Posts by slmommy

Quote: Originally Posted by littlest birds  But then my idea of incompetence and yours are probably different.   I think this is really important.   For the moment, we are all "allowed"...

I agree with Bokonon, find out about titers. If he gets bcg he can never have skin test for tb again... or is it the skin test they are requiring? Can he just show proof of previous vaccination? This sounds really off...

Quote: Originally Posted by MyBoysBlue  I don't know what province your in but you can call and tell them to take your names off the list.  I'm in AB.  My second son was never on the list at the health...

Quote: Originally Posted by Buzzbuzz  Okay, this is my problem with the whole thing. I think there lots of women who are just sure that if they just ask questions of their midwives (and like the answers) that they...

Try the tribal area here on mdc for advice/groups/meeting people in your area. Bfing? - maybe try LLL meetings to meet some moms?

I guess I would say to go for it... you could word it in a way that you were waiting a while to see if your DS would get cp naturally before getting the vax... word it someway to make it seem like you are not totally anti-vax (not sure...

Quote: Originally Posted by Haelmoon  Twins at home worries me, not because it can't be done, but because there are so many potential difficulties that one cannot prepare for just by reading alone. As the initial poster...

Do you have any clue about whether or not her child was vaxed? If he wasn't, I would say email away. If he was vaxed and still contracted cp... which apparently happens... I would be more wary of asking. 

Quote: Originally Posted by Almi  In all honesty though, I think the safest way to give birth is not a specific where or how, but on a more individual basis; it is where and how the mother feels is best/safest....

Quote: Originally Posted by Almi  This, exactly.  Those that have "homebirths gone wrong" are the people that shouldn't be having homebirths.  Don't try to take your birth into your own hands if you don't...