The real prenatal care in any pregnancy has to do with what mom does for herself between visits with her care provider: How she eats, if she avoids harmful substances, when she exercises and rests as needed and whether she works to resolve psychological issues that she knows may interfere with her birth process.
-Anne Frye, Holistic Midwifery Volume 1
If you are pregnant, live in the Portland metro area and have low back pain, OHSU is looking for you to participate in their low back pain study.
OHSU researches from neurology and OB/Gyn compare three interventions for low back pain during pregnancy:
Exercise
Spinal manipulation
Mindy-body treatment (neuroemotional technique)
To participate you must be:
Pregnant with one baby
At least 20 years old
Healthy
Pain started in pregnancy
If eligible you receive:
Intervention
Exam
$20 each visit
Time commitment:
30-90 minutes per visit
Start at any time in pregnancy
End at birth
For more information call:
Caroline Peterson, DC, PhD, MPH
503.367.1172
Visit Lester Ancheta’s site to view more art that brings peace to the world: http://blogs.lesterancheta.com/2009/09/day-49-connemara-landscape-ii.html
Continue reading »Full Moon’s Daughter is on vacation until August 12. Please feel free to send emails to courtney@fullmoonsdaughter.com or call 503.737.8834 if you have any questions. We’ll get back to you after the 12th.
Be Well.
Continue reading »To my sister Healers
Witches
Wise Women
Midwives
Who for hundreds of years
Were burned
and tortured
and died
by the millions
as your children looked on
To those who locked arms and walked into the sea
Rather than submit to the inquisitor’s torments.
For the wisdom that went with you
Mostly unwritten, but never forgotten.
For all you knew and shared
The care you gave
And the courage it took
To continue in the face of truly
Overwhelming odds,
For your strength; a source of continuing inspiration,
To you, dear sisters,
I dedicate this book.
– Anne Frye
Continue reading »YouTube video of actress breastfeeding a hungry african baby:
Continue reading »The valley spirit never dies;
There are times in every life when we feel hurt or alone…
If you’re looking for a solid book on the history of woman shamans who were Midwives and Healers, The Woman in the Shaman’s Body is a great start. This book is all about reclaiming the feminine in religion and medicine, as the author Barbara Tedlock puts it.
