Blogger megandjon said...
i love this nancy! i was very gung ho to have a natural birth, but i went to the hospital, and ended up with the medical nightmare instead. next time i think i'm going to gather all my courage and faith and have it at home! i'll definitely be reading your blog!
and there's nothing wrong with being a treehugger ;)
January 5, 2009 6:34 PM
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Blogger Bentley Bunch said...
I have had eight babies, all in the hospital and I loved it! Knowing there was medical back up in seconds helped to releave much stress. I was allowed to have my babies my way. Without medication, without restraints or IV's. With some of them I had a midwife that worked with an OBGYN. Each doctor was very co-operative. Even at age 41 with my last baby my male OBGYN was very supportive and listened to me. For one thing, he knew I knew my body by that time. Children were encouraged to be there with us. I choose not to have my children there with the exception of my last baby. We invited our two oldest daughters, ages 20 and 18 to be there for her birth. That was a special occasion for all of us. I believe that doctors, nurses and hospitals have come a long way in providing both a comfortable, clean, safe environment with medical back up, if needed, readily available. Having that back up has saved the life of one of my grandsons, who would not be alive today without it.
I think this blog is wonderful and I support Nancy very much and love and admire her very much. I have known her for 34 years. She was one of my best friends and is still one of my best friends. I hope I can continue to learn also, for babies, nursing and raising children is the center of my life also. I loved it!!!
January 5, 2009 7:55 PM
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Blogger Healthy Births and Healthy foods healthy living! said...
Thanks for your comments! I really agree with you, Hospital birth are great! I had 10 in the hospital; and was glad they let me have the baby my way, what a blessing! My male Doctors and nurses were so serviceable! My midwives in the hospital were great too! Any way women want to have their baby is great! Because it is her way!
January 5, 2009 8:28 PM
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Blogger Healthy Births and Healthy foods healthy living! said...
Megan I am sorry that you had a a bad experience in having your baby at the hospital! I do think that for many first birth they can be traumatic for many women, because they didn't know what to expect! I think you will have a better experience with your next birth because you will know what to expect next time.
Working on any fears that women have about birth will also help in giving birth! Women can be in charge of how they want to DELIVER their babies in the hospital and at home! We need to remember it is the mother delivering the baby. The doctor and midwifes are the ones assisting!
January 5, 2009 10:04 PM
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Blogger zdh621 said...
I had 5 babies in the hospital and loved it. I had them all natural. I also feel it is an individual choice to where and how we each have our children. I love and admire my sister Nancy. She has an amazing family and I love them all very much. I respect the choices she has made. I love this blog. Thank You!!!! Denise
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Good health our resposibility!
I would like to get more responses from other women's experiences, and what they did to try to stay healthy through the stages of pre-pregnancy through their pregnancy and after during lactating!
The secret to good Health is in our own hands! It is up to me to stay healthy by what I put into my body! whether it be through food, water or thought! Negative thoughts can cause health problems, and eating junk food even breathing in toxic air can add to it. Our immune system gets over taxed through the years of toxic build up in our body so it is hard to bounce back to good health. when we were younger and would get sick we could bounce back easier because of a stronger immune system.
for our teen agers they probably eat more fast food and junk food compared to when we were growing up, so I would just guess that they would become toxic quicker than the other generation and need to prepare their bodies for pregnancy a year earlier to clean out the toxins! Even the older generation having babies are told to prepare their bodies for pregnancy a year earlier by eating healthier!
The secret to good Health is in our own hands! It is up to me to stay healthy by what I put into my body! whether it be through food, water or thought! Negative thoughts can cause health problems, and eating junk food even breathing in toxic air can add to it. Our immune system gets over taxed through the years of toxic build up in our body so it is hard to bounce back to good health. when we were younger and would get sick we could bounce back easier because of a stronger immune system.
for our teen agers they probably eat more fast food and junk food compared to when we were growing up, so I would just guess that they would become toxic quicker than the other generation and need to prepare their bodies for pregnancy a year earlier to clean out the toxins! Even the older generation having babies are told to prepare their bodies for pregnancy a year earlier by eating healthier!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
My Neice, Celeste's thought on pregnancy, nursing and exercisng during pregnancy!
I was so excited to read your new Blog. I have always loved learning about Pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding etc., but I didn't realize how important it is to me until more recently and while reading your Blog. You are more than welcome to put any of this e-mail on there if you would like to.
I always knew, even as a child, that all I ever wanted to be when I grew up was a Mom. I didn't realize until recently that this feeling I had was from my Heavenly Father. I am definitely far from a perfect Mother. I have so much to work on, but I have learned so much about myself by asking for help in raising my children.
I loved being pregnant. I loved the way it made me feel; kind of in awe at how my body could grow like that and how amazing it was to feel the baby moving. I am very thankful for modern day medicine, because if I had lived even just a hundred years ago, my first baby would have died (she was born at 32 weeks) and I would have died when I was bleeding from a ruptured fallopian tube because of a tubal pregnancy. Hospitals were great to me, but I would have loved the opportunity to have mine at home.
