformation of fluids
May also feel the cold excessively
Solution:
See an Acupuncturist
Rest more
Keep warm
Do not eat/drink cool things
Use moxa on sacrum, as per work in What Dads Can Do
Look after yourself to nourish baby better
Description:
Veins small or large, popping out of where they should be
May just be unsightly, or may be remarkably painful, depending upon size
Why:
Body energy not strong enough to hold all tissues in place
Potentially includes baby, blood, urine, organs (especially uterus), especially after birth
Exposure to cold, especially on legs and lower body
In a weakened state
Solution:
Avoid all cold exposure, especially through mouth
No ice on or near body (ice used during last birth may be the cause)
Eat more fibrous vegetables
Take more vitamin C (at least 10 grams over a day)
Take more vitamins E, D & K2
Drink more water
See an Acupuncturist
Description:
Veins distending vaginally, itchy/painful
See ‘Hemorrhoids’
Why:
Body energy not strong enough to hold all tissues in place.
Also, potentially includes baby, blood, urine, organs (especially uterus)
Solution:
Avoid all cold exposure, especially through mouth
No ice on or near body post-birth (ice used during last birth may be the cause)
Eat more fibrous vegetables
Take more vitamin C (at least 10 grams over a day)
Take more vitamins E, D, K2
Drink more water
See an Acupuncturist
Description:
Unexplained weight gain in pregnancy
Why:
If you were too thin before, this may be nature creating you to be perfect
Solution:
If not sure why you’ve gained weight, avoid all grains/cereals/sugars/fruits
Eat heaps of fat/protein/vegetables
Drink lots of water
Being larger than you may have been is probably what will keep you well & sane & breastfeeding after birth
Description:
Unintended loss of weight, without food or exercise changes in pregnancy
Why:
Possibly the best thing to happen if you are eating/living better than ever before
Fat & fluid may be leaving you, (depending on how you feel all may be perfect)
However, if feeling too strung out & harried, may be an overactive thyroid
Solution:
Go to medical professional to check thyroid is not overactive
If all is well, see an Acupuncturist to normalise all that is happening
Description:
Normally, with a well pregnancy, baby initiates the dance of labor at around 40 weeks (41 weeks is seen as normal in France), mum & baby work it out with minimum of fuss & pain.
Typically a longer pregnancy by 10-12 days first baby.
Longer also if mum has been ill & baby needs “catching up” & mum is in a well nourished enough state for this to happen. Some women tend to follow the pattern of their mother’s line.
Why:
Time taken used to be seen as normally 12 hours, first baby; shorter for subsequent.
Natural labor & birthing are well within all women’s grasp & great nutrition.
Support & pelvic massage will ensure easy birthing also for you.
Solution:
Please note the use of the word “too” as though there is a plan, and what is happening to mum is deviating from this.
There is always a reason.
Birthing should be easy, and is not life threatening.
All mammals birth best when undisturbed.
Description:
Once baby is here, all servicing stops, mum goes from total support to nameless anonymous mum, who is no longer that interesting yet this is when the support & care are really needed as she wends her way through learning to mother well.
Why:
With all the panic & fears that manipulate towards apparent need for “safe” birth, all have may have forgotten the baby.
Baby needs a bonded, happy mum.
Baby needs to birth when ready to breathe.
Quality pregnancies are made with conscious eating & living & attention to self care, not testing & crisis avoidance.
Solution:
Get a continuity of care natural health provider & a good acupuncturist is invaluable.
Research the effect of birthing on all post natal life for both mum & bub so you can make bonding choices for you both.
Take Vitamins B, C, D in large amounts,
put magnesium oil over your body many times daily & believe in yourself.
Description:
Forgotten part of pregnancy.
Nature does birth beautifully when mum’s head (worries) is disengaged, and baby’s head is in optimal position
– down in mum’s pelvis, back lying on mum’s left side.
Mum relaxed, happy, loose pelvis, partner all clued up to be supportive, What Dads Can Do work all adhered to.
Why:
Forgetting opening & letting go – instead trying to control, whilst not fearing – birthing culture has moved into medicalised crisis management not ensuring gentle birthing for mum & baby.
Most hear birth is potentially dangerous/damaging to pelvic floor (whatever excuse ) &/or painful & try to manage small babies/C sections
Solution:
Trust your body can birth.
Engage a doula.
Hypnobirthing. Calmbirth. Research.
Get What Dads Can Do & do all work in the eBook suite Easy Birth Preparation.
Take more magnesium on skin, more Vit D, B, E, C and water, protein, fat and exercise.
Description:
Life interrupted by painful tightenings, but not in labour.
Why:
Insufficient Vit D, magnesium and possibly calcium, meaning the usual painless uterine preparation is being noticed.
Solution:
Put more magnesium oil on body,
use Vit D & C internally,
start eating lots more green veggies, protein & fat in preparation for the milk production that body signaling missing resources with symptoms.
Description:
Seen as a reason to have a C section although research shows easiest, safest position is upright, facing forwards, natural birth, with skilled trusting birth attendants.
Why:
Mum and baby may have things to work out.
Either of them could have ambivalence on birthing – or may be a structural alignment needed
– or baby is in safest place & could easily birth if allowed to &/or maybe not as cord placement unsafe.
Solution:
Stop and focus.
Feel into why you are stressed.
Babies can shift even in labour – if all is well and natural.
Moxa on sacrum with mum sitting forwards often relaxes uterus and baby can shift.
Rebozo.
Description:
Modern obstetrics has redefined a normal pregnancy and rushes birth.
Baby is taking longer than 40 weeks to be ready to be born.
Why:
Maybe your uterus/family line takes slightly longer to “cook” a perfect baby.
Maybe baby is in an inconvenient lie, or you are not birth ready.
Or you were ill /stressed in the middle of pregnancy & bub needs to catch up.
Solution:
Educate yourself and be proactive to stand up for your baby’s health.
Labour starts when baby and you are ready.
Forcing a flower to open has consequences.
So does picking unripe fruit.
Description:
Modern obstetrics is doctor avoiding crisis, not optimal baby bonding/easy breastfeeding/great neonatal health driven. Induction (unless needed in case of imminent death) has been shown in all studies to be dangerous yet it is lucrative.
Why:
Mum is fed up with pregnancy – Doctor keen to induce.
No one thinking of baby needs, future maternal distress & likelihood of expensive post C section care as a direct result of forcing what is not ripe enough.
Solution:
Do you own research.
Get baby into optimal fetal position,
take vastly more Vit D, C, B & magnesium,
enjoy last few days of pregnancy, rest.
Eat, be happy, ignore dire warnings, see an acupuncturist.
Description:
Someone else thinks that they know better than your body & you believe them.
Why:
You are not trusting your body & baby & you will need to, once there is no money in it for specialists,
so perhaps let go the need to be “good” and go with your gut.
Believe in yourself and your baby.
See apparent need for induction.
Solution:
Let nature do the job it is designed to.
Live well, seek good acupuncture & midwifery support & babies come when they are ready to breathe.
Description:
A lower than arbitirarily “normal” level of platelets (found in blood testing).
Platelets help in clotting factors.
May be of no consequence.
May show possible clotting issues.
Could indicate onset of HELLP syndrome (a variant or complication of pre-eclampsia).
Why:
Insufficient care & attention to health prior to pregnancy.
Not listening to body when it needs rest/resources.
Excessive stress, excessive control of self, excessive emotions.
Solution:
Relax, stop work, rest, exercise.
Drink more – good hydration is essential.
No sugar.
More fat, protein, veggies, vitamins D, C, B, & magnesium.
See an acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist to resolve imbalances.
Description:
Lower than ideal iron levels in blood.
May feel washed out & exhausted.
Why:
Digestive capacity compromised, low intake of foods rich in iron, over-vigilance in testing.
May be part of ongoing low thyroid issue.
Solution:
Take good gut bugs, eat more greens, eggs, liver, zinc.
Take more vitamins C, B, D, & magnesium – all to assist the gut and nervous system to work well.
Take liquid iron tonic. See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Genetic tendencies, found in blood testing.
FVL causes clotting, miscarriages & stillbirths.
Why:
Reduction in nutrients in a compromised person will elicit clotting, which may reduce the placental function &/or create clots, as well as PE (pulmonary embulisms).
Elevated homocysteine levels may be the key.
Solution:
Take more vitamins B, C, D, & zinc, magnesium.
Stay hydrated, eat more garlic, ginger.
Get more exercise.
Keep feet up when inactive.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet syndrome (HELLP).
Is potentially fatal.
Why:
Inadequate preparation for pregnancy & lack of key nutrients
(especially fat, vitamin D, magnesium, heaps of veggies & protein).
Insufficient rest, clean water.
Neglect of self at the expense of daily life.
Acupuncture should enable you to completely avoid this & start a pregnancy with perfect health & constant wellness.
Solution:
Need vitamins A, D, K2 to synthesise minerals, especially magnesium.
Drink more water, eat more fat & protein.
Increase intake of vitamins B, C all day.
See an acupuncturist for regular pregnancy wellness care.
Description:
“Sticky Blood” tending to clot when it shouldn’t.
May cause miscarriages & early foetal death or labour too soon.
May cause small, perhaps compromised baby.
Why:
Generally, less than optimal heath & nutrition.
Supposedly there is no reason why, or a cure.
Solution:
Find a great naturopath & acupuncturist, & work with them well before & throughout pregnancy.
At least take more vitamin C & improve diet.
Smoking uses up vitamin C – don’t smoke.
Description:
Acute or chronic niggling in lower right sided of abdomen & extreme pain.
Appendix may burst.
Why:
“Damp Heat” or infection in lower body, through insufficient fibre, fluids, nutrients, excessive sugary foods causing inflammation.
Solution:
If it’s urgent or severe, see a doctor.
If “grumbling” appendix may need better nutrition, hydration.
Chinese herbs &/or acupuncture is preferred treatment, as surgery in pregnancy is not the best option.
Problems will improve on this care plan.
Description:
Feeling bloated/uncomfortable.
Lots of noises in the belly, abdominal distress.
Why:
Eating foods & doing other things that are challenging to your food factory.
Solution:
Avoid all sugars, fruits, grains, cereals.
Recolonise gut with good bacteria.
See an acupuncturist
Description:
Excessive bowel movements, abdominal distress due to ulcerated & inflamed gut lining.
Why:
Excessive sugars/grains.
Eating foods allergic to.
Under far too much stress, insufficient care taken to heal self.
Reliance on medical, rather than healthy solutions.
Solution:
Stop doing what is causing the problem.
Undo stress.
See a good acupuncturist.
Take Chinese herbs.
Stop all grains/cereals/sugars /fruits/chemicals.
Drink more water,
take vitamins C, D, B, & magnesium, zinc.
Eat fats, proteins, veggies.
Description:
Less than daily complete bowel movements.
Why:
Lack of water &/or rest &/or good metabolism &/or fibre.
Too exhausted for body to work well.
Solution:
Correct above issues.
Take extra magnesium & vitamins D, B, C – then constipation will not be an issue.
These steps will also correct all other health dramas, as lack of these vitamins/minerals cause most problems.
Description:
Wanting to eat/drink things obsessively & only these things, right now.
Foods that are often not usually eaten/wanted when not pregnant.
Why:
Usually due to nutritional deficiencies, hormonal changes & sensory perception shifts.
Can also occur with excessive smell sensitivity.
Solution:
Ensure good hydration & nutrient supply
– especially zinc, magnesium & vitamins B, C, D, as well as fats, proteins, veggies prior to & during pregnancy. Preconception care means few pregnancy problems.
Eat whatever in moderation, as it will pass.
Description:
Insufficiently formed stools, maybe constant pain, abdominal grumbling, low grade nausea.
All this means not absorbing full nutritional potential from foods.
Why:
May be an infection.
More likely cold within, insufficient energy & enzymes to assimilate foods properly.
Solution:
Stop all sugars & grains.
Eat more fat, protein, veggies.
Take vitamins B. C, D, & magnesium, zinc.
Drink lots of water.
Consume nothing cool or cold.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Inability to hold pooh.
Complete weakness of sphincter.
Why:
Forcing pushing baby out in previous pregnancies with a full bladder.
Inner weakness, &/or the use of cold/ice at/after birth.
Extreme weakness of mum leads to these factors upsetting the body.
Solution:
Don’t cause the problem.
Is totally preventable with good diet that includes fat, protein, & lots of water intake before & during pregnancy, as well as appropriate nursing care in labour.
Need more dietary fat & dense foods (protein/fat together) to absorb all minerals.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Constant nausea/vomiting up till pregnancy is over.
Often incapable of eating, sometimes needing hospitalisation.
Why:
Possibly has Helicoixbacter & need to recolonise your gut, preferably before pregnancy.
Similar to morning sickness but so much worse.
Stomach energy & contents are in rebellion.
Reasons for this include not poohing enough, not enough fluid, too much sweet food, chilled environments, upset or fear.
Solution:
Do not accept nausea as normal.
Eliminate any & all of the above causes, & prevent further discomfort by avoiding them entirely.
Eat small, warm & preferably salty/savoury foods.
Eat protein & a little often.
Recolonise your gut with capsules of good bacteria.
Eat whenever possible, avoid all that is cool, cold, sweet and raw.
Go for warm, salty, bland and nourishing.
A tiny little bit often.
