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1st time father-to-be asking for vaccine advice!! *UPDATE*

My wife and I are expecting our first child in a few months. We're trying to find out our rights and how to deny vaccines without causing trouble. We live in the state of TN and are looking into going through mid-wives... What's the best way to go about side stepping all these potentially harmful vaccines and what other natural alternatives can you all suggest to prevent disease? I thank you all for your input in advance. And for those who have been there done that, what things would you liked to have known going in there?

- J

*Update* - While reading some of your responses, my wife brought to my attention that some prenatal vitamins have fluoride in them. Any way to tell which ones are good, and which are not? Suggestions on vitamins and herbs before birth welcome, too! Thanks moms and dads, patriots and researchers! :)

*Update* 01/15/2010
On Jan 13th my wife gave birth to a healthy baby girl at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, TN. The Mid wives were fantastic and respected our polite requests to turn down all unnecessary medical interventions. My wife was able to give birth naturally without the help of pain killers. The nurses were amazed by her strong will and calmness throughout the whole process. Everything went better than planned and I'm now officially a dad!
On the other hand, the day AFTER when we were moved to a different side of the hospital, the nurses here are much more pushy and also distracted. After having signed exemption forms for all screenings, I've had two nurses come into our room telling us it was time for the baby's screenings and that they would be back with the baby...!!! (Of course they did not)I guess nurses don't read charts anymore, but I've politely complained to the managing staff that the whole point of having signed those exempt forms to begin with was to avoid this kind of thing. Our Pediatrician sent some other doctor to the hospital in her place this morning for the routine check-up and she was super pushy on vaccines and acted as if my wife and I were misinformed and had no idea what the risks were. We are now in the process of finding a new Pediatrician. I have woken up in the middle of the night with a nurse in the room I had not even heard enter as they come in with medical equipment to monitor health in mom and baby. The point is...it seems that the nurses have been trained to minimally explain the procedures to patients, fail to respect the wishes of patients whose views may differ than most and do not even apologize when found at a wrong. When asking a random nurse in the nursery if she happen to know where my baby's nurse was, she asked me if I needed her...?? Also, when informing one of the staff members of the nurse who came in with the intent to perform screenings to which we had already declined, the nurse replied "But I think it's the law to do some of these screenings". She failed to specify which and why so I had to reexplain to her that we already signed the forms. (I forgot which of the bunch of the screenings is a MISDEMEANOR to decline unless a religious exemption form is filled out. They make sure you know of the potential criminal charges.) We've had to explain this several times after each shift has changed, as if the nurses do not READ. The hospital gave us a chart to log the baby's nursing from mama milk but the nurses insist on waking us and asking us when the last time the baby nursed even though THE LOG IS ON THE TABLE WHERE THEY PUT IT. We are going home with baby first thing in the morning. Thank you all for all your great advice. We are still trying to direct our health lives into the more holistic and homeopathic approach. In short, the birth was an amazing journey and couldn't have gone better. The second phase has not been as delightful.

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Go here to drtenpenny.com lot of info there

also google vaccine nation then click on link for editors cut.
Watch it it gives the whole history of vaccines how it all got started.
If you want more you can go to www.garynull.com
My 3 daughters have never been vaccinated for anything ever.
Vaccines still have mercury in them plus a bunch of other materials that are dangerous.

They have the ingredients listed on www.drtenpenny.com web site
Most states have either religious or philosophical exemption and all you do is hand the form to the school nurse.
Don't do what we did originally contacting the school principals office and raising a ruckus. Just fill out the exemption form and hand it to the nurse.
No noice

I've been thinking about medical care being our own demise

... probably in a way most would never thought of. Survival of the fittest. The weak [animals] in nature die off early, leaving the strong to pass on their genes.

My son-in-law has a congenital heart problem, and others on his mothers side (two have died). The son-in-law if not for a heart valve replacement as a teenager would of never passed on those genes. Needless to say, I was quite concerned about future grandchildren, but doctor friends have told me that it is the mother's gene's that are dominant, not fathers. So far, so good, three healthy grandchildren, 10, 12, and 14.