I also love being able to nurse. I didn't realize how well my first one nursed until my second one wasn't gaining weight and I had to supplement with formula after every feeding. Then my son didn't like nursing. He would just cry every time I layed him down to eat. I think there could have been a lot of reasons for this (for example; I was too tense, he had acid reflux, etc.) and I might have done things differently had I known what I know now, but that is how we learn. I nursed him until 7 months then for the sake of both of our sanity, I got him to take a bottle. I felt so sad that my baby didn't want me. But my last one loves nursing and I couldn’t be happier. My prayers were definitely answered.
I didn't try very hard with my first three babies to keep myself healthy, and I didn't realize I was missing out on anything until a friend got me to start going to our free exercise classes at our church. (I think exercising with someone else is the key) Now I know what I was missing. More energy, my mind seems clearer and I can deal with my emotions better. I felt great during my last pregnancy and was able to work out the whole time. Since then I still feel great. My body is not back to normal but I'm trying to be patient because I know it will get better. The thing I want people to know, though, is that it doesn't matter how much you weight, or even how you look; what matters is how you feel. Of course being in your weight range is important to keep your heart and all other parts of your body working well so that you can have a more active healthy life, but we shouldn't worry about what the world thinks women should look like.
I hope women can read this Blog and realize how great it is to be a woman. Whether you have children or not. And women who are contemplating having children need to know that it is an awesome thing and you don't have to do it alone! We are all here to help.
Nancy- Thank you for being such a great example of a women and mother to me. I'm thankful for all the women in my life who help me be better! I love you
Love Celeste
Nancy's comments:I have really loved seeing you with your children you are such a good mom! You have such cute and darling children too! Thanks for your ideas It is really good to hear your experiences! I like how you were able to exercise with this last pregnancy, exercising with others would make it so much easier!
I always knew, even as a child, that all I ever wanted to be when I grew up was a Mom. I didn't realize until recently that this feeling I had was from my Heavenly Father. I am definitely far from a perfect Mother. I have so much to work on, but I have learned so much about myself by asking for help in raising my children.
I loved being pregnant. I loved the way it made me feel; kind of in awe at how my body could grow like that and how amazing it was to feel the baby moving. I am very thankful for modern day medicine, because if I had lived even just a hundred years ago, my first baby would have died (she was born at 32 weeks) and I would have died when I was bleeding from a ruptured fallopian tube because of a tubal pregnancy. Hospitals were great to me, but I would have loved the opportunity to have mine at home.
I also love being able to nurse. I didn't realize how well my first one nursed until my second one wasn't gaining weight and I had to supplement with formula after every feeding. Then my son didn't like nursing. He would just cry every time I layed him down to eat. I think there could have been a lot of reasons for this (for example; I was too tense, he had acid reflux, etc.) and I might have done things differently had I known what I know now, but that is how we learn. I nursed him until 7 months then for the sake of both of our sanity, I got him to take a bottle. I felt so sad that my baby didn't want me. But my last one loves nursing and I couldn’t be happier. My prayers were definitely answered.
I didn't try very hard with my first three babies to keep myself healthy, and I didn't realize I was missing out on anything until a friend got me to start going to our free exercise classes at our church. (I think exercising with someone else is the key) Now I know what I was missing. More energy, my mind seems clearer and I can deal with my emotions better. I felt great during my last pregnancy and was able to work out the whole time. Since then I still feel great. My body is not back to normal but I'm trying to be patient because I know it will get better. The thing I want people to know, though, is that it doesn't matter how much you weight, or even how you look; what matters is how you feel. Of course being in your weight range is important to keep your heart and all other parts of your body working well so that you can have a more active healthy life, but we shouldn't worry about what the world thinks women should look like.
I hope women can read this Blog and realize how great it is to be a woman. Whether you have children or not. And women who are contemplating having children need to know that it is an awesome thing and you don't have to do it alone! We are all here to help.
Nancy- Thank you for being such a great example of a women and mother to me. I'm thankful for all the women in my life who help me be better! I love you
Love Celeste
Nancy's comments:I have really loved seeing you with your children you are such a good mom! You have such cute and darling children too! Thanks for your ideas It is really good to hear your experiences! I like how you were able to exercise with this last pregnancy, exercising with others would make it so much easier!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
My Mother-in-law, EVA Bentley's way of staying healthy during her pregnancy!
My main method was to take vitamins, before, during, and after a pregnancy--in other words, all the time! I had a problem with anemia, and I always had to take iron pills whether pregnant or not. I was way too tired to walk--but I did some housework and some cooking. I had made a promise to myself when I was young, that I would NEVER let dirty clothes pile up like my Mom did. She did the best she could--I just mention it to show why I made such a promise to myself. A nother problem is when clean clothes are not put away, and they get down and get dirty again without being used. I did not allow that to happen. I didn't make the beds, sweep the floors, or dust the furniture--but I took care of the washing. That was as close as I got to walking. I admire those of you who exercise and walk, but I didn't think of doing that. I have great and awesome daughters-in-law though! Love, Mom
Nancy's comments: I think it is a good away to keep active! Eva used her energy wisely by keeping the house clean and doing laundry! She found a way to burn the calories and keep active and keep her house looking nice!