Description:
Frequent urgent, painful bowel movements with associated cramping/discomfort.
Worse with stress.
Why:
Longstanding poor life & eating habits.
Insufficient magnesium, lacking vitamins B & C.
Wrong food combinations, & too much cold & sweet chosen.
Solution:
Undo above poor life/eating habits.
Eat small, very frequent nutritious non cereal/dairy/fruit/sugar foods.
Use a lot of topical magnesium (use topically, ie directly onto skin),
Take vitamins B & C, a little very often.
Take a good gut bug replacement.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Small distending veins popping out from the anus, causing pain, itching, bleeding.
Why:
Insufficient maternal inner strength, nutrition, &/or exposure to cold leading to tissues losing structural integrity.
Could potentially be a warning of not holding baby, blood, urine, organs (especially uterus) in place.
Solution:
Avoid all cold exposure, especially through mouth, no ice on or near body (ice during or after last birth may be the cause). Eat more fibrous veggies, take more vitamin C (at least 10 grams over a day), as well as vitamins E, D, K2.
Drink more water.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Dripping, leaking, unable to contain or stop urine.
Why:
Inner exhaustion, past birthing/pushing out a baby with a full bladder.
Lack of kidney energy.
Possible cold invasion also.
Solution:
Avoid all cold surfaces/exposure.
Do Kegel’s exercises, Pilates.
Use moxa.
Use Anion negative ion pads.
Find a good acupuncturist.
Description:
Do not feel like eating, may be nauseated at thought of eating
Why:
Not connected to body.
Need more protein, vitamin B, zinc & magnesium.
May be full of cold, tied up in inner programmes about thinness, &/or angst for the future, &/or using substances such as sugar to get by.
Solution:
See an acupuncturist to get rid of the cold & improve to normal.
Start with protein nibbles,
Take vitamins B, C, as well as magnesium on skin.
Description:
Nausea, feeling generally disgusting, can’t eat.
The body has forgotten how to digest.
What should go down is thinking of coming back up.
Or is coming back up.
Why:
Stomach energy & contents are in rebellion.
Reasons for this include not poohing enough, not enough fluid, too much sweet food, chilled environments, upset or fear.
Solution:
Do not accept nausea as normal.
Eliminate any & all of the above & prevent further discomfort by avoiding them entirely.
Eat small, warm & preferably salty/savoury foods.
Eat protein, a little often.
Description:
Don’t feel like eating.
Never hungry.
Mildly nauseated if you do eat.
Why:
Lack of vitamin B, zinc.
Stressed, distressed about being pregnant/growing.
Stomach energy is not supporting life.
Solution:
Resolve what is eating away at you.
Eat small, dense foods (protein/fat together) snacks (6 daily).
Eat more protein, ingest vitamins B, C complex, magnesium & zinc.
See an acupuncturist (moxa on middle heater points).
Description:
Wanting to eat non food items, sometimes harmful;
often obsessed with this.
Why:
Nutritional deficiencies prior to conception leading into strange needs.
Solution:
Take zinc, vitamin C & magnesium for better absorption, as well as digestive enzymes (see ‘Diet’).
See an acupuncturist/good natural healer for overall health care.
Description:
Feelings of reflux (regurgitation of stomach contents back up into oesophagus), heartburn.
Why:
Inadequate stomach acid (stop taking antacids), poor state of health.
May be low thyroid function, poor gut health, wrong combinations of food ingested together.
Solution:
Improve gut health by seeking natural health care, answers become obvious.
Although you don’t have HG, read answers there.
Read more on good digestion.
Description:
Feeling too thirsty & even awakening at night in order to drink.
Why:
Excessive “stomach heat” from emotional distress/stress, &/or too much sugar in diet, &/or insufficient hydration, &/or poor gut flora.
May be beginnings of gestational diabetes, all reversible.
Solution:
Drink more water during the day.
Avoid all sugar/cereals.
Eat far more veggies, fat, protein.
Recolonise gut flora.
See an acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist.
Description:
Pieces of food seen in stools, such as tomato skins, corn kernels etc.
Why:
Gut not working properly
Eating foods & doing things that are challenging your food factory
Solution:
Avoid all sugars, fruits, grains, cereals.
Recolonise gut with good bacteria.
See an acupuncturist..
Description:
Acute or chronic lower right sided niggling & extreme pain.
It may burst.
Why:
“Damp heat” infection in lower body through insufficient fibre, fluids, nutrients. Excessive sugary foods causing inflammation.
Solution:
If urgent or severe see a doctor.
If “grumbling” appendix may need better nutrition, hydration.
Chinese herbs/acupuncture – surgery in pregnancy not best option.
All other problems will improve on this care package.
Description:
Overgrowth of fungus in gut, leading to systemic and local vaginal discharges/itching.
Why:
Use of antibiotics, then not rebalancing & recolonising gut flora, excessive sugar or grain/fruit consumption, treating her without him being also fixed.
Solution:
Include more veggies, fat, protein, fermented foods, water in diet.
No fruit or anything that converts to sugar (thus feeding the fungus).
Correct gut flora & pH.
More rest.
See an acupuncturist /Chinese herbalist.
Description:
All herpes viruses have potential to wreck havoc on immature nervous systems, including killing foetuses.
Women are no longer naturally immune.
Why:
When unwell or pregnant, the immune system is not working properly & consequently is at risk from infectious diseases.
We no longer get natural childhood diseases (because of vaccination), so we have no natural immunity as an adult
– thus pregnant women cannot impart natural immunity to foetus/baby through placenta/lactation.
Solution:
Need to have plenty of vitamins C, D, & zinc to ensure wellness, plus rest, hydration, great nutrition, no stress to balance gut/immune function.
See a wellness consultant.
Description:
Gall bladder infection.
May have (severe) pain in tight upper abdomen, may not be able to digest fat, worse after eating fat, slight infection.
May have itching all over skin, no appetite.
Why:
Not well prior to pregnancy, now under strain, body not coping.
May also be caused by over indulgence of foods that are not nourishing,leading to severe malnutrition, perhaps overweight.
Excessive stress/emotional bottling will make this worse.
Solution:
See a good natural health care professional.
Chinese herbs/acupuncture essential.
Take more vitamins C (all through the day & at least 15 grams), D, & magnesium.
Drink more water, rest.
Avoid all grains and sugars, eat far more veggies, protein.
Description:
Burning, urgency to pee, blood in urine, can’t pee.
Leading possibly to generalised infection, fever.
Why:
Lack of self care & not peeing after sex,
ice &/or cold used anywhere in body (such as drinking ice cold water),
emotionally upset & angry without expression, &/or
not drinking enough water.
General health depleted through over work & insufficient vitamins D, C, fat & proteins.
Solution:
Undo causative factors & drink more water.
Take lots of vitamin D (build general immunity), as well as lots of vitamins C, B, & zinc.
Get regular acupuncture treatment.
Description:
A commonly found vaginal visitor – alerted by presence of the Strep B in vaginal swab.
Is potentially life threatening for baby if vaginal examinations undertaken during labour.
Why:
Mum’s health & thus gut bacteria is not healthy enough to support great immune system & digestion.
Solution:
Eat fermented foods.
Recolonise gut bacteria with specific great bacteria (probiotics).
After taking prebiotics avoid all sugar, eat well, take much more vitamins D & C.
No sugar, no fruits, no juices, no grains.
Use raw garlic internally, negative ion panty liners, ti tree oil vaginally to alter pH.
Avoid all vaginal exams.
Description:
Presence of herpes virus, orally or anywhere on body.
Why:
Presence of active herpes indicates immune system is compromised.
Highly dangerous for newborns.
Happens when under stress, taking insufficient vitamins C, D, & zinc.
Excessive inflammation due to sugar consumption, lack of water.
Solution:
Eat well, stay hydrated, rest, eat no sugar or grains.
Eat plenty of veggies, fat, protein, vitamins C, D to build up immune system.
See a wellness specialist/ acupuncturist.
Description:
Ill all the time (bad cold/flu) – possibly cause by parasitic infection due to compromised immunity whilst pregnant, can kill, or massively attack your baby’s nervous system, resulting in lifelong brain injury.
Why:
You may not know you have it.
Can be picked up from small mammal fecal contamination of food, not washing hands.
Baby is unable to protect itself, & this crosses placenta.
30% of babies with mum with toxoplasmosis will be afflicted.
Solution:
Get tested if you are suspicious.
If diagnosed, baby needs antibiotics from now & for a year if you do have it.
Improve your immune system functioning immediately following advice of acpuncturist/Chinese herbalist.
Description:
Imbalanced vaginal environment leading to overgrowth of wrong bacteria/fungal inhabitants, with or without pain, itching, discharge.
Why:
Changes in biochemistry during hormonal changes can trigger this &/ or may have been there prior to pregnancy.
Gut, diet not right, leading to sexually transmitted infection
Need him also treated
Solution:
Most importantly, improve gut flora & diet.
Drink more water,
take more vitamins D,C, B.
No sugar, no grains.
Check thyroid by BBT (basal body temperature – lowest body temperature, usually just before waking).
Avoid blood tests – correct the problem naturally.
Description:
Clotting More Likely
IVF pregnancies are more likely to suffer complications around clotting, leading to more miscarriages, and high risk maternal health problems/endings.
Why:
ART being needed may have been as the nutritional loading was incomplete allowing more early pregnancy losses due to lack of appropriate maternal resources.
This still is not corrected, leaving the potential for more things to go wrong, as they were never corrected prior to pregnancy.
Solution:
Obstetricians are for abnormal births.
Ensure your don’t need one through good maternal care all through your reproductive years.
Encourage normal by:
- finding great health care in obstetric acupuncture,
- taking large doses of Vit D as it is the beginning of good blood flow, along with
- no chemicals,
- more fat & protein,
- water & rest,
- more Vit C, B &
- magnesium used prolifically over the skin daily.
Description:
IVF & IUI babies are more likely to be damaged than those naturally conceived.
Why:
The body’s wishes (no babies) were ignored and it was forced into making what was naturally blocked.
Base problems & causative reasons were not addressed.
Esp sperm not good enough to create new life.
Solution:
Pre-conceptual care for both prospective parents so the very best baby, not the fastest one, is made.
When pregnant, follow all here on growing a well baby & avoid all scans & tests.
They all carry more risks to DNA & amniotic fluid & fetus as they damage.
Description:
IVF prospective parents can be emotionally fearful/ manipulated into thinking all medical scanning/interventions are needed to stay pregnant/have a healthy baby.
Why:
If ART was needed for pregnancy, there are health issues that need resolving.
Finding a good natural health professional to assist wellness enhancement throughout pregnancy to ensure easy happens is paramount.
Solution:
Listen to wellness, not illness, specialists.
No need for an obstetrician as diet & life are managed.
See a good natural health care practitioner & a midwife (specialist in normal birthing).
Description:
Baby is not left in peace to mature.
Scanning is not safe.
Along with all testing & $$ spent making this baby, questioning is less likely as manipulation into anything offered happens.
Why:
The collision of desires – normal modern obstetric practices, parental worries & their buying into the idea that baby need monitoring.
Concerns about safety of scanning is not questioned.
Solution:
Leave nature to do the job perfectly.
Start baby with natural optimal good health.
If ART used, now go natural finding a health care provider who can direct placental flow, resources & attention into producing a perfect pregnancy & monitoring cannot & does not do this.
Description:
IVF pregnancies 4 x more likely to end in stillbirth.
Why:
Probable lack of nutrients, either from the use of artificial mediums initially, or the effect of the drugs on the often unwell woman who was unable to naturally conceive.
Stress of all the above on the body depleting her of essential minerals
Solution:
Take more Vit D, C, B. zinc and magnesium than just from an impeccable diet & lifestyle.
See an acupuncturist all through the pregnancy for natural wellness care.
Description:
Inexplicable, irrational tides of ill-will/rage, often volcanically surging upwards.
Why:
No longer medicating with substances that previously keeping inner angst in check &/or self under control
May have given up smoking, caffeine, drugs, alcohol or other substances that could impact negatively or be dangerous in pregnancy.
Solution:
Avoid all sugar,
drink more water,
exercise,
talk it out,
take vitamins B. C, D, magnesium,
eat far more veggies, fat & protein.
See an acupuncturist & possibly a counselor.
Description:
A pervading sense of something not right.
Feelings of overwhelm and panic that may worsen randomly.
Butterflies in stomach getting out of hand.
Why:
Blood deficiency, insufficient sleep, lack of vitamins B, C, magnesium.
Lack of protein, fat, good food.
Too much caffeine, sugar.
Pent-up and unresolved emotional turmoil.
Solution:
Correct imbalances, including diet, life, mineral and vitamin.
Eat more nourishing foods.
Stay away from chemicals & sugar.
Exercise.
Get outdoors more.
Get whatever it is off your chest.
Description:
Can’t think &/or remember &/or is vague &/or distracted &/or indecisive.
Why:
Baby taking more out of mum than there is to give.
Malnutrition.
Lack of Blood energy &/or vitamins &/or protein &/or fat &/or regenerative rest.
Solution:
Undo all of the above.
Eat & live better.
Get lots of rest, sun, exercise – slow down!
Get loads more nutrition, especially protein & vitamins B, C.
All this will ensure mum is sane after the birth, as well as breastfeeding easily, going about life easily & even ensure she keeps the hair on her head.
