Eat For an Olympic Birth

God gave us nine months to prepare for the birth of each child. The most important thing to proactively develop is an eating and exercise strategy. There are many things that we cannot change that may impact our labors and births, but the most significant determinant of the state of our health is diet and exercise. That we can control! 

I recommend Dr. Fuhrman's book Eat to Live as the best reference for nutrient dense eating. The typical American diet is anti-nutrition. It will harm your baby and interfere with your goal of an efficient pain free birth.

Benign Hypertension

According to Anne Frye, Holistic Midwifery Vol I, 85% of women with essential hypertension have normal pregnancies. (1013) Some remedies that will help benign hypertension include:

• Relaxation techniques several times a day to reduce stress.
• Avoid strong spices.
• The following foods help reduce blood pressure:
  • Watermelon
  • Buckwheat
  • Raw garlic, parsley and onions in large quantities
  • Cucumber
  • Hops tea
  • Passion flower
  • Scullcap (Ex-stress and Silent Night from Nature's Way is very effective)
  • Hawthorn berries (BP Factors from Michael's brand is very successful)
  • Fenugreek
• Balanced formula of magnesium, calcium and potassium
• Moderate exercise
• 8oz glass of water every 2-3 hours.

Consult an herbal text for specific formulas and keep your health care provider informed about your self-help attempts.

Floravital Iron + Herbs

Flora is a distributor of european natural liquid supplements. This product is also sold under the brand name Floradix. Either one is good.

I have had excellent results with this product. Iron + Herbs has improved the hemoglobin and hematocrit of clients that were too anemic to be a candidate for a home birth in just a week.

Non-constipating

Kosher

Vegetarian

Yeast & Gluten free

Ingredients: African mallow blossoms, chamomile, spinach; juice concentrates: grape, pear, black cherry, blackberry, carrot,; rosehip extract, ferrous gluconate (the most easily assimilated of iron supplements)

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Blood Pressure Factors contains many vitamins and herbs that support a healthy cardiovascular system.