Over the past several months, I’ve written a number of posts that relate to a healthy pregnancy and babies. I thought it would be beneficial to put the links for all these posts together in one place so they are easy to locate and refer to.
The Top 3 Fertility Herbs
Pregnancy can often be easily achieved with the help of fertility enhancing herbs!
How “The Pill” Can Harm Your Future Child’s Health
Oral contraceptives are a danger to the health of a woman’s future children. Most doctors are completely clueless in this regard so a woman must take care to inform herself of the risks.
Dangers of Prenatal Ultrasound
Prenatal caregivers typically gloss over the dangers to your baby from ultrasound and schedule these tests routinely when they should only be used in high risk situations. Learn about the other side of the story so you can make a truly informed decision.
Strep B Test
Should you even submit to the Strep B test during pregnancy? What can of worms does this test actually open up for you during labor and delivery?
C-Sections Harm Babies’ Long Term Health
C-Section rates are at an all time high yet this type of interventionist birth greatly increases the risk to babies of long term chronic illness.
Skip the Newborn Vitamin K Injection
Did you know that the Vitamin K shot is synthetic and should be avoided in favor of oral vitamin K?
Fetal Cord Blood Banking
Fetal cord blood banking is an excellent idea but make sure you have your caregiver follow the right protocol else it can cause lack of oxygen to your newborn.
Proper Spacing of Children
Traditional Cultures practiced methodical spacing of children to ensure that later borns had the same abilities and intelligence as firstborns and also to preserve the long term health of the Mother.
Make Your Own Hypoallergenic Baby Formula
Avoid the dangerous, hormone disrupting soy formulas on the market! If your child requires a hypoallergenic baby formula, make your own with these safe, healthy ingredients.
Make Your Own Baby Formula
If you are unable to breastfeed, making your own safe, healthy homemade milk based formula is a much better option than even the organic commercial formulas which are packed in BPA cans and are laced with rancid vegetable oils.
The Right Way to Feed Babies
Rice cereal is NOT the right first food for babies! Learn the right way to introduce solids to your baby to minimize allergy and obesity risk.
Should Babies Get Cod Liver Oil?
At what age should your baby start getting this brain and immune boosting whole food supplement?
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THANK YOU, SARAH!!!!!
Yes, I too am interested in what you should eat while pregnant, would love to know more about this! Especially how to get all the vitamins/supplements you should get and what extra supplements to take, like the FCLO for instance.
Hello Sarah,
Could You write something on the ideal diet a woman should have while pregnant? Also, foods which help regulate a woman’s menstrual and hormonal cycle? Problems in this area seem so rampant!
Tamara, your words of encouragement are greatly appreciated! Enjoy your adventure in Brazil and your new career as a labor doula!
Sarah,
I discovered your website today and am in love with your posts and even your responses to readers’ queries. I discovered the book “Nourishing Traditions” recently and am new to eating real, whole foods (my middle pregnancy was fueled by V8 and PopTarts while I worked full-time). I am currently living in Brasil where it is much easier to eat real food — the packaged stuff here will make you sick — but before marrying my Brazilian husband, I didn’t even know how to pick ripe fruit at the grocery store!
I’m posting here on the pregnancy & baby page because I have three children and also am beginning work as a labor doula; I don’t know much about nutrition yet but am well-researched in birth and babies, and I can attest that the info you have here so far is fantastic!
Thanks so much for your work on this website!
–Tamara
Hi Anonymous, my Dad is a retired MD and he used to always say that lack of appetite in a child who is not being fed too much sugar, juice etc would be likely caused by a lack of thiamine which is a B vitamin and very strongly linked with appetite. My guess is that your son's gut is not optimally balanced as B vitamins are synthesized in the gut by beneficial bacteria when all is going well in there. If it were my child, I would try a probiotic and perhaps some supplemental B vitamins in the form of nutritional yeast (Frontier is a good, low heat dried brand). You could mix in some of the yeast with a bit of plain yogurt that is blended with a banana and see if he would take it this way. Good luck!
Hello Sarah,
The issue I have with my son, 16 months old, is that while we are very much into the WAP diet, he's a very picky eater! He refuses most, if not all, the things I try to offer him… lately, he's even stopped eating egg yolk. He won't drink raw milk (maybe a sip at most), eat butter, and has recently left his favorite food, Avocado as well. What do you suggest for picky eaters? The more I read about people feeding their little ones these great whole foods, I see that their little ones eat enjoyably but my son won't eat anything! Although he is not chubby or plump, he is EXTREMELY energetic and active! I mean, he looks and feels healthy to me, he's a happy baby, but … doesn't seem to like food very much… believe it or not, doesn't even like junk food either! So I believe it's not to do what he is being fed, he just doesn't prefer anything. Have you dealt or seen anything like this? Any suggestions?