Description:
Feeling flat.
No real interest in life & all washed out; feeling like “what is the point?”
May have been moody before pregnancy & now worse.
Why:
Varied
Could be below optimal thyroid functioning, poor diet, malnutrition
– mums need so much more when they are pregnant.
Solution:
Varied
At least look to better diet with vitamins B, C, D & magnesium.
Eat more protein, water, fats.
No caffeine.
Exercise.
Talk with someone who offers solutions, especially holistic life-affirming ones.
Solve the problem – don’t just take a pill.
Description:
Mum unable to sleep well, unable to sleep when she when needs to.
May have been a feature prior to pregnancy.
Why:
Lack of Yin and Blood energies,
ie compromised inner resources, including lack of fluids &/or nutrition needed to help the body rest, regenerate, be sane and grow babies well.
May also be presence of an inner heat, often from emotional congestion from the past.
Solution:
No caffeine.
Drink lots more water, eat fat and protein.
Exercise.
Take magnesium and vitamins B, D and C.
Join yoga &/or meditation classes for relaxation.
Description:
Mum’s emotions are all over the place.
So too her energy and mental acuity.
Also craving foods or tastes – especially sweet.
Why:
Blood sugar & digestion need help.
Perhaps low thyroid functioning.
Possibly unresolved long term emotional shocks.
Poor sleeping.
Any or all maybe the result of previously used substances no longer taken whilst pregnant.
(Smoking especially may have masked these problems – and lies beneath them).
Solution:
Blood sugar swings are easily halted with more protein, a little often;
– & no caffeine.
Take nothing that is sweet to taste.
See an acupuncturist, as balancing mum is so very easy using traditional & time honoured ways.
Description:
Unreasonable feelings of panic, doom & gloom, fears & worries & often so mum can hardly breathe, let alone carry on with life.
Why:
Often just a matter of lack of nutrients and Blood energy & easy to resolve.
May also need some tools to help support change in your life.
Possible a rage outlet is needed.
Solution:
Eat more protein, fat and lots more coloured veggies in your diet.
Take more vitamin B, C (for stress – many often) & magnesium.
Exercise.
No caffeine.
See your acupuncturist to rebalance energies.
Description:
Mum feels as though she’s going batty/mad/losing the plot.
Why:
Less than optimal resources for maternal wellbeing – may be nutritional, social or inner angst over past history not being cleared.
Solution:
Drink loads more water, take more vitamins B, C, D, magnesium & zinc,
eat more fat, protein, veggies.
NO caffeine or sugar.
See a good acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist, as these problems are easily adjusted naturally.
Description:
Any pains in the belly are NOT normal during pregnancy.
Not even “ligament stretching” should be felt.
Why:
If early in pregnancy (6-8 weeks), may indicate ectopic pregnancy.
Lack of nutrients, especially vitamins C, D, magnesium.
Also insufficient hydration, exercise, rest.
Solution:
If early in pregnancy, see a doctor.
Otherwise, eat far more veggies.
Take vitamins D, C, B, magnesium.
Get sacral massage.
Do more exercise. increase hydration.
No soft drinks or chemicals.
See an acupuncturist or chiropractor to correct imbalances.
Description:
Experience of pain, aching, weakness anywhere in the back.
Immobilising at times.
Why:
Lack of Kidney energy.
Exhaustion & generally not being in condition.
Solution:
Moxa – see an acupuncturist to show you how to treat yourself at home.
Take magnesium topically, with lots of vitamin C (a little frequently).
Get Heather Bruce’s Massage video – especially for pregnant mums,
and get dad busy with what really works.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Painful, swollen & possibly numb or tingling feelings in fingers, hands, arms
Why:
Fluid accumulation due to lack of good blood circulation.
May be old neck injury &/or lack of nutrients, particularly water & protein.
Solution:
Consume more of all above, plus B Complex, vitamin C & magnesium (applied topically).
Get body massage specific to the problem.
NO cold to be applied anywhere
– cold will worsen the problem.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Not backed up bowels.
This is also a potentially life threatening problem, not to be ignored.
Why:
Many different problems & if simple, it is just lack of nutrients or misalignment.
May need to rule out cysts (or other problems) growing, so a scan may be required.
Solution:
Take more magnesium topically & internally, along with extra vitamins D, C.
Calm mum & get medical attention.
Do not be put off or dimissed by medical clinicians.
Pain is not a ‘normal’ part of late pregnancy.
See a chiropractor to adjust alignment & acupuncturist to adjust energy flows.
Use the lymphatic drainage massage suggested in Heather’s book What Dads Can Do (see link below).
Description:
Everything seems to hurt.
Why:
Insufficient ingredients (including rest & exercise) to nourish mum & pregnancy.
Presence of toxins that are not safe in body.
Solution:
Drink ONLY water & eat lots of fat.
Avoid all cold.
Take more vitamins B, C, D & magnesium.
Eat more veggies, fat, protein.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Any headache is not okay.
It means something is wrong or missing.
This is the case even if mum had a migraine history before pregnancy.
Why:
Pain means circulation is not normal.
When pregnant, all needs to be prefect for baby to be made well.
Solution:
Vitamin C, frequently all day.
Magnesium, topically.
Drink more water.
Eat more protein.
Get more rest.
NO sweet foods or fluids &
NO cold or ice.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Frequent one-sided often blinding headaches.
Can involve visual disturbances & vomiting
Why:
Insufficient magnesium.
Liver & gall bladder energy very upset.
Unresolved issues (emotional & structural).
Often lack of vitamins C, B.
Solution:
Undo all of the above.
Use magnesium topically (directly on skin).
Get help to change diet & other negative habits.
Check for food allergies, stop self medicating with what you believe you ‘can&’t do without’.
Undo toxic relationships.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Any pain, discomfort, weakness in the pubic area, extending into the entire pelvis.
Maybe even be stopping you from walking.
Why:
Lack of good nutrients.
Structural integrity lost through body being weakened.
Solution:
More magnesium, vitamin C, protein and water in diet.
Need true acupuncture, not physiotherapist and not “dry needling”
Moxa (see link below).
Description:
Debilitating, often apparently life long internal distress, seen as needing pain medication,
no other answers from medicine.
Why:
Something is blocked on some level and needs attention.
it could be structural, energetic, emotional, nutritional.
We are not designed to be in pain.
Solution:
Take magnesium topically (on skin).
Take more vitamin C, a lot frequently.
Take fish oil & vitamins B, D.
See an acupuncturist &/or energy &/or structural healer.
Description:
Pain, numbness, tingling running down side or back of leg/s, sensations possibly extending down to feet.
Why:
Inner exhaustion &/or cold in the body &/or lack of magnesium & vitamin C &/or prior structural misalignment causing radiating pain that will worsen with stress, cold or life.
Solution:
Remove all sources of cold invasion.
Use moxa, massage, heat (NO cold to be applied).
Take magnesium & vitamin C.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Circulation seems “wrong” often when sleeping.
Experiencing funny sensations in extremeties.
Why:
Blocked neck from past accident or incident likely.
Also insufficient nutrients, hydration, exercise, rest.
Solution:
Visit a structural natural healing professional such as an acupuncturist.
Massage neck.
Take more magnesium & vitamins D, C, B.
Sacral massage/moxa, then upper chest massage will clear this – see What Dads Can Do (link below).
Description:
Modern life/obstetric practices.
Women over 35 are being worried as though they are damaged, whereas prior to contraception, women continued having babies till they were unable.
If they were well nourished & supported, there was no problem.
Why:
Lack of respect for maternity by women themselves & the medical community.
Health is not a measure of age, but a history of good beginnings, rest, optimal nutrition, down time & self care.
Solution:
Change your attitude to all above,
ensure great preconception outweighs the panic over clock ticking as good eggs are made through consciously improving blood supply and nutrients available.
Find maternity care which respects individuality over protocols.
Description:
Exceptionally itchy skin, worse at night, usually hands & feet but may be all over body.
Why:
Bile salts build up in the blood, as the liver is not working optimally.
May usually happen after 20 wks, possibly when carrying multiples, or/and when not in perfect health,
insufficient hydration, rest and Vit D, C, magnesium.
Solution:
Usual medical answer is birth – unfortunate if baby very premmie.
Can see a Chinese herbalist, acupuncturist, and remedy all causes above.
(more water, rest, Vit D, C, magnesium & drink raw grapefruit juice, diluted lemon juice to cut through the bile sandy buildup.
Description:
No one knows if this is safe for baby.
No testing: it is all assumptions.
Why:
Is the “done thing” presently.
Rates of all degenerative & auto immune diseases increasing with no apparent understanding of how these things start up whereas attention to diet can radically change this in both directions.
Solution:
It is Your choice:
Ask what will happen differently if you test positive
Offer to take the pee test (on a strip) each time you come in like your mum did.
Eat sensibly and take heaps of Vit D & magnesium.
Avoid all fruit, juices, sugar & cereals/grains.
See your acupuncturist
Description:
You have assumed the test is safe for baby & appropriate for you.
If you have been eating almost no sugar/fruit/juice or grains, you may test as an allergic-like response on the test.
Then get very stressed.
Why:
Body not used to what you in fact should not be eating.
Check safety of test for fetus & yourself.
Solution:
Avoid need for the test.
Eat properly ignoring all cravings for sweet taste and all grains /cereals.
Exercise and sleep well.
Use a lot of topical magnesium and take D, B & C often.
Description:
Too much self indulgence.
Not enough exercise, green leafy veggies and other sources of magnesium.
Why:
Inappropriate food choices causing malnutrition for self and baby, resulting in sugar metabolism problems for both of you.
Solution:
Eat small fat and protein and veggie meals ignoring all cravings for the sweet taste and all grains/cereals.
Exercise and sleep well.
Insufficient Vitamin D.
Use topical magnesium & take B & C often.
Good gut bacteria replacement.
Description:
There is no problem.
Relax.
Life as normal.
Now seen as a variation of abnormal & many babies at once sometimes occurs totally naturally.
Why:
Life is abundant.
You are blessed.
You have already shown nature thinks you are capable if a natural conception.
If ART was used, be warned – life may have just gotten a lot trickier.
Solution:
You need to have far more resources to grow all well & see supplements & food section.
No scans, no worries, just rest, lots of good food & perfect can happen.
Have great acupuncture support, as placental flow is easily increased
Babies grow less well when scanned, or when you worry.
Description:
In later pregnancy, fluid swelling, increased BP, urinary proteins & sugars,
Feeling headachey, unwell.
Why:
Lack of Vitamin D, magnesium,& Vitamin C, appropriate food, excessive soft drinks, sugar.
Too much inner distress.
Solution:
Take water, Vitamin D & C, fish oil, magnesium (topically), salt, protein, coloured veggies.
Recolonise your gut with good bacteria supplement.
See an acupuncturist/herbalist.
Description:
Once an “unalterable” is established (you are too old/your baby too precious (IVF) then anything goes as far as interventions, with no question as to their safety or life long side effects.
Why:
More likely to use all that medicine offers, with no thought to improving.
Manipulated by half truths, more likely to engage in fee-for-service medicine & not using age-old wisdoms.
Natural remedies are needed, allowing mum to heal after all that stress, esp drugs on board.
Solution:
Research for yourself.
Work with nature, & better food, rest, water & good natural health care.
See an acupuncturist to take you through well actual sessions, not watchful worried watching.
Description:
Too much amniotic fluid surrounding baby.
Why:
About 20% of pregnancies with excessive fluid show a damaged baby – this needs checking out. Maybe mum Is not slowing down & unable to make baby as well as needed.
Solution:
Stop to focus on growing baby as well as possible.
Meditate, visualise perfection, see a natural therapist/Chinese herbalist/acupuncturist to help harmonise.
Drink more water, take more Vit D, C, B, magnesium along with more fat, protein, coloured veggies & exercise.
Description:
Less amniotic fluid than there should be, which may result in poor development of fetal lung tissue
Can lead to fetal death.
Why:
Insufficient care taken by mum & lack of water, rest, nutrients, too much stress &/or emotional toil, chemicals, substances, and not being well & caring for herself.
Solution:
Stop being so busy,
drink much more water,
take Vit D, C, magnesium,
more fats & proteins,
see an acupuncturist to help normalize your pregnancy
Desription:
Why:
Solution:
Description:
Any spotting, bleeding, cramping, abdominal or back pain, before 24 weeks.
Why:
Sperm & egg not good enough to complete a baby.
Insufficient maternal strength to carry baby.
Mum too cold, eating far too much sweet or cold foods, fluids.
Malnutrition. Is internally weakened, has lifted something heavy, had a fall, or is exhausted.
Solution:
Undo what caused this.
If it is poor sperm, egg quality, maternal strength then seek natural health care before next pregnancy.
Moxa & acupuncture.
Vitamins B, C, D, fish oil, magnesium may help.
Rest, Take action & not medical monitoring.
See an acupuncturist.
Desription:
Why:
Solution:
Description:
Inability to carry a baby to term. Often unable to carry past 6-12 weeks.
Why:
Either the fetus or mum is not strong enough for the project.
Solution:
Find out why this is happening before attempting pregnancy again.
Easily changed through improved health of both prospective parents BEFORE making a baby.
Dad is half the baby. – Farmers know this.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Bleeding between the wall of the uterus & the placenta & often 1% of early pregnancies, can lead in miscarriage,
usually doesn’t.
