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11/17/2025

FLASH NEWS
From a medical journal
HEARTS FORMULA has been linked to 23 cases of botulism in infants NO DEATHS have been reported

11/09/2025

We all have days like this
Pooh and Piglet have the answer

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10/17/2025

DOULAS RANGE IN AGE FROM BEARING CHILDREN TO PERI-MENOPAUSE TO POST MENOPAUSE

During menopause, women often deal with biological, physical, and emotional issues — to help them lose weight, clinicians need to be supportive and personalize treatment.

10/17/2025

Unsolved Mysteries & Natural Wonder Facts ·
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A baby born blue and silent. Doctors frozen in panic. Then one woman said five words that would save 50 million lives."Let's score the baby."It was 1952, inside a New York City delivery room, and Dr. Virginia Apgar had just changed medicine forever—though no one knew it yet.Apgar had dreamed of becoming a surgeon. She had the skill, the drive, and the brilliant mind for it. But in the 1940s, hospital doors stayed locked for women who wanted to hold scalpels. After being told point-blank that no hospital would hire a female surgeon, she made a choice: if they wouldn't let her into the operating room, she'd find another way to save lives.She turned to anesthesiology—and ended up exactly where she was meant to be.Working in Columbia-Presbyterian's maternity ward, Apgar witnessed something that haunted her: newborns dying within minutes of birth, while doctors stood helpless, unsure which babies needed urgent care and which would recover on their own. There was no system. No standard. Just chaos and heartbreak.So one morning over breakfast, she grabbed a napkin and designed a test. Five simple measurements: heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflex response, and skin color. Zero to ten points. Two minutes to assess. One score that could mean the difference between life and death.She called it the Apgar Score.Within a decade, nearly every hospital in America was using it. Infant mortality plummeted. Babies who would have been left to die were suddenly being resuscitated. Doctors finally had a universal language for newborn care—and it came from a woman they'd told couldn't be a surgeon.But Apgar didn't stop there. She earned a master's in public health at 50, joined the March of Dimes, and spent the rest of her life fighting for mothers and babies worldwide. She became one of the most powerful voices in maternal and infant health—the job they said she'd never have.When someone asked how she thrived in a world that didn't want her, she smiled and said: "Women are like tea bags—you don't know how strong they are until they're in hot water."Dr. Virginia Apgar died in 1974, but her legacy breathes in every delivery room on Earth. Every two seconds, somewhere in the world, a newborn takes their first breath while someone calls out a score.A score that honors the woman who refused to accept "no"—and who turned rejection into a gift that keeps on giving, one breath at a time.

10/16/2025

A monthly meeting
A little business
A lot of friendship

10/07/2025

Fabulous read

Stress Deprivation in the Perinatal Period by Michel Odent
In the framework of our cultural conditioning, stress has a negative connotation: we must avoid stressful situations. Meanwhile, in the current scientific context, it appears that stress hormones have multiple roles to play and the concept of “stress deprivation” has recently emerged in scholarly articles. We’ll look at birth by pre-labor cesarean as an extreme example of stress deprivation.

Natural childbirth advocate and obstetrician Michel Odent discusses the importance of stress for the developing baby, particularly stress in the form of labor.

09/21/2025

Adding the colors of heaven & earth to my day & yours!

with love grace & gratitude
Seena Elbaum

09/02/2025

KINDNESS IS CRUCIAL & MAKES US BETTER PEOPLE & BUILD A HEALTH COMMUNITY

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A beautiful story

When I was 13, I carried a secret shame. We were so poor that I often went to school with no food. At recess, while my classmates opened their lunches—apples, cookies, sandwiches—I sat pretending I wasn’t hungry. I buried my face in a book, hiding the sound of my empty stomach. Inside, it hurt more than I can explain.
Then, one day, a girl noticed. Quietly, without making a fuss, she offered me half her lunch. I was embarrassed, but I accepted. The next day, she did it again. And again. Sometimes it was a roll, sometimes an apple, sometimes a piece of cake her mother baked. To me, it was a miracle. For the first time in a long time, I felt seen.
Then one day, she was gone. Her family moved, and she never came back. Every day at recess, I’d glance at the door, hoping she would walk in and sit beside me with her smile and her sandwich. But she never did.
Still, I carried her kindness with me. It became part of who I was.
Years passed. I grew up. I thought of her often, but life went on.
Then, just yesterday, something happened that froze me in place. My young daughter came home from school and said:
“Dad, can you pack me two snacks tomorrow?”
“Two?” I asked. “You never finish one.”
She looked at me with the seriousness only a child can have:
“It’s for a boy in my class. He didn’t eat today. I gave him half of mine.”
I just stood there, goosebumps rising, time standing still. In her small act, I saw that girl from my childhood. The one who fed me when no one else noticed. Her kindness hadn’t disappeared—it had traveled through me, and now, through my daughter.
I stepped onto the balcony and looked at the sky, my eyes full of tears. All at once I felt my hunger, my shame, my gratitude, and my joy.
That girl may never remember me. She may not even know the difference she made. But I will never forget her. Because she taught me that even the smallest act of kindness can change a life.
And now, I know: as long as my daughter shares her bread with another child, kindness will live on.

~Lovely USA

08/17/2025

Make sure you speak to your provider about CLEAN Prenatal Vitamins

08/14/2025

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06/28/2025

IT WONT BE LONG BEFORE FLU SEASON IS UPON US........this is an interetsing read

06/23/2025

EMILY OSTER - PARENT DATA
GLP-1s Before, During, and After Pregnancy
Addressing common questions

As GLP-1s become more popular, questions have arisen about their use in pregnancy and breastfeeding, and we are slowly getting better answers. It is generally agreed that these medications should not be taken on purpose during pregnancy. But this leaves open issues about prescriptions around pregnancy and is particularly complicated by a recent growing body of evidence that suggests going on a GLP-1 might actually help you conceive.

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