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  • The Benefits And Risks Of Epidural

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    An epidural is a thin hollow tube that sits in the epidural space of the spine, allowing numbing medicine to get delivered right to the nerves, used mostly as pain management in labour.

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    It is important to understand that while there are benefits, there are also risks.

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    Benefits include:

    👉🏻 Pain relief

    👉🏻 Allows you to rest

    👉🏻 May help stop cervical swelling

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    Risks include:

    👉🏻 Itching

    👉🏻 Nausea & Vomiting

    👉🏻 Fever

    👉🏻 Low blood pressure

    👉🏻 Breathing difficulties

    👉🏻 Severe headache

    👉🏻 Spinal fluid leak

    👉🏻 Infection

    👉🏻 Tearing

    👉🏻 Instrumental Birth (forceps or vacuum)

    👉🏻 Ongoing short or long term back pain

    👉🏻 Prolonged labour

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    Were you told about the risks of an epidural?

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  • A Miraculous Micro-Preemie Birth Story

    A Miraculous Micro-Preemie Birth Story and Why Every Baby Should Get To Keep Their Own Cord Attached

    I have something crazy to tell you. I’ve only ever told a very small handful of people. Very small. I’ve never went public with this.

    My micropreemie twins (born at 1 lb, 3 oz and 1 lb, 7 oz) were not born at a hospital.

    At 25 weeks gestation, I started to have some cramping in the middle of the night. I took a hot bath and the cramps subsided. I drank tons of water and laid in bed. When I felt a little more cramping, I took another hot bath and they subsided again. I really thought I was fine, nothing to see here. I’ve gone past (even WAY past) my due dates with all my other babies!

    Fast forward to early morning and I realized that I needed to get to a hospital NOW.

    But it was too late. I felt the urge to push.

    I reached down and felt…

    a baby’s head.

    I rushed downstairs to load up in the van (I had already woke up hubby and he was getting us out the door).

    But it was too late.

    I went to the downstairs bathroom and instinctively reached down to catch a baby. I put this baby on my right quadricep and reached for another baby with my left hand. I put the second baby on my left quadricep.

    Right there in my bathroom. Two teeny babies were born.

    I yelled for hubby to get in there and he was already on the phone with a 911 dispatcher. Baby B was still in the sac. I had given birth 4 times before this, three of those times being healthy, full-term homebirths. I knew we needed to rupture the sac so hubby did this in about two seconds. Both 25 week babies were breathing on their own! Baby A was making tiny, little noises.

    Soon Baby B started to turn blue though, we thought we were losing her/him. We didn’t know if he/she would make it, if either of them would make it. Hubby takes CPR classes every year at work so he knew exactly what to do.

    Hubby gave breaths until the paramedics arrived.

    What a sight those men saw!

    The paramedics didn’t act panicked but they obviously had no clue what to do. I yelled at them to give my babies oxygen!!

    This next decision saved their lives! THIS is why I’m sharing my story!! The paramedics wanted to cut the babies’ umbilical cords so that they could get us to the hospital easier.

    They didn’t know they were dealing with an experienced home-birth Mama!!

    NO WAY was I letting them cut my babies’ cords!! I don’t even cut my 40-week cords right after birth! And those babies were full-term! The nourishment and stem cells and oxygen that my babies were getting from their cords was their only hope!

    The paramedics kept insisting and arguing that we get the cords cut. I replied, “I am NOT cutting these cords, get me on the stretcher and get us to the hospital NOW.” I think they possibly assumed that the babies wouldn’t make it and only mother needed care. I didn’t need any medical attention whatsoever. I just wanted my babies helped!

    On the 5 minute drive to the hospital, they still kept pressuring me to cut the cords! I changed the subject… “Can you look and tell me if I have boys or girls or one of each? That poor paramedic having to lift a leg the size of his pinky. He announced the first one… girl. He checked the second one… girl! My heart was melted! Even in a scary situation, I remained calm. Because of Jesus within me!

    The key miracle in this story: We made it to the hospital with cords still attached! And babies still alive! They got to keep their cords attached for 20 minutes! Thus saving their lives!