Will mean lots more unnecessary scanning.
Why:
Insufficient rest, water, protein, fat, Vit D, C, B, E & zinc & magnesium, leading to blood supply/flow problems.
Worse if prior health upsets, hence period problems.
Solution:
Correct all deficiencies – esp rest & those above.
See a good acupuncturist.
Description:
Nausea, feeling generally disgusting, not being able to eat.
The body has forgotten how to digest.
What should go down is thinking of coming back up, or is coming back up.
Why:
Stomach contents are in rebellion.
Reasons for this include:
- not poohing enough,
- not enough fluid,
- too much sweet food,
- chilled environments,
- upset or fear.
Solution:
Eliminate any & all of the above
Prevent further discomfort by avoiding any & all of the above.
Do not accept nausea as normal.
Description:
Constant nausea/vomiting up till pregnancy is over.
Often incapable of eating, sometimes needing hospitalisation.
Why:
Possibly has Helicoixbacter & need to recolonise your gut, preferably before pregnancy.
Similar to morning sickness but so much worse.
Stomach energy & contents are in rebellion.
Reasons for this include:
- not poohing enough,
- not enough fluid,
- too much sweet food,
- chilled environments,
- upset or fear.
Solution:
Do not accept nausea as normal.
Eliminate any & all of the above causes, & prevent further discomfort by avoiding them entirely.
Eat small, warm & preferably salty/savoury foods.
Eat protein & a little often.
Recolonise your gut with capsules of good bacteria.
Eat whenever possible, avoid all that is cool, cold, sweet and raw.
Go for warm, salty, bland and nourishing.
A tiny little bit often.
Description:
Calcification of placenta & breakdown starting.
Why:
Insufficient resources to support pregnancy through to birth.
Over-use of calcium.
Not enough magnesium, vitamins D & K2 (dark green veggies) in diet.
Poor rest, diet, hydration.
Solution:
Drink more water, take supplements, massage/moxa sacrum
– see What Dads Can Do (link below).
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Placenta is attached low down in the uterus or maybe partially/fully covering the cervix.
Why:
Possibly maternal weak inner energy, lack of vital nutrients (especially magnesium & vitamins D, C, E).
Often resolves itself as the pregnancy progresses.
Solution:
Usually resolves itself by 36 weeks.
If there is no vaginal bleeding, there is no need to scan to check till after then.
Use moxa as the sacral fan (see link below) & acupuncture to raise your qi, thus boosting chances of a totally normal healthy birth.
Take supplements listed above.
Description:
The placenta partially (slow leaking) or completely (instant, complete) peels away from the inner surface of the uterus, resulting in potential massive loss of blood & both mum & baby dying.
Why:
Sudden thump to the abdomen &/or maternal depletion &/or massive deficiency of important nutrients, making pregnancy too difficult to sustain.
Insufficient rest & attention to maternal needs.
Solution:
Immediate hospitalisation, C section & blood transfusions.
Need also Rescue Remedy on hand, & much post birth vitamin & mineral supplementation to restore blood energy loss & assist recovery from shock.
Description:
Placenta has infiltrated into the uterine wall.
Can’t detach at birth.
Why:
Previous uterine damage, for example from C section (60% cases).
This leads to the scar being targeted by the placenta as a place to attach to.
Solution:
Be extremely well & ‘baby ready’ before & during pregnancy.
Have regular acupuncture & energy healing to maximise healing.
Description:
Placenta not working as well as it should.
Maybe starting to calicify &/or break down.
Why:
Mum not as well as she could be.
Is lacking nutrients that support pregnancy, ie too little water &/or a nutrient poor diet &/or smoking &/or use of substances &/or potential over-dueness.
Solution:
Take more nutrients, especially vitamins VD, C & magnesium.
Ensure best rest, exercise, water & good food consumption.
Moxa sacral fan – see an acupuncturist.
Read What Dads Can Do (link below).
Get dad massaging & using moxa for better placental flow & easy birth preparation.
Description:
Villitis of unknown etiology (VUE) is a common placental lesion & an important cause of intrauterine growth retardation, as well as recurrent reproductive failure including fetal death.
Why:
Maternal health & nutrition depleted
– ingredients being consumed are currently insufficient to do the job.
Placenta is baby’s lifeline.
It needs to be perfect for a perfect result.
Solution:
Perfect health overhaul prior to pregnancy & for both potential parents.
If pregnant, see a natural health care provider who is experienced in maternal nutrition.
Intake of vitamins D, C, B, E & magnesium are urgent.
Description:
Apparently caused by hormonal drops at day 3.
Focused on birth & not bonded mums & babes.
Happens if mum is not well supported on all levels & has had a very disturbed birth, when /if not full of appropriate nutrients before birth, & is not totally supported by those who love her & she & they have unresolved issues with care givers.
Why:
Mum is unbalanced & post birth is supposed to be a rapturous time of wonder.
May not be if birth was different to expectations, she is exhausted, not happy for any reason & not nourished as well as she needed to be prior to birth & now whilst all the bleeding, healing, nourishing & learning about new baby is happening concurrently may be depleted.
Solution:
Vit C, B, D & magnesium, zinc imperative, also protein, (no sugar or caffeine), heaps of coloured veggies, protein snacks & 3 glasses of water with all b/f .
Mum to be resting in bed when not actively attending to baby, who is nearby at all times.
Good herbal support prior to birth, acupuncture before & after, practical friendly environment to birth & recover in.
Description:
Post birth after all that local activity/possible soreness, mum not sure if all sphincters etc are intact & trustworthy.
Why:
Post birth after all that local activity/possible soreness, mum not sure if all sphincters etc are intact & trustworthy.
Solution:
More water drunk,
Much more Vit C & magnesium, fibre,
Good whole food will nourish body & all will work as it always did.
Have herbal assistance & acupuncturist on call to normalise all body functions.
Description:
Post birth & often immediately & mum looks as though she is bleeding out.
Why:
Incorrect support/nursing care &/or mum’s body not in perfect health prior to birthing.
Excessive sugars in diet leading up to birth, not enough protein, fat & Vit D , K (from dark green leafy veggies) or Vit C to build strong blood vessels.
Solution:
Instantly – thumbnail ground into point on big toe Spleen 1 – instantly will contain &/or Spleen 4.
Establish that all placenta is actually not left in.
More Vit D, C, E prior to birth, no pulling on cord in 3rd stage,
no ice anywhere,
mum kept undisturbed,
baby to breast
possibly uterine massage (midwife).
Description:
Inability to hold urine or poo after birth.
Complete weakness of sphincters.
Why:
Inner weakness, &/or forcing pushing baby in the past with a full bladder,
Inner weakness &/or the use of cold/ice at/after birth.
Solution:
Will improve with rehabilitation.
Vit D, B, C, magnesium.
Need more dietary fat and dense foods (protein/fat together) to absorb all minerals.
See an acupuncturist.
Moxa sacral fan.
Description:
Mum too exhausted to cope,
finding nothing in her tank to breastfeed, be a person.
Why:
Excessive expectations on herself & others
letting her come home as though she is off running a marathon, after running the last one yesterday.
Toddler needs someone else in house for a few weeks.
Mum needs to be flat on her back, being waited on whilst she heals & she & baby get into their routine.
Solution:
Start as though she were the most important person & not the baby.
Baby is an extension of her.
Mum needs even more nourishing meals prepared for her & with extras Vit B, C & magnesium to cope,
extensive water always on hand.
Description:
Too much blood lost at or after birth, often seen as normal in the absence of guidelines.
Causes for loss of blood not understood & lack of mums’ tissue integrity &/or disrespectful nursing practices.
Why:
Mum may over bleed if birth was rushed/disturbed with
waters broken artificially,
pulling on cord,
excessive drugs given to augment labour &/or
if she was not prepared nutritionally &/or actually to birth well, leading to complications after.
Solution:
Mum to have a diet rich in Vit D, C, E, magnesium & zinc,
with water, fat protein, colored veggies in abundance
leading to a well body for undisturbed birthing, with minimal intervention.
Get Easy Birthing Preparation package/What Dads Can Do as a manual for self help in all matters maternal, esp all points to press/massage to avoid all problems.
Description:
Mum can’t get all (or any) of what she feels she needs to do.
Has forgotten her initial job is baby & only baby & sleep.
Regardless of what she used to do/feels she should do.
Healing has to happen perfectly & can only in first few weeks.
Why:
Mum is left without practical support when she is still vulnerable as she heals from all the efforts of past days/weeks/months.
Often mum needs to drop supporting dad’s perceived needs & he switch roles.
Totally. Permanently.
Solution:
Have all set up so when she comes home, all meals, housework etc are done/covered.
She goes straight to bed & stays there to rest as this way no post natal drams will happen.
More protein, fat, water, Vit B complex 6 x daily, magnesium on body at least 6x daily & ample Vit C, & zinc will mean body, thus she, will be zestful & happy.
Description:
Excessive blood loss, possibly large clots leaking out.
Mum may faint.
Why:
Some of placenta still within mum &/or excessive cold exposure (esp ice packs post natally) causes postnatal problems &/or mum’s inner strength (perfect diet/ good preparation/acupuncture reduces all risks here).
Solution:
Better preparation is good prevention.
Description:
Perineum feels assaulted, possible swelling, tears, stitches, generally feels full & uncomfortable.
Why:
Insufficient pre birth preparation, rushed birth, unhelpful nursing practices.
Solution:
More preparation & perineal massage & pre birth stretching with pelvic opening massage & natural undisturbed birthing followed by
hot packs (never cold) to increase blood flow to local area, hastening rapid healing, as does
sufficient Vit D, C, E, zinc & protein, fat & lots of horizontal resting.
Description:
After a few days, sometimes months, perineum not healing.
Why:
Excessive cold invasion & no ice packs anywhere near mum’s delicate body
Cold stops blood flow & healing.
Mum may not be resting enough, or have zinc, Vit C, D, E on board to use for wound resolution
Solution:
Avoid all cold, use heat & rest & protein/fat rich foods to allow mum to return to even better post baby shape.
Use pre birth pelvic massage & moxa to get the pelvic flow re established.
See an acupuncturist to normalize body processes.
Description:
Mum is unable to rise to the challenges of being in a totally different life
– one she may have no experience of, or training for.
She may also be a perfectionist & cover this up, not sharing her inability.
Why:
Solution:
Save placenta, have it made that day into capsules, & take as first medication & or eat it on that day & have some left over for later & is best remedy possible, past prevention.
Description:
Mum totally loses this reality & may go into a fugue state where she is not sane /here.
Baby & she at great risk.
Why:
No one saw the signs – see “post natal depression” & can’t cope.
Mum did not get enough well pregnancy support & need nutritional/emotional and energy work to ensure (esp if has been sexually assaulted/distressed in the past), that all support is in place.
Solution:
After safety crisis averted – more protein/veggies/fat dietary support &
no sugars or caffeine,
take medication if needed,
PLUS Vit B, C, D, magnesium & zinc to support wellness.
See an acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist as sanity/sleeping & life enjoyment are not found in a bottle of pills & her whole life set her up for this – needs undoing to be a happy mum.
Description:
Offensive vaginal discharge after birth.
Why:
Infection
Solution:
Check if all placenta is really out.
Take Chinese herbs to assist this, see acupuncturist after clearance from medical professional, & whilst possibly taking antibiotics.
More Vit C, rest, no exposure to cold.
Asian cultures “roast” mothers as they need all the warmth they can get:
- no cold drinks,
- no breezes,
- wear footwear on cool floors.
Description:
Niggly, menstrual-like pains in lower abdomen early in pregnancy.
Why:
Inner exhaustion.
Too cold or belly feeling too cool to touch.
Lack of magnesium.
Too much sugary foods &/or fluids in diet.
Mum not well, pushing self to work.
Solution:
Undo why this is happening.
Rest.
Take more magnesium, topically (on skin) is best.
Stop all sugar, fruit, cold invasion from all sources.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Pregnancy attaches in a tube, or
in another unviable & dangerous location within the uterus.
Why:
Inner Qi and blood flows imbalanced,
leading to embryo lodging where it is not viable,
potentially killing mum.
More likely in IVF attempts.
Solution:
Start pregnancy from a well state.
See an acupuncturist prior to conception.
Take Chinese herbs to clear all potential blockages to easy pregnancy.
Description:
Cervix is not holding pregnancy as it is designed to.
Why:
Past cervical surgery.
Insufficient nutrients &/or
rest &/or
inner strength.
Solution:
Stop work.
Rest.
Take more vitamins D, C, B, E & magnesium.
Eat more protein and fat.
See an acupuncturist &/or Chinese herbalist.
Use moxa as per What Dads Can Do.
Description:
Inability to carry a baby to term.
Often unable to carry past 6-12 weeks.
Why:
Either the fetus or mum is not strong enough for the project.
Solution:
Find out why this is happening before attempting pregnancy again.
Easily changed through improved health of both prospective parents BEFORE making a baby.
Dad is half the baby.
Farmers know this.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Any spotting, bleeding, cramping, abdominal or back pain, before 24 weeks.
Why:
Sperm & egg not good enough to complete a baby.
Insufficient maternal strength to carry baby.
Mum too cold, eating far too much sweet or cold foods, fluids.
Malnutrition.
