Comments on: Baby boom: pregnancy tips.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:02:36 +0000

what is the best way to do nettles and raspberry leaves? I’d love to try both, but can you make it yourself? How do you know that the stuff in the box is potent enough?

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:25:34 +0000

I hope you find this, wasn’t sure on where to put it! I need some advice for staying healthy whilst breastfeeding – my iron’s shot right down & I need to stay strong & energetic!

By: Margaret Gray-McCoy

Margaret Gray-McCoy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:24:29 +0000

I have a cod liver oil that I would recommend! Green Pasture’s Blue Ice Gold High-Vitamin cod liver oil blend. Dr. Weston A. Price discovered a magical synergy when combining Cod Liver Oil and High-Vitamin Butter Oil.

Warning: Many brands of cod liver oil are processed to remove all the vitamins A and D and then have synthetic vitamins A and D added back in. These products should be completely avoided as the synthetic versions of A and D are toxic. For those living in Canada or overseas, be sure to contact the manufacturer and inquire whether the A and D in their cod liver oil is naturally occurring or synthetic. If you are in the US, check the list below:

http://westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/cod-liver-oil-menu.html

By: Ottawa Gardener

Ottawa Gardener — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:08:54 +0000

Funny, I had different severe food aversions with each of my pregnancies. Foods that if I went near, I would … you know. With the first it was oregano which apparently in LARGE does can do something bad (I can’t remember, stimulate the uterus or something) and with the second cumin. Normally, I love both of those things. I tried to respect my blech factor with each pregnancy but avoiding stress was quite tricky!

I remember once a researcher said it was odd that morning sickness was most commonly directed toward meat and not vegetables reasoning that vegetables were more likely to contain phytotoxins only later to admit that meat is often the source (or was) of contimation. Then again, why does everything biological have to make sense. Morning sickness is a puzzle to me though I did have a severe and undiagnosed vit. B deficiency which could have contributed to it.

By: Amber Magnolia

Amber Magnolia — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:30:57 +0000

Thank you for this Rebecca! As I’ve blogged about before, I was vegan during my first pregnancy and was totally depleted during my postpartum months. I just found out that I am newly pregnant and am so looking forward to doing things differently this time! (In fact, I am drinking my nettles infusion as I type, had plllenty of butter on my toast this morning, and had liver for dinner last night…)

By: Lune

Lune — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:13:05 +0000

Thanks so much for this post. We are thinking about having our third child and I really want to do things *right* this time. I love the way you have herbal advice mixed in with healthy things like: eat lots of good fat!!
I have been following a traditional diet for a couple of years now and would never take supplements, so your herbal advice is great for me.
I wonder if blood sugar was my problem in my first two pregnancies, I was as sick as a dog for both of them. Now I eat hardly any carbs, I am gluten intolerant, so hopefully I wont be so sick next time round!
thanks and I will keep up with your blog from now on,
Lune x

By: Herbwifemama

Herbwifemama — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:59:21 +0000

Lacey, I had a similar experience. I conceived in spring, RIGHT after asparagus season, so it was perfect timing- after 3-4 weeks of near daily asparagus, which is very high in folate, I got pregnant. I never took prenatals (I’m against artifical supplementation, but I did drink nettles and RRL a lot in my pregnancy as well as keeping up with a whole food diet), and dd was perfectly healthy.

By: lacey

lacey — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:44:27 +0000

Thank you for your advice, I’ll be searching out some Hawthorn berries and a local herbalist! As per the Folic acid suggestion, I was so pleased that before I found out I was pregnant I was craving liver (which I’ve never had before) So I made some and then found out that it’s very high in folic acid as well as several vitamins! It pays to listen to our bodies!

By: Jenny Juliana

Jenny Juliana — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:42:28 +0000

Do you have any recommendations for those of us who already have varicose veins? I wish I had been more proactive (they run in my family)! Thanks. I love your blog!

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:32:09 +0000

Unfortunately, the most important time for folate is during the first few weeks of pregnancy when the neural tube is forming into what becomes, in part, the spinal cord. (This is known as the teratogenic period; the word nerds among us will appreciate what a horrible phrase that is.) So it’s as important, if not more so, for women who may become pregnant to ensure their folic acid intake is adequate, though it is a consideration throughout the duration of the pregnancy.