In my wife's case she comes from a Japanese island that boast the oldest "recorded" man that lived in the world. Everybody there lives to ninety before they start to expire. My wife is one of three out of ten that didn't die early in childhood. I imagine the whole island presently has a good gene pool because the weaker died off early and never reproduced. Now top medical care is readily available but I suspect longevity will be price to be paid for it.

Maybe midwifes and no vaccinations is truly the way to go, like my wifes island ? The 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, stopped when there was no more susceptible (weaker) to kill. Survival of the fittest.

Exemption Forms

Vaccine Exemption Forms Online - by State or Country
http://www.unhinderedliving.com/statevaccexemp.html

Please read this about the vaccine

*read the FULLl article and pass this information to all you know!

Squalene: The Swine Flu Vaccine’s Dirty Little Secret Exposed

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/102004

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/08/0...

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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **

"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd

If you are breastfeeding the infant...

there's no rush to get any vaccinations. We've waited until our daughter was 3 before we decided to have any of them done. Moreover, we insisted on the vaccines not preserved with mercury (they are more expensive) to reduce the chances of complications. Autism in girls is rare and it's likely the mercury in the vaccines that is the cause of the the increased rate of autism in recent generations.

BTW, the only reason we decided to have these done was to be prepared if we felt it necessary to leave the country and wanted to be prepared.

I would recommend doing a bunch of good research and make the decision carefully. There are pros and cons to everything. At a minimum, do not rush into this as your child's immune system should be given time to mature. This should give you the time to make an informed decision on the matter.

Our daughter was born at home and my wife attended by a mid-wife and her two students.

Ta,

Your government is here to help

How and why to inoculate chattel property/human resources/institutional units/collateral on the international debt/slaves:

http://www.rense.com/general86/whk.htm

Kevin Trudeau on the Swindle Flu

will handle that tommorrow! Also, our Vaccine Nation series is a must read on vax. Kevins interview/blog is at the top of the list.

http://wholefoodusa.wordpress.com/category/vaccine-nation-ma...

Don't get SS# for your child and consider not getting birth cert

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If your kid isn't being born in the hospital and you don't send them to public school anytime soon, you don't have worry about filling out ANY paperwork regarding exemptions, etc.

The midwife isn't going to give you a hard time, BELIEVE me.

I would have to also STRONGLY suggest refraining from getting a SS# because that is the main way these thugs will track your child in the future until they try to CHIP us all.

Regarding the birth certificate, that document ONLY benefits the state and essentially gives ownership of your child to them. I made the mistake of getting my kids birth certificates, but I DID not get them SS#s.

And regarding the SS#, take a look at this excerpt from an article by Barbara Loe Fisher:

How The Plan To Force Vaccination Gave Birth To The National ID, A Government Health Records Database, and the End of Medical Privacy

by BY BARBARA LOE FISHER of the National vaccine Information Center

Excerpt:

The National (and International) Vaccine Plan Takes Shape

In 1994, the Department of Health and Human Services published The National Vaccine Plan, which is a strategic plan for vaccinating every American child with all existing and future government-recommended vaccines and for positioning the US mass vaccination program within the context of a global mass vaccination program. The Plan emphasizes that the US is a co-sponsor of the Children's Vaccine Initiative (CVI) launched at the World Summit for Children in 1990 in New York City to vaccinate all the world's children with existing and future vaccines developed by drug companies. In addition to the vaccine manufacturers, funding for CVI is provided by the United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nation's Development Program (UNDP), the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Shalala Appropriates Social Security Numbers

On March 9, 1995, Shalala published a notice in the Federal Register of the intent to establish a new routine use of the Social Security number. This permits the Social Security Administration to disclose the Social Security number of a newborn to state health department officials for public health programs including, but not limited to, establishing public immunization registries with the goal of operating a national network of coordinated statewide immunization registries. The new routine use of the Social Security number permits HHS to disclose information about individuals without their consent if it is for the purpose of administering a government public health program or for conducting medical research.

And here's the thread about SS#s right here:

Warning....do NOT get your newborns Social Security Numbers

By the way, PLEASE don't tell me you both are even SLIGHTLY considering vaccinating your child at ANY point in his/her life.

We can provide tons of info (as many already have) to convince you otherwise.

