October 14, 2008
It's that time of year! Cold and Flu Season Natural remedies
Jenny’s Flu Soup:
2 onions
2 bulbs of garlic (about 20 cloves)
2 tablespoons sea salt
½ cup olive oil
¼ cup oatstraw tea (you may need to go to a health food store to get this)
2 tablespoons flax seed
¼ c Red Raspberry leaf tea
½ cup quinoa
1 cup brown lentils
½ cup sprouted brown lentils
2 potatoes
10 large carrots
1 tsp cumin
10 whole coriander seeds
Essential oils of Thyme and Oregano
Dried herbs of Thyme, Oregano, and Parsley
Directions for soup:
Cook onions, garlic, and olive oil in a pot. Add in chopped potatoes, carrots, and one Tablespoon of the sea salt. Let this cook for a few minutes, then add in the Quinoa, and sprouted lentils. (Sprouted lentils have the highest concentration of vitamin C of any food). To sprout lentils just cover a half cup of them with water over night. Drain in the morning and keep them wet until a ¼ inch tendril of sprout is detected. (This takes about 35 hours)
Fill a separate pot with two quarts of water to make soup stock. Add in the peels from the garlic, flaxseed, the oatstraw, raspberry leaf tea, and the peels from the carrots and potatoes. Bring the stock up to a hard boil for twenty minutes.
Cover the cup of brown lentils with water in a bowl. After soaking them for a few minutes, add the lentils and the water to the soup.
After the stock is finished boiling, strain the liquid into the soup pot. Recover the stock vegetables with another 2 quarts of water, and bring to a boil. Once again, strain the stock vegetables and add that liquid to the pot of soup. This ensures that the maximum amount of nutrients from the herbs will be included in the stock. This stock is chock full of essential fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals.
Add in the ten whole Coriander seeds. Cover the pot and let simmer for three hours.
To finish the soup, add in the drops of Essential oils of Thyme and Oregano (one or two drops of each) – Therapeutic grade oils are best, and then toss in the dried herbs.
Here is a video I put together this morning to share the steps of making the soup, it took about 25 minutes to put the ingredients together, with about three hours simmer time.
You Tube Version
My Young Living Essential Oils Web Site It is a great time of year to put in a supply of Oregano and Thyme Essential Oils to use for family wellness. I use these oils (one or two drops each on the feet of my children) when they are threatening a cold or flu. I just massage the oil into the childs feet and then cover it with Olive Oil. This has an amazing effect on just about any seasonal illness that we are struggling with.
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 4:37 AM
June 7, 2008
Fox News: Greta Van Susteren interviews Jenny McCarthy "On the Record" on her sons Autism
I thought this interview was the best one Jenny has done so far. Thanks Fox and Greta for taking the time to do such a great interview.
PS Who does not bother to be "fair and balanced" on this blog, and thus will NOT share the recent letter from the American Academy of Pediatrics on Autism and the Green our Vaccines Rally.
My blog Mission Statement is "Healthy Families Make A Healthy World". Vaccines are being used by Globalist Elitists to implement a Population Reduction Agenda in our society. Because of that fact, I do not, nor will I ever trust a Big Pharma Vaccine for me or my children and will go to jail rather than allow my little ones to be poisoned.
Here are three documentary movies that will help educate you about these statements of fact:
David Ayoub, M.D. goes through the relations of Mercury to Autism as well its connections to “National Security Study Memorandum 200”; for population control. Showing its shocking connections to today’s G.A.V.I. Are powerful forces really trying to help the poor people or could it be for another agenda; the sterilization of the poor?
This is an upsetting video, so brace yourself.
Endgame by Alex Jones
We Become Silent
These are my three favorite videos that expose the frauds of the Pharmaceutical Companies.
Take the time to give them a look. Then the Vaccine Story will make sense to you as a consumer of health care. These movies and the types of information they contain explain WHY I call the Medical Profession, and the Pharmaceutical companies that give them their marching orders, the Whore of Babylon as described in the Book of Revelations in the Bible.
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 6:59 AM
October 3, 2007
Doctor Shortage: The Next Pandemic
I still strongly believe that when the next big health crunch hits the Law of the Jungle will kick in rather quickly. As "survival of the fittest" realities begin to rev up in our society I believe it will be every family for themselves. Prudent and thoughtful parents would do well to learn as much about natural healing, and prepare to take care of their own children should a time of overwhelming sickness prevail.
This recent article at the New Media Journal has an excellent critique of the doctor shortage and how the market is reponding to this crisis.
"It is the opinion of George Howley, the 1999 director of Casper, Area Economic Development Alliance, that the reason for such resistance to Ross University, based in the Caribbean, establishing a campus in Wyoming was because "doctors are opposed to the potential competition, not to the supposed risk of lower-quality care." He further explained the reasoning was "to protect the income to the doctors."
This short sightedness on the part of medical professionals may increase the chance that during a pandemic when huge numbers of people may be down with deadly illness, few people will be available to care for the sick.
Because the medicos have been pathologizing normal parts of the human experience, like pregnancy, and have invested so much time and money convincing mothers that they and their babes are a disaster waiting to happen, too much of so called "healing" is just more drugs and more surgery for things that would be better left alone.
I believe our society would be much better served if the healers would adopt the "every mother a midwife" model of health care, and then worked to partner with individuals and families in educating them in the practical matters that will crop up if we have a major outbreak of disease.
Our family has taken these efforts to wean from doctors to a place where we feel confident that should a major pandemic happen, we will be able to confidently care for each other for weeks or even months without any help from anyone. And should I be expecting a baby during that time of survival and sickness, we would be able to deliver the child and then take care of it without any professional help.
Every couple has the potential to learn the skills of self sufficiency, and society would be well served if doctors could catch this vision and then take on the task of promoting it as the model of living that will ensure the best outcome for mothers and children no matter what the future brings.
Don't see that happening any time soon, but I'll keep writing about it as the ideal.
PS Free Republic chat about the article
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 4:11 AM
July 27, 2007
Life
Tonight is stake temple night and Paul and I plan to attend. This past week has been a very spiritual one for us as a family. Last sunday Michelle received her Patriarchal Blessing from our stake patriarch. Paul and I have been on a spiritual high since that event.
Last sunday we also had four members of our family speak in church. I was the final speaker in Sacrament meeting - topic was Creating a legacy for future generations. And Michelle was the youth speaker. She was asked to speak about her pioneer heritage and shared a wonderful story from one of our ancestors from Norway who immigrated to Utah as a young mother. Andy was the main speaker in primary, his talk was also on his pioneer ancestry, and Ben was asked to participate in Sharing time telling stories about how his family helps him grow closer to Jesus Christ. We had spent saturday preparing for all of these talks. It was a good experience and I loved sharing my views with the members of the ward.
On wednesday night Paul and I were invited to attend our Stake Preparedness Meeting. Paul was recently called to be the Elders Quorum president and I am still serving as the Welfare Specialist. We had a good turnout from the stake and a woman from the State of Colorado had been invited to speak to our group about Pandemic Flu. She gave about an hour presentation and then opened it up for Q & A. The state of Colorado is working hard to prepare for pandemic scenarios, however I felt that typical government style they are gearing up to hand out fish to the people, rather than teaching them how to fish in terms of what is being done to mitigate,
She talked alot about flu vaccines and tamiflu. She also said the main thrust of their efforts was going to be in food boxes being passed out to those people who cannot prepare for a time of living in their homes for a couple weeks of isolation from the community. The state is encouraging citizens to have on hand a two week supply of food and water, and as many months of medicine as money and insurance will allow them to purchase.
I raised my hand and asked her if anyone had brought up the issue of healthy pregnant women giving birth in a hospital overun with sick people. She said they had spent alot of time talking about it but had not come to any sort of a conclusion as to what to do.
