It's a boy - Sunny's story!

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ahh, and which was the birth?

 

sacredqi888 wrote:

 

> Isis Birth

> Chinese Medicine

> <Chinese Medicine%40>, yehuda frischman

> < wrote:

> >

> > Dear friends, colleagues and teachers,

> >

> > About a half a year ago I wrote to you about the experience of

> treating a patient on her last day before passing away. Now I want to

> share with you the wonderful experience of treating a patient the day

> before she gave birth. Wednesday evening, my associate, (who is a

> chiropractor) called me frantically: A patient of his was more than a

> week overdue, and would I be able to use acupuncture and Chinese

> medicine to induce labor? With His (not the chiropractor's) help, I

> said yes, and met the couple at my office at 10:30 PM. This was a 35

> year old mother of 6. As she was late they had attempted

> unsuccessfully to induce her by giving her a large dose of Pitocin,

> IV, the previous week. Now she was scheduled the following morning to

> go back to the hospital and give the pitocin another go. Her face was

> pale, she had big black bags under her eyes, terrible low back pain

> with crepitus and her hands and feet were ice cold. She had mild

> contractions but also had muscle spasms

> > in her back and legs. Her tongue was pale, with a thin white

> coat, her pulses were slippery, generally thready, slow and choppy. I

> needled LI 4, LV3, Sp6, St36, UB 60, GB21, Kd 3 and K7 and Sp9. I

> also taught her husband to Moxa K1, 3,6,7, Sp6 & 9 and St36, which he

> did while I was needling and treating with CranioSacral therapy (CST).

>

> Congratulations Yahuda,

>

> I too had the honor of being present for one of the most spiritual

> births I have ever attended.

>

> A 37 yo woman first pregnancy was 43 weeks 2 days in gestation when

> they called me this week to induce labor. They picked me up from my

> office about 1.5 hours from their home. I gave caulophylum 30c in the

> car on the way.

>

> They told me she had had 3 sonograms in the last two weeks, everything

> and the baby was normal. (They left out that on all three times the

> allopaths were trying to strong arm her to go to the hospital and have

> labor chemically induced and probably a Cesarean because they were

> afraid I would not treat her.)

>

> Her tongue was pale, with a thin white coat, scalloped. Her pulses

> were slippery, generally rapid. BP 140/94 P: 85 although she had just

> climbed 15 steps a few minutes before I took the BP. She normally ran

> 180/68-74 during the pregnancy. She had never gotten morning sickness

> or other horrible problems with her pregnancy. Her biggest

> disappointment was when they got the news it was a girl and not a boy.

> They went into a 2 weeks mourning grief period which may have affected

> the baby. Now they desire a girl with all of their heart.

>

> We opened the session in prayer after clearing the energies of the

> room and house with the whole family and me.

> I'm not sure of all the prayers as the grandparents only spoke Spanish

> and I don't. The parents are bilingual but spoke to each other mostly

> in Spanish.

>

> I needled LI 4, LV3, Sp6, St36, UB 60, GB21, Kd 3 and Sp9. Mild

> contractions started. At this time I added ear seeds for shen men,

> uterus, spleen and endocrine for stimulation as desired later on.

>

> She was so excited when I told her she could eat a full dinner. The

> midwife I work with insists that the ladies in labor continuously

> drink water, smoothies, super greens and electrolytes and eat anything

> else they desire like popsicles, watermelon, and even chicken and rice

> or other foods they are craving. (Yes she poops during the labor but

> that is a sign the baby is coming soon. We just clean her up and

> continue with the labor. It is a natural process even if it can be

> messy at times. We had everything in the birthing/baby's room we

> needed. She had an attached bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub. She was free

> to change locations at will from the bed or floor to the tub. She was

> in control of when the music was on or not, the amount of light in the

> room and who was in the room at any given time.

>

> After dinner we put on music of her choice and we danced to get her

> hips moving and allow the baby to go to the correct position.

>

> About 1.5 hours after the first treatment BP 127/85 P 78 slippery. I

> needled R4 downwards and BL 31 and 32. Within 15 minutes the

> contractions came on and were continuous for the remainder of the

> labor however they started at 10 - 12 minutes got down to 2 minutes

> and then went to 6 minutes and weaker before I revived the labor with

> homeopathy. At this point (pun intended) I tried to needle R 4 and BL

> 31 & 32 again but she had to urinate each time within seconds so I

> used acupressure from here on out on all of these points as needed: LI

> 4, LV3, Sp6, St36, UB 60, GB21, Kd 3 and K7 K1 and Sp9 and ear points.

