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    • Preparing for Birth
    • Waiting for Labor to Start
    • Pelvic Measurement: Will the Baby Fit?
    • Emotional Support and Guidance During Labor
    • Is the Intervention Necessary?
    • Pushing Positions
    • Mom & Baby: Skin to Skin
    • A New Perspective: Home Birth
  • Family Health
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    • Calendula for a Healing Salve
    • Measles and the MMR
    • What about Vaccines?
    • Easing Painful Periods
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  • About
  • My Novel: Aliisa’s letter
  • Remembering Steven
  • Healthy Birth Practices
    • Preparing for Birth
    • Waiting for Labor to Start
    • Pelvic Measurement: Will the Baby Fit?
    • Emotional Support and Guidance During Labor
    • Is the Intervention Necessary?
    • Pushing Positions
    • Mom & Baby: Skin to Skin
    • A New Perspective: Home Birth
  • Family Health
    • Essential Oils
    • Colds Flu and Garlic
    • Calendula for a Healing Salve
    • Measles and the MMR
    • What about Vaccines?
    • Easing Painful Periods
  • Affiliate Links
  • Privacy Policy
  • Children's Health
    Children - Health - Parenting - Vaccines

    Children’s Health: Be Well Informed

    February 20, 2026 - By Carol

    The measles is in the news again with calls for vaccination. It always strikes a nerve because I remember the experience two of my children had with the MMR vaccine. I follow information on vaccines and have recently been reading Aaron Siri’s new book, Vaccines, Amen. Siri is a lawyer and…

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  • Newborn Infant
    Childbirth - Children - Health - Parenting - Vaccines

    Children’s Health: An ACIP Meeting

    December 5, 2025 - By Carol

    Over the years I have worked hard to support the health of my children. I have seen the side effect of a vaccine, so I continue to follow the news regarding vaccine safety. I pray for the health of children growing up now. Yesterday the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…

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  • Persistent in Health
    Children - Faith - Health - Parenting - Vaccines

    Persistent About Health

    April 28, 2023 - By Carol

    Our health is a gift from God. He has given us an immune system to fight disease. Sometimes we need medical support and treatment. But I am wary of pills, medications and vaccines to treat everything. As a nurse I have observed a movement to develop protocols that are one…

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Welcome to my blog!

As I write, I give thanks for God’s design of the family and the gift of His word, the Bible.

It gives me joy to be a woman, a wife, a mother and grandmother. For many years I was a childbirth nurse, assisting mothers and their babies.

 

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