pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on sun 15 oct 06
Hi Edouard, all...
Just museing from the mention -
We tend of course to think of 'Birth' as something
the Mother obligeingly does in expelling the
erstwhile to-be-Neonate, or that it is tacitly all
about the Mother's experience and or lots of bills
and pacing dads and pain and whatever else.
Few people, and relatively few obgyns or other
'doctors' even remember or ever knew at all to
where it registered as anything, that the Placenta
'belongs' to the Foetus-Neonate...and is
genetically continuous with their, and not their
Mother's, system-organism-dna. The placenta is in
effect, and in fact, a portion of the foetus's
pro-tem body system, as is of course the Umbilical
Cord.
In our culture, everyone focuses on the Mother,
and almost no one focuses ( say, with equal time
or equal interest, or any much of either, ) on the
( autonomy of, or possible experiences of, the )
Foetus or impending Neonate...or at least does not
do so in any interested way, besides cursory
disinterest.
When, if left to it's own Natural devices, it is
the decision and gesture of the Foetus which
communicates to the Mother, for her ( or one may
say, for her body, ) to begin the obligeing or
accomidating process of labor, and for the Foetus
to be 'born' or expelled according to it's intent
and decision for such to occur, and this is not
the decicion of the Mother for this process to
begin, but rather, it is her response to the
decision of the Foetus.
As a side note, I read today that the percentage
of White females of child bearing age, is about 2
percent of the total World population.
Of course, for most people anymore, or, for likely
99.9 percent of the world population, this is
around 2 percent too many.
A couple more decades, and this lingering
dispairity will be recticified, I am sure...
Oh well...
Anyway, Cod Liver Oil...is a very nice 'Lead free'
source of the Omega 3 fatty acids...
As in slightly different ways, can be Flax Seeds
and various Nut-meats and quite a few darker Green
Leafy Vegetables...and probably ( though I have
not found any citations, ) are some Insects.
I would not eat any 'farm raised' Fish
either...and among knowledgeable investigators, or
critics of factory husbandry practices, they are
considered to be probable BSE/CVJ related vectors,
as well as definite toxin and pestacide
concentrators, oweing to the nature of what they
are typically fed.
Anyway...
I notice also that the doctor takes no pause to
voice incidental concern about all the Mercury in
innoculations, which infants and children are
forced to accept by the anxious thrusting of them
by parents, into the needle wielding hands of the
author's more mundanely practicing peers.
I often think that what is not paused to note, is
even more interesting than what is botherd to be
stated.
We must conclude then, that the interest of the
author is in the Mercury absorbtion occasioned by
expectant Mothers...with no hint of entertaining
any interest in that absorbed or influenceing the
impending Neonate...?
...sigh...
Love,
Phil
el v
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edouard Bastarache Inc."
Hey Ron,
here is one for your friend Monona,
Mercury may contribute to premature birth
a.. 12:00 14 October 2006
b.. From New Scientist Print Edition.
Eating fish has long been tough choice for
expectant mothers. On the one hand, it contains
omega-3 fatty acids, which can boost birth weight
and cognitive abilities. On the other, fish can
also contain mercury, which causes severe
neurological damage to the fetus. Now it seems
that mercury poses yet another risk: premature
birth.
Fei Xue of the Harvard School of Public Health and
her colleagues tested a group of 1024 pregnant
women in Michigan and found an average mercury
level of 0.29 parts per million in their hair.
Those who ate more fish tended to carry more
mercury, with canned fish associated with the
highest mercury levels.
Women who gave birth more than two weeks early
were three times as likely to have mercury
concentrations of at least 0.55 ppm than those who
carried their babies to term (Environmental Health
Perspectives, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9329).
However, since only 44 of the women gave birth
prematurely, Xue says further research is needed
to firm up the statistical significance. "The
messages are really very conflicting because fish
is both a benefit and a potential source of
hazard," says Xue. Until the risks become clearer,
she recommends taking fish oil supplements
instead.
Edouard Bastarache
Le Français Volant
The Flying Frenchman
Sorel-Tracy
Quebec
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/Welcome.html
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