> We did compressions on the hips and her do squats with some of the

> contractions or lie on one side or the other with pillows to support

> her. We also danced during the labor and had her raise one leg up on

> the tub or bed while standing and being supported by her husband or

> the midwife or myself.

>

> The baby's base fetal heart rate (FHR) was in the 150's but then she

> went into distress down into the low 140's. I gave carbo veg 30C and

> within a few minutes the FHR normalized. We also changed positions and

> she got on all fours and started rocking motions. Later the FHR soared

> to upper 180's. although mom appeared calm and collected I felt the

> baby was terrified and I gave aconite 30c and brought the rate down to

> 170's I repeated in 5 minutes and it came down to the 160's and stayed

> there for 15 minutes. I gave Aconite 200C one wet dose and the FHR

> normalized.

>

> We used warm compresses with clary sage and ginger essential oils to

> help relax and open up the perineum.

>

> The labor was long totaling over 20 hours. At one point she was really

> exhausted along with the rest of us. I gave gelsemium to all of us

> including hubby and midwife. We all perked up but not the patient.

> Then I noticed she had increased thirst asking for water, cran-grape

> juice and a strawberry/banana smoothie within 20 minutes. Gelsemium

> keynotes dull droopy, tired, exhausted, slow weak contractions and

> thirstless. I asked if she was drinking because we were forcing fluids

> or if she was thirsty. She was thirsty I had given the wrong remedy.

> Kali Phos tired, exhausted, slow weak contractions, thirsty. One dose

> Kali Phos 200C revived the contractions and her energy.

>

> She delivered a beautiful baby girl 7 lbs 10 oz, 21 inches long with a

> 14.5 inch head diameter (ouch. The most a woman can open up to deliver

> vaginally is 15 inches in diameter. That's why the labor was so long.

> Yes she tore during delivery.

>

> There was never any screaming or yelling or accusing the husband of

> getting her in this condition. She only yelped about 5 times before

> changing her position and pressing the ear seeds and becoming more

> comfortable again. Surprisingly no yelps when she tore.

>

> The husband was at her side every moment pushing on her legs, her ear

> seeds, massaging or doing acupressure as instructed, getting her

> drinks. If she asked if it was hot in there he said if you're hot I'm

> hot, how much air do you desire. (They were not using the AC even

> though the temps were in the upper 80's outside.) He encouraged her

> and panted and pushed with her throughout the labor. I gave him Arnica

> 200C along with mom after the birth because he worked so hard and

> strained so much (grin). Arn is good for over exertion, bleeding, sore

> bruised feelings and a whole lot more. We give the baby Arn for the

> squeezing of the head through the birth canal and then other remedies PRN.

>

> The baby had swallowed a lot of merconium and was grunting and

> breathing in the 90's and was still blue. One dose Carbo Veg 30C and

> she pinked up normally was very alert and I swear she looked at each

> one of us directly in the eye. Her breathing was still labored.

>

> I gave 2 doses of Antimonium Tart 30C 5 minutes apart and the labored

> breathing was better but not normal. I bumped it up to one dose of

> Antimonium Tart 200C and the breathing normalized. We remained on site

> for over 6 hours post birth to make sure the respirations remained

> normal and they did. The midwife stitched up mom and everyone was

> happy and healthy.

> Prayers and toning ushered in this beautiful baby.

>

> Afterwards they were so appreciative of being given the opportunity to

> deliver at home when so many had told them they could not.

>

> The midwife I work with is also an instructor of midwifery. Her

> students had been told that there was no way she would deliver at home

> by the MD on call for all of the midwife's births. I bet they are all

> surprised.

>

> I am so honored to have been a part of this.

>

> The week before a friend of mine was admitted to hospice. I used the

> Spirit points PRN and gave Arsenicum 200c. I repeated the treatment

> the day after the birth and my friend smiled went to sleep and passed

> in her sleep of cancer. That too was beautiful and created great

> reflection on my part as a participant in the birthing and releasing

> of life on planet earth in less than 24 hours.

>

> Sunny

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