Your Questions About Natural Pregnancy Products

Mandy asks…

How does my speech sound so far?

my speech is about teen pregnancy

Teen pregnancy is becoming too glamorized and more girls will want to get pregnant for fame and publicity. In this speech you’re going to enter a world of a teen mom and many facts. Imagine you’re a teen mom. And no not a “teen mom” like you see on the TV with a drama starved sixteen year old girl with her catty friends, and loser boyfriend. That’s glitz and glammer, I’m talking about a mom someone you see everyday who birthed you and held you. You can’t be a mother with video cameras following and watching your every move. Being a teen mom seems to be the hardest job of all. Holding down a job, going to school, and ending a perfectly good social life. Taking care of a baby that’s just the easy parts, next on the list: Shower, eat while studying, and then hopefully a night of rest. You just got into the shower. Your baby is crying and screaming, your mother tries to calm it but your baby is hungry and that’s a job only the mother can do. You jump out of the shower and put on clothes. Then you feed your baby. After he/she has eaten you pop in a TV dinner in the toaster oven and crack the books open. After you ate and studied it’s now 12:00am you put your baby in the crib and turn off the lights. You hope tonight you sleep just a bit. You wake up to crying 2:00 am you sooth your baby and roll back over for sleep. More crying wakes you up 4:30 am you comfort your baby and go back to sleep. Next you wake up to a cell phone ringing and someone is asking you if you’re at school. Time: 9:30 am your late, you need to drop off your baby at day care; 10 minutes away then drive 20 minutes to school great. Being a teen mom is harder than it looks then on the TV.
There are however many options, you can marry the father and start a family, put the baby up for adoption, keep the baby and raise it by yourself or with your partner, or abortion. Keep in mind that there are laws for an adolescent marriage which will have to go through court and parent consent which could take months. Also think what is best for you and the baby open adoptions are always a choice and better for the mother and baby. It lets the child know who their parents are. Another choice is a closed adoption which is harder being the parents can’t bound and talk to their child and the child never gets to meet their parents. Both ways the birth parents are allowed to choose the adopting parents.
Have latex allergies? There are many non latex condoms and other products such as: polyurethane, or lambskin (natural). Condoms should not be used with a spermicide. Condoms can come lubricated or unlubricated if you get an unlubricated condom do not use a silicone lubricate due to it can deteriorate the condom since latex and silicone is not compatible if you do choose to use lube use water base only.
Birth control is another option. It comes in four different options: a patch, a shot, a ring, and a pill. The ring gets in inserted using your finger and can be removed at any time. The pill gets used orally, the patch gets stickered onto your skin, and the shot is very self explanatory.

Michelle answers:

The first line It’s not becoming glamorized.It has been glamorized. Being a teen mother is the hardest job, You have no training and you are not physically, or emotionally mature enough for what is to come.Is a little better start

Sandy asks…

Very nervous about labor…?

Hi 🙂 I’m 36 going on 37 weeks now and I’m becoming very nervous about giving birth. There is so many things that I feel like I’m not prepared for! I’m 21 years old and have never really been around babies before and I’ve never changed a baby’s diaper! There has been so many times that I’ve thought I won’t be a good mom to my little girl and I’m scared of doing something wrong.

I’m what is said to be the “paranoid” first-time mom. For example, I let my hair grow out during pregnancy because with my regular hair style it required hairspray and products and I was afraid of inhaling too much of it and hurting her. Everyone has poked fun at me and said “it will come natural.” But what if it doesn’t?

I’m terrified about labor and something going wrong because of my gestational diabetes or because of something else.

Can anyone offer some comforting words of advice? I would really appreciate it. Thank you!
I was supposed to enroll in a class, but it was too late and between college and doctors appts we missed them. At one point I was seeing 3 doctors because of some complications, but luckily it seems that they have cleared themselves up. I’ve watched people changed diapers, but I’m sure it’s different actually doing it myself.

I appreciate the advice. There are some friends of mine who have babies, and I’m sure they wouldn’t mind letting me practice.

