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Comment on SOGC fact sheet: Adjuvant Versus Non-Adjuvant H1N1 Vaccine for Pregnant Women by AxXiom

AxXiom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:46:50 +0000

Are pregnant women receiving vaccine endangering their baby?

t has always been a principle of medicine that one should not vaccinate pregnant women, except in extreme cases, because the risk to the baby is just too high. . .
Dr. Michael Bronze, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, writing for emedicine medscape.com (WebMD), states that the risk of a pregnant women being hospitalized with the H1N1 infection is 0.32 per 100,000 pregnant women (which is 1 in 300,000 pregnant women). One can safely say, based on the Australian/New Zealand experience (at the peak of their flu season) and the American data somewhere in the middle of their flu season, that pregnant women have about a 99.97% chance they will not become so sick as to require hospital care at any level.The death rate of pregnant women who were admitted to the ICU was 7.7%, a fairly low figure for infectious ICU patients. Remember, most patients admitted to the hospital are admitted for hydration and are not that ill in terms of the infection itself.
http://axiomamuse.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/are-pregnant-women-receiving-vaccine-endangering-their-baby/

Comment on Baby café is moms’ cup of tea by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:20:24 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on Multivitamins cut risks of underweight births by Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:39:42 +0000

Hi I think this is a fantastic blog, keep up the good work…

Comment on Couple deliver own baby at hospital after no one came to help by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:43:59 +0000

I don’t think this is a very big surprise. It’s bound to happen now and again. Babies are born all over the world like this and besides look at our medical system and the increased need for nurses

Comment on Dad’s involvement during pregnancy is key: Study by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:10:29 +0000

What should this tell us Army Wives whose husbands are deployed during a pregnancy?

Comment on Canada’s Maternity Care Providers Call For The Increased Promotion Of Normal Childbirth During Pregnancy by Pregnancy

Pregnancy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:18:15 +0000

This is not a new idea. In the book “Childbirth Without Fear”, published in the 1940’s for the first time, Dr Grantly Dick brought principles of natural childbirth to general attention. His philosophy was to try to educate and eliminate fear and tension related to natural childbirth.

Comment on Baby café is moms’ cup of tea by Deborah A McGinnis

Deborah A McGinnis — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:56:02 +0000

Hi– I love this idea. I live in Long Beach, CA and would love to start one in the area. How could I do this?

Comment on Breast Feeding mum told to stop (Australia) by isoteric

isoteric — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:50:24 +0000

Your post slightly doubles over itself there. Either way;

Breast feeding is definitely a natural act and should not be considered offensive in any way, shape or form. The only reason which I see for why people find breast feeding uncomfortable is that people continue to make it out to be something which should be hidden away.

The more people are exposed to breast feeding as being a natural, beautiful, and normal thing, the less people will care.

What I find offensive is the conservative idea that the human form is something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something offensive and rude, and that natural acts like breast feeding are wrong to be seen in public.

Definitely, if you’re not going to eat in a toilet or hidden away in a corner somewhere, you should not make children do that.

Comment on Happy Mother’s Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child by ornellamoran

ornellamoran — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:49:41 +0000

shes been having a baby every year..wow

Comment on Celebrating birth mothers by amybirthingbody

amybirthingbody — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:39:23 +0000

This is beautiful! My husband was adopted from S Korea at 5 months and often thinks about his birth mom, if she’s alive, what she’s like, etc. It was a really special thing for him to become a father and to see himself reflected in our two daughters. Thanks for this article!