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www.vaclib.org

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www.vaclib.org

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Pre natals are important unless you have a healthy diet.

Then they become less important.

If your wife is naturally iron deficient then she should take them.

Otherwise, as long as you eat healthy they are very optional.

WAHOR!!
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/48994

DONT DO IT! WHILE pregnant

DONT DO IT!

WHILE pregnant eat REAL food, and vitamins arent needed, they are a supplement for people who dont want to eat right. LOTS of veggies, LOTS of grass fed meat, and LOTS of fish...ONLY WILD sockeye salmon, drink lots of water, NOT TAP WATER!

Eat healthy, fruits vegetables, grass fed meat, avoid microwaves and artificial sweeteners and you will all be healthy!

I second that

Great advice

get exempted from your state ahead of time...

if you get exempted for religions or philosophical reasons, then you can breath easy knowing that all schools, private or public, must comply with state laws and honor legal exemptions.

Get a copy of your state's vaccination laws is state health officials. A phone call to the state Department of Epidemiology or Immunization (the specific name varies from state to state) may be all that it takes to get a copy mailed to you. Or, for a small fee, the NVIC and New Atlantean Press will sell you a copy of your state’s immunization laws (see contact information at the end of this article). Statutes can be searched on the internet (for example, see www.findlaw.com), but these sources many not always reflect very recent changes in the law, if there have been any. Law libraries and lawyers are, of course, a good source as well...

source: http://www.whale.to/v/phillips.html

DON'T FILL OUT ANY EXEMPTION FORMS !!!

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That only puts you on the radar.

Why would you need to fill out any forms if you have a midwife and aren't sending your kid to public school anytime soon?

I agree with using exemption forms instead of being vaccinated - IF you have no other choice - but my children have NOT been vaccinated, and we NEVER had to fill out an exemption form.

There's no need.

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www.vaclib.org

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www.vaclib.org

NO

NO HELL, NO Show me the studies that they are safe and work. Show me the lables that say they don't have adjuvants in them. Show me the info on the slush funds created to pay for the damaged children. See info on autisim by Donna Gates at BodyEcology.com Vitamin D will work as well as a vaccine against the flu. That is a scientific fact the govt, the fda and the pharm. companies hope people will never find out. Thinktwice.com See the links Google video Dr. Shari Tenpenny. Read "Vaccine A"

BUMP , Treat your children well....

don't shoot foreign bodies into their bloodstream!
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We are whipping folks back into shape, we are going to get this done!" --
Barack Obama , quoted by politico.com, in relation to the healthscare bill.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help!"-- Ronald Reagan

We do not need to get good laws to restrain bad people,
we need to get good people to restrain bad laws. --
--G.K. Chesterton

watch

watch vaccinations, the hidden truth:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6696666502913965744

The people with children who say,

"My kid is 18 and has never had vaccinations and never been sick" are relying on the "kindness of strangers". That kid is enjoying what's called "herd immunity". If your child lives in a neighborhood where 99% of children are immunized against polio, there is an extremely high likelihood that your child will never contract this disease.

A recent outbreak of measles in Australia is a good example of what happens when people are no longer protected by group immunity.

I'll get flamed for this, of course, particularly by a certain female bully.

Measles outbeaks

are common in highly vaccinated populations, and there is at least one confirmed outbreak in a 100% vaccinated population.

The CDC admits every case of polio in America post-1979 has been caused by the polio vaccine. It's time to stop vaccinating for polio in America.

"Herd immunity" is a term that applies only to a population whose members contract a disease and recover from it, and so consist of members who have obtained a natural, lifelong immunity to the disease. Vaccinations impart only a temporary protection from a disease (no more than five years according to the manufacturers), and only in a certain percentage of individuals (80-85% according to the manufacturers).

Vaccination is not immunization! "Herd immunity" in populations who don't have a high incidence of a disease has never been proven to exist. Much of the decrease of diseases attributed to vaccinations is most likely really the result of increased sanitation and better nutrition.