Michelle answers:

My sister was 19 when she had her first kid. She was NOT meant to be a mother. All her life she told everyone i’m never having kids, blah blah. The day elijah my nephew was born, it just clicked. She didn’t know how to do much of anything like change them, dress them, etc. Because she lived with her dad and my younger siblings were with our mom. Anyhow, i never thought with her the instincts would kick in, seriously, LOL, but they did amazingly. Abnd she’s a good mom (she has 3 now) don’t worry! If you feel less prepared, do you know anyone with small kids to help practice? I did that with my nieces and little bro and sisters…. There’s many good books on taking care of baby in first year 🙂 good luck!!

Susan asks…

Why do so-called “MRA’s” continue to insist contraception is the woman’s responsibility?

And refuse to take full responsibility themselves?
If a man really really really doesn’t want to impregnate a woman he can use several contraceptive devices, products, and techniques to render his chances of impregnating a woman an absolute zero.
Their are natural techniques that have been used historically and are still in use today – by couples who really don’t want to make a baby.

Sperm + Ovum = Baby. Why do many MRA’s refuse to take responsibility for the actions of their swimmers?

The swimmers can be
a. Killed (spermicial foams and jellies)
b. Blocked (condom)
c. Neutralized (having sex only during the woman’s less fertile days of the month)

Implementing the 3 strategies above concurrently will result in pretty close to zero chances for pregnancy.

d. Vasectomy – used alone is 90-100% effective .

e. KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS – 100% effective 100% of the time.
Read it again, Colonel:
“If a man can’t control HER OVUM he can at least control HIS SPERM.”
Is this statement true or false? Answer THIS question without adding any red herrings:”If a man can’t control HER OVUM he can at least control HIS SPERM.”
If he can’t control HER OVUM he can at least control HIS SPERM.
Do you understand the question?
Here is the typical MRA bs on abortion. Classic question and classic best answer:

“Is there a number, 3 million, 5 million 10 maybe, that would start a re-think on abortion or feminist attitude?
How many, how big a number do you think it would take for a re-think to abortion or a change in the attitudes of feminists to choice. Choice at what cost?”

A:September 02, 2007

Best Answer – Chosen by Voters
There is no number high enough because their only concern seems to be #1. It is a very self centered person that will murder a child because it is inconvenient for them. There is no other excuse for it because their choice comes when they have sex not after. And even then they blame men. Once a feminist makes up his or her mind about anything they no longer need to worry about right and wrong so long as #1 is looked after and her rights are certain the rights of men and children don’t matter.”
Hatrick: what is it about your sperm you can’t control?
Many women can’t safely take the pill.
1. smokers
2. women over 40
3. a litany of medical conditions
4. its not been proven to be 100% safe in all women. The evidence isn’t in yet – there could be long-term damage as well as short-term damage.
The hormonal (male) birth control pill isn’t being developed because they can’t find male subjects willing to test it on. Nobody knows what kind of dangers may lurk. But men expect women to take the hormones, despite the inherent dangers and possible long-term effects.

Michelle answers:

Because they want freedom without responsibility.

Helen asks…

Totally In the Dark about Digestive Problems?!?

If there are any experts out there, PLEASE I PRAY you see this! …

I am having severe digestive problems and I am absolutely in the dark on what its from!
It’s embarassing, gross, and not fun to be a girl who has awful, and sometimes painful gas at any given moment, and I find it very hard to make bowl movements (yes i know, EW, yeah whatever)
I can feel the gas moving around inside me and i get gas bubbles everywhere in my torso and often times they pop and it hurts or they make alot of noise. Also Sometimes i cant run or walk very long until i feel the sudden urge to use the bathroom, yet nothing happens, and if i ever do make bowel movements, they are tiny. One of the most embarrassing and tormenting symptoms is the fact that sometimes my stomach becomes so swollen with gas i literally look like the early stages of pregnancy!

I’ve considered, yet not really tried cutting out lactose, because i’ve noticed i get gas and constipation even after eating something simple as an apple.

I’ve also considered gluten intolerance an option, but from what i’ve heard those symptoms are usually all symptoms of stomach flu inclusing vomiting which i don’t have.

My dad says it’s probably not what i’m eating, but that there’s something wrong internally that’s doing this no matter WHAT i eat.

I then went on to read about good bacteria and considered making my own Kefir, and then read about fermented products, and then there are things like Activia, which i read is inneffective and it’s pasteurized.

