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Obstetric fistula affects

women all around the world has now been exposed for the fraud may compromise fetal heartrate and
and it is a horrendous condi- that it is. The same US, according blood supply at birth due to lower
tion to have to deal with as to Margulis, has the highest mater- blood pressure in the mom, it in-
a woman and for a family to nal and infant mortality rates in the creases length of labor, reduces the
face, particularly in coun- ‘industrialized’ world and gives free chances of breastfeeding, increases
the mother’s chances of having a
samples of formula to women who
tries where financial and are planning to breastfeed, which cesarean section… and – doubles
other resources to manage we all know is best for baby and the mother’s risk of SEVERE VAG-
the condition may be lacking vaccinates its babies against an STD INAL TEARS.
or where governments have at birth. She also says that contin- Something else you may also know
uous monitoring during pregnancy
cast those in need aside, not does not improve outcomes but is that ‘modern’ diets which in-
dealing with the condition as actually results in more caesarean clude a lot of added sugars, strange

urgent or critical. sections because the medical system preservatives, colors, and chemicals,
in the US – which many are copying as well as fertilizers, herbicides
around the world – is a for-profit and pesticides and GMOs actually
learnt and they’re just doing what
they were told… I’m left with some system. She is the author of ‘Your trigger changes in the body that
nagging discomfort in the back of Baby, Your Way’ which you might have a direct impact on fertility and
my mind about the true causes of want to look into reading, as she even on immunity and overall body
obstetric fistula and the genuine dispels a lot of myths around preg- development. They are even known
ways in which they can be avoided nancy, childbirth and childrearing to cause cancers (which were men-
and handled. I am dissatisfied with that you may be interested in. While tioned above), diabetes and obesity,
the numbers that I found online, you’re at it, do get me a copy! including fetal diabetes and obesity.
which seem to be quite old and You also may know that the birthing Which leaves me believing that all
unchanging and based on the WHO position that many are forced into in of these things have contributed to
narrative alone. I am bothered by ‘modern’ hospitals is actually quite a general weakening of the woman’s
the entire thing. unnatural and even impedes the body which may have affected the
birthing process because it prevents strength of the bladder, ureter, ure-
the pelvic area from being able to thral, vaginal and rectal passages to
I’m left wondering about a condi-
tion that seems to be closely linked attain a full and unhindered expan- some extent. Especially since I know
to surgical error, caesarean sections sion. I remember that a woman once the One Who made us and that we
and hysterectomies and ruptured shared a photo of her birth expe- were made fearfully and wonderfully
uteruses and items being ‘forgotten’ rience where she was in a squatting and well able to go through preg-
inside the woman’s body and even position and the image of her back nancy and childbirth very well. So,
cancer and radiation therapy. Be- was shared having expanded freely what happened to change all this
cause, as you may know, the majority in what was a revelatory moment for and when did it really start?
of caesarean sections being carried me. Traditionally women used birth-
out today are more out of financial ing stools that allowed both gravity Are all the changes that we have
gain or benefit for the doctors and and the body’s contractions to work made in the name of progress,
the hospitals that are doing them in harmony to provide greater ease development, modernity and health
than out of genuine need. In fact, during the birthing process. actually the things that are now
Jennifer Margulis, an American jour- working against us and causing our
nalist and PhD in the US pointed You may know that epidurals and girls and women so much hardship
out that during the ‘covid reset sea- spinals, the pain medication given and humiliation? I believe so and I
son’ (my latest name for this thing during childbirth, has side effects also believe that we need to retrace
they foisted on the world) cases of like itching, difficulty in urinating, our paths to a simpler time, simpler
caesarean sections and premature back pain, headaches, fever (that can way of life, simpler diet, simpler
births actually reduced, leaving many cause the baby to have seizures after solutions, in order to recover our
doctors wondering what happened birth), numbness from the waist humanity and accurate divinely
to the ‘preemies’ and her giggling to down, blood pressure drops, does made anatomy, before it’s too late.
herself about how medical interfer- not always end up relieving the labor
ence in the process of pregnancy pain and the medication reaches the Your thoughts and insights are
baby (unlike what many are told), it welcome.

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