It turns out that honey soothes a child’s cough better than over-the-counter cough medicines. This article was from MedPage, and backs up a recent article that appeared in the NY Times. I no longer have the original link, so I will reprint the article here in its entirety. Rethinking Remedies for Colds and Coughs […]
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MSBNC Article
The article for MSNBC Health came out today. I am always happy to see placenta ingestion being discussed in the national media, but I will be even more pleased when the subject is treated with a bit more reverence. Titles such as “Placenta Pizza?”, and “Mom’s bizarre ritual is hard to swallow” just do not […]
Menstrual blood yields stem cells
Researchers have discovered that menstrual blood contains adult stem cells that can change into a wider variety of tissue types than regular adult stem cells. The researchers did the study because they suspected stem cells might be behind the rapid regeneration of the uterine lining during a woman’s cycle. So menstrual blood, another part […]
Thank you St. Rose!
I just returned from St. Rose De Lima hospital, where I was invited to come do an in-service with the nursing staff to discuss the procedure for handling placentas that mothers want to take home. What a wonderful, positive experience! It was immediately apparent that everyone in the Labor & Delivery and Postpartum departments truly […]
Hypnobirthing
Tonight I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of expectant parents, who were going through a childbirth education course offered by Hypnobirthing Las Vegas. It was the final class of a 5-week course, and the topic was postpartum. Among many other topics discussed by the fabulous facilitator (and doula) Sherry Hopkins was a […]
Blame the holidays
I see that my previous post is over a week old. I blame the holidays. We went out of town to visit relatives, and were gone several days. The girls were delighted to go to Grandma’s House, and it is always nice to visit. However, it is a lot of work to get everyone […]
