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  • Childbirth

    Midwife: With Woman

    With my third pregnancy I chose a new medical practice. I chose a practice that included an ob-gyn doctor and a certified nurse midwife. Even though my previous births were cesarean sections, followed by complications I wanted the perspective of a midwife in my care. During my prenatal visits I…

  • Health - Vaccines

    Two Different Viewpoints on Faulty Vaccines

    On July 27ththe Wall Street Journal published an article titled China’s Vaccine Scandal. Parents in China have led protests on behalf of their children. I read through the article noting several paragraphs.      Over the past couple of weeks parents in China have learned that a compulsory public-health program…

  • Health - Vaccines

    Required Vaccine Safety Reports Were Not Done

    Parents have differing opinions about childhood vaccines. That is okay. I am a nurse and my children received the recommended vaccines in the 1980s and 1990s. But my daughter had vaccine reactions and eventually developed fibromyalgia. Because of my family’s experience with vaccine reactions I support informed consent and parent…

  • Uncategorized

    Visiting the Little Church in the Woods

    During the second half of the 19thcentury many immigrants came to the United States to work in  textile mills,  copper mines,  factories and    quarries. Often the Church was the center of their community life. Between 1886 -1888 a Finnish Lutheran Church was built in Jacobsville, Michigan. The bell tower…

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    The Great Lakes are the Ocean of the Midwest

    We spent one family vacation on the Delaware beach. It was restful to walk the beach listening to the rhythmic sound of the waves crashing on the beach. The ocean is God’s grand creation. More often we spend time near  the  Great  Lakes  of Michigan.  Lake   Superior in Upper…

  • Childbirth - Faith

    Joy Restored

    Childbirth practices had changed since I began my career as a labor and delivery nurse. The use of pitocin to hasten birth had become common. The rate of cesarean section had risen from 15% to 30%. I saw a full term infant die after inappropriate use of pitocin. I didn’t…