Pregnant? Things to think about

pregnantWhen I was newly pregnant, I wish people would have helped me to think about a few important things. I did a lot of research, but 33 years ago information wa a little harder to connect with. This post is inspired and informed by a nurse who eagerly researches all aspects of childbirth and who quit her profession because of her passionate beliefs on vaccination and circumcision. This list might not be ALL you need to think about when you are preparing for a precious new baby, but it’s a great start!

  • Question everything & research everything. Especially medical procedures meant to make money. Question Vaccines, Vitamin K shots given at birth, eye ointment and any routine medical procedure recommended for you or your baby.
  • Delay cord clamping until it stops pulsating. From 3 to 30 minutes or more. There is no need to discuss this, just put it in your birth plan and let them know it is what you want. However, since the doctor is the authority in the delivery room, it works best to have the doctor understand and assent to your request in advance. Make sure you both have the same definition of “delayed.” For some doctors ‘delayed’ might mean 1 minute. Remember, the hospital staff is eager to ‘turn’ the room ASAP so they may likely say, “delayed cord clamping is not necessary.” BUT IT IS. That is YOUR baby’s blood! http://www.vaccinationinformationnetwork.com/how-early-umbilical-cord-clamping-damages-babies-brains/
  • Say No to bath. Don’t let them bathe your baby. Rub the healthy vernix into the skin. Bathe at home later. Put this in your birth plan. Especially don’t allow a bath that could interfere with mom/baby bonding and skin-to-skin.
  • Breastfeed. Every ounce is gold and sets your baby up for lifelong health. Skin to skin with baby immediately after birth and keeping close continually will help you succeed. A baby is born to breastfeed and offering early and often will help your milk supply. If you have pain with breastfeeding, GET HELP from an experienced mom or ask to see the free lactation consultant at the hospital as many times as you need. Your body was made to nourish your offspring. You CAN do this.
  • Continue breastfeeding for a minimum of 2 years or until you are BOTH ready to wean. Ignore everyone’s snooty remarks. The average age of weaning worldwide is 2 to 7 or more years worldwide. You can breastfeed as long as you both want to – and if it bothers members of your family, they need to be educated!
  • Understand the Value of the Foreskin; keep your sons intact. Research information on the functions of the foreskin, not just circumcision. 68% of babies are kept whole in the USA and 91% in Canada because people are researching and realizing it is an unnecessary cosmetic surgery and extremely detrimental to his future sex life and future partners. More babies die from complications from this social surgery which removes a healthy normal body part, than will ever need a circumcision later on in life. Here’s a couple links for more info on circumcision:

Remember, it is YOUR baby. Every single decision you make, or allow, can have a long-term consequence, and you are the only one who will have to live with it and be responsible for the outcome. I pray for ABUNDANT HEALTH for both YOU and YOUR BABY!

More thoughts for pregnant people… Please feel free to add any questions you have in the comments below. I don’t have all the answers but maybe I can point you to some great resources.

  • Thinking About Babies? Great info to help you BEFORE you conceive.
  • Flu Shots in Pregnancy? Will a flu shot protect my baby?
  • Vaccines in Pregnancy? Really??? Why is there such a push to give pregnant women vaccines now? When and why did this policy start? Who do I believe?
  • No Advice Please Most pregnant moms don’t really want advice. I understand that. I’ve raised five children. Consider this information, not advice.
  • Essential Questions. Every pregnant mom has questions. These are some of the most essential questions you could ask and search for the answers.
  • An Impassioned Plea. This is just my heart to yours. I consider you as important as a cherished daughter. I truly only want your good and blessings on your life.

IMG_0423Author: Becky Hastings, wife, mother, grandmother, passionate follower of Jesus Christ and truth seeker, especially in the areas of health and children. Facing a world quite different from the one in which I grew up, I seek to research and understand the true route to health, freedom and joyful family living!

Vaccines in Pregnancy? Really???

pregnant 2 cropped20 years ago it would have been unthinkable – maybe even 10 years ago. It is still unthinkable to many medical professionals and thinking people, so why has the public acceptance changed? Why are government agencies around the world now encouraging women to get a flu vaccine and/or a TDaP (the adult version of the DTaP recommended in 4 doses to all babies) vaccine when pregnant? Why are pregnant women accepting this? Why are OB/Gyns and even midwives (long the bastions of things natural and healthy) now recommending these shots to their patients? Why do CDC recommendations blatantly contradict the information supplied by the manufacturers of vaccines? There is so much to consider when pregnant, the information can see overwhelming!