Is internally weakened, has lifted something heavy, had a fall, or is exhausted.
Solution:
Undo what caused this.
If it is poor sperm, egg quality, maternal strength then seek natural health care before next pregnancy.
Moxa & acupuncture.
Vitamins B, C, D, fish oil, magnesium may help.
Rest,
Take action & not medical monitoring.
See an acupuncturist.
Description:
Embryo does not develop properly or at all & a fake pregnancy begins.
Can eventually lead to cancerous cells migrating throughout mum’s body.
Why:
One or both prospective parents are not well enough & begins a dud sperm/egg conception.
Solution:
Assure pregnancy & baby perfection through at least 6 months of preconception care with a healer who works in wellness & optimised health.
This is especially so if recovering from a molar pregnancy.
Description:
Waters broken, regular abdominal or back cramping before 37 weeks.
Why:
Emotional or physical shock.
Inner exhaustion.
Too cold or belly feeling too cool to touch.
Lack of magnesium.
Lack of vitamin D.
Too much sugar (foods, & fluids) in diet.
Not well, pushing self to achieve.
Solution:
Address all above.
Rest.
Take more magnesium, topical (on skin) is best.
Stop all sugar, fruit, cold invasion from any source.
Acupuncture will help.
Description:
May not have sufficient progesterone (pregnancy protection hormone) to hold the pregnancy.
Why:
Not being totally well prior to conception.
Low thyroid function, excessive estrogen /hormonal imbalances not fixed naturally before pregnancy.
Forcing conception as though being pregnant will magically resolve all previous health problems.
Solution:
See a good acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist prior to pregnancy to iron out all health problems.
Take your BBT to establish that it is showing normal & if not & see a health care professional who knows how to help you get your thyroid into the optimal, not “normal” range as this will reduce your miscarriage & pregnancy high risk chances.
Description:
Your Basal Body Temperature is too low, meaning your body is under strain trying to live within normal parameters.
Can mean you are always slow, sluggish, cold & can’t lose weight, stay pregnant, keep your hair on your head, think clearly, live easily.
Why:
Hormonal disruption from toxic residues, over exposure to cold, excessive fluoride in body, insufficient iodine, low adrenal function, not enough fat, exercise, protein, sleep.
Solution:
See a good acupuncturist,
change all factors above, esp before pregnancy as it will be very difficult to be pregnant with vibrant health & a perfect baby otherwise.
Description:
A stressed mum is unable to grow a calm, happy, well baby.
Why:
Anything that happens to mum automatically is reflected for baby who has no coping skills, is still being formed, & will default to this as normal, meaning all life is recreating trauma as it is “normal”
Solution:
More Vitamins B, C, D magnesium, fat, protein, water, fat, coloured veggies, sleep & resolution of what is bothering her.
See a good acupuncturist.
Description:
Body seems to be terminating the pregnancy early.
Pregnancy should run 40 +wks.
Why:
Something is wrong.
Perhaps a combination of any of the following:
Insufficient:
- rest,
- health,
- food,
- nutrients,
- healthy immune system &
- placental flow
to sustain pregnancy.
Solution:
Stop & rest,
Take more vitamins D, B, C & magnesium.
Eat more protein, fat, veggies.
Make sure all food is warm.
NO cold anywhere near mum.
Seek natural health care.
See an acupuncturist &/or energy healer,
e.g. Reiki practitioner.
Description:
Membranes protecting baby have leaked or ruptured before term.
Could be a slow amniotic leak, at any stage in pregnancy.
Why:
Mum’s body is not strong enough to support pregnancy.
Insufficient rest/nutrition.
Sudden trauma.
Shock or stress.
Inner exhaustion.
Too much sugar, including fruit.
Not enough:
- fish oil,
- water,
- rest,
- common sense,
- vitamin C &/or
- magnesium.
Solution:
Address all above.
Rest.
Eat more:
protein,
fat,
veggies,
vitamins D, C, B, E,
magnesium.
Avoid all sweet tasting foods/fluids.
Check with a doctor,
then see an acupuncturist & Reiki practitioner or other natural healer to calm mum.
Inner membrane restoration is possible.
Description:
A stressed mum is unable to grow a calm, happy, well baby.
Why:
Anything that happens to mum automatically is reflected for baby who has no coping skills,
is still being formed, & will default to this as normal,
meaning all life is recreating trauma as it is “normal”
Solution:
More
Vit B, C, D
magnesium,
fat,
protein,
water,
coloured veggies,
sleep &
resolution of what is bothering her.
See a good acupuncturist
Description:
No one is really in control when pregnancy takes over & previous ideas on eating & exercise may be unhelpful/not work now pregnant/breastfeeding.
Often women “freak out” at getting womanly curves & bulges.
Women can forget this is temporary & necessary for baby’s and own health.
Why:
Possible past angst emerging regarding safety in a woman’s body.
Pregnant women are naturally more rounded, as nature is ensuring there are reserves for the journey ahead.
Solution:
Become more accepting of self, nature & change & as it will feature largely in the next life as a mum.
See an acupuncturist & eat no sugars, grains, fruit & anything that becomes fat in your body.
but eat heaps of fat, protein & 9 cups of colored veggies daily.
You will not get fat; just well – on this.
Description:
Mum is not interested in sexual expression.
May have waned or just gotten lost altogether.
Why:
Hormonal changes, exhaustion and simply not needed biologically presently, especially if she is in pain (back/body) or worried about the pregnancy or baby.
Solution:
Give her space to rest, eat better, calm her emotions and get in touch with herself and all the changes happening to her life.
Dad can start touching for touch’s sake –
esp find the Easy Birthing Preparation info and start the moxa and massage –
as it will improve all aspects of relating as well as the pelvic opening.
Description:
Mum feels too sexed up and has a high libido.
Why:
Changes in her routine, diet and hormones may have made her body work far too well.
Possibly this is not a problem.
Solution:
Dad may have to accept floods and famines and go with the flow
Description:
Altering the safety/sterility of the maternal cocoon to check that your precious baby is “perfect” rather than ensuring that it was, through adequate & conscious conception.
Why:
No thought for quality ingredients to start babies,
ie the health & nutrition of the prospective parents prior to conception.
Medical insensibility to maternal emotional states.
Solution:
Research the topic.
Ignore emotional manipulation about maternal age & is all about your state of health.
Start as though it is you yourself who is being made.
Perfection in parental health & nutrition leading into easy conception and pregnancy.
Description:
Mums are told foetal scanning is necessary & safe.
In fact, scanning:
changes foetal DNA,
reduces amniotic fluid,
worries/alarms mums-to-be.
Why:
Medical technology is expensive & prevalent & helps if suing hospitals/specialists.
Reliance on safe human palpation is lost.
Everyone wants pictures, not baby safety.
Solution:
Research this yourselves.
See that there are no benefits & many dangers in most interventions.
Go back to what your parents did & start with best ingredients possible, & wait your pregnancy out.
Live simply, enjoy the mysteries.
Description:
Medical testing encourages you to panic, seeing what they do as being important & not what you do to undo what you are creating
which you can easily do if you change your focus, diet, life.
Waiting till it all happened easily as it is supposed to
what is stopping it will be then resolved,
leading to a happier healthier result.
Why:
Without knowing why pregnancies/babies fail, medicine is monitoring,
not ensuing erect happens every time.
Not looking where the problems lie,
means no likelihood of discovering connections & easy simple natural answers.
Solution:
Research for yourself.
What will you do if the test says there is a problem?
Why not avoid problems by seeing a good acupuncturist for some time prior to conception ensuring both parents-to-be are in the best shape possible as baby insurance?
Description:
Baby’s growth/development seems to have slowed up.
See also Small for dates
Why:
Excessive fetal scans,
insufficient maternal nutrients,
not enough rest, water, or good health
to support mum so you can nourish a well baby.
Solution:
Stop all work and start looking after yourself as more:
- protein,
- fat,
- colored veggies,
- Vit B, C, D,
- iron,
- magnesium and
- sunshine and
- exercise will all help.
See an acupuncturist and
stop all fetal scans as these can cause this.
Description:
Modern testing is at best inconclusive.
MAYBE baby is in trouble.
MAYBE not.
Why:
Modern over-reliance in fetal scanning, not common sense.
Often women are unnecessarily worried for more investigations to occur.
See IUFGR – Fetus not doing so well (really)’
Solution:
Become more sensible in what you are doing.
Growing a perfect baby is a full time job.
You make a baby from what is left over keeping you alive.
Start moxa sacral fan/ pelvic opening massage to improve placental blood flow.
Description:
Fetus smaller than expected. Not thriving.
Why:
Placenta not able to provide all needed, or fetus is struggling as not started well enough.
Solution:
Stop scanning (dries out amniotic fluid). Rest and drink more water. Moxa and massage on sacrum. More protein, fat and colored veggies. Lots more magnesium and Vit C , D, B and Zinc.
Description:
Baby not growing as expected.
Why:
Mum not in good shape.
Usually emotional distress, or
life stress overtaking her &
the gut not then working well,
esp if not eating perfectly for pregnancy.
Solution:
Clear out what is emotionally upsetting mum .
Rest,
eat nourishing foods,
gut repair through good bacteria, fermented foods,
more magnesium,
Vitamins C, B, D and
sacral massage and moxa.
Description:
Scan picks up a problem.
You worry, – Less nutrients to baby.
Scan may be wrong.
Why:
Maternal stress/malnourishment.
Contaminants, before or now have altered baby’s normal growth.
Solution:
Baby may be corrected in utero by a natural increase in life force, nutrients and good will.
Stop extra activities & esp paid employment. Baby is surely more precious.
Use moxa on mum’s sacrum,
Read more
See an acupuncturist and a naturopath.
Description:
Baby is considered to not be as advanced or
the size s/he should be at this stage of pregnancy.
Why:
Pregnancy is not as advanced as expected, or
baby is not getting sufficient placental flow or nutrition from mum,
or baby was compromised through insufficient parental preparation.
Solution:
Protect pregnancy through adequate:
rest,
drink more clean water,
select great baby making food and supplements esp
Vit D, B, C and
magnesium.
Use moxa on mum’s sacrum.
Description:
Why:
Solution:
Description:
Everyone seems to have forgotten about
baby, &
mum & baby bonding for life.
Why:
Humans are primates and need to be bonded at birth
primally for baby survival &
maternal health & sanity
Solution:
Research & seek options to destroying what nature sets us up for.
Start with http://www.wombecology.com/?pg=mainsources
Description:
Forgotten part of pregnancy.
Nature does birth beautifully when
mum’s head (worries) is disengaged, and
baby’s head is in optimal position –
down in mum’s pelvis, back lying on mum’s left side.
Mum relaxed, happy, loose pelvis,
partner all clued up to be supportive,
WDCD work all adhered to.
Why:
Forgetting opening & letting go – instead trying to control,
whilst not fearing –
birthing culture has moved into medicalised crisis management not ensuring gentle birthing for mum & baby.
Most hear birth is potentially dangerous/damaging to pelvic floor (whatever excuse ) &/or
painful & try to manage small babies/C sections
Solution:
Trust your body can birth.
Engage a doula.
Hypnobirthing. Calmbirth. Research.
Get What Dads Can Do &
do all work in the eBook suite & Easy Birth Preparation.
Take more:
magnesium on skin,
Vit D, B, E, C and
water,
protein,
fat and
exercise.
Description:
With all interests on the potential medical dramas, baby can be forgotten –
Baby is
aware,
highly vulnerable and
needs protection,
Avoid invasive medical interventions –
just need mum’s loving heart, arms & breasts.
Why:
Everything that is happening to upset mum is affecting baby also.
Upset mum means upset birth and a very upset baby.
Do not need rescuing, but not breaking to start with.
Solution:
Research.
Prepare a natural baby centred birth (which is naturally safest),
using at least a doula,
preferably a homebirth midwife
in a supportive birthing culture for all & especially baby.
Description:
Baby & his/her bonding with mum & ease of entry is forgotten with the medicalised panics.
Baby only needs a healthy happy mum to provide all that is needed
Why:
All seem to have forgotten that nature prepares mum & baby beautifully for their first “falling in love” meeting.
Once they remember that, all is safe for their future.
Solution:
Ensure a natural, bonded birth with
adequate research into not breaking what nature sets in place
with mum being
happy,
healthy &
surrounded by a supportive normal birthing team
Description:
Baby in wrong position,
mum not strong enough,
uterus needs priming.
Why:
Mum not strong enough.
Lack of nutrients, especially vitamins D, C, B & magnesium.
Insufficient birthing preparation.
Mum’s stuck fears.
Solution:
If in labour, give mum high doses of magnesium drinks laced with vitamin C powder,
large amounts of oral vitamins B & D,
dense snacks (protein/fat) &
use massage techniques including pelvic opening massage.
Use moxa, chiropractic can help.
Use vibrational flower & other healing essences to move mum’s stuck fears.
Description:
Labor not in a rhythm & dragging on longer than a day.
Typically, contractions from 20 minutes apart within a few hours
should be a good strong 5 minutes apart, heading towards 3 minutes.
Why:
Mum not prepared well,
pelvis in wrong alignment &/or
maybe not enough nutrients to support the process.
Solution:
Give mum:
water laced with
magnesium,
vitamin C powders,
high energy protein snacks &
regular vitamin B top ups.
Pelvic massage,
touching/reassurance to increase her oxytocin.