Later in the evening I pressed the issue again by stating that during the 1918 pandemic most babies in Colorado were being born at home and an infrastructure was in place to help those women with birth. Also, most mothers were breastfeeding. I told her that the thing people start screaming for after every disaster is baby formula and plastic diapers, and that if the state really wanted people to prepare for a pandemic they should be pushing breastfeeding and a supply of cloth diapers. She sort of balked when I said that.
She said that they were pushing for families to have baby formula, a two week supply, because during a time of stress, mothers may not be able to produce breastmilk, especially if they were eating junk foods in the form of foods that are easy to prepare without electricity. I backed away at that point and did not press the issue further, especially after a neonatal nurse spoke up and claimed that during certain illnesses breastmilk could be worse for babies than formula.
What I predict if we have a pandemic in Colorado is a whole bunch of dead babies.
Now maybe with even being born to educated parents at home and breastfed by a mother who has stored the absolute best foods for survival, (wheat and beans), and cloth diapered during weeks of isolation in the home during a pandemic, some of those babes will die from flu. But looking at the odds, I would guess that a mother who births in a hospital overwhelmed with flu patients and dead bodies, bottle feeds with limited supplys of baby formula, and is diapered with whatever bits of disposable diapers can be purchased, the babe who is welcomed into the world under such conditions will not do as well as the baby born at home.
But I guess we will have to wait and see. While I thought the power point presentation from this woman was well put together and she had her facts straight about infectious disease, I was extremely dismayed, but not surprised, that most mitigation efforts are going to be put towards chemical interventions and stockpiling of food for the poor.
What this lady does not realize is that EVERY family can store food and water. If poor families were to be educated about the financial savings from eating whole foods, taught how to prepare these simple foods, and how to store them properly, every family could easily put together a three month supple of grains, beans, and salt that could help them to weather any storm.
Costs for a family of four is about two hundred bucks. And her assumption that it would only be the poor who did not have any supplies is extremely short sighted. Many families do not have more than a week supply of food on hand because of dependence on restaurants and take out food. Some of the wealthiest people in our society have the most beautiful pantrys on the planet, that are completely void of nourishing foods.
If I was king of the world, or head of the Colorado State preparedness task force, I would immediately begin an education campaign focusing on proper food and water storage, rotation of whole foods into the daily diet, and the very simple principles of caring for the sick without chemicals. I would offer home birth classes and push breastfeeding and use of cloth diapers and menstrual pads. I would not even think about food boxes or vaccine or chemical "cures" as these measures would basically be akin to rearanging deck chairs on the titanic while the ship went down.
If we truly want to save lives and mitigate for future pandemics, the people of Colorado should be educated with what will truly help rather than wait for a time of raw survival, when survival of the fittest and the law of the jungle will ensure that those who are not prepared will drop like flies.
Here, once again, are my primers on Flu and Emergency Childbirth.
Emergency Childbirth during a pandemic
And a complete roundup of my provident living information is found in that catagory. Go here
Emergency Preparedness Catagory
I believe that those families and individuals who believe government is going to "save them" during a pandemic by handing them a box of food and a shot of chemicals in the arm are very naive. Yet this is what the state of colorado is preparing to do at this point in case of a pandemic. Being at the meeting just furthered my resolve and focus that individual preparations for a pandemic are the best forms of mitigation and relying on the government will be a fruitless endeavor.
It was a good meeting overall and the final hour we spent talking about communications and how we as saints can watch over each other better, especially if communications and electricity were cut off. I was chuckling as we talked remembering the winter storms of last year. The stake president had asked that we account for every person in the stake and give him a report. We were called by a total of seven people during the worst blizzard. The checks and balances of the mormon people is a wonder to behold.
Many of our members are ready with short wave radios and generators - to be a communication tool in case the phones are out. We have a whole crew of guys in our ward who are ready to go with that endeavor.
I'm looking forward to being in the house of the Lord tonight. It will recharge my spiritual batteries.
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 6:46 AM
July 20, 2007
White House: Fact Sheet: Implementation of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza
Fact Sheet: Implementation of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza
I'm glad the government is gearing up for the next pandemic, I think this effort is long overdue. However, in reviewing the materials, the focus from these professionals is, as far as as I could tell, almost exclusively on pharmaceuticals for prevention (vaccines) and treatment (antibiotics).
While I am sure this focus is thrilling for our friends at Big Pharma, for those of us not interested in using drugs or vaccines for our health care needs, yes, even during a world wide pandemic, all the effort, mitigating, and planning is much ado about nothing.
And as far as I can tell, nobody is talking about birthing women. Over at the Mass Medical Care with scarce resources web site - go here the most recent report includes information on:
The circumstances that communities are likely to face in an MCE.
Key constructs, principles, and structures to be incorporated into the planning for an MCE.
Approaches and strategies that could be used to provide the most appropriate standards of care possible under the circumstances.
Examples of tools and resources to help States and communities in their planning process.
Illustrative examples of how specific health systems, communities, or States have approached various issues in their MCE-related planning efforts.
While I am thrilled with the efforts put forward, no one is talking about the one million babies that could be born in American during a three month flu pandemic. If the hospital is over run with sick people, healthy women will not want to give birth in a hospital. America does not have enough trained midwives to help with those births.
The answer for that scenario is for parents to take personal responsibility for their own births, and to that end, Freebirth fits the bill. The last pandemic happened while most babies were still being born at home in 1918 and an infrastructure was in place to enable those women to birth at home. That structure has been carefully and systematically taken down in America and is also being replaced all over the world. Did you know that 50% of Chinese babies are born by c-section today?
I wish someone in the Government would start thinking about this topic, and instead of using precious resources to make loads of money for the makers of drugs and vaccines that probably won't work anyway, use those dollars to educate the American People in Provident Living and Pro-active realities around survival living.
Home Childbirth is one of the most important skills that families could realistically master ahead of time for mitigating against a flu pandemic and the harsh realities that would soon present to the birthing mothers of America as people start dropping like flies from a deadly virus.
But ACOG would have problems with that....wouldn't they.....And we don't want the doctors to get upset....so much lovely money and power is at stake.
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 12:45 PM
April 12, 2007
Mercury, Autism and the Global Vaccine Agenda: Link to a presentation by David Ayoub MD
www.robodoonproductions.com
1 hr 31 min 16 sec - Aug 15, 2006
www.radioliberty.com
David Ayoub, M.D. goes through the relations of Mercury to Autism as well its connections to “National Security Study Memorandum 200”; for ... all » population control. Showing its shocking connections to today’s G.A.V.I. Are powerful forces really trying to help the poor people or could it be for another agenda; the sterilization of the poor? This is an upsetting video, so brace yourself.
When you have a couple of hours to yourself, take the time to review this movie.
UPDATE:
Given the brewing scandal at the world bank around Wolfowitz's girlfriend, and the fact that they are meeting this week in America, perhaps it is time for them to acknowledge the roll they have played in the Vaccine scandals.
WAPO via Austin Bay:
"His acknowledgment, though cryptic, was a major new development in an unfolding scandal at the global lending institution, which seeks to help the world’s poorest countries. With annual meetings of the the bank and the International Monetary Fund convening in Washington this week, the World Bank’s executive board is discussing Wolfowitz’s future."
After watching Dr. Ayoub talk about the world bank and how they are "helping" the poorest nations on the earth, I have to question just about everything the world bank does and stands for.
Wolfowitz should be fired and the world bank exposed for the frauds around the vaccine controversys.
UPDATE:
More on the World Bank Situation:
From Huff Po Writer Steve Clemons
"One other tidbit about Wolfowitz that I have confirmed is less dramatic than securing his girlfriend a nearly $200,000 salary -- but still quite fascinating.
I now know from a second source -- as my first would only discuss this matter firmly off the record -- that Wolfowitz and Kevin Kellems had dinner at the Aquarelle Restaurant at the Watergate Hotel last year with a very prominent member of Washington's journalistic community.
The journalist in question had not met Wolfowitz previously and Kellems played a "relationship-brokering" role. What is interesting about this particular meeting -- as far as I understand the details of it -- is that the journalist in question, who I cannot name but can attest for his solid reputation as a serious writer, assumed that the topic of discussion at dinner would be Wolfowitz's global economic development agenda, his view of how to make the World Bank relevant to 21st century security and economic challenges, and so on.
Instead, Wolfowitz -- as recently as one year ago -- was still manically obsessed with the connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda. Wolfowitz reportedly brought with him to dinner an enormous binder of materials, articles, essays, reports, intelligence, etc. -- arguing that the connection between Hussein and bin Laden's operation was real and robust.
I can't report on the journalist's reaction to the dinner -- other than to say he was "surprised."
If Wolfowitz has been spending time hiring people like Robin Cleveland and Kevin Kellems -- as well as pushing the career of his girl friend "illegally" -- and obsessing about validating his bad decisions in the build-up to the Iraq War, then he has not been attentive to his real and fundamental responsibilites at the World Bank.
If all the rumors about his resignation tomorrow are untrue, Paul Wolfowitz should make them true as soon as possible."
My long time readers know that I am a Neo-Con and completely supported and continue to support the invasion of Iraq and the taking down of Sadaam Hussein. I also understand why Mr. Wolfowitz would want to validate and justify his actions and promotion of the War in Iraq.
What I would like to know is how much money Vaccine manufacturers had tied to this decision to yell and scream about Weapons of Mass Destruction the past six years. Don't get me wrong, I know those weapons are real and are a big threat. What I question is how much the Government has been influenced by Big Pharma to push it in the Media to soften up the populace into welcoming the idea that Vaccines are the answer to all of those threats?
I believe we all need to watch this very closely, and understand that our soldiers are being used as Gunea Pigs by being shot up with all the vaccines for WMD (Anthrax etc) The fact that our soldiers who have refused vaccines go to prison tells me how powerful the drug lobby has been in relation to these major decisions around weapons of mass destruction.
I am all for American Imperialism if it means freeing nations from despotic rule. But if American Imperialism boils down to hype to make more money for pharmaceutical companies, then I believe it is time for those particular frauds to be exposed!
Perhaps this World Band scandal will help open up the records and we can understand just exactly who has profited from the war in this sicko fashion.
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 4:39 PM
February 7, 2007
Giving Birth during a Bird Flu Pandemic
U.S. companies prepare for bird flu pandemic
"The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urged employers to develop plans to cope with a possible flu pandemic on Tuesday, suggesting letting employees work from home and encouraging sick workers to stay home without reprisals.
But a few international companies and small regional firms were already making bird flu planning a full-time job, and said on Tuesday they have had to prepare for the unthinkable.
Jay Schwartz, vice president of information systems at North Carolina-based Alex Lee Inc., is worried about what will happen when food supplies begin to get scarce as people become ill, stay home to care for children when schools close or tend to ill relatives."
For the past few months I have read everything that was posted on the web about the Bird Flu. Not one time have I read one word about the need for mothers to give birth at home during a Flu Pandemic.
I am pleased that government and business agencies are preparing, thinking, and planning. But it must be remembered that in America, when the Flu Pandemic of 1918 hit, most babies in the US were being born at home. Our society has now flipped to the other side of the spectrum and 99% of all babies are born in the Hospital.
With an infectious disease that could be spread easily from person to person, the last place a healthy mother would want to birth her child is in a hospital overwhelmed with Flu Patients.
I thought I would use this post to share my story.
Shortly after my first daughter was born, I was nursing her one day and reading my scriptures. I came to the 24th chapter of Matthew and read verse 19. Jesus was talking about the latter days, and he said, "And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!"
I said a short prayer after reading this passage and asked Heavenly Father what was meant by this passage of scripture. Then I had one of the most sacred experiences of my life. The Lord communicated to me that he was talking about this generation of women who were giving birth right now! He let me know that the woe was two fold.
One, the surgical and drug interventions of Allopathic Birth that were disabling a huge number of women was the first form of woe, and second, that when the time came when women were giving birth during the Abomination of Desolation described by Daniel the Prophet, they would be so dependent on the Medical Profession that they would not be able to help themselves because they knew absolutely nothing about natural birth and parenting.
What is this Abomination? Here is a link to a descriptive passage in the bible dictionary: Go Here
"In a general sense, abomination of desolation also describes the latter-day judgments to be poured out upon the wicked wherever they may be. And so that the honest in heart may escape these things, the Lord sends his servants forth to raise the warning voice, to declare the glad tidings of the restoration, lest “desolation and utter abolishment” come upon them. The elders are commanded to reprove “the world in righteousness of all their unrighteous and ungodly deeds, setting forth clearly and understandingly the desolation of abomination in the last days” (D&C 84: 114, 117; D&C 88: 84-85)."
Now in the LDS Health Code we have been given a promise and it is at the end of the Word of Wisdom:
"And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones; And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures; And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint. And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. Amen."
First and foremost, for protection from the destroying angel, We must keep the commandments! And so, I would like to challenge any of you reading this post to right now read the ten commandments and then repent of your sins.
For a really great overview of the Commandments, I defer to this article from Wiki: Go Here
Tied to keeping the commandments is the diet detailed in the Word of Wisdom as a form of protection from the destroying angels. This low meat, high grain diet was given to the world in 1833 through the Lord's Prophet, Joseph Smith, in Kirtland Ohio.
Do I believe those destroying angels will use a little virus to do the work of cleansing the earth?
Yes I do! This does not mean that I believe every person who will die during a pandemic is evil or is not keeping the commandments. I do believe the laws of morality and health are intrinsically tied to the physical health of human beings. And so with this information of challenging families to eat a whole foods diet, which is the thrust of my efforts on this blog, I also unapologetically declare that repentance and keeping the commandments will give more protection from a contagious virus than any vaccine ever could.
Birth Self Sufficiency
Now for the rest of my story: After I read the passage and had that understanding come into my heart about the reality of last days trials, I had this prompting come into my heart from the Holy Spirit...."I want you to learn everything you can about natural family living and become completely self sufficient in your mothering."
Over the next few days after I had this prompting from the Lord, the overwhelm I felt in my heart, the absolute complexity of what Heavenly Father was asking me to do threw me into a manic state that resulted in a complete nervous breakdown a couple of weeks later.
How could I as this young mother, with no degree, no education, no training in medicine learn everything there was to know about natural mothering? I really could not believe that the Lord wanted me to learn all of those skills that would enable me to feel comfortable taking care of my own family, giving birth alone, doctoring alone, midwifing alone, etc etc etc...the overwhelm was so real, so intense....why me?
But I was determined to learn and follow the counsel that I believed and still do believe was loving guidance from my God.
And so it began.
When I started down this path, I was innocent in my heart. I had no deep dread of doctors, hospitals, and the allopathic model of birth that has spread over the earth. I had no issues with the way things were. I just knew that I had been given some personal revelation and was determined to follow it. As I read, studied, and practiced the skills of self sufficiency in my own family life, I was given a profound education in the politics of birth and non-conformity. I have watched families destroyed by the politics of birth as social workers, doctors, police, and judges have stepped in to intervene when they determined "medical neglect" was playing out in family life.
During the years that I taught The Bradley Method of Husband Coached Childbirth, I was given a very detailed and extensive education on the history of Allopathic Birth in our society, and after a few years of observing and reading about little else but birth, I found myself radicalized and by 1997, I was completely on the side of the birth activists in our society, completely and irrefutably convinced that modern childbirth was killing something sacred in women and leading to the destruction of marriages and hurting the very babies it was supposedly saving with all of the interventions, drugs, and surgery.