Pregnant women need to know that there was a major change in the recommendations for shots in pregnancy in the last 10+ years. Perhaps this change came out of a decision to try and make the vaccine/autism link hazy. Officials at CDC openly spoke to each other about their fear of “angry Autism Parents.” [1]Simpsonwood quote

CDC is very aware of angry Autism Parents and has been doing their best since at least 2000 to dodge responsibility for the damage their recommended vaccines have caused. The CDC Whistleblower, Dr William Thompson, has explained in detail the fraud committed by top researchers in their study which was intended to debunk the vaccine/autism connection.

The idea of giving pregnant women flu vaccines was first proposed at scientific meetings: “hey, lets start vaccinating pregnant women for flu, then there won’t be such an obvious autistic regression, because babies will be ‘born’ autistic” (spoken in more scientific terms because they ‘needed’ to ‘protect’ the vaccine program in the ‘interests of public health’).[1] At first the response to this suggestion was there is NO way OB/Gyns are going to buy into this. OB/Gyns are well aware that exposing pregnant women to drugs can cause serious danger to the developing baby. Historically, many drugs given to pregnant women have resulted in their withdrawal based on birth defects on a wide scale. Thus, doctors who seek to preserve the health of pregnant women are very restrictive in their use of drugs and even give strong dietary recommendations, including avoiding canned fish in pregnancy. The CDC/Pharma knew it would be difficult to convince doctors, let alone mothers, that vaccines injected during pregnancy were a good idea. It has taken them many years and deliberate media campaigns. OB/Gyns have been assaulted with information over the last 12 or so years. This information is actually marketing, disguised as “science”, and they are at last making headway and getting the buy-in of OB/Gyns who are under their influence. There has been no actual science to support the safety of the policy of injecting pregnant woman with vaccines.

It seems like pharmaceutical companies have been so successful in their marketing campaigns targeting OB/Gyns, pregnant women, and the population at large that most doctors are now recommending a flu shot at every visit – so if you refuse it the first time, they will continue to hound you about it during your whole pregnancy. Not only that, but nurses and midwives are also pushing shots to pregnant women. AND, I am amazed to read of many pregnant women DEMANDING both the flu and the TDaP vaccines because they have been so indoctrinated. Most doctors are not aware that they have been targeted with this heavy indoctrination. They believe the CDC has studied the safety implications and trust the CDC’s recommendations. They are likely to tell their patients all the reasons why it is good for them to get the vaccines – because that is exactly the info the drug rep has been repeating to them over and over.

Doctors generally have not read all the science themselves. Many have not even read the vaccine package insert which states that the shots have never been approved or tested for safety during pregnancy. They are not informed (or choose to ignore) the fact that miscarriage is significantly higher among women getting these shots. Women get shots and may have a miscarriage or early labor in the next week (or two), and most doctors or mothers ever put the facts together.

Flu PregnancyIf you are pregnant I encourage you to read the package inserts of the vaccines made by the manufacturer themselves which state that they have never been tested on pregnant woman. Ask your doctor “How are you okay recommending treatments that haven’t been proven safe for pregnant women? You tell me not to eat canned tuna, but think injecting the toxic ingredients in vaccines won’t cross the placenta?

Flue pregnancy memeBig Pharma has managed to completely turn the tide of medical and public opinion when doctors, midwives and pregnant women are all convinced there is benefit to receiving the flu vaccine and/or the TDaP when pregnant. It is quite a marketing feat. They are probably very impressed with themselves and could get written up in a business school for a successful turn around of public opinion.

A successful marketing campaign does not mean science supports injecting women carrying our most vulnerable citizens with a toxic chemical cocktail that could kill or maim that precious new life. Please educate before you accept this dangerous medical procedure. I have nothing to gain by your decision. There are many others who have much to lose if you choose life and health by not vaccinating. Think about that.

Are you outraged?

If you are outraged – like me – then please share this with your pregnant friends and even with your fertile, but not yet pregnant friends. We all need to vote with our feet and our wallets and say NO to vaccines during pregnancy.

Thanksgiving 2015

Author: Becky Hastings, wife of 35 years, mother to five plus two, grandmother to four so far, passionate about truth, health, and healthy babies. I’ve been a breastfeeding counselor for 23+ years. I love helping moms succeed in mothering through breastfeeding. I can’t keep quiet and watch moms struggle because of the pressure they face to throw themselves and their babies ‘under the pharmaceutical bus’ and hope for the best. Moms need to know the truth.

Flu Vaccines in Pregnancy? 

 

[1] For more information on the Simpsonwood meetings where the CDC discussed the mercury/autism “strong signal” and planned their strategy to help obscure it: http://www.putchildrenfirst.org/chapter2.html

To read the complete 286 page transcript of the Simpsonswood meeting where the CDC and top invited scientists met at a secret meeting to discuss the vaccine autism link, and then strategizes on how to keep this information away from the public: http://skeptico.blogs.com/Simpsonwood_Transcript.pdf