I'm not against vaccinations. I believe anyone who believes in them should have access to them. I draw the line, however, at them being forced on people and parents who believe the risks of vaccination outweigh the benefits. Anyone who thinks our kids' bodies belong to the federal government, which says our kids should be shot up with anything they claim is for the greater good of society, is a socialist who does not believe in civil liberties and does not belong on this freedom loving site.

make sure your child is vaccinated for the basics

diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis.

dangerous.

I'm reading a french book (i'm french) called "10 lies about vaccination".

In this book the author tells us that you can never be immune from tetanus. Meaning there is absolutely no need for vaccination.

I don't trust ANY vaccine.
I don't think they put less mercury and aluminium in their vaccines when the disease might be "more dangerous".

But I do trust organic food and a healthy style of life.
I trust nature more than those pharmaceutical industries.

It's not that simple

Fully 75% of the compensations paid out by VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) since its inception in 1991 have been related to the DTP shot, and the pertussis component is usually identified as the main culprit.

and polio.

very bad disease.

And nonexistent in America

except among polio vaccinated individuals. The CDC admits every case of polio in America post-1979 has been caused by the polio vaccine itself.

Check with a trusted

Check with a trusted chiropractic doctor. One of the best things you can do for your new baby is get him or her adjusted soon after birth, to ensure proper bone alignment and health. These doctors can also give the well care checkups needed and they do not push the vaccines. Personally I think the side effects/risks associated with the vaccines( some die within hours of being given a vaccine) outweigh any benefits they may give.

Is it really a good thing to get small babys "adjusted"?

I saw an epoisode with "Penn&Teller - Bullshit" about (amongst others) chiropractors practicing their methods on kids. Their conclution was that a babys skeleton in no way has been properly developed at this point, and that chiropractic methods easily could inflict serious damage on a small child.

Could you please adress this issue, and also give me one or two good reasons for "adjusting" children?

____________Rakafanten_____________

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato

____________Rakafanten_____________

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato

My friend

my friend was born at home with the assistance of a midwife. she never got vaccinated, nor was even asked to. since she was removed from the hospital protocol environment, all they did was get a birth certificate through the hospital. perfectly healthy.

My daughter is 18 and never had one vaccination her entire life

You do not need vaccinations.

The idea to introduce pathogens in the body to prepare the body for future pathogenic invasion is absurd.

If some comes around you with a healthy cold -- "THEN" the body gets its dose and your immune system learns.

Octobox

Whoa.

You've obviously given this lots of thought. I recommend that you give it some more. My wife works in healthcare in Washington and cases of nearly long-forgotten diseases such as measles and polio are becoming more prevalent. It comes largely from an immigrant population and results in the crippling and often death of small children. Based on my research, (I know I'm just one person here) the benefits of vaccinating greatly outweigh the risks.

diabetes?

My mom clearly remembers getting me vaccinated when I was 3 1/2 years old and 1 week later my pancreas failed and I was a diabetic ever since. Type 1 diabetes is a very bad disease and I don't wish it on anyone. I'm 37 and the complications are really starting to effect me now. If you can get away with it, do the least amount of vaccinations as possible. Believe me.

Immigrant populations...

So do they carry the disease into the country or contract it due to poor health/sanitation conditions?

If you home schooled your kids and lived in a more rural or affluent area would that type of population really endanger your children to those diseases more-so than the neurodegenerative diseases that could occur from taking the vaccine?

In addition, if you really want your child vaccinated why not wait until they are of an age where they will be out in the environment?

The first question is primarily for you to answer, but the other two are for others to ponder and answer as well.

I do side with the nonvaccinated folks, but I ask my questions so as to understand your position more clearly and allow myself and others to make a more educated decision. I will probably vaccinate my children from the most deadliest/life afflicting conditions but on a WAY more spread out schedule and at a WAY later age and hopefully with a milder concoction than what is traditionally used (if one exists). Thanks for your input everyone I really enjoy this topic and learning more about vaccines.

When my daughter was born 13

When my daughter was born 13 months ago, we decided to consult with our pediatrician about immunizations. We told him from the get go that he would have to choose the two or three most critical (in his opinion) vaccines and we would consider them, one vaccine at at time, one shot at a time. We made it clear that she wasn't getting them all. Understanding our position regarding the risks of immunizations, he respected our wishes and advocated for the Meningitis vaccine. Meningitis is such a stealthy killer. By the time you realize there is a problem, your child is already dead. So we went ahead with that one. My little girl had some problems with ear infections, so she is way behind any schedule the authorities might have for her, but our Dr. is right with us and we will soon consider another round.