    Later that day and for months to come, the neonatologist and staff went on and on and ON about how leaving the cords attached absolutely saved Hannah and Haley’s lives!!! The neonatologist that was there that day had even published a paper about Delayed Cord Clamping!

    So whether your baby is 25 weeks or 40 weeks, DEMAND that your baby’s cord is left attached until it has turned completely white and has stopped pulsing! For some babies, this will be 45 minutes to an hour!

    To rob a sweet newborn baby of her very own blood is criminal! One-third of the blood that belongs IN your baby’s body is still in the cord and placenta at birth! This means we should be waiting until the cord has turned white and stopped pulsing before we even THINK about cutting off baby’s blood supply!

    And seriously, what’s the hurry? Is doctor’s lunch or clean-up more important than your baby getting all those amazing stem cells that go to work doing powerful things? Baby needs those stem cells! They provide healing for every nook and cranny of baby’s body and they provide amazing nourishment. Not only that, but they provide long-term health benefits as well! Staff can work on compromised babies right on Mama’s belly with cord attached!

    When babies start off WITHOUT 1/3 of their very OWN blood, they are now compromised and health problems can arise. Please, no matter what any doctor (or paramedic!) ever tells you, let baby have her OWN blood from that cord!!

    I will say, the paramedics were only following protocol, I don’t blame them. In fact, they were such sweethearts and visited us in the hospital several times. They genuinely cared about how we were doing. We’ve since visited then at the station and thanked them for arriving quickly and getting us to the hospital in record time.

    PS: Your baby’s blood is perfect. Decline the “Vitamin” K shot. If you read the manufacturer’s insert, you’ll see that it can cause death, jaundice, respiratory distress, cardiac distress, and more. It’s not “just a vitamin.” It’s a toxic concoction meant to sludge up your baby’s blood. Your baby is perfect just the way God made her, blood and all! Perfect even at 25 weeks… but 40 weeks is more ideal!

    #MicroPreemieMiracles #MightyGod #Hannah #Haley #18MonthsAndThriving

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  • Before You Judge A Mama Using A Child Leash

    Before you judge a mama for using a “child leash” please know the benefits of using one. As long as they aren’t being used in an abusive matter, the child is fine ♥️

    -Kidnapping is so much easier these days. You can’t leave your child in a cart and turn to grab something without that fear. Much less having a child walking next to you. Child harnesses give you that assurance that your child is right next to you at all times.

    -Special needs children love to run! Heck, all children love to run! Don’t judge a Mamas choice of using one to teach her child respect in a public place.

    -Yes a child harness teaches children respect. So our children aren’t running around in public places, like a grocery store causing problems for other people.

    -A child harness is also handy when a mom has multiple babies or her hands full.

    There are plenty more benefits in using a child harness or child “leash”. The point is, we can’t judge Mamas for putting safety first. We can’t judge a mama for teaching her children respect & discipline. If you are against it, keep walking. Everyone will have opinions but judging other parents instead of supporting them isn’t right. You never know the full situation ♥️

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  • HMRC Scam Please Be Vigilant

    SCAM!!!!! BE VIGILANT!!!! Just thought I would share this so nobody falls into the same trap that we almost did!! 😳😳 Both myself and my ex partner simultaneously received a letter from what appears to be HMRC saying that we owe a tax credit overpayment of over £800 from 2015!!!

    It wasn’t until we got together and looked into it further that we noticed some VERY discreet discrepancies that we realised we had almost been scammed!!!!! These included them being printed on page 1of 4 and 3 of 4 meaning two of the pages were missing.

    The address has only two lines, was not written in line with every other hmrc letter ever received. They have not provided the same details that hmrc puts as standard on all of their letters, and finally, the phone number provided (the one they presume people will just call in a blind panic without thinking and pay up on!) does not correspond with any number of hmrc’s. After some research into the phone number itself, we realised it is in fact a scam.

