For expecting moms

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There has been some recent interest in neonatal care, food regime

during pregnancy, application of henna etc on this list. Why not?

The happiest moments of the life are when you fondle your baby and

innocent baby keeps playing with you. With recent successes in giving

fertility to aged mothers by means of IVF, many infertile women in

fifties and beyond (even post-menopausal) are seeking to become

mothers. Only last week a romanian lady became mom at age 66, a

complete woman. The interview of a a mom aged 56, published on net is

also very intersting to read.

 

In this post, author wishes to attract attention to a subject which

ancient ayurvedic acharyas would not have imagined so seriously. The

challenges of modern times create new challenges to ayurvedists also.

 

With almost 1 out of every five couples in U.S., needing IVF for

seeking fertility, the effect of various pollutants and pesticides,

and most importantly, the effect of genetically modified

(engineered?) food on fertility is obvious. If one observesd nature

carefully, it will be seen that all the manifestations of

energy/matter are created with a single purpose. The growth. Growth

is a rhythm of nature.

 

But if the health of a specie is endangered, the specie either

becomes extinct or develops resistance to factors dangerous to its

existence. For instance, mosquitoes used to run away moment the

lights are put on or fan is switched "ON", during childhood days of

author. Now a days, even mosquito repellants are not working. When we

try to extinguish one specie by use of insecticides, pesticides, we

also need to suffer. All poisons have one common property. They

reduce the fertility of the person who ingests the poison. Creator

wishes that poisoned specie does not multiply by itself. On the other

hand, effect of evolution in growing intelligence of the next

generation can be easily identified. This of course is possible, if

we guard our health.

 

Going through full pregnancy term is becoming rare nowadays.

 

Premature birth - by which doctors mean at least three weeks early -

is the leading cause of developmental disability in children,

including cerebral palsy and mental retardation. Those who get into

such situation, very well know what grief is. Whole life becomes

dominated by single issue. What will happen to the child?

1 out of 8 babies in the U.S. is born at least three weeks before it

is due. Even more alarming, that ratio represents a 27% increase

since 1980. Advances in neonatal care have saved many children who

might otherwise have died. And lots of babies who leave the intensive-

care unit grow up to be healthy, vibrant adults. But no incubator -

no matter how high tech - will ever replace the womb.

 

Much of the jump in premature births in the U.S. can be tied to the

growing number of multiple births - twins, triplets or more - that

result from infertility treatments. Please visit following links to

check how creator does not allow multiple plantation of embryos to

grow full term.

 

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1101041018-

713195,00.html

http://www.obgynworld.com/international/news/2005/Week_03/Day_3/66-

year-old_gives_bi.asp

 

It has happened in past and is recurring again and again. Modern

science re-invents the wheel. What was known to ayurveda thousands of

years ago, modern science rediscovers. Of particular interest for

pregnant ladies, is one intervention that has shown some promise in

early trials of women with a history of premature delivery and no

other known risk factors. Injecting these women once a week with the

hormone progesterone reduces their chance of delivering early by a

third. Researchers still don't quite understand why it works. The

placenta produces a lot of the hormone, so it wouldn't seem that

adding a little more would make a big difference. The treatment has

not been studied in women who are carrying more than one child.

 

This has been recommended by ayurveda long back. Most ayurvedic

medications/herbs recommended during pregnancy try to increase

progesterone. The animal with plenty quantity of oxytocin,

progesterone is Indian cow. The love towards the offspring is the

unique feature found in maximum quantity in cow. Hence, Indian

mythology often depicts lord Krishna with his cow, and calf drinking

milk from the cow. Most medications to aid fertility, to help baby

grow healthy in the womb and/or to increase the chances of full term

pregnancy are made using Indian cow ghee.

 

The reason cow is so holly in India is not far to seek. Author has

seen cow deliver the calf in an hour or so, without any medical help.

Tribal women also deliver normally, in less than few hours, no

anasthesia needed. Certain hebal decoction is givebn prior to second

stage of labor, and the pregnant lady keeps holding certain roots in

her hand. Those roots she must release after the birth, to limit the

post partum hemorrage. Within a day, she starts household work again.

 

In modern human society, author has seen a number of mothers and

babies suffer by way of health, due to complications created by

surgical intervention. Truth can no longer be hidden, as long as

medical practitioners with humanitarian touch exist. Even in west,

researchers are discovering the results of intervention. Another

result of a study which concludes that the surgical intervention

during pregnancy should be avoided as far as possible, and resort to

manipulation of fetus position rather. Please visit:

 

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=26097

 

For expecting moms ayurveda provides various herbs and ghrutams to

aid fertility, womb care and also easy labor. Dr Shashikant

Patwardhan, a member of this group has recently circulated a monthly

news letter, whose theme article is on the healthy fetus growth and

easing labor during pregnancy. Members may see the full article by

going to his website.

 

Dr Bhate