M.E.N.D. supports families who have lost a baby to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death.
Please join use in remembering our precious babies in heaven this Christmas.
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 at The Jones Center Chapel at 6:30pm
RSVP to Aly (479)251-8446 and receive a personalized ornament for your baby.
Tell Your BOLD Birth Story under The BOLD Red Tent!
BE BOLD and join in the global movement “Birth On Labor Day” as women around the world gather during the month of September to inspire their communities to create childbirth choices that work for mothers.
When and Where:
Saturday, Sep 13th at the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and
Saturday, Sep 20th at the Bentonville Farmer’s Market from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
What:
1. Tell your birth story! - Stories have the power to reach into our hearts and minds, impart truths, and transform lives. Share your knowledge, wisdom and birth experiences with other women under the red tent.
2. Buy your tickets to a production of Karen Brody’s play “Birth”, debuting at Fayetteville’s Teatro Scarpino on Friday, September 19th. (Tickets available online or at the Fayetteville Red Tent)
3. Henna Body Art - Bring your pregnant belly (or your beautiful non-pregnant body) and experience the beautiful, nurturing art of henna painting. Choose a design that expresses your unique personality as well as the universality of womanhood and motherhood.
4. Learn about Free Local Birth Resources - Get connected with representatives from BirthNetwork NWA, La Leche League, the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN), and DONA International (a doula organization) about how we can support you throughout pregnancy, birth, and beyond.
5. Win Great Prizes! - Enter your name in a drawing to win some great prizes from the following businesses
Who:
Hosted by BirthNetwork NWA.
for more info go to www.nwakidsguide.com
would like to invite you to a very special theatrical evening on
Friday, September 19th, 2008
at
Teatro Scarpino in Fayetteville.
for a local performance of a play by Karen Brody
“Birth”
Birth is part of the BOLD (Birth On Labor Day) Movement. Every September, Birth is performed in cities around the world, uniting women’s voices calling for change in a maternity-care system that is broken–
For example:
But there is a movement to promote a model of care that is evidence-based and centered on mothers and babies. It’s called “Mother-Friendly” Maternity Care. BirthNetwork NWA promotes this model of care through education, advocacy, and support. Please join with BirthNetwork NWA and BOLD to raise money, raise awareness, and raise the energy of a movement that will empower women take charge of their births and give them options that work.
Tickets are on sale now. Click here to access ticket sales through BirthNetwork’s “Events” page. Please don’t wait, because we do expect a “sell-out” of the play. Even if you can’t come, please consider becoming a consumer member of BirthNetwork NWA. Your name and your voice as a consumer means something, and we must have broad consumer support to encourage doctors and legislators to listen.
For more info go to www.nwakidsguide.com
Miracle Diet: Mom of four finally loses weight!
So after trying every diet I could think of, I still couldn’t lose any weight after my fourth baby. With my other three babies, the weight came off naturally in about six months. With the fourth, I tried strategy after strategy and the scale
stuck fast. I couldn’t lose one pound.
Well to be honest, I could lose a pound but then I’d just gain it back. Once I lost four pounds in two weeks and gained them back in about three days. So I gave up. I accepted my new size, about twenty pounds heavier than my old self.
But then, through a strange set of circumstances, I found a miracle cure. Eighteen months into my fourth baby’s life, I suddenly lost about ten pounds in a month. It has unstuck my scale! Try it and see if it works for you. There are three simple rules:
1. No beef, no chicken.
2. No excess sugar (sweets, candy, dessert)
3. Water
I know there has been a lot of talk in recent years about low-carb diets. But I really think the older wisdom of the low-fat diet is more effective for a postpartum mom. When you’re pregnant or breastfeeding, the body stores fat for the baby. So you usually end up with less muscle and more fat proportionally on your body. Do this over several years with a couple babies and the body changes more significantly. It adapts to the situation, seeming to manufacture flab! Even when you lose weight, it is easier to lose muscle rather than fat, especially in the waist and legs. Thus most people never return to pre-partum pants sizes even if they get skinnier. They retain enough fat in the waist and legs, more disproportately, to keep from dipping below size 8 (or size 14!). I think the key–at least at this time–is more low-fat than low-carb so the body takes in less fat and is therefore less likely to store it and more likely to burn the fat that is already there when it is fat-burning mode. (Perhaps not incidentally, I craved meat and dairy–fats–when I was pregnant, which I never had before).
Also, I know no beef/chicken is radical. I was definitely not into vegetarianism (although I admire the position). I just don’t like vegetables and vegetarian substitutions enough. But I had no idea that meat was affecting my metabolism until I stopped eating it regularly. As soon as I cut out beef and chicken (which almost every meal on a menu, even soup and salad, contains), I lost a couple pounds immediately. I didn’t cut out all meat because even with healthy options I felt loss of protein. But by cutting out beef and chicken on a daily basis, I cut out most of it out from my routine. Whenever I was faced with a non-vegetarian menu or a carnivorous moment, I had fish (and pork one time). It satisfied the craving, kicked my meat addiction (which I didn’t know I had), and worked magic. I assume it is because animal fat has a different effect on the body than non-animal fat.