Please look into the following info.

http://www.vaclib.org/exempt/tennessee.htm

It would appear that while vaccines are mandatory, they are only mandatory for those who have not claimed a religious or consciencious objection to them. In all my research, I find that due to the invasive nature of the injections, and the inherent risks undeniably associated with them, (if there weren't any risks, there wouldn't be a federal vaccine court) the state depends on its citizens to voluntarily submit to vaccination, otherwise, should damage occur, the state is liable for damages.

Things are only impossible until they are not.
-- Jean Luc Picard

Things are only impossible until they are not.
-- Jean Luc Picard

Another good book:

is called The Sanctity of Human Blood.

Also, get a Religious Exemption form from the Health Department. Fill it out it and have it notarized. If you put your child into Day Care or Institutional School, they will tell you that child must be immunized, no exceptions. They are lying to you. Show them your exemption form and you'll have no trouble after that.

My second child has autism because of vaccinations. Don't let this happen to your child. The symptoms of autism are the exact symptoms of mercury poisioning.

If anyone tells you that they don't put mercury in vaccinations anymore do not believe them. Some vaccinations have it and some don't. But even the ones that don't may still have mercury in the older doses that are still being used because they haven't expired yet. Also, there's lots of bad stuff in vaccinations besides mercury.

I've heard there are homeopathic vaccinations although I've never tried them. I'm able to treat most disease conditions with collodial silver.

If you go with a mid wife make sure she can still ...

deliver your child in a hospital.

My wife and our youngest (18 months) would not be alive today if our child was not delivered in the hospital.

There are so many things that can go wrong that require immediate care only a hospital can give.

I don't think there were any vaccinations given the day of birth. You will be asked to go back to your pediatrician 5 days after birth to have some administered. Only do one at a time, even if it means you have to come back for shots only every few weeks. That way you can monitor what is going on and you can pin point any problems.

If your child is a premie, then I would not have any administered until they are over 5 lbs.

We did this with all three of our children. No problems occurred except our middle child received an infection because one shot chipped a bone.

With our youngest, we were just recently required to sign a refusal to vaccinate waiver, which we happily did.

Do as you wish, but that is how we tackled the issue.

WAHOR!!
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/48994

Ehhh...

I'm getting to believe "some" of these posters are looking for excuses [midwifes] to avoid paying for real medical care. A dollar to a donut if their life was on the line they would be the first to go to the doctor to be born. I've seen it in my family, that wine and pot are more important. The cheap Puerto Rican that lived next door to me used a midwife and his son died in the womb strangled by the umbilical cord. His sister down the street OD shortly after. Get the picture ?

When I took my pregnant wife to the OB/GYN in 1968 I hadn't shaved (second shift) and the doctor questioned if I had the where to all to pay, thinking I was some kind of hillbilly. I wrote him a check for the full amount.

My dad loaded the question to me about getting brace's for my teeth. Family members were urging him to do so. He got me on the side and said, "You don't want a mouth full of silver, do you ?" His priorities was smokes, beer and women. I have paid for braces for both of my children, and one granddaughter. The Granddaughters total last year was $6,000.00. Her father was suppose to start the other two children braces this year, instead bought a motorcycle and he has a hillbilly pickup truck with flames painted on the hood. He also just borrowed $2,000.00 from his father to rent an apartment. I will wind up paying $12,000.00 for these two grandchildren teeth before long. Your money is where your heart is. My conscious is my soft pillow.

BTW, you can never shame a selfish scoundrel of a father no matter what you do.

It was completely surreal ...

My wife ruptured a major artery that fed her uterus during labor. She literally bled out in my arms. I held my dead wife for 20 seconds before they could plug in the machines and get blood in her. Her heart was beating but there was no pulse what so ever, she said I love you and then she left me. She lost 70% of her blood supply in a matter of 3-5 minutes. My son had swallowed so much blood that his lungs would not work for weeks. He was on a resperator within minutes and they still thought he would have brain damage.