For the past 2 days I have been eating Fage Nonfat Greek Yogurt, which is as natural as it gets, just milk and live cultures, every day. I’m not sure whether to eat it twice a day, or less than once a day or not, or if anyone even thinks it will help.

I’ve even considered trying adociphilus tablets, or going to the doctor to see if it’s IBS.

Lately i’ve been using SparkTeens.com to track my nutrition every day, and from what i’ve learned, i dont consume enough carbs, fat, or calories every day, and i’m not sure if this may contribute to anything but i’ve been trying to eat better because i am apparently losing weight.

Any tips? How long should i eat the yogurt before i expect results if it’s working? Something I should try, and is making Kefir hard, expensive, or worth it at all?

Thank you SO much, I really need help.

Michelle answers:

I used to share your same digestive complaints minus the constipation part. I would get gas, bloating, mucus in my stools, hard or soft stools, random nausea for what seemed to be for no apparent reason…
Probiotics aid digestion to a point and are definitely beneficial. I usually just take a capsule. Buy it refrigerated at your health food store. A mixture of different bacteria strains is even better. However, this alone did not help me.

I only found relief when my naturopath ordered a food intolerance/sensitivity panel of 200 foods by the company Alcat. This is NOT a food “Allergy” panel. Your symptoms are not classic allergy symptoms. Though an allergy panel certainly wouldn’t hurt as many with allergies also have food sensitivites/intolerances and vice versa.
A conventional doctor more than likely will not recommend a food sensitivity panel as they are not quite on board that it helps, but I know personally that it does. I’ve met two other women for whom it has helped tremendously. If you do anything for your health, any one thing, this would be it. Totally worth the money, heck use your tax return! Consult a naturopath to get the test or contact Alcat and see if you can find a lab in your area that will mail your blood sample to them for testing. That’s all their is to it, go to a lab and have your blood drawn.
I tested 200 foods and the results came back that I had a mild to severe intolerance to half of them. I had a severe intolerance to green bell pepper and oregano (that explains the ralphing after eating pizza on several occasions), raspberry, okra and kidney beans. And about ten moderate foods and about 40 milds. On my mild list was gluten and casein (protein in dairy) and I am not celiac.

I only ate off the “acceptable” list for 4 1/2 months and well, I didn’t have any digestive issues.
I rarely ever farted, was never bloated, never had gas, never nauseous or had diarrhea, no mucus. It was like being normal. My face even cleared up.
Only thing, you must make all your own food to assure that there are not untested and/or tested and intolerable foods. This requires a lot of discipline, but once you do it and feel better, it’s totally worth it.
Now I eat off the mild list, and though I pay for it sometimes, it makes my life a little easier and my diet a little more varied. But for optimal digestive relief follow it strictly and reintroduce foods systematically later on.

Another thing that helps when eating things you know will cause problems for you is enzymes. I use Digest Spectrum. You can get it at your health food store. This will help when you’re in a pinch or you just want to go out to eat, but it by itself won’t do you much good as your problem sounds pretty severe.
Following the panel lowers your body’s overall inflammation, and theoretically severs the food/antibody bond in your body, maybe even permanently so you may be able to reintroduce again the things you were once intolerant to.
For now, I would stay away from the eight common allergens which are also common food sensitivities and see if you feel better at all. Also stay away from deli meat and preservatives, those bloat me like crazy, I just want to be popped! LOL!
And if a simple apple makes you sick, don’t eat it. Oregano makes me nauseous and cheese makes me bloated.
8 Common Allergens to avoid altogether: dairy, eggs, soy and corn (read labels!), nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish, wheat.
I can eat egg white just fine, but egg yolks make me nauseous, same with peanut butter, and I love egg yolks and peanut butter. However it was no surprise that I reacted to these in the blood test.
Get used to preparing food at home and stick to the outer edges of the grocery store. Common dishes I make are sautees, chicken, roasted veggies, pancakes (with whole grain flours other than wheat), protein shakes (with plain pea protein). I sure hope this helps. Sorry it’s so long. Email me if you have any questions. I welcome it! Good luck! I promise you, you will feel better!

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