Kicking the sugar habit was harder because sugar is in everything. I had tried No Sugar diets before but found myself relying on sweeteners which I have heard is possibly more dangerous than white sugar. Diet soda, coffee, and other staples of my diet seemed to be working against me even when I had victory over the chocolate habit. So I picked a rule I could live with, which was no EXCESS sugar. No desserts, no sweet tooth fixes, no cookies at Panera, etc. As soon as I did this, but left sugar in my coffee/tea, syrup for the pancakes I had on Mothers Day, and other reasonable sugar instances, I was able to eliminate a reasonable amount of sugar without craving it. I used organic pop-tarts for those moments when I was weak =) In conjunction with the less meat thing, I think my body got a major metabolic shake-up.
My third rule of Water was important, although I was not able to cut out all other drinks. I have done this at times before–drunk only water–but usually lapsed when I was at some function that only had coffee as a refreshment. Plus it is summer now and the prospect of lemonade or other refreshments loom large. I am not a good water drinker usually, so this time I just made a rule of adding water, not subtracting other things. And it really worked.
The rest of my diet I kept basically the same. I did not exercise a whole lot. I did not add in all kinds of foods I didn’t like. I didn’t cook things I should but didn’t want to eat. I did not add in supplements, skip meals, or use weight loss drugs. I did not join a gym or start regular walks (even though I want to). But my scale needle finally unstuck anyway. I finally got into some of my old pants after eighteen months in my new larger size. If it can work for me, it might work for you too. Article provided by Life with Little Children
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Pregnant? and want a healthy baby?Brewer Diet by Thomas Brewer, M.D. Date: 11/01/2007
A proven healthy diet that also supports vegetarian and vegan substitutions
You are one of over 3 million women who have a baby in the United States every year. In recent years pregnant women in our country have been less healthy than pregnant women in many other countries. An increasing number of premature or “low birth weight” babies are being born. This is primarily caused by the failure of our doctors to recognize the role of nutrition in pregnancy.
Instead of emphasizing good diet, many American doctors who care for pregnant women still prescribe low calorie, low salt diets for “weight control”. Many doctors also still depend on drugs such as diuretics (water pills) and amphetamines (diet pills) to try to prevent diseases during pregnancy. High blood pressure is typically treated with a low salt diet and bed rest. Some doctors are even using calcium and aspirin for toxemia prevention, but it’s not proving as helpful as they’d hoped. This kind of treatment is often dangerous to both mother and baby. But you can avoid danger by good nutrition throughout your pregnancy. We now know that most pregnancy diseases and complications are caused by poor diets - by lack of enough good foods during pregnancy. The methods of diet described in the following pages were used with success by over 25,000 women in my practice over a 12 year period in the prenatal clinics of Contra Costa County in Richmond, California, USA. And they are used today by many more informed and educated women, with equally excellent results. When you understand what a good pregnancy diet is and how important good foods really are, you will be able to protect yourself and your baby from many complications. Article provided by www.vitalchild.com
For more information on Pregnancy Health go to www.nwakidsguide.com
Try the boy or girl gender diet! Change your diet and conceive the gender of your dreams!
Is it really that simple? I found an interesting website that you might want to check out. I have not tried this, so I can’t tell you if it works. Go to www.boygirldiet.com and find out what to eat to choose a boy or a girl! Have fun!
For more information on pregnancy health go to www.nwakidsguide.com
The International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) meets the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm at the Jones Center Springdale. Provides support and education for cesarean recovery and prevention. Advocates for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). Contact Aly (479)251-8446
La Leche League meets the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 10:30am at the First Christian Church in Fayetteville.
La Lache League also meets the 3rd Saturday of every month at 10:30am at Birthroot Midwifery in Fayetteville. Contact Britni (479)644-1096 or Anne (479)442-7074
ICAN has arrived in NWA!
The International Cesarean Awareness Network is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve maternal/child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery and promoting vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC).
ICAN meets for educational meeting on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm at The Jones Center in Springdale room #221
For more info contact Aly (479)251-8446 or Angela (479)443-2337
For more information on other nonprofit organizations in NWA go to www.nwakidsguide.com
BirthNetwork NWA is having a “Community Birth Activist” Meeting
this Thursday, February 7th at 7:00 p.m.
at the Cafe of Life Chiropractic Wellness Center 778 Happy Hollow Rd. in Fayetteville.
Food will not be served at this meeting, so please come having eaten.
For more info go to www.nwakidsguide.com