My child bearing years were from 1975-1982. My four babies were all breast fed almost exclusively for the first 6 weeks. Then continued as a major part of their diet until around age 2 or so.
And I slept with them by my side. Today that is considered to be soooo dangerous. But it was an accepted practice at the time. (Well, accepted by us…
My child bearing years were from 1975-1982. My four babies were all breast fed almost exclusively for the first 6 weeks. Then continued as a major part of their diet until around age 2 or so.
And I slept with them by my side. Today that is considered to be soooo dangerous. But it was an accepted practice at the time. (Well, accepted by us counter culture types. Plenty of people thought I was nuts.). I think a celebrity wrote a book called ‘The Family Bed’ that recommended getting a California King and sleeping with your babies and toddlers. ( I know personally that I had never heard of SIDS at that point. I was certainly never drunk or drugged and if that baby stirred, I was instantly awake. The baby would nurse and we would both fall back asleep. There was no sleep deprivation. Daddy never knew anything about it.
I also had true midwife deliveries without any hospital/medical interventions.
A couple of decades later, my children are having children and I learned that the medical profession was absolutely anal about how babies had to sleep on firm, hard mattresses in a crib and on their back. Midwifery was highly regulated and limited. My daughters were able to access it, but it was a little different. SIDS was a huge fear. SIDS came along with infant vaccinations, if you ask me.
Willing Spirit, your last line says it all. We never heard of SIDS or AUTISM before this ridiculous schedule of childhood "vaccinations" was introduced.
Heh…my grandtwins (by proxy) are being raised by two stupid, stupid Millenials. They did the strict swaddling and sleeping on their backs, only to have to wear corrective helmets because their skulls had become quite misshapen. They tell us that the twins are not vaxxed, but I don’t believe them.
My stupid Millennial family member said she doesn't want any "old" people looking after her baby because they don't know what they are doing. My jaw hit the floor.
Hahaha! Did the same and rec to dtr. However, she bought into the fear factor until her first was born; quick 180 and had exact repeat of your story. Zero sleep deprivation for BOTH (well, all 3) infant and Mom is huge. I believe that SIDS is lower in shared beds (and will be even lower if folks start thinking about the Ch V schedule).
Watching old movies and such confirms that it wasn’t until SIDS that parents were told not to put their babies down on their stomach. One can find several instances where a baby is placed in its crib face down.
I had my first one in 1991 with a midwife and got the best care and took classes with her learning so much. In the end, my baby was breech, butt down, and we couldn't turn her, so I ended up with a C-section in a hospital. I had 2 more children but the laws do not permit a home birth after a C section and honestly I was afraid.
My first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage because of a horrible decision to get an IUD, when I was in college. I was half way through the pregnancy, when that device killed the baby.
I spent a day or so at the mercy of a hospital with that experience. One of my memories is of crying and a nurse basically telling me to shut up. This was in Austin, Texas in 1973, where they were pushing abortion bigly. I was unmarried at the time I got pregnant and the OBGYN I went to actually tried to talk me into aborting instead of getting married.
Having had those experiences, when I realized I was pregnant again a year later, I told my husband there was no way I was having the baby at a hospital.
I give God all the glory for making it just easy really to find a midwife, with about 40 years of experience and a doctor, who would do the necessary check ups to make it all legal.
We were living in the woods in the Florida Panhandle and when I look back, there was much less regulatory stress and pressure.
God similarly provided for wonderful birthing experiences for my next 3, which required getting another midwife (the first retired) and another doctor.
The last birth was 1982 and I know my experiences couldn’t be duplicated in today’s world.
But, then again…God can do anything.
I’m also a country girl (I will survive) with Native American heritage and was told by one of those doctors that my pelvic area was so wide ‘that a Mac truck could be driven through it.’ Ha ha. Yet, he and the other doctor I used later still showed courage in signing off for me to deliver naturally with a midwife.
I know some women have other size characteristics and issues and reason to need medical attention. And that’s fine. But the reactions I got from other women indicated that they were just too afraid to have their baby without all that medical intervention available.
I went to planned parenthood of all places to get a prego test. While I was just trying to absorb the fact I was pregnant they kept asking me when I had my last period and I repeatedly said IDK and to let me think. Of course they let me know my choice about abortion but I just jumped up and left. My partner and I chose to marry as we were in love and have been married ever since. He was a good man then and even better now.
I was scared about the scar tissue rupturing if I had a home birth after a c section. I would go to a birthing center these days. They are around.
My child bearing years were from 1975-1982. My four babies were all breast fed almost exclusively for the first 6 weeks. Then continued as a major part of their diet until around age 2 or so.
