I feel like in order for all of this to make sense, I should take you back to the beginning. When is it in my life that I started to seek out crunchy alternatives?
Well, I can pinpoint you to one very specific night that it all came together for me: Scott and I stumbled across a documentary on Netflix called "The Business of Being Born". Ten minutes in I was hooked, and I felt like there was this whole world I knew nothing about. The proverbial wool had been pulled away from my eyes, and I felt like the most eager student -
Sitting front and center, ready to learn.
This post isn't about that particular documentary - which takes an honest look at how births are largely handled these days in hospitals - but that was the catalyst for me, personally. I highly recommend it to anyone.
Knowledge is power.
Quickly thereafter, I swore off a medicated, hospitalized birth with my first child, found a birth center where other crunchy Mamas were hoping to avoid the hospital process, and it was all downhill from there. From there came a rush of eating better, regular chiropractic care, working with a midwife, learning how to breastfeed, doing tons of research on health and holistic practices, an unmedicated birth, eating my own placenta [yes, that happened], donor breast milk, cloth diapers, farmers' markets, non GMO's, goat's milk, essential oils, etc.
[I'll be posting on each of those at some point - Feel free to let me know which ones pique your interest the most]
I've been amazed at the things I never knew existed. I didn't know people could want natural childbirth, let alone pursue it aggressively and wholeheartedly. I didn't know that there were doctors out there who knew, and invested deeply, about the root of my health problems. [My holistic doctor literally called me yesterday, Sunday, at 3 in the afternoon. Can't beat that] Prior, I've visited so many doctors who told me to "eat more whole grains and keep up the good work." Meanwhile, I'm overweight, suffering from IBS, dealing with bad acne and other dermatitis, and exhausted all the time.
And I was just 25!
I'm still on the journey to find out what my body needs, and what's best for my family. I've got a lot to learn about this life, as I've only just turned 30. But I can say that in the past 3 years, I've learned more about health and well-being than I ever thought I'd be interested to know. For many years, I was content to not think twice about what I ate and what I put on my body. Exercising wasn't important to me, and I figured I'd never really deal with any significant health issues. It sounds naive, but I think a lot of us, perhaps subconsciously, think this same way. We think that cancer and heart disease and chronic arthritis happens to older people - Other people. "Not to me." Well, it can. These things, among others, are growing at a tremendous rate. And I was reminded of that when the surgeon told me I needed surgery for a tumorous cyst, albeit benign. It was a wakeup call to me. Maybe it was entirely unavoidable, and that there was nothing I could've done to have prevented it.. But I'm taking the conservative path by saying, "I'm doing to do what I can to avoid this in the future."
That starts with what goes into my body, and what goes on my body. There is no machine on this earth that doesn't require proper maintenance and quality fuel. Why are we so naive to think that we are the exceptions? I think it's the sustaining kindness of God that allows us to function as well as we do.
Going forward you will now understand a bit more about how I think. I'm open to most holistic practices, as long as they're God-honoring and don't turn a blind eye to wisdom. I'm willing to take the unbeaten path and see what works for me and my family. I will share with you things that I've struggled with, and successes I've had. I do this in hopes to be transparent and maybe help some of you.
May God continue to bless my [feeble] efforts in this life.
To health, happiness, and good stewardship!
http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/
Well, I can pinpoint you to one very specific night that it all came together for me: Scott and I stumbled across a documentary on Netflix called "The Business of Being Born". Ten minutes in I was hooked, and I felt like there was this whole world I knew nothing about. The proverbial wool had been pulled away from my eyes, and I felt like the most eager student -
Sitting front and center, ready to learn.
This post isn't about that particular documentary - which takes an honest look at how births are largely handled these days in hospitals - but that was the catalyst for me, personally. I highly recommend it to anyone.
Knowledge is power.
Quickly thereafter, I swore off a medicated, hospitalized birth with my first child, found a birth center where other crunchy Mamas were hoping to avoid the hospital process, and it was all downhill from there. From there came a rush of eating better, regular chiropractic care, working with a midwife, learning how to breastfeed, doing tons of research on health and holistic practices, an unmedicated birth, eating my own placenta [yes, that happened], donor breast milk, cloth diapers, farmers' markets, non GMO's, goat's milk, essential oils, etc.
[I'll be posting on each of those at some point - Feel free to let me know which ones pique your interest the most]
I've been amazed at the things I never knew existed. I didn't know people could want natural childbirth, let alone pursue it aggressively and wholeheartedly. I didn't know that there were doctors out there who knew, and invested deeply, about the root of my health problems. [My holistic doctor literally called me yesterday, Sunday, at 3 in the afternoon. Can't beat that] Prior, I've visited so many doctors who told me to "eat more whole grains and keep up the good work." Meanwhile, I'm overweight, suffering from IBS, dealing with bad acne and other dermatitis, and exhausted all the time.
And I was just 25!
I'm still on the journey to find out what my body needs, and what's best for my family. I've got a lot to learn about this life, as I've only just turned 30. But I can say that in the past 3 years, I've learned more about health and well-being than I ever thought I'd be interested to know. For many years, I was content to not think twice about what I ate and what I put on my body. Exercising wasn't important to me, and I figured I'd never really deal with any significant health issues. It sounds naive, but I think a lot of us, perhaps subconsciously, think this same way. We think that cancer and heart disease and chronic arthritis happens to older people - Other people. "Not to me." Well, it can. These things, among others, are growing at a tremendous rate. And I was reminded of that when the surgeon told me I needed surgery for a tumorous cyst, albeit benign. It was a wakeup call to me. Maybe it was entirely unavoidable, and that there was nothing I could've done to have prevented it.. But I'm taking the conservative path by saying, "I'm doing to do what I can to avoid this in the future."
That starts with what goes into my body, and what goes on my body. There is no machine on this earth that doesn't require proper maintenance and quality fuel. Why are we so naive to think that we are the exceptions? I think it's the sustaining kindness of God that allows us to function as well as we do.
Going forward you will now understand a bit more about how I think. I'm open to most holistic practices, as long as they're God-honoring and don't turn a blind eye to wisdom. I'm willing to take the unbeaten path and see what works for me and my family. I will share with you things that I've struggled with, and successes I've had. I do this in hopes to be transparent and maybe help some of you.
May God continue to bless my [feeble] efforts in this life.
To health, happiness, and good stewardship!
http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/