    This is scary because we are neither old or vulnerable!!!! We are people in their 20s who are very savvy to this kind of thing and yet we were almost duped!!!! 😳😳 This letter is VERY convincing so please check them carefully and contact hmrc using the number on their website (NOT THE LETTER!) if you are in doubt. I just know there are a lot of people being scammed out of their money over the next few weeks 😢😢

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  • Why Should I Have To Get A Job?

    Why should I have to get a job?

    I was a happily married stay at home mum raising my three precious children Oliver 8, Joshua 6 and Poppy 3.

    I loved being able to take my eldest two to school and spending time with my little girl, then every day being in the playground to collect my boys.

    I never missed an assembly or sports day, my children could have friends over and I would always have a healthy home cooked meal on the table for when my husband came home.

    I always wanted to be a mum and a housewife, I was very happy.

    However my husband can’t have been happy as he ended up cheating on me and left me for his mistress.

    I was stuck, I had always been financially supported by my husband but now I had to claim benefits.

    But why should I get a job, I didn’t ask for my husband to cheat, I didn’t get pregnant to claim benefits, I have done no wrong!

    The job centre says as my youngest child is 3 I have to look for work, but why?

    How is this fair on my children to have to go without their mum being there for them when ever they need me, to have to miss sports day or get a paid stranger to collect my children from school.

    I do not want a job, I already have one it’s called being a mum.

    How can they expect me to leave my three children with a childminder just because my husband couldn’t keep his promise to love me forever.

    I didn’t do anything wrong yet I am the one who is being made to feel guilty for not wanting a job, but if I do not prove I’m looking for work they will stop our benefits.

    I understand many may not agree with me but I do not care, I set out to be a mum all the time not to miss out on watching them grow.

     

  • Government Screwing Over The Disabled

    A man named Vince Paul Rodgers took to Facebook to express his upset and disgust with his wives disability payments being stopped.

    Rodgers said:

    *Please share the life out of this*

    To all who know me and know my wife Julie, the Government have in their wisdom taken Julie off her employment and support allowance due to an oversight on my behalf and now has been given her P45 to start looking for a job/work. 
    Julie is a tetraplegic due to hypoxic brain damage and can’t do anything for herself. Julie will be attending the job centre on Monday morning after the miracle worker has been and rid her of her disabilities.

    * for some who are wondering what my oversight was it is as follows………… I received the letter asking for Julie to attend an interview……….I put that letter in a safe place and on the morning of the interview I forgot all about it, I received a letter to explain why she didn’t attend, so I told the truth and said that I had forgotten, they sent out a reply stating that they were not accepting my reason and removed Julie from her benefit, I appealed for the decision to be changed and a new interview to take place, yesterday I received there reply that they were sticking to the original decision and removed Julies benefits. *
    * update – update – update *

    Julie and I attended the Job Centre this morning with a reporter Rochelle Hughes from Selby Times, I take my hat off to the staff and manager at Selby job centre after seeing Julie was unfit for work they managed to get in touch with the DWP to resolve the matter in hand, in a nutshell they have reinstated Julies benefits, but Julie still has to do a face to face interview/Assessment with the powers to be to see if she’s still able to work 😳😳😳, awaiting the appointment letter now. 

  • Controversial Mum of Eight Plans To Use Benefits To Buy Horse!

    Controversial Mum of Eight Plans To Use Benefits To Buy Horse!

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    Marie Buchan, who gets £26,000 a year in benefits, will reportedly spend around £3,600 a year on the animal.

    The currently jobless mum of eight, who has previously worked as a stripper, has a budget of £500 to buy the animal and will then spend another £140 having it delivered and £70 a week for stabling and food.

    Marie with her eight children.

    Marie isn’t put off by her haters, saying: “It’s like buying a car, what’s the difference?”

    She told the Daily Star:

    “I want a horse and I’m going to get it. I’ve wanted one for a long, long time – since before I had the kids.  I’m going to ride it. I wouldn’t mind getting a horse that needs breaking in, more as a challenge than anything.  The haters are going to hate, I know they are. But I grew up around horses and now it’s time to have my own.”

     

    What are your thoughts?

    Let us know in the comments.

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