For me, what started out as a supposedly simple plan to walk down a different path than my peers, to dance to the beat of a different drummer, to run down the road less traveled has taken our family to this point where we are completely weaned from the medical birthing powers that be.
For my last two pregnancies (in 1996 and 2002), I did all of my own prenatal care, gave birth in the sanctity of our bedroom with only my husband attending me, and we almost never go to Allopathic people for help with illness and disease. We needed help from the doctors after Andy was born in 1996, but by the time we had Ben in 2002 I had learned enough to be able to give birth alone and everything went perfectly!
We do occasionally use the allopathic docs for injuries, physicals for school, and once we did six days in Children's Hospital when Ben needed a surgery. We have been very grateful for this emergency care.
But when considering the realities of a pandemic, no infrastructure is in place to help women in their own homes when the baby is ready to be born. The Medical Profession has been very dilligent in bringing law suits against midwives all over the country, and the current laws and rules regarding who can have a home birth are conformed to medical dogma and practice.
Bens birth put me in the range of being risked out of home birth here in Colorado. I gave birth to him at 42 weeks and three days. One Colorado law says a home birth midwife must pass care to an OB if the mother goes past 42 weeks. And my water broke three days before he was born, and another Colorado law says midwifes must pass care to an OB 12 hours after the water has broken. If I had been under a midwifes care, I would never have been able to have a home birth because of these two factors.
One more time I would like to attempt to shine the spotlight on this breach in our planning for a flu pandemic. Four million women give birth in America every year. If the hospitals become too toxic for them to do so safely, I believe it is smart planning to start educating our people with skills that will help them to safely give birth at home to keep themselves away from viruses and bacteria that could kill both the mother and the baby.
This is my challenge to anyone reading this post.
And here is my link to an Emergency Childbirth Column detailing how to give birth at home alone:
April 25, 2004
By, Jenny Marie Hatch
It has been exactly eighteen months today since the birth of my fifth baby. He was born at home quietly into the hands of his father after a 6 hr labor. He weighed nine and a half pounds at birth, and had a 15 in head. He was born without drugs, knives, surgery, or any significant medical prenatal care. I went to my doctor for a consultation once when I was seven months pregnant.
In the past 18 months he has never been seriously ill, has never taken an antibiotic, or had a vaccination. I took him to see our doctor twice just to have him on record as being born, and other than a few colds and one nasty case of flu, he has been healthy, happy, and a wonderful addition to our family.
Why share this story of medical self-sufficiency?
TERROR?
In the past month I have seen President Bush, a few FBI agents, and various pundits on the news claiming that we in America are at risk of terror.
From Newsmax Monday April 19, 2004:
“Today on "Fox News Live," former FBI Special Agent Harold Copus said that the summer of 2004 will be remembered as the "Summer of Terror."
Anchor Gregg Jarrett told agent Copus that Tom Ridge said special attention will be focused on stopping terror attacks on rail, air, hazmat shipment, chemical facilities and the electrical grid. He asked if all of those were vulnerable. Copas said, "They certainly are."
I perceive a little bit of disconnect on the part of many in the media, our society, politicians, and my own community as these threats are discussed. Few are calling for any sort of real civil defense preparations. Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal is an exception. She has written lately of the need for Civil Defense.
In a recent Column she challenged politicians with these words:
“As government officials last week rehearsed their testimony the enemy was planning new horrors for Americans to endure. Right now we should be preparing--taking protective action in our ports and around our nuclear facilities, at our borders, etc. American officials should not be busy testifying; they should be busy making sure every citizen has a CBN suit, a regulation gas mask and data on how to recognize and respond to a chemical, biological or nuclear incident.
The most pressing thing at the moment is making America safer. Instead, our officials are otherwise engaged. As they were before 9/11.”
I believe it is futile to wait for the government to provide us the skills and tools to survive terror. Could they really do it anyway, with every family in different locations and in need of a variety of resources given the various scenarios of attack and disruptions?
If each individual in America would take a realistic look at their own lives and make some prudent preparations to be able to live for a period of weeks in their own home cut off from water, electricity, communications, commerce, and not able to travel anywhere to purchase anything, our country would be in a far better defensive posture for the War on Terror. I challenge those who are reading this column to begin family civil defense preparations now.
SOME PERSONAL HISTORY
Shortly after I gave birth to my first baby in 1988, I was reading the Bible. My baby was about two months old and I was nursing her as I studied my Sunday school lesson. We were reading the New Testament and I came to the 24th chapter of Matthew. As I read these words in verse 19 “and woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!” my heart skipped a beat. Jesus had just been describing to his disciples the signs of the times before his second coming to the world.
As I read those words, I just knew that Jesus Christ was talking about my generation of birthing and breastfeeding women. I also knew deep in my heart that I had to learn everything I could about natural mothering and be prepared that should we have some societal disruptions in America, that I would be prepared to birth, feed, and take care of my babies without the help of any professionals.
My oldest daughter is now almost sixteen. Since that fateful moment in my life, I have run down a path that to many people seemed irresponsible and somewhat suspect as I gradually weaned from the medical profession in regards to my mothering. We have had four additional children since that cold morning in February of 1989 when the words in the Bible leaped off the page and landed straight into my heart.
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
To aid me in my journey to mothering self-sufficiency I became A Certified Bradley Childbirth Teacher and for eight years studied about and taught natural childbirth in every spare moment. As a teacher, I was able to observe the impact my teaching had on the birth outcomes of the couples that took my class, and I was able to practice these principles in a hands on way during my four additional births. In 1996 I decided to stop teaching my childbirth class and became an active participant in the unassisted childbirth movement on the Internet.
I organized the 2nd International Husband/Wife homebirth conference in 2001 and have written three books sharing my experiences and the birth stories of the many couples that have adopted this lifestyle.
One of the most interesting facts as I would chat with my friends on the internet about birth, was how many of these couples had come to home birth because of end times preparations. Either the wife or the husband or both had felt guided by personal conviction that the time was soon coming when it would be prudent to know how to birth a child alone without a midwife or a doctor present.
Many of these couples shared with me that they had experienced vivid dreams regarding societal chaos and instability. They knew that they had to prepare in every facet of life to be self-sufficient, especially in regards to Childbirth and Breastfeeding.
I studied many survival books and was dismayed that few had any real information on how to birth a child in a raw survival situation. Most of these books had been written by men who knew absolutely nothing about birthing and breastfeeding, and so I decided to write my book, Elijah Birth in order to help educate the parents who desire to give birth at home alone. Here is the link to Elijah Birth, How to turn the hearts of the Fathers.
Few Obstetricians are acquainted with the principles of natural childbirth, and fewer still have seen a spontaneous, un-drugged birth and are so dependent on their medications, machinery, and tools, that the thought of a mother intentionally giving birth alone, without any assistance makes it difficult for them to write knowledgeably about childbirth removed from the hospital environment. An exception to this is Gregory White MD who wrote Emergency Childbirth, and his manual is an excellent resource. Click here for the Amazon link.
When life is cut down to the bare minimums for survival – food, water, shelter…. only a couple of life skills are truly needed to keep the family going through a survival time. NATURAL CHILDBIRTH IS ONE OF THEM!
If for some reason our fragile society was to experience a major disruption because of terror, mastering the skills of natural mothering will go a long way in helping to ensure the survival of our people.
We all have heard the stories of mothers who give birth in the car or at home in an unplanned emergency childbirth. So we know it is possible. Motivated by the scripture I read in Matthew 24:19, and the many preparedness dreams, promptings, and my own gut feelings about the true state of the world, I have been on a quest for fifteen years to learn how to do my own prenatal care, give birth without any professional help and then nourish my baby with no formula supplementation. Largely living as if the Medical and Midwifery Professions and Formula Manufacturers did not exist.
We are living this lifestyle right now today, as are many hundreds of couples that have embraced Primal Mothering all over the world.
I would like to share a few helpful tips that if utilized during birth will help the mother and baby get off to a better start. I don’t have any medical credentials nor do I take responsibility for any outcome that you may have during the birth should you decide to provide fully for the health of your family. This information is shared out of deep concern that couples in their childbearing years need to be educated on natural mothering in case of a terrorist attack.
My prayer is that should your family decide to practice giving birth alone before any sort of chaos, that you and each of you will be protected from prosecution for medical negligence by those professionals in our world who get a little antsy when they hear of babies being born without medical assistance.
Let me begin by saying, that for many couples, just hearing that other couples have given birth at home intentionally with positive outcomes is enough to begin the education process and bring comfort to their hearts. Knowing that the vast majority of babes born at home will have no problem whatsoever is encouraging to those making these preparations.
TERROR REALITIES
Imagine you are at home with a pregnant wife, and the electricity goes off. You hear on the radio the city closest to you has been attacked by a nuclear terrorist. You understand that it is crucial to stay in a shelter for the first two weeks after a bomb blast to protect yourself from blast fallout, radiation, and debris. But after two days your wife tells you she is in labor, and it is time to go to the hospital.
What to do?
Do you risk the exposure to hazardous fallout in order to get your wife where it is supposedly safe? Or do you trust nature and proceed at home? Assuming you could physically get to your local hospital, it could be filled to the brim with fallout burn victims or if the blast was accompanied by a chemical or biological attack, the hospital would be the last place on earth you would want your healthy wife and newborn baby to be during and after childbirth.
So you decide to stay home. WHAT DO YOU DO?
HEAVENLY HELP
I would first challenge you to get on your knees and ask God for specific guidance to know what your wife and child will need during this specific birthing experience. You will be guided to know what to do at any given moment and this will help insure the safe passage of your child from inside the womb to outside safely separated from your wife.
STAGES OF LABOR
Labor is composed of three parts. First stage labor is simply about getting the cervix (the bottom opening of the womb) open to allow the baby to move from the uterus to the birth canal. As the cervix widens, a bloody, mucous discharge is often released as it slowly stretches open. This stage of labor can be aided by back massage, and hot compresses to the back. If the mother has painful back labor, the child will possibly be in a posterior position (when the baby comes out it has its face away from the mother’s bottom) and the mother could be aided by counter pressure on the lower back while the baby moves into position to be born.
My favorite book that details all of the stages of labor and gives helpful suggestions for what to do for any given labor situation is Natural Childbirth, the Bradley Way. Here is the link from Amazon.
The final part of first stage, called transition, is typically the most difficult for the mother. It is generally an intense time of contractions one on top of the other that mark the full expansion of the cervix at the baby prepares to be born. During this time it is helpful for the mother to vocalize in a loud AHHHH to help move the energy from the womb up out of her body. I have found vocalization to be the absolute most profound pain relief during my natural births.
SELF-DOUBT SIGNPOST
One of the common emotional signposts of transition is the mother turning to whomever is with her and saying, “I can’t do this anymore”. This “self-doubt” signpost is evidence that first stage labor is almost over and the second stage of pushing is just around the corner. Gentle encouragement is all that is needed to let her know she is doing great and the baby will be born soon.
SECOND STAGE – PUSHING
The second stage of labor generally begins soon after transition and is marked by contractions that come slower and tend to be accompanied with an intense desire to push. Some women don’t feel this desire to push however. Encouraging the mother to be in a standing or upright position will let gravity aid the mother in safely delivering her child.
If it is evident that the baby is coming out feet or bottom first (breech), it is especially important for the mother to be in an upright or standing position during the delivery. But she will know which position is best to deliver her child and should be encouraged to assume whichever position feels right to her.
I only mention the upright information because a few mothers, influenced by the media and current medical dogma will believe and assume that it is best to give birth laying flat on her back, with legs up in the air. This is the absolute worst position for a mother to give birth.
Most women will assume an upright or hands and knees position in which to give birth if left alone. Some will feel more comfortable giving birth in a side lying position. Again, whichever position she feels is most comfortable to her will be the best position to be in. Warm compresses placed on the perineum will aid in a comfortable passage of the baby. I kept a stack of thick cloth diapers by my side during my last birth and my husband’s main task during the labor was to get them wet with warm water and olive oil, which I placed on my bottom during the birth.
It is also important for the mother to keep her bladder empty with frequent urination during labor. Encourage her to use the toilet every hour of labor, and especially during pushing, a full bladder can impede the baby being born. Some mothers experience labor diarrhea while giving birth and this again is nature’s way of opening up the body for the safe passage of the baby. If the rectum and bladder are full it is just that much more space that is taken up which could be utilized by the baby as it is born. Encourage the mother to use the toilet.
BABY RESUSCITATION
As the baby starts to crown, whomever is with the mother can prepare her a hot drink, and get out the bulb syringe, (this tool is the little blue suction device they use in the hospital to suck out the babies nose and throat as it is being born to help them breathe) Bulbs syringes are available at most drug stores. The only “tool” we purchased for our home birth was a new baby syringe to help suction our baby’s mouth and nose. I gave birth in a standing position and my husband stood behind me and suctioned our son’s nose after his head was born. He also checked to see if the cord was wrapped around the baby’s neck. It was not, but I have read about couples that had the cord wrapped several times around the neck, and as the baby was born, they quickly un-looped it from the neck.
During my fourth birth, which took place at home, we were not able to resuscitate our son, and so we called 911 for help. The Fireman who showed up first to help, gently suctioned my baby out with his own mouth. He placed his mouth over the nose and mouth of my son, and sucked out the mucous, then spit it out and gave our baby three puffs of air, and Andy opened his eyes. I call this technique “Shawn’s suck and spit baby survival system”.
A few days after the birth, I talked to a high-risk pediatrician and told her about the fireman’s effective suck and spit technique and she told me that this suctioning is a perfect tool to resuscitate a baby as it creates a vacuum effect that is a superior way to clear the airway of a newborn. If a birth took place in a raw situation where no supplies were available, the mother or the father of the baby could suction out the baby if it was slow to breathe with their own mouths. The bigger the baby, the longer they tend to take to breath and pink up.
Some babies get a little stuck as the shoulders are being born, but a lack of drugs in the mother, and an upright position will help to turn the child to get the shoulders out. Sometimes it helps to hook a finger under the child’s armpit and guide them out if they seem stuck. One friend had to do this with both shoulders as his wife gave birth to his 10-pound son. First getting out one shoulder and then the other.
If the baby is breech, and the head gets stuck, again the use of gravity, and a gentle guiding of the head as it is born will help to safely birth the baby. When cold air hits the baby’s body in a breech birth, they tend to want to take in a breath of air, and if this happens, the mother or father should use a finger in the baby’s mouth to create an air passage, so the baby does not breath in any fluid or blood as it is being born. Squatting during pushing opens up the vaginal outlet an additional 10%, which can make a crucial difference is the ease of passage as the baby is born.
WATER BAG
If the water has not broken during labor, the baby can be born in the amniotic sac. My fourth baby was born in his sac, and it helped the birth to be pain-free, however, he was born with a flood of water upon his arrival and this created a very slippery situation. Having lots of clean towels, receiving blankets, and cloth diapers on hand will help to dry the baby, and make it easier to hold. The mother also tends to bleed as the child emerges from her body, this is normal and is not cause for panic.
However, if the mother seems to be hemorrhaging or bleeding more than she should (no more than two cups of blood), immediate breastfeeding is the absolute best cure for a post partum bleed. I read that Japanese Midwives stand ready with a basin to catch the blood and if the mother has hemorrhaged, they will quickly use a bulb syringe to suck up the blood from the basin and reintroduce it into the mother’s body through the rectum. The rectum is the quickest way to reabsorb the blood back into the mother’s bloodstream. Wheat grass juice orally and rectally is also a powerful aid to heal a post partum hemorrhage.
It is normal for the mother to bleed for up to six weeks after the birth. If the blood comes on heavier and is bright red in the weeks after the birth, this is evidence the mother is doing too much and needs to slow down her activity.
Mothers should also be supported in staying in bed for three days after the birth while the uterus contracts down to its normal size. Breastfeeding on demand, again, facilitates this happening.
BONDING, BREASTFEEDING, AND RELEASING THE PLACENTA
The next hour after the child is born is one of the most important in terms of making sure the mother and child get off to the best start physically, emotionally, and as a breastfeeding partnership. Breastfeeding during survival times will be very important as most families cannot afford to have more than a month or two supply of infant formula stored. Getting educated about exclusive breastfeeding before a terror attack will be very important.
Practicing nursing 100% with no supplementation will give that mother even more confidence that she will be able to provide for her child during a long-term disruption in basic services like communications, electricity, and water, not to mention goods and services. Mastering this art of breastfeeding has been one of the most difficult tasks I have ever taken on. But it can be done and all mothers should be encouraged at the very least, to have a copy of the book, The Womanly art of Breastfeeding on hand to help teach her how to nurse if we have an attack. Here is a link to Emergency Breastfeeding information:
After the child is born, immediate breastfeeding is important for a variety of reasons. First, in the un-drugged child, it is what they instinctively want to do. Second, immediate nursing has powerful implications for the mother. The sucking action of nursing releases hormones that help the uterus to contract in order to aid in the safe detaching of the placenta. I nursed my son immediately after he was born, and fifteen minutes later I felt my placenta plopping down ready to be pushed out, completely intact and with a minimum amount of blood loss.
Immediate nursing also aids in bonding the mother to the child, and powerful hormones are released in both the mother and child, which create a beautiful and long lasting attachment.
As the mother feeds her child in that important first hour, her uterus will immediately start to contract in powerful sensations that will help in preventing hemorrhage. This is the absolute most important reason why the mother should never be separated from her baby in the first minutes after birth.
The mother also has Colostrum in her breasts, which is the perfect first food for the newborn. It contains important anti-bodies and has a laxative effect on the baby. The babies first stool (poop), called meconium is a tar like substance that needs to be passed out of the baby, the colostrums helps this to happen.
As the hormones start to rage through the mother, she may feel shaky and cold. Since these are typical shock symptoms it is easy to get frightened if this happens. A warm drink and wrapping the mother up with blankets and a hot water bottle will help with these normal post birth symptoms. Dehydration and the mother getting too cold can keep the placenta from detaching, and so helping the mother to warm up with a warm drink will help with both issues as she drinks and warms her body up.
During the first twenty-four hours it is normal for the baby to expel lots of mucous from its lungs and nasal cavity. In the un-drugged baby, normal sneezing, coughing, and even vomiting can be anticipated as the baby clears the amniotic fluid from its body. I kept clean cloth diapers by my side to help wipe away the mucous that came out of the baby that first night. A bulb syringe or nasal aspirator can also be kept handy to help the baby expel the mucous out of the lungs.
A common cause of post birth complications in the baby is if the meconium that is the baby’s first bowel movement is aspirated into the lungs. In the hospital this complication is treated in a variety of ways, but at home, close monitoring of the baby for signs of breathing difficulty and infection will help to know if this has occurred. If it does, antibiotic type herbs like Goldenseal and Usnea can be given to the mother to be passed into the baby through the breastmilk. Essential oil of Oregano can also be applied to the baby’s feet and held over the child’s mouth and nose to be breathed in to help with infection.
CORD CARE
In the hospital the cord is generally cut immediately. Over the years I learned about a simpler and more holistic form of childbirth called Lotus Birth. We had a lotus birth with our last baby. It was a peaceful and gentle way to welcome our son into our home. We simply did not cut the cord. We wrapped the placenta up in a cloth diaper and kept it with our son in a receiving blanket. Every time I changed the baby’s diaper, I changed the diaper on the placenta as it dried up and drained fluids. I aided this drying process by putting salt and essential oil of Lavender on the placenta, and after six days the cord detached on it’s own.
This type of birth ensures that all of the cord blood gets back into the baby. Babies born lotus style are very content and peaceful. If one gave birth in a survival situation, and no scissors were available to cut the cord with, a lotus birth would make it irrelevant. Immediate cord clamping and cutting has been proven to cause anemia in some children, as up to 1/3 of the baby’s blood volume can be in the cord and placenta at the time of birth. Early cord cutting has also been implicated in the difficult detaching of the placenta in several studies that I have read on the internet.
Should you decide to cut the cord, sterilize the scissors in boiling water, clamp the cord on the mother and the baby’s side with shoelaces, dental floss, or purchase some cord clamps from a midwife supply store, and then cut the cord in between the clamped portions of the cord.
I would encourage you to wait until the cord has stopped pulsating or even better, wait until the placenta has fully detached and been passed.
Get the baby to breast as soon as it is born. When the placenta detaches, and in some cases that can take several hours, wrap it up with the baby and keep the baby close to the mother. Feeding the baby on demand will help the mother to produce an abundant milk supply.
Emergency childbirth knowledge and exclusive breastfeeding will go a long way in helping Young Americans to overcome the Woe predicted by Jesus as the winding up scenes of the end times of our world take place. I challenge all who are reading this article to get educated, put in a few simple supplies like some good books on natural childbirth and breastfeeding, cloth diapers, cloth menstrual pads, a two week supply of water (14 gallons per person), some food, and a few natural remedies for infection.
I can’t express in words the comfort that has come into my heart knowing that should we have terror when I am expecting a baby, we will be able to make it to the other side of a natural childbirth experience with me and the baby just fine. I have absolute faith and confidence that if I can do it, so could any couple who decided to get prepared and go for it. Please, take the time to read, study, and ponder these things. Then take some more time and put in the few supplies needed.
Even if you don’t anticipate ever needing to give birth alone, prepare now for that contingency should circumstances require it. I don’t know that the things I have shared in this article cover all of the issues that may present in your situation, but trust that you will be guided to know what to do for your family when the time comes. I have read hundreds of home birth stories, and so many of these families have claimed divine guidance and help as the baby was being born.
I know this Heavenly Help ultimately is where safety lies. It is my fervent testimony that as each day goes by and the world continues to be in commotion, we can and will be able to survive whatever happens if we muster our faith and grasp the reality that like our ancestors hundreds of generations back, we can give birth safely alone at home.
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 7:32 AM
October 17, 2006
Flu Natural Remedies
GARLIC!!!
Here is a replay of an article I wrote in 2003 after a nasty flu experience with my own children.
With Cold and Flu season right around the corner, here is the whole text of the piece, which has been reprinted in various places around the web, with and without my consent.
Flu Natural Remedies
November 22, 2003
By, Jenny Marie Hatch
Flu Season hit early in Colorado and our family was compelled to take a break from life for the past few weeks and focus on getting well. We are not alone. Many, many people are suffering. The school called and said they were closing down two days early for thanksgiving break because so many are sick.
First some headlines:
DENVER – “When it comes to vaccinating children, Colorado is at the end of the list. Colorado is last in the country when it comes to vaccinating children for diseases like chicken pox, whooping cough and even the flu, according to state health officials.
"Currently, Colorado is last in the nation -- 50th out of 50 states for vaccinating 19-35 month olds fully," said Dr. Robert Brayden with Children's Hospital.”
GARLIC!!!
Here is a replay of an article I wrote in 2003 after a nasty flu experience with my own children.
With Cold and Flu season right around the corner, here is the whole text of the piece, which has been reprinted in various places around the web, with and without my consent.
Flu Natural Remedies
November 22, 2003
By, Jenny Marie Hatch
Flu Season hit early in Colorado and our family was compelled to take a break from life for the past few weeks and focus on getting well. We are not alone. Many, many people are suffering. The school called and said they were closing down two days early for thanksgiving break because so many are sick.
First some headlines:
DENVER – “When it comes to vaccinating children, Colorado is at the end of the list. Colorado is last in the country when it comes to vaccinating children for diseases like chicken pox, whooping cough and even the flu, according to state health officials.
"Currently, Colorado is last in the nation -- 50th out of 50 states for vaccinating 19-35 month olds fully," said Dr. Robert Brayden with Children's Hospital.”
“The number of confirmed flu cases in Colorado continues to rise dramatically -- up more than 300 percent over last week. The state already has reported 693 cases, months before the flu season is expected to peak."
Doctors say it's because this year's flu vaccine does not exactly match the strain that's making people sick. Officials with the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention say the mismatch is serious and this flu season could be worse than usual. However, health experts are still recommending that people get flu shots because the vaccine can help SOME from getting sick and avoid a potentially staggering flu season nationwide.” - and we wouldn’t want the pharmaceutical companies to lose any profits…..JMH. (Emphasis added by Jenny Hatch)
If You Have The Flu...If you couldn't quite manage to prevent the flu bug, here are some steps to consider:
Ibuprofen, aspirin, or acetaminopen can help with a fever and other aches and pains. Acetaminopen (Tylenol) does not upset the stomach like aspirin or ibuprofen can.
Do not take antibiotics. They kill bacteria, but not the viruses that cause a cold or flu.
Do not smoke. This will only make it worse.
Use cough drops and gargle with warm salt water for a sore throat.
Keep a humidifier in your bedroom and take hot showers to clear a stuffed up nose.
For a red and raw nose, rub ointment on and around the area.
Expect three to four days for slight improvement, and up to 10 days for full recovery.
Colorado Teen Becomes Season's First Flu Fatality
POSTED: 11:45 a.m. MST November 21, 2003
DENVER – “A 15-year-old has become Colorado's first flu death of the season, 7NEWS reported Friday.”
GARLIC BULBS!
Those are the local headlines from this past week in Colorado, and here is a little blurb on flu vaccine from a national lawyers website, which has since been taken down off the web, but I found the same information on this Mercury Exposure Web Site.
Influenza (Flu) Vaccine – “For years evidence has been mounting linking the Flu vaccine to serious neurological side effects. There have been occasional cases involving influenza vaccines causing Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) and other autoimmune conditions. Guillain-Barré syndrome is a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. The first symptoms of this disorder include varying degrees of weakness or tingling sensations in the legs. In many instances, the weakness and abnormal sensations spread to the arms and upper body.
These symptoms can increase in intensity until the muscles cannot be used at all and the patient is almost totally paralyzed.
Additionally critics of the Flu Vaccine argue that the Flu vaccine might be irrelevant. These critics argue that the flu vaccine, for most healthy people, is (1) unnecessary; (2) ineffective; and (3) capable of causing serious neurological injuries. Most cases of so-called flu are not influenza at all, but rather cases involving rhinoviruses and other infections. Getting the flu, for most healthy individuals is not very serious.
Flu vaccines are admittedly viewed by many in the public health community as being a monetary vaccine, designed to reduce days lost from work.
The most serious indictment of flu vaccines, however, involves the fact that we are always receiving last year's virus to try to protect us from this year's flu. Flu viruses change each year, and sometimes the vaccines are prepared with viruses, which are not the same ones that we are trying to protect against. Despite such mismatches, manufacturers are always quick to sell their product, and recalls are unheard of. There is evidence that the manufacturers do not even conduct clinical trials for the vaccine each year, despite the fact that the components are changed.”
Stock Pot for Jenny's Flu Soup
So, to sum up, we have a deadly flu virus causing serious illness all across Colorado, and potentially across the nation. The medicos admit the current vaccine is not the right strain and the potential for a widespread flu epidemic is high. We have the lawyers aware of the complications and side effects from the vaccines, prepared to give legal aid to those who have been permanently damaged by the vaccine. Antibiotics don’t work on viruses.
Hospitalization, Antibiotics and Vaccines are about the only thing the medical profession has to offer to those who are sick. The over the counter cold remedies help with symptoms and can give relief, but these drugs can prove dangerous, causing a variety of other symptoms, especially in children.
And because the over the counter remedies interfere with natural immunity, they tend to prolong the illness because the body is constantly being frustrated from purging the disease out of the various channels of detoxification. Fevers and Rashes are the immune systems first line of defense. Do we have some healthy alternative or happy medium between the doctors/pharmaceutical companies and lawyers/courts? And….
What is the parent of a sick child to do?
Before I share the alternative remedies that we have used these past weeks to heal our family, I would like to confess that I have a vested interest in this column beyond sharing some great information. If you decide to purchase some of the Essential oils I recommend, I will receive a kickback from the company for that referral.
I was just going to write this article without mentioning the oils, but I know they have played a crucial role in keeping this illness under control and empowering our family to remain self sufficient. I honestly don’t care if you purchase the brand I use, even though they are some of the best oils on the market.
My five children have been very sick these past two weeks with a variety of symptoms; fever, rash, body aches, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, and general crabbiness. Now the only lingering symptom seems to be a very nasty cough. I am watching this lung action closely to be certain it does not develop into bronchitis or pneumonia. My children have complained long and loud about being kept home during this time, but I feel passionate about them not developing a secondary infection from this flu.
I have been stretched to my utmost capacity and at one point my fight or flight response kicked in and I was very tempted to run away from home. But I am the Mommy here, and it was/is my job to play nurse. Also, for some reason, I have not developed the flu. Although I have missed the most sleep, am nursing a baby, and have done the most physical work, I am still mostly symptom free.
At this point, I am just exhausted. I believe this is because I have doctored myself right along with the children, and am constantly applying oils to them, and in the process have applied them to myself. I also have eaten my soup every day, several bowls a day, and have stayed well hydrated. If you as the caregiver become ill while caring for sick family members, you have my utmost respect and prayers in your behalf.
Should this happen to you, I would highly encourage you to ask for help and have another healthy person in to help with care for the family. Ultimately this will be way cheaper than seeking emergency medical help, even if you have to fly someone in to help out.
Let me preface this information by saying, “I am not a doctor, I am not giving medical advice, I take no responsibility for any outcome you may experience if you decide to try some of these remedies”
I am simply sharing what I have done to help my children heal from a terrible flu in the hopes that some of my suggestions may prove helpful to others.
A few months ago I began stocking up on essential oils. I put in a supply of therapeutic grade oils anticipating the cold and flu season. It has been exciting the past two weeks to pull out the oils time and time again to help relieve the various symptoms that have presented. Even with the oils, I have been barfed on twice, and spent a whole night fearing that should my son puke again, he would goob me.
While the oils don’t stop symptoms, they do encourage the body to work more effectively, and sometimes even strengthen the symptoms. For example, my son was nauseated and had dry heaves and was unable to sleep. I put some peppermint oil on his feet and massaged the arches of his feet. As I massaged I could feel his heaves settle down, then all of a sudden he vomited, then he looked at me and said, “I feel much better” and was able to sleep.
Symptoms are good!
The allopathic model of medicine teaches us that symptoms are bad and must be suppressed at all costs. Over the years, I have come to believe that symptoms serve a purpose, especially with infectious disease. Most symptoms of flu are the body’s attempt to cleanse itself, and so I take a different approach in the sense that when a fever or a rash appears, I encourage the symptoms for as long as is necessary.
Hippocrates said, “give me a fever and I can cure any disease!” My nine-year-old son had a 103 degree fever for five days. During this time, I focused on keeping him well hydrated, comfortable, and clean. I gave him upwards of four baths a day and helped him vigorously scrub his skin with an essential oil soap and a stiff brush.
I also had him brush his teeth several times a day and keep his tongue clean by vigorous scrubbing with an essential oil toothpaste.
I massaged his feet over and over again with pure oregano and thyme oils diluted with olive oil. I kept him warm with a hot water bottle/blankets when he would start shivering with chills.
At one point, when I perceived he was the sickest, I gave him a Raindrop Therapy massage treatment. This is a powerful massage technique that can be used by anyone in the home. I purchased the kit –which comes with an instructional video – from Young Living Essential Oils. www.youngliving.org or 800-371-2928 - $117.00 (If you would like to buy this fabulous kit just use my sponsor number #29526 to become a preferred customer.)
After the Raindrop, I observed that my children slept better and were not in as much pain. I gave three of the children this massage.
My son Jeff, who was the sickest of them all, asked for and received a priesthood blessing from his Father and another elder from our church.
I kept a bed made up on the floor of our living room for whoever was sickest that day to lie down on. This made things easier for me, as I was able to tend to them while I worked in the kitchen and did laundry. Our bathrooms are all on the second floor and so once in a while I had to help a sick child up the stairs to go potty, or help with a bath. During the worst of the fevers, I noticed them becoming noise sensitive (A sign of magnesium deficiency), and I would have them sleep in my bedroom, and I encouraged the other children to speak quietly. I also fed them shakes that contained a liquid calcium/magnesium supplement to help with the noise sensitivity.
To help with hydration, I gave all of the children home made juice Popsicles and echinacea tea mixed with grape juice. I also served garlic soup every day. Here is my own recipe for this powerhouse of a soup.
In a soup pot sauté one chopped onion with five cloves of crushed garlic in three tablespoons of olive oil. Add in 1 tsp sea salt. Peel and chop five potatoes, five carrots, three large chopped celery stalks, and one bunch of chopped fennel. Add the vegetables to the onion and garlic when the onions are translucent. Cover the vegetables with water and bring to a boil. Then simmer while you make the Stock water and brown rice.
POTASSIUM/CALCIUM BROTH/VEGETABLE STOCK
Hard boil two quarts of water with:
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp flax seed
½ C. Oat Straw Tea
½ C. Oatmeal
The potato and carrot peelings
10 additional cloves of chopped garlic
1 thumb size piece of diced fresh ginger
Hard boil for twenty minutes, then strain and add to the vegetable soup pot.
BROWN BASMATI RICE
In a third saucepan, cook up one cup of brown basmati rice in three cups of water.
GARLIC TOAST
Serve the soup with garlic toast. Sliced whole wheat bread brushed with Garlic butter. Heat 3 tablespoons of butter with one clove of crushed garlic, brush on toast, then broil for a minute or two. Serve with the soup. If you can get your child to eat it, you can also add one drop of thyme and one drop of oregano oil to the garlic butter and brush that on the toast. Whenever I did this, my children refused to eat it. However, I read about a woman who used this essential oil toast to treat whooping cough with great success!
I made this soup three times in the past week. With leftovers, my children had plenty of anti-viral food to eat when they were hungry. If they were not eating, I simply served them the potassium/calcium broth. Each child had a few days of natural fasting when they just weren’t hungry. This was generally during the worst of the fever. I trust this symptom in children especially. But carefully watch for signs of dehydration while they forego food.
Dehydration shows up with a sunken look to the face, pinched skin, and lack of urination. The child may also complain of bladder pain from lack of liquid moving through the urinary tract. On the worst days most of the children were happy to eat a few pieces of fruit or suck on a Popsicle and I was constantly offering them water.
COLON HYDRATION
I never felt the need to do this, but was prepared to if necessary. I had read that before the advent of the IV, our ancestors used to use the colon to re-hydrate a sick person. They would gently implant water into the colon using a piece of tubing to help the body to be better hydrated and to flush debris from the colon. I am grateful I never felt the need to do this procedure with my kids, but I would have done that first over going to the emergency room for help with re-hydration.
(I do think it is appropriate to seek medical aid for hydration issues, especially with pregnant women and babies) but again, I would first try the colon hydration before exposing myself, or my children, to the germs in the hospital while they were in a weakened condition.
To do this, simply purchase a child size enema bulb and fill it with warm water and carefully squeeze the bottle of water into the rectum. It is ideal to do this in the bathtub.
At no time in the past days did I administer any prescription or over the counter flu or cold medicines. (OK, my husband did take some Nyquil one night to help him sleep when he had not slept in three days). But we gave no drugs to the children.
NATURAL IMMUNITY!
Through quiet, diligent effort we have weathered this horrible, painful, disease. I am confident that all five children have now been effectively immunized naturally from the real current flu virus that is making everyone sick. This is natural immunity at its best! It is nothing to be frightened of.
Common sense measures and simple effective cleansing techniques will restore health! And it is way more comforting to me than having them shot up with a synthetic, preserved, cultured, mercury laden flu “virus” that the scientists GUESSED would be the correct strain for the year, and then still have them get the live virus that is running around town, perhaps with their immune systems hindered in the ability to effectively deal with that live virus because they had the flu shot!
I believe the public has truly been propagandized into believing the lies from the pharmaceutical companies when it comes to infectious disease. Hopefully with consumer awareness, the Center for Disease Control and the national, state, and local health departments will at some point be held accountable and the truth exposed in this whole vaccine scam. Do thousands of people need to die of a flu virus once again this year before the whole flu shot scandal is exposed?
Money mongering at the expense of the health and well being of citizens should be a crime. And the doctors, hospitals, news agencies, and health community should be ashamed of itself for shoving these toxic chemicals on the innocent. As John Robbins has stated, “the medical profession will get off its pedestal, when we get off our knees!”
Have some confidence and take care of yourself and your family!
A few final tips
(These are a ton of additional work, but very important!)
Several times in the past days I have changed all of the bedding, especially the pillowcases, and washed them well in hot water and then sprinkled all of the bedding with essential oils. I also bundled the children up and took them outside for fresh air and sunshine for a few minutes most days. (Some days I could not get certain kids out the door because they were too dizzy).
While we were outside, I opened all of the doors and windows and aired out the house. With all of the coughing, sweaty fevers, and mucous flowing, I believe these steps are very important in speeding healing.
I served lots of fresh fruit; Watermelon, Honeydew melon, red seedless grapes, apple and pear slices. The children tended to eat the fresh fruit more than any other food I served. This helps with cleansing the bowel and hydration issues.
I kept the sickest children close to me during the night. This helped me to tune in to them quickly when they were overcome with fever, nausea, or diarrhea. I could quickly get them into the bathroom, and I believe averted a few messes, by helping them to the toilet instead of having to clean up toxic messy beds.
I also deep cleaned the bathrooms more than usual during the worst of the illness. Using Shaklee’s Basic G, which is powerful enough to kill the aids virus, helped me to feel confident that we were keeping up with the germs. I had my daughters help to wipe down all surfaces in our home with an essential oil spray called Thieves, which is antiviral.
When my 13-month-old son was at his worst with glassy eyed fever, lethargic, (scary in a baby!) I went to extremes to try to get him to laugh. I took his hand and had him touch my nose – then I exploded with loud sounds, hiccupping and sneezing and laughing whenever he touched my nose. At first he just smiled at silly Mom, but soon he was laughing really hard as I continued to burst each time he touched my nose. Pretty soon, he was completely changed in his demeanor, and I could tell that flooding his system with happy endorphins really helped.
When my children started fighting and complaining, I knew we were getting better. The first time my eleven year old daughter punched her brother and told me if I made her eat one more bowl of soup she was going to scream, I knew we had beat this flu.
I don’t claim that this list is complete, and I trust that you will be guided to know what is best for your family, even if that includes traditional medical care. But I hope and pray that you can weather this storm of a nasty cold and flu season and come out of it happy, healthy, and truly immunized from getting the same virus again!
Hatch Family a couple months before the flu hit in 2003!
Posted by Jenny Hatch at 9:43 PM