And I slept with them by my side. Today that is considered to be soooo dangerous. But it was an accepted practice at the time. (Well, accepted by us counter culture types. Plenty of people thought I was nuts.). I think a celebrity wrote a book called ‘The Family Bed’ that recommended getting a California King and sleeping with your babies and toddlers. ( I know personally that I had never heard of SIDS at that point. I was certainly never drunk or drugged and if that baby stirred, I was instantly awake. The baby would nurse and we would both fall back asleep. There was no sleep deprivation. Daddy never knew anything about it.
I also had true midwife deliveries without any hospital/medical interventions.
A couple of decades later, my children are having children and I learned that the medical profession was absolutely anal about how babies had to sleep on firm, hard mattresses in a crib and on their back. Midwifery was highly regulated and limited. My daughters were able to access it, but it was a little different. SIDS was a huge fear. SIDS came along with infant vaccinations, if you ask me.
Willing Spirit, your last line says it all. We never heard of SIDS or AUTISM before this ridiculous schedule of childhood "vaccinations" was introduced.
97% OF CHILDREN WHO DIED FROM SIDS, DIED WITHIN 10 DAYS OF GETTING THE VACCINE, SAYS PAUL THOMAS, MD
https://www.bitchute.com/video/SSpijRG2jssj/
You are correct. SIDS didn't before baby vax mandates
Heh…my grandtwins (by proxy) are being raised by two stupid, stupid Millenials. They did the strict swaddling and sleeping on their backs, only to have to wear corrective helmets because their skulls had become quite misshapen. They tell us that the twins are not vaxxed, but I don’t believe them.
My stupid Millennial family member said she doesn't want any "old" people looking after her baby because they don't know what they are doing. My jaw hit the floor.
😢
Yep. Can not figure out how us old folks managed to raise an entire generation.
lol, LIKE
Willing Spirit…”SIDS came along with infant vaccinations, if you ask me.” Me thinks you speak the truth!
Hahaha! Did the same and rec to dtr. However, she bought into the fear factor until her first was born; quick 180 and had exact repeat of your story. Zero sleep deprivation for BOTH (well, all 3) infant and Mom is huge. I believe that SIDS is lower in shared beds (and will be even lower if folks start thinking about the Ch V schedule).
Watching old movies and such confirms that it wasn’t until SIDS that parents were told not to put their babies down on their stomach. One can find several instances where a baby is placed in its crib face down.
Face down made more sense to me...the falling reflex was less, spit up won't chock your baby, and no risk of flat head...
They told me with my first, face down, then it changed. Meanwhile, my friends' babies had flat heads from lying on their back.
I had my first one in 1991 with a midwife and got the best care and took classes with her learning so much. In the end, my baby was breech, butt down, and we couldn't turn her, so I ended up with a C-section in a hospital. I had 2 more children but the laws do not permit a home birth after a C section and honestly I was afraid.
My first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage because of a horrible decision to get an IUD, when I was in college. I was half way through the pregnancy, when that device killed the baby.
I spent a day or so at the mercy of a hospital with that experience. One of my memories is of crying and a nurse basically telling me to shut up. This was in Austin, Texas in 1973, where they were pushing abortion bigly. I was unmarried at the time I got pregnant and the OBGYN I went to actually tried to talk me into aborting instead of getting married.
Having had those experiences, when I realized I was pregnant again a year later, I told my husband there was no way I was having the baby at a hospital.
I give God all the glory for making it just easy really to find a midwife, with about 40 years of experience and a doctor, who would do the necessary check ups to make it all legal.
We were living in the woods in the Florida Panhandle and when I look back, there was much less regulatory stress and pressure.
God similarly provided for wonderful birthing experiences for my next 3, which required getting another midwife (the first retired) and another doctor.
The last birth was 1982 and I know my experiences couldn’t be duplicated in today’s world.
But, then again…God can do anything.
I’m also a country girl (I will survive) with Native American heritage and was told by one of those doctors that my pelvic area was so wide ‘that a Mac truck could be driven through it.’ Ha ha. Yet, he and the other doctor I used later still showed courage in signing off for me to deliver naturally with a midwife.
I know some women have other size characteristics and issues and reason to need medical attention. And that’s fine. But the reactions I got from other women indicated that they were just too afraid to have their baby without all that medical intervention available.
Like you, I instead feared their interventions.
I went to planned parenthood of all places to get a prego test. While I was just trying to absorb the fact I was pregnant they kept asking me when I had my last period and I repeatedly said IDK and to let me think. Of course they let me know my choice about abortion but I just jumped up and left. My partner and I chose to marry as we were in love and have been married ever since. He was a good man then and even better now.
I was scared about the scar tissue rupturing if I had a home birth after a c section. I would go to a birthing center these days. They are around.
Heroine. 🙌
97% OF CHILDREN WHO DIED FROM SIDS, DIED WITHIN 10 DAYS OF GETTING THE VACCINE, SAYS PAUL THOMAS, MD
https://www.bitchute.com/video/SSpijRG2jssj/