Avoid all warnings and panics.
Suggest she sleep/relax.
Description:
Labor not in a rhythm and
dragging on longer than a day.
Typically,
contractions from 20 minutes apart within a few hours
should be into good strong 5 minutes apart,
heading towards 3 minutes.
Why:
Mum not prepared well,
pelvis in wrong alignment &/or
maybe not enough nutrients to support the process.
Solution:
Give mum:
water laced with
magnesium,
vitamin C powders,
high energy protein snacks &
regular vitamin B top ups.
Pelvic massage,
touching/reassurance to increase her oxytocin.
Avoid all warnings and panics.
Suggest she sleep/relax.
Description:
Excessively painful contractions which scare mum.
She tenses, contraction is wasted.
Why:
Often due to interventions not designed for safe baby entry to the world or easy birthing, but rather for medical expediency.
Also due to insufficient
vitamins D, C, B, &
magnesium,
fat,
protein &
water,
resulting in tense, upset mother to be.
Solution:
Add all ingredients above.
Get mum upright & walking about,
leaning forwards in contractions.
Pelvic opening massage &
acupressure points.
Description:
May be no problem & body needs a break.
Go to sleep.
Why:
Body knows best maybe &
not ready at this time –
adjust everything.
Solution:
Give more
nutrient rich foods,
water,
heaps of magnesium &
vitamins C, B.
All will calm mum,
preparing her for what is ahead.
Description:
Labor contractions have no set pattern, or are very wrong.
Why:
Baby in wrong position & typically OP (occiput posterior) or face presentation. Mum insufficient nutrients &/or mal aligned pelvis, inadequate preparation
Solution:
Press acupuncture GB 41 (see link below).
Give mum water laced with magnesium, vitamin C powders, high energy protein snacks & regular vitamin B top ups.
Pelvic massage, touching/reassurance to increase her oxytocin.
Avoid all warnings & panics. Suggest she sleep/relax.
Description:
Baby probably in OP (occiput posterior) position & needs shifting.
Why:
Mum sat/slouched in late pregnancy.
Pelvis &/or placental lie meant baby lodged in OP spot or/&
insufficient maternal nutrients to enable normal birthing &/or
mum placed in non optimal laboring/birthing positions
(on back/not forwards leaning) &/or
was induced & now on machines.
Solution:
See ‘Contractions too far apart’.
Also,
change mum’s position –
roll her over,
get her up & moving, especially
climbing stairs sideways, or
with one leg elevated (ie on the bath) to open pelvis in contractions.
Use massage/acupressure points – see link below.
Description:
Most labour pain is felt acutely in Mum’s back.
Why:
Probably baby is situated OP
(occiput posterior – see Stuck at 7-8 cms)
Solution:
Get mum up & moving.
Use deep sacral point pressure,
Use a rebozo to move baby within.
More magnesium, vitamins D & C.
Chiropractic Webster manoveure.
See ‘Stuck at 7-8 cms’).
Description:
Bleeding of any description is not normal,
especially vaginally in late pregnancy.
Possibly life threatening complication.
Why:
Placenta may be beginning to dislodge, or partially so.
Solution:
Need urgent medical investigation.
In meantime take:
Rescue Remedy &
a lot more vitamin C powder to lessen bleeding.
Description:
Brown, tarry matter in leaking amniotic fluid.
Why:
Baby has become distressed & has poohed.
Solution:
Get to hospital to have baby born immediately.
Description:
Exhausted,
not coping,
breath smells “off”
Why:
Not eating/keeping strength up during labour.
May have been vitamin D replete prior to birthing.
Solution:
Take
magnesium &
vitamins B, C supplements
preferably as liquid.
Eat protein & fat snacks.
Drink plenty of water
NOT chilled – sipped.
Description:
Excessive unstoppable vomiting all through labour,
with or without contractions.
Why:
Stomach energy has inner messages wrong.
Mum stressed,
often on a subconscious level.
Possibly can’t stomach what is about to happen.
Solution:
Work through subconscious issues.
Description:
Baby will not take breast.
Why:
Baby too immature &/or
drugged at birth, &/or
given Hep B injection.
Solution:
Seek mothering type lactation consultant to teach baby to do what all mammals are hardwired to do.
Support mum through all good advice seen in other lactation info on this App.
Ideally, get informed about side affects of medicalised birthing/vaccination procedures before they affect you/your baby.
Description:
Lump in breast,
may or may not be sore,
appears anywhere in the breast.
May become mastitis (site of infection).
Why:
May be random &
may be past incident/scar/surgery or
no apparent reason.
Solution:
Change baby feeding position, so different areas of the breast are stimulated,
try pressing/massaging lump when baby suckling.
Seek acupuncture to ensure no mastitis or further problems.
Description:
Leaking nipples when not breastfeeding, often excessively.
Why:
Heat in the stomach/liver energy due to
insufficient water,
excessive emotional distress,
sugar consumption AND
substances that lead to PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) &
imbalanced hormonal readings.
Solution:
Avoid all chemicals/sugar/grains.
Drink more water,
eat more veggies, fat & protein.
Take more vitamins B, C, D, & magnesium.
See an acupuncturist/Chinese herbalist.
Description:
Past surgery incidents may have damaged the breast,
although most augmentations allow for potential future lactation.
Also nipple rings may have caused damage.
Why:
Possible scarring from
accidents,
surgery or
piercings
may influence milk release.
Solution:
Massage/acupuncture to assist or reduce adhesions around scarring pre lactation.
Seek specialist assistance.
Description:
Nipples not handling use –
cracked/bleeding.
May be damaged through
baby incorrect breastfeeding position or technique.
Why:
Modern delivery strips baby’s innate primal ability to be aware & imprint on the process of life.
Baby may have a tongue tie that has not been noticed (posterior and anterior), &
may also have a lip frenulum problem.
– all messing with normal suckling.
Baby on breast as a dummy/breast not hardened up through gradual exposure to suckling.
Solution:
Snip tongue tie instantly.
Baby may need assistance to attach well with the nipple onto his/her palate.
Seek urgent help from someone/health professional who can care for you.
Breastfeeding should not hurt.
Description:
Temporarily too much breast milk.
Why:
Too much stimulation, or
possibly pituitary hormonal imbalances.
Body needs to get the new balance right.
Solution:
Usually as breastfeeding is established, the body has to regulate supply for demand.
Reducing the amount of suckling or expressing for later needs will assist this.
Castor oil packs on Mum’s upper back may help though messy.
Description:
Insufficient quality or quantity of breast milk being produced.
Why:
Lack of raw ingredients to make it happen & insufficient rest, water, protein, vitamins B, C, D, magnesium, support.
Possibly mum too stressed.
Possibly just a consequence of modern medical birthing interventions.
Solution:
Correct all above.
Join a breastfeeding mothers’ group.
See urgently a competent acupuncturist.
Use moxa on specific acupuncture points.
Description:
One or both breasts become absolutely pendulous/enormous,
completely overshadowing baby &
signifying potential milk production problems.
Why:
Insufficient iodine absorption,
over-supply of imbalanced hormones – highly unusual but may happen.
Excess heat in body/liver energy (possibly very emotionally angry/frustrated and eating excess sugar).
Solution:
Painting Lugol’s solution on skin.
See an acupuncturist to normalise body.
Description:
Insufficient breast tissue developed to make milk.
Why:
Possible anorexia or
hormonal disruption issues,
meaning mum doesn’t have the right material to make breasts properly.
Solution:
If only one breast afflicted, can still lactate OK.
If not, may need specialist assistance.
Seek acupuncture prior to birth to see if body may normalise growth.
Description:
Nipples when erect go inwards, not outwards.
Why:
Made like that.
Can adjust –
seek help prior to baby arriving from great lactation consultant trained to work with this.
Solution:
Must have an alert baby at birth – essential to great breastfeeding – primal bond intact.
Seek trained help.
Use a nipple shield if needed,
pump milk out & give in bottle as last resort.
Description:
Getting thinner,
not trying to lose weight,
can’t keep weight on.
See also ‘Low energy after baby
Why:
Exhaustion,
insufficient nutrients &/or support.
Not enough
protein,
fat,
rest,
water,
vitamins B, C,
magnesium,
zinc.
Check not becoming hyperthyroid.
Solution:
Adjust all above.
Find a good acupuncturist to calm down, have “me time” away to replenish self.
See ‘Low energy after baby’
Description:
Infection, initially locally.
May be all through mum’s system.
Possibly hard, red, hot lump in breast.
Why:
Cold/ice used anywhere.
Mum irritated &/or exhausted.
Lacking in blood energy to make the milk.
Clean water,
protein,
fat &
coloured veggies,
vitamins D, C, B,
magnesium & zinc
are all major ingredients for preventing mastits.
Solution:
Need good gut function,
food on tap,
support & sleep.
No cold liquids or cold near the body at any time,
ensure both breasts are suckled each feed,
especially when engorged initially.
Description:
Baby not thriving,
not “full” after feeding,
not a healthy baby,
mum worried.
Why:
Inadequate maternal health &/or nutrition.
Solution:
Avoid all fillers,
including cereal/grains/fruit /sugars.
Eat 6 meals daily – fat, protein, veggies.
Drink extra water.
Take vitamins B, C with all meals,
as well as magnesium & zinc.
Description:
Milk is not letting down,
although baby is suckling.
Why:
Mum is too tense.
Solution:
Easily fixed – not medical.
Massage,
loving support,
more vitamins B, C,
fat,
protein,
rest,
encouragement.
Do ‘Stuck LIver Qi’ work,
press points GB 21,
do sacral massage after the “Stuck Liver Qi”
More information via link below.
Description:
Nipples not able to sustain painless, easy lactation &
meet baby’s demands.
Why:
May be past surgery, local trauma or
inadequate breastfeeding advice, leading to baby damaging nipples.
Tongue tied baby needs urgent snipping.
Solution:
Seek support from someone who has successfully lactated, &/or has been trained to help.
Baby-led breastfeeding.
All mammals except humans lactate as a baby survival issue.
Relax, ignore all help if confusing, &
let baby show you the way.
Description:
Far more breast milk produced by one breast.
Baby may refuse the weaker side.
Why:
Imbalanced maternal energy or
past breast trauma.
Solution:
Mum needs
massage/touching.
Support.
More nutritive foods & lots more water,
vitamins B, C,
magnesium,
protein,
fat & veggies.
Use moxa on the weaker side – points found in Heather’s work (Si 1, CV 17).
See link below.
Description:
Painful, often stabbing pains in nipples,
especially when breastfeeding.
Possible itching in nipples.
Baby gets a white inner mouth.
Why:
Systemic candida/thrush prior to birth &/or
antibiotic use &/or
excessive sugar in diet.
Insufficient good gut bacteria &
dietary support.
Solution:
Attend to gut flora, by taking pre & probiotics & eating fermented foods.
Avoid all sugar/grains.
Take vitamins B, C, D, &
zinc,
magnesium.
Put probiotic powder on nipples before all feeds, also
give baby some in breast milk each feed.
Description:
Baby completely or partially covered in waxy, creamy coating at birth.
Why:
Baby not quite finished yet &/or
not ready to be born,
although labour may have started naturally.
Solution:
No real problem
just be aware baby is even more vulnerable than usual a newborn.
As nature intended,
Only mum’s milk inserted into baby.
Only mum/dad to be handling baby,
stay safely at home till baby at least a month old.
Description:
Modern medicine jabs newborns with a substance that may be totally unnecessary, if foundations of health were understood.
Vit K comes from dark green leafy veggies &
is a vitamin crucial to life.
Helps stops haemorrhaging.
Why:
Vit K is made in the gut from the action of bacterial assistance of human digestion.
Using antibiotics & because mum was not well enough to avoid the ministrations of mainstream medicine:
may start baby on a process of bad gut function
all other health problems follow from this forever.
Solution:
Ensure that your baby was made well.
Take good probiotics prior to birth,
avoid all sugars – read the labels,
eat simply &
have heaps of Vit B, C, D rich foods,
loads of magnesium on your skin, &
research what alternatives to chemicals in baby’s blood will suit your vulnerable child more.
Description:
Why:
Solution:
Description:
Mum:
exceptionally cold straight after birth &
uncontrollably shivering.
Why:
Body is shocked.
Mum herself may not be
– body reaction to extreme change
– may be made worse by use of synthetic drugs,
cold in any form,
not eating &
expending all her reserves.
Solution:
Instant magnesium drinks, &
oil on body,
give heaps of warmth, esp warm drinks,
nourishing easy to eat food, &
allow to rest.
Find a good acupuncturist,
take more time to restore normal,
hydrate,
eat well,
sleep.
Description:
Not able to cope,
too much to do,
can’t organise the day,
in a daze of busy-ness,
tending to feel helpless,
‘losing it’
Why:
See ‘Low energy after baby’. PLUS –
drop self expectations &
go with the baby
& when baby is in a routine, all will start to be second nature.
Solution:
See ‘Low energy after baby’. PLUS
talk with others,
find support,
take more self care & time out.
See an acupuncturist preventatively to correct inner imbalances.
Description:
Is this you?
exhausted,
dragging self through the day,
overwhelmed,
unable to cope/sleep after baby arrives.
Why:
Insufficient:
rest &/or
support at home.
food (protein and fat),
vitamins B, C, D and magnesium
– all may lead to adrenal/thyroid exhaustion.