Nancy's comments: I think it is a good away to keep active! Eva used her energy wisely by keeping the house clean and doing laundry! She found a way to burn the calories and keep active and keep her house looking nice!
Family weight loss program for 12 weeks.
In my husbands side of the family, our nephew Bret started up the biggest losers program, like on T.V. We are suppose to keep track of our weight on the web-site he created, no one can see our weight. But he has a tracker on there to show who has lost the most weight through percentage! We can also keep in contact with each other by making comments. We sign in every Monday for 12 weeks! This sure makes it funner to try to loose weight. Me and my daughters were going to see who could loose the most weight too, so I am glad that Bret started this program! I just hope I can be one of the biggest losers!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Celebrating Womanhood!
Celebrating womanhood and passing our legacy of motherhood onto the next generation! This is what this blog it is all about, the positive attitude of motherhood! This blog is not to dictate how, when or where to have a baby or how many children a mother should have! This blog is all about sharing our experiences and what we have learned through our experiences with out try to criticize anyone else for what they believe!
I basically wanted to start this because I wanted to bring about a attitude in the world today that there are women in the world today, that love being who Heavenly Father made them to be! I wanted to bring about the feeling that having a baby is a God given gift and can be looked at in a spiritual way! We can bring about spiritual awakening and feeling of calmness and not FEAR of childbirth!
I want the young women to know how sacred it is to become a mother and to know that is very special and is not to be taken lightly!
So it is not my purpose to make any one feel guilty if they don't have 10 children or 6,5,4,3,2 or even 1 child ! Each woman has their mission to fulfill and their mission is important and will be unique, not identical to my life experience! I want to acknowledge how unique each one of us are! Along with how wonderful it is to have things in common! So I am trying to find some common grounds!
So lets have fun with this and try to accept each others differences! But please share your knowledge and make some comments even if it might be different from mine!
I basically wanted to start this because I wanted to bring about a attitude in the world today that there are women in the world today, that love being who Heavenly Father made them to be! I wanted to bring about the feeling that having a baby is a God given gift and can be looked at in a spiritual way! We can bring about spiritual awakening and feeling of calmness and not FEAR of childbirth!
I want the young women to know how sacred it is to become a mother and to know that is very special and is not to be taken lightly!
So it is not my purpose to make any one feel guilty if they don't have 10 children or 6,5,4,3,2 or even 1 child ! Each woman has their mission to fulfill and their mission is important and will be unique, not identical to my life experience! I want to acknowledge how unique each one of us are! Along with how wonderful it is to have things in common! So I am trying to find some common grounds!
So lets have fun with this and try to accept each others differences! But please share your knowledge and make some comments even if it might be different from mine!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Ways to keep a healthy body through any stage of life!
Here is a picture of Ruth S. Bentley and how she learned to take care of her health during her 8th pregnancy through walking and then later running! This is one of her marathons that she ran! What a healthy looking mother and grandma!
There are many ways to keep the body healthy and strong! Good nutrition, exercise and a good healthy attitude!
Some of the other ways to exercise is swimming, dancing, walking, floor exercises, weight lifting, sm. trampoline, sports, aerobics, yoga.........
I hope that you bloggers will share with us some of the ways you are exercising!
Ruth Snow Bentley's experience in having a healthier pregnancy!
I think it is very important to be healthy before getting pregnant and then staying healthy and active during pregnancy. I know for me it helped me to continue to walk as many mornings as I could while pregnant with my 8th baby. I mention the 8th one because I didn't really exercise with the others. I didn't see how I could. I just didn't have the time, the knowledge behind it or much support. After getting up to 200 pounds with my 7th baby I knew I had to do something different.
I started by getting a running stroller. Actually first I started by learning how to eat better. There is so much information out there about diet and exercise. That wasn't the case 15 years ago though when I had my 7th baby, so for those of you who are now having babies you have a greater advantage than us mothers who are now done and had most of our babies in the 80's or 90's. Maybe you can learn from our mistakes.
Walking for me has made a huge difference. It was something I could stick with and then it grew from walking to running. I ran my first marathon at age 50 and I have never felt stronger. I truly believe that walking, running and weight lifting have added so much energy and vitality to my life. I have a goal that even though I was an older mother with my last baby. I do not want her to feel that she has an old mother. I feel stronger now, have more energy than I did in my 30's. I feel exercise is very important! I want to keep my goal.
I know as a mother of young children it is hard to make the time to exercise. Do it anyway!!! We are the only ones who can take care of our body. We have to make time for ourself!
Ruth Bentley
Mrs. Utah United States Pageant
www.mrsutahus.com
I started by getting a running stroller. Actually first I started by learning how to eat better. There is so much information out there about diet and exