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Touching the life force
At this writing, the one of our two children I gave birth to has just turned 17, which caused a renewed reflection about how she chose to come into the world. Those memories were ignited again by our...
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C-section aftershocks
In late September of this year, researchers in the US dropped a bombshell onto the cosy world of obstetrics. After analyzing the records of nearly six million births, they advised that mothers should...
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A hysterectomy
Why have a hysterectomy?
Hysterectomy, in which a woman’s womb is removed, is one of the most common surgical operations in the West.
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A hysterectomy - What to do instead
General
* Check female hormone levels (by a simple lab test) as these conditions are all hormone-related. The key is to stabilise the hormonal situation causing the cyclic upset
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A hysterectomy - Conventional alternatives
Excessive bleeding or pain
* Drugs or devices: birth-control pills; drugs that reduce female hormones; a blood-clotting agent called tranexamic acid; an intrauterine device -
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Folic acid made me ill
For two and a half years, I was quite ill. I had a sore throat, no saliva, swollen tongue, excessive tiredness, a pain in my neck, dreadful cough and blurred vision, and my heart started missing b ...
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Doctors take a view
On a visit to the GP during the summer last year, my mother let him know that she did not wish to undergo a hysterectomy for her fibroids. ...
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Struck off for home birth
Just under a year ago, our GP struck us off. The reasons given were the usual ones about the breakdown of patient doctor relationship. ...
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Case study: Magnesium to help fertility?
The story of my trying to fall pregnant for the second time is interesting, but one I am sure you have heard many times before. I had absolutely no trouble falling pregnant with my first child, bu ...
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Case study: Risks of Primulot Depot and pimulot to pregnancy
I had three miscarriages. The fourth time that I became pregnant in 1976, my gynecologist put me on a course of treatment of Primulot Depot 250 mgs, injected intramuscularly for about 12 weeks. .. ...
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