There are so many things that can happen during labor. I would never recommend having a child outside of a hospital.

It is worth every penny.

I think it was only about 3 grand in OBGYN bills anyways for the entire pregnancy including birth. Of course we had a few additional charges on that one.

Our total bills came out in the 6 figures on that one. My wife spent 2 weeks in there getting adjusted to the new blood. They say it is like sand paper in your veins. Then she had to go back in for another week due to congestive heart failure because her system could get rid of fluids. They cathederized her and she litterally emptied out gallons of fluid within a few hours. Oh yeah, I forgot, we found out that she is extremely allergic to morophine. When I saw the paddles come out, I knew this wasn't so good.

And my son spent two weeks in the neo natal intensive care, man that was expensive.

They are 100% now, in fact, they are stronger because of their journey.

They would be dead if we chose to home birth them with a mid wife.

Worth every penny.

WAHOR!!
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/48994

Wow

Crazy story man. I was born at home and so was my brother. I'm glad this didn't happen.

I am glad to hear it all worked out.I can't imagine what you were going through at the time.

rhino your family

... is very lucky to have you :) :) :)

Indeed, they let me know that everyday ...

The trick is on them though ...

I am the lucky one.

LOL.

God Bless you all.

WAHOR!!
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/48994

You are blessed

... my congratulations ;)

Dude...

GET OFF MY THREAD.... I asked you nicely before. Your input is not needed or taken seriously. You're a stereotyping bigot. GET OFF MY THREAD.

Has it ever occurred to you

... posting your personal business on the www may get you constructive criticism you may not want to hear ? Also you only can tell somebody to get off "your" thread when you own the web site ? In the meantime be careful not to screw yourself away from the dinner table up dar in dem dar hills in Appalachia country.

Godspeed.

People choosing

midwives because they're cheaper and people making informed decisions to use them are completely different issues.

Excuses?

My wife delivered our son at home. The cost of medical care had nothing to do with it. Though, as others suggested here, we made provisions for possible complications so that we could quickly get to a hospital if necessary.

Childbirth is not a medical condition, though problems during childbirth CAN be medical problems if the midwife is not experienced, knowledgable, and aware. Ours used an ultrasound to "see" the baby and its position and that of the umbilical cord.

We had our son at home because we felt strongly about doing things a natural way and with care and beauty. We are not interested in the "flat on your back with feet in the stirrups" mentality of hospitals, nor in the dispregard nurses have for breastfeeding and immediate connection between the mother and the baby.

Indeed, I am ready at a moments notice to go to a hospital for a medical emergency. Childbirth does not fit iinto that category, though, increasingly, doctors and nurses will scare mothers into Cesarian births with threats of, "If you don't, you're going to have a dead baby." Believe me, it happened to us with our first. . . .

KenM

I've never been pregnant

but I'd die before I'd deliver a baby in a hospital, and the money has absolutely nothing to do with it. I'd be looking for a midwife so fast it'd make your head spin, even if it costed ten times the price.

bump for freedom*))

God bless your family.

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
-- Patrick Henry

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Don't do it!

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Babies born in captivity

Get a good midwife ASAP. Ask around for a Bradley coach while you're at it. Buy a good hand food mill and a breast pump. Tell your present doctor you are switching doctors. Just live quietly for a few years until this madness passes. No birth certificate, no social security number....Your relatives, friends, co-workers don't need to know all the details. Some mid-wives are starting to fly under the radar by just coaching you and charging you for this service. It is what they really do anyway. Learn all you can and become empowered. As my Bradly coach repeated, "Your body is designed to have babies; women have been doing it for a very long time. Trust your body! Listen...."

Midwives in TN

If you haven't chosen a midwife, you can go to
http://www.thefarm.org/
and get some good information. They are in Summertown TN but can probably recommend someone in your area.

Good knowledgeable folks with many years of experience.

Ina May Gaskin has written extensively on midwifery.
http://www.inamay.com/

Thanks...

...to all who have replied. Since I started this thread late on Sunday, I'll bump myself once more for the afternoon crowd to chime in if they want. Thanks all!

- J