Vaccinations: NOT Mandatory
I realized I never explained that you can get exemptions for “mandatory” vaccinations for your kids. All 50 states have some exemption. Exemptions fall into 3 categories: Medical – requires doctor exemption based on health. For example if you are allergic to an ingredient in a vaccine. Philosophical – any personally held beliefs. Religious – any religious beliefs. Each state is different as far as how hard they make it to get an exemption. In NY I hear that you have to “prove” you belong to a religion with a problem with vax. Silly if you...
Read MoreResolutions 2008
I personally love New Year’s Resolutions. As Benjamin Franklin, a great believer in self-improvement, said, “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” I think most people get turned off from resolutions because no one ever tells us how to make one. Resolutions are different from goals. Goals are more wide sweeping overall visions of what we want. Resolutions are very specific choices. So, for example, “I will lose weight” is not a resolutions – it is a goal. A resolution would be...
Read MoreCrash Course at the Birth Center
I wish I had posted on Christmas day because we had a wonderful Christmas. The last 3 days though I have been so sick. Nausea and vomiting. I figured I ate something bad but was still feeling yucky this morning. We had our normal midwife appt today that took a wrong turn. My blood pressure was 155/90! (High blood pressure can be a symptom of pre-eclampsia also called toxemia) So, she did the non-stress test and I worked on relaxing (sometimes my bp is high when I’m stressed). When she took it again it was 148/something. I had to go to the Birth Center for a bunch of...
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Vaccinations: The Flu Vax is Modern Snake Oil
I was at the midwife’s yesterday (down 2 more lbs.!) and they have a TV looping CNN Health features. It is nice to have some entertainment in the waiting room but yesterday there was a huge segment about the Flu Vaccine. A few months ago this wouldn’t have phased me. I had never had a flu shot but *shrug* to each his own was my feeling. Now that I KNOW better I was shocked at how full of lies this promotion was. First off, the nasal spray vaccine, FluMist, is a live virus. You are very likely to get flu-like symptoms from this AND you can shed live virus and infect...
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