Solution:
Establish routine in the home,
get help & eat copiously all day
protein, fat & coloured veggies with
extra vitamins B, C with every meal, &
magnesium liberally applied on skin.
See an acupuncturist preventatively to correct inner imbalances.
Description:
Fetal circulation shuts down;
baby starts a new chapter.
The more natural & respectful of baby’s perceptions of this new place, the more bonded s/he is to love &
mum with all hormones intact, the better to live well as a healthy happy person.
Why:
In the flurry of medicalised crisis management & hospital policies, baby’s most important time may be missed.
Paediatrician’s look over baby is not important to baby in the first hour of birth when imprinting has to happen for mammalian safe life, &
nestling into mum’s smells, touch & safety are.
Solution:
Research all on undisturbed birth, what makes a happy mum & easy breastfeeding.
Follow what midwifery & wise women sites say &
mums are made through natural birthing &
all the hormones there freely to help make baby & mum bonded for life.
Description:
Nature is being ignored as
big business is ensuring parents-to-be are fearful of normal life, &
all who used to know & follow nature are marginalised as being old fashioned or somehow dangerous.
Why:
Medicine’s new involvement in what was always natural woman’s business with the modern loss of great nutrition & simple loves,
complications due to ignoring what pregnancy needs
means this may be needed.
Solution:
Who is making what out of your choices?
Who is looking after your baby & your bonding?
Research what normal would be in any other more natural time, & follow this.
Act as though you were the baby would you want all this invasion/trauma or
would you want safely growing within mum to be safely birthed as a mammal into your mum’s arms?
Description:
Baby seems to be catching all things, frequently.
Why:
Immune system may be corrupted from too early vaccination,
baby a C-section birth,
baby not made well enough (sperm not wonderful;
parental nutritional states in doubt).
Baby deficient in basic nutrients.
Maybe mum was/is too.
Solution:
Give vitamin D from birth (2,000 iu daily as in Finland),
vitamin C a little often,
check zinc deficiency & give a little daily if needed:
mum to include in her diet if breastfeeding.
if vaccinated, get liquid activated zeolites to pull out all heavy metals & other toxic substances.
Breastfeed more & longer.
Avoid other vaccinations until:
baby’s immune system is functional – &
baby is tested on many common foods to check allergies first.
Description:
Large forceful vomiting, often projecting just fed feed a long way away, then instantly hungry for more.
Why:
Baby may be intubated in hospital & sphincter not working well.
Maybe needs a chiropractic session to settle all structural issues from birthing.
Maybe reacting to something in diet.
Solution:
See a good chiropractor (is so easy to fix).
Change mum’s diet if breastfeeding, or formula if she’s not.
Infant massage.
Bathe in magnesium salts.
Use Anion pads on baby’s back & in nappy to settle all problems.
Description:
Major disruption after eating,
or any time, as baby is so upset.
Why:
Baby’s gut is not handling food given.
Maybe easily fixed seeing a structural person.
Solution:
May need to see a chiropractor urgently as baby is not all structurally aligned, all then will be well.
At least massage gently all over – especially back, and bathe in magnesium salts to relieve cramping/spasms.
Warm chamomille tea from a spoon prior to feeding may help.
Description:
Baby is not meeting physical milestones,
seen to be too small for age.
Why:
Mum’s milk needs a boost with better nutrients.
If formula-fed, baby’s gut not able to assimilate formula well.
Baby perhaps not made vigorous, or too immature when born.
Mum and thus baby may have been given antibiotics.
Both now need good flora recolinisation to digest foods properly.
Solution:
Improve mum’s milk quality with dietary changes.
Extra Vit D,C and zinc, with fat, protein and coloured veggies and plenty of water making the breastmilk better.
Take good gut bacteria.
Avoid all foods that turn to sugars in the body.
See an osteopath /chiropractor to check baby is aligned correctly.
Description:
Major disruption after eating,
or any time, as baby is so upset.
Why:
Baby’s gut is not handling food given.
May be structurally not in alignment.
Solution:
May need to see a chiropractor urgently as baby is not structurally aligned
– if this is the problem then all will be well.
At least massage gently all over,
especially back, &
bathe in magnesium salts to relieve cramping/spasms.
Warm chamomille tea from a spoon prior to feeding may help.
Description:
Unsettled tummy,
often preventing any sane life for parents as sleep is interrupted constantly.
Baby very windy/upset.
Why:
Baby’s gut not happy &
too full,
too empty,
disagreeable belly contents,
spinal distress,
lacking micronutrients and/or
good gut bacteria to aid digestion.
Solution:
Give mum (if breastfeeding) & baby good gut bacteria (especially if antibiotics given).
Give small amounts of zinc, vitamin C.
Study mum’s diet if breastfeeding,
change formula if not.
Keep baby warm, swaddled, place on belly to sleep
(will help dislodge wind).
Description:
Baby often hiccupping.
Maybe also did in utero.
Why:
Baby allergic to something in your diet (if breastfeeding),
its own diet if not breastfeeding.
May have a weak gut & needs more good gut bacteria.
Solution:
Recolonise mum’s & baby’s gut.
Mum take vitamin C, a little often, daily.
Vary mum’s diet if breastfeeding, change formula if not.
Add more zinc (just a little & is a micronutrient missing in some soils) –
zinc is crucial for life, good gut & immune function.
Description:
Large forceful vomiting,
often projecting just-fed food a long way away,
then instantly hungry for more.
Why:
Maybe intubated in hospital & sphincter not working well,
maybe just needs a chiropractic session to settle all structural issues from birthing.
Maybe reacting to something in diet.
Solution:
See a good chiropractor (is so easy to fix),
change mum’s diet if breastfeeding, or formula.
Infant massage,
bathe in magnesium salts,
use Anion pads on baby’s back & in nappy to settle all problems.
Description:
Baby always needing a “drip catcher” for spillage after feeding.
Why:
Maybe over feeding &/or reacting to what was fed &/or
needs chiropractic adjustment to settle the nerve supply to the gut.
Solution:
Baby is born with a very small gut – check s/he is not overfeeding.
See a chiropractor or osteopath to check baby’s alignment.
Take more zinc and probiotics if breastfeeding, as most gut problems in baby are due to mum’s gut not working perfectly.
Description:
Baby not able to attach appropriately to breastfeed easily.
Why:
Baby too immature/
maybe tongue tied,
Hep B vaccination sequelae,
too doped up after birth drugs/trauma, &/or
mum too rushed.
Solution:
Cut tied tongue if needed.
Skin to skin,
mum relaxed,
comfy position,
baby not agitated, angry or sleepy.
Seek womanly experienced breastfeeding help.
Description:
Blue colouration around baby’s lips,
baby may be distressed especially after feeding.
Why:
Vagus nerve to stomach/duodenum may be constricted.
Solution:
Give baby chiropractic to relieve any structural (thus functional) issues.
Massage may help.
Description:
Baby looks like trying to escape his/her body.
Why:
Baby has a problem &
only way to tell you is screaming.
Intolerant to ingredients in milk,
unable to digest well.
Solution:
See an osteopath/chiropractor,
maybe baby acupuncturist,
change mum’s diet/gut action,
or baby formula,
give baby homeopathics,
at least chamomile tea on a spoon before all feeds.
Maybe all need doing concurrently.
Description:
Baby jumpy & is
not calm & peaceful.
Why:
Birth trauma of various types,
vaccination injury (neurologically not able to have poisons in bloodstream that inflame the nervous system),
mum depleted in magnesium, Vit B, C, D –
baby now deficient in easy functioning nervous system
Solution:
Sleep baby on tummy (see www.cotlife2000.com for SIDS-safe mattress covers).
Have far more
Vit B, D, C
magnesium,
zinc
going through mum’s milk to baby.
Description:
Yellow tinge to Newborn body,
maybe whites of eyes,
maybe more sleepy,
feeding slower than should be.
Why:
Totally normal &
maybe insufficient fluids in mum,
Vit C, D depleted,
so her liver thus baby liver is not working optimally.
Should clear within days.
Maybe baby is shocked & liver not responding
Solution:
Pop baby in the sun for a few minutes every day, eyes shielded.
Drink more water,
take more
Vit C, D
magnesium,.
See doctor, midwife if still worried after a week, or
if it is getting worse, not better
Description:
Parents (along with all in the community) have forgotten that health is from within.
Disease happens when health breaks down.
When Baby is made perfectly,
mum has great gut function,
continued breastfeeding,
after naturally birthing mean
no vaccines needed as colostrum, then breast milk provide immunity.
Why:
Baby gets initial immunity from mum if she is well nourished & has been living naturally herself.
Nature provides immunity through mum’s body to protect against all whilst breastfeeding
Mainstream medicine is loading babies up with more chemicals to try to get baby’s immune system to do what it was ever designed for & along the way causing lifelong damage/corruption of the previously perfect body.
Solution:
Do your own research.
Ask what your parents did & when.
Stay home & don’t expose yourself & baby to large groups of people for a few months,
ensure breastfeeding is easy &
birth naturally to allow this to happen.
Delay all vaccination till after 2 years of age when breastfeeding is over & you know what baby may be sensitive/allergic to.
Check all vaccine ingredients & likely adverse reactions in a non manipulated, non rushed, well informed space.
Description:
Baby seems to ignore breast/
has lost instinctive feeding responses.
Why:
Not conscious when birthing (drugs) or
vaccinated immediately & lost reflexes.
Solution:
Don’t break baby to start with &
go natural as life is supposed to be foolproof.
All mammals breastfeed or baby animal dies.
Baby is hardwired to do it.
Mum & baby to lie together,
skin to skin,
baby to gradually wake up.
Mum to do nothing else, but love baby,
eat & sleep,
to make milk.
Description:
Baby seems to be always wriggling,
distressed,
not happy in his/her skin.
Why:
Baby may have health, not medical issues that no medical person will find.
Could be consequences of shock,
Could be in need of more reassurance than you can imagine.
Solution:
Massage baby,
take all clothes off & regularly be skin to skin.
Ensure baby is seen by a chiropractor, to check all spine is in alignment
so all messages, esp from the gut, are as they are supposed to be.
Description:
After feeding always have to carry about a cloth as over spilling is constant.
May also vomit
Why:
Baby may be being overfed.
Infant bellies are tiny.
May be not tolerating something mum is eating, going through to milk.
May be intolerant to formula.
Solution:
See a chiropractor to ensure all is in alignment.
Often this is a magic fix.
Check mum is on enough zinc and good gut flora to enable their gut to work perfectly for great milk production.
Change formula if bottle feeding.
Description:
A well baby is made through conscious living in & before pregnancy.
Mum is the bridge to the world.
Baby is not just a body, but also a heartful soul needing security & comfort which cannot be given in special physical care.
Why:
Less exposure to foreign (non mum) particles, & Mum needs to be breastfeeding for gut health, security & safety.
Not separated from her infant.
Baby is ill needs more not less bonding time with mum & not exposure to more to upset, bond with violence & separation. .
Solution:
If baby is not keeping temp up & place on mum’s chest.
If baby needs resuscitation/ checking, can do on mum’s body.
Mum is baby’s lifeline, & connection baby-mum is more important if baby is unwell
Description:
Baby seems incapable of understanding that night is for sleeping, or
that tired & cranky means sleep fixes this.
Why:
May be in need of fixing & baby may be shocked –
esp if was interfered with/had a difficult entry/an unnatural interrupted beginning to being here &/or
a stressed mum.
including all medical injections,
having been separated from mum immediately after birth.
Solution:
Do not interfere at any stage with what is set out for mammals in birthing.
As it has happened & may be birth shock – helped through:
vibrational remedies,
osteopathic/
chiropractic care,
kinesiology,
all sorts of natural safe & effective health, not medical professionals will assist here & most have had their own & have wired out with others what is needed.
Description:
Modern medicine jabs newborns with a substance that may be totally unnecessary, if foundations of health were understood.
Vit K comes from dark green leafy veggies & as a vitamin is crucial to life.
Vit K helps stops haemorrhaging.
Why:
Vit K is made in the gut from the action of bacterial assistance of human digestion.
Using antibiotics & because mum was not well enough to avoid the ministrations of mainstream medicine may start baby on a process of bad gut function & all other health problems from this forever
Solution:
Ensure that your baby was made well.
Take good probiotics prior to birth,
avoid all sugars,
eat simply &
have heaps of Vit B, C, D rich foods,
loads of magnesium on your skin, &
research what alternatives to chemicals in baby’s blood will suit your vulnerable child more.
Description:
Baby’s eyes are:
crusty,
weepy,
sticky
Why:
Maybe slightly blocked tear duct & quite common.
May eventually become a small infection.
May be too cold in nursery, air conditioning ducts creating dramas.
Solution:
Avoid all draughts.
Gently wash eye with saline, or
preferably breast milk as it is full of all sorts of immunological defenses.
Description:
Baby will only sleep if cuddled,
or on someone’s chest.
Why:
Baby had been somewhere all his/her life where it is noisy, active, warm & hence safe /known.
Solution:
Replicate this.
Find a white noise soundtrack for babies & always have it playing.
Ensure baby is seen by a chiropractor, so all spine is in alignment so all messages, esp from the gut, are as they are supposed to be.
Description:
Baby has reddened,
possibly itchy,
weepy &/or
dry skin lesions.
Why:
Mum possibly incorrect diet &/or insufficient pure water drunk in pregnancy, and
also during breastfeeding.
If formula-fed –
baby’s gut not happy.
Baby not poohing well enough.
Solution:
Increase
maternal magnesium,
zinc &
vitamin C if breastfeeding.
Bathe baby in pure water,
no soaps,
use liquid activated zeolites to pull out toxins creating distress.
Description:
Baby is very sweaty,
often too hot and
may be unsettled,
hard to get to sleep and
cries a lot.
Why:
Baby’s body is imbalanced.
Not a medical issue, but a health one & too many shocks, toxins,
mum eating too much sugar.
Chemicals have contaminated baby.
Solution:
Often offering more water to drink may help.
Avoid more toxins/vaccines till this is settled –
see Baby unsettled
Use liquid activated zeolites to pull out what is driving the inner heat/toxins.
Description:
Baby not settling to sleep or
awakening soon after sleep cranky &/or crying.
Why:
Baby is shocked &/or
not comfortable enough to sleep.
See Baby unsettled also.
Solution:
Find out why baby is unsettled.
There is not usually a medical answer.
Natural health care is best.
Is baby well fed?
Warm?
Feeing secure and safe?
Description:
Baby seems unable to deeply sleep, or to
settle past 20 minutes napping.
Why:
Baby vaccinated (chemical exposure and shock), &/or
birth shocked.
May have spinal misalignment, &/or
mum made baby with too much sugar/chemicals on board.
Solution:
Check sleeping position (best on tummy),
avoid all chemicals/sugars.
Mum drink much more water if breastfeeding.
Settle baby’s gut.
See a chiropractor
Description:
Baby always highly distressed,
perhaps even as if terrified.
Hard to calm & often jumpy.
Never happy at night.
Why:
Birth trauma not resolved &/or
vaccination poisons messing with neurological normal from the point of vaccination onwards.
Also, as sensitive souls, babies can feel vulnerable –
prone to picking up on energy around her/himself that is:
unhappy,
tense,
even potentially dangerous.
Solution:
Baby is terrified & you need to find the answer.
Work through all above.
Seek help where it is useful –
see a chiropractor &/or other energy therapists.
Is not a “medical” issue, so no answers there.
Description:
Why:
Solution:
Description:
Baby has been placed away from mum as there is deemed to be a problem
Why:
Baby now has another problem –
mum is missing.
Baby may need specialised care BUT
baby also needs mum as his/her bridge to the world.
Solution:
Try to get baby on you “kangaroo care”, skin to skin, or at least with someone you smell of, as bonding is so important to early life.
Find a white noise App so baby has auditory comfort.
Ensure you express, as breastmik holds the key to neonatal life,
esp all the defense against the outside world baby needs.
Take special care of yourself
so all the nutrents can go through you to baby.
Description:
Baby has a blue line/vein/mark across bridge of nose.
May always have had it,
may stay there for years.
Why:
Birth trauma, or
shocked in utero, or
within first few weeks of birth.
Solution:
Vibrational homeopathic remedies designed specifically for this are better than generic rescue remedies.
The mark will fade with the remedies, & herbs to alleviate deeply held trauma.
Description:
Baby has abdominal, heart or other major (including chromosomal) problems.
Why:
Baby not made properly & combination of sperm &/or
mum’s nutritional status not perfect prior to pregnancy.
Also heat or environmental or testing damage to baby in utero.
Solution:
This problem may not be altered easily.
Possibly you can only improve functionality.
Start baby on liquid activated zeolites – these can only help.
Look widely for options, as well as medical.
Need a good team of natural therapists to assist on many levels,
offering more than the surgical & drug options offered medically.
Description:
Baby can’t get tongue out as should, as the frenulum under tongue is too tight.
Means breastfeeding not easy/maybe impossible.
Why:
Made that way.
Solution:
Immediately find someone to snip it & instantly all better.
Description:
Not the baby you had prior to vaccination.
Is especially obvious if you leave the very first vaccination till 4 months.
Why:
Adjuvants & other toxic heavy metals & biologically active components
that were never, ever designed to be in blood streams,
especially not of infants,
have messed with baby’s neurological & immune responses, often permanently.
Solution:
Become conscious, not compliant.
Delay any further vaccination till baby is older & more able to cope.
Breastfeed from a strong healthy mother until then.
Give small amounts of vitamin C often to assist detoxing,
Use liquid activated zeolites to remove all heavy metals.
Description:
Following what science & medicine say, in an area where both are not as helpful as emotions, patience & trust.
Why:
So much appears to be at stake,
it sounds reasonable to control nature,
plausible to listen to all the bad things that may happen,
& whilst not knowing enough to question what else is missed
when hormones, natural bonding & the need for respect for nature, women’s bodies and the birthing process.
Solution:
Become educated into what drives everything in pregnancy & birthing,
what leads to a bonded mum & baby &
why you need mum to be supported in all she feels to do when in a primal state.
Description:
May have lost this in modern life,
esp when confronted with apparent potential safety issues of newborns.
Why:
Experts are so loudly worrying you about safety, as though babies do not happen without them and Western medicine &
you wonder & who are you to argue?
Solution:
Research:
Women are well paced to birth easily with support from doulas & midwives &
you being trained into pelvic opening & understanding what is needed all through the creation of your new family.
Description:
Feelings you may have suppressed, have never had, do not want, may appear.
Why:
Being in your heart may bring up old wounds.
Solution:
Be ready for change,
see a counsellor,
embrace the new you.
Description:
Not used to being vulnerable,
unsure of what is happening, or
how to handle a new more emotional you?
Why:
Life in the First World currently is not based around family.
You may have no experience with
small children,
parenting,
being not in control &/or
living without a routine
Solution:
Breathe, let go, go with the flow.
Research what others have done &
join a new parents group
Description:
Pregnancy is reshaping all of her & not just physically.
Why:
She may feel the same way about herself, & you.
Solution:
Flow with it.
All life is about change.
Remain in your heart, not your head –
good practice for baby arriving.
Description:
She seems exhausted, ill, put upon.
Why:
Life is all different for her too & her body shape.
What motherhood will mean in all reaches of herself may just be dawning for her.
Solution:
Start looking at what you can do to lighten her load,
a growing baby & working is more than enough for one person.
Description:
You feel as though you should know
what to do,
how to “fix” the current apparent problem.
Why:
Maybe you always have previously had the answers, or
you see this as your role in her life.
Solution:
Relax, let go, be real, neither of you may know how to be ever again
so sit in your heart,
ask how you may feel & work on yourself, not what she seems to need to do.
Be practical & perhaps ask your own parents for tips.
You do come from along line of those who made it through.
Description:
No one talks about natural &
it is totally normal to bounce back and be the same after birthing naturally
Why:
Women are designed to birth and easily.
Solution:
Get serious about all the birth preparation tips found in that section.
Healing after C section is not natural,
often leaves women with far more permanent scarring.
Vagina may be intact, but the rest of her body is not happy.
Description:
You haven’t yet experienced the rush of falling in love with your baby.
You wonder what life will be like with someone you do not know interrupting what was working (your life/relationship) before they arrived.
Why:
All women want more of their men, especially around birthing when they need him to be
present,
active &
available.
Nature helps – hormones.
Heaps of love for everyone when you birth easily, calmly &
put the effort in & richly rewarded and rewarding.
Solution:
Focus on bonding & of all to all at birth & straight after &
ask yourself- how does . . help binding?
Concentrate on relating (opening up communication, esp loving touch) before baby comes.
Being present with her (What Dads Can Do) &
learn how to be more vulnerable through expression.
Ensure you get to be naturally birthing to have all hormones there for both of you.
Description:
Often part of the medical panic is to freak you about looseness “down there” after vaginally birthing.
Why:
You have forgotten women were meant to birth &
there is no problem, if well supported.
Solution:
Prepare with pelvic opening work prior to birth & see What Dads Can Do.
Also The Gentle Birth Method buy the book, do the work & inner perineal & Heather’s outer pelvic opening massage.
Attend Calm Birth, Hypnobirthing classes as a couple, so you both grow together into being parents.
Description:
Upset by protestations of likely dire things to happen if a medical intervention is not done NOW.
Why:
Acting the biological/hard wired family protector &
not sure how to deal with fear-based retail medical industry vs trusting nature, empowered parents, informed choices.
Solution:
Become informed prior to birth.
Seek 7th and 8th opinions.
Check what happens in other countries/cultures –
birthing/rearing children naturally got us to here.
Description:
You do not know what to expect/have bough the idea this is a potential medical crisis to be averted.
Why:
No one has modeled for you the processes of life.
Our culture hides change away as though it is difficult, dangerous.
Birthing can be fun, chaotic and ends with meeting your new love! Together.
Solution:
Be in your heart & ask.
Sign up for
Hypnobirthing,
Calmbirth, or
a heartfelt connection to a midwifery service that does non hospital/woman centred birth training.
Get the Easy Birth Preparation guide What Dads Can Do.
Touch her much more
Description:
Modern interventions that disturb ‘normal’ CAN BE potentially dangerous and therefore distressing for mums and dads.
Why:
Invariably what you were prepared for is thrown out the window by life and circumstances.
Solution:
Be prepared for a gentle loving introduction to your baby by setting up your new family to win, with a natural beginning to mothering.
Safest at home or public hospital with an experienced midwife.
Become empowered &read and research and find those who support
non-violent birthing,
baby centered,
non-hospital best-practice principles.
Description:
What she wants seems to be at odds with what the medical people are saying.
Why:
It is a mammalian imperative for the female to choose how & when she births – it is instinctive.
There are many competing vested interests.
She has this being for the rest of her life to be placed before all else – in sacrifice.
She possibly understands this at a far deeper level than you & science do.
Solution:
Speak openly as a couple.
This is not something that you may have any understanding of, until it happens.
Listen to all sides, (esp baby’s) with an open heart, not through fear & manipulation.
Imagine being the baby being born – how would you wish to be greeted?
Description:
Everyone assumes he is to be at the birth.
He does not want to be, is too shy/ scared of recriminations to say what he really wants.
Why:
Modern expectations that dads are there for her, regardless of dad’s capabilities.
Solution:
Find a woman or 2 (& a doula) who have birthed naturally to stand in as her supporters –
then be super organised in the house/kitchen to back up stupendously with great food & all housework attended to &
she will be in heaven.
Description:
She is not coping.
He is not coping with her not coping.
Having a baby is not what both thought/imagined.
Why:
Unreasonable expectations of a woman’s body/mind under the onslaught of the mental chatter,
no respect for nature.
Not set up to win, but have spent $$ with medicine
rather healthy preparation for easy birthing and life after.
Solution:
Pregnancy is not a crisis management exercise but a natural event if left alone.
Get informed.
To assuage stress, Both take
vitamins B, C, D &
magnesium
Description:
Unsure of what to expect,
so lead by male medical experts,
all of whom have not birthed,
or know how it feels to not ever be bonded to a baby the way it is possible to if nature is left alone.
Why:
Possible cellular memory of deep trauma in past where birthing, like war, is inherently dangerous.
Outside their reference –
birthing has always been women’s business &
means emotions, patience & trusting a process that unfolds without control.
No one is in charge.
Solution:
Research,
listen to women,
talk to men whose wives have birthed,
find out how birth is in other places, especially the safest ones, & how this is achieved.
Description:
Expectation that she is superwoman.
In reality she probably has nothing left in her tank,
her body is trying to heal & feed baby at the same time.
High expectations she must also give to him.
Why:
Unreasonable notions of all the above, aided by modern life –
the disempowerment/see an expert mentality around all matters in pregnancy.
Lack of tribal support.
Solution:
Ask parents/older relations what they did & listen up.
Follow your gut,
not what books say to do &
your baby is a feeling, vulnerable extension of her &
if bub is upset so is mum and vice versa.
Mum is attached at the navel emotionally for years yet.
Description:
All life around anything to do with baby is too random, uncontrollable.
Why:
Out of your comfort zone.
Late pregnancy, birthing & parenting involve feelings that you may not have explored before.
Solution:
Embrace change.
Have a bonded birth, where both of you instantly rapturously & primally fall deeply in love with baby, so nothing matters.
Be present in your heart, constantly.
Ask for help, especially from your family – they have been there also.
Description:
Why:
Solution:
Description:
The medical establishment is rewriting normal everywhere, so
those who are not really whatever are being told they have conditions
– the Bell curve is becoming a really definite vertical line instead of the curve for all things
– ‘normal’ is almost not possible.
For example,
in the case of ‘anemia’, taking additional iron is not the answer often- but getting gut sorted out so assimilation can actually happen.
Why:
Solution:
Description:
Why does no one else speak of diet & natural health care?
Why:
It sounds too easy/good to be true.
What you see here is no longer general knowledge.
Mainstream medicine is about crisis management
It is a breakdown service.
Solution:
Go back to nature & be amazed at how the body works when you let it.
Description:
Medicine is not about health restoration, or quality of life.
Why:
Mainstream medicine is about what drugs needed but problems encountered are usually:
a pure water/nutritional/sleep/happiness deficiency &/or
a chemical toxicity through over exposure to modern life
that is causing most of body breakdowns.
Solution:
Add in what is essential & get rid of what is not.;
Nature works when it is left to do what it does best – support life, no interventions/testing required.