This Will Make You Think

I was reading through the diary of Ibu Robin of Bumi Sehat in Bali. I found this frightening and interesting, but I was not surprised. They have between 40-60 births a month (there is always a woman in labor). From what I have read they are offering these beautiful Balinese women and families an amazing service!

"Bali has had so many challenged babies of late. 19 born dead in Karengasem, and 7 more born alive, all with neural tube defects.

Reportedly the mother's of these babies were given blood tests by a Canadian doctor, who found all of them had very high levels of pesticide. A Canadian doctor took blood and stool samples for testing, from over 70 mothers who had babies with birth defects. Every one of them had high levels of pesticides and contaminants."

What do you think? Do we need to be worried about pesticides? With the growing popularity of organics, the USDA and FDA are getting involved to "regulate" and "profit". We need to ask ourselves if the price of organic foods worth it? For our family, we think so. We buy as much organic as possible. Our income has allowed that to be 100% at times and other times, we just buy the things that are the most important to us. (There are many lists like this one that you can look up the "dirty dozen"). The health of ourselves and our children is that important to us.

What are your thoughts on organic vs. conventional and the effects of pesticides on our bodies and the health of our unborn children?

She went on to talk about a mom who had the Depo Provera shot while pregnant.

"They informed her that pregnancy was impossible, and told her it was now time again for her to have the Depo Provera injection. She tried to refuse, but was bullied into it. In Bali anyone in uniform can pretty easily bully people. So, though she suspected she was carrying a child, and was worried about Depo Provera side effects for that child... she was exposed to another dose of Depo.
All of us, the midwives, the family were just giving this baby good energy, hoping and praying there would be no problems from the Depo provera. Every woman using Depo Provera in Bali is told that it is safe, and that there are no side effects."

Through all of the midwifery help, love, good energy, the baby was born with many complications. The mom was dedicated in feeding her baby expressed milk and they had surgery set up to fix her palate. The baby died at 5 weeks old. But the Depo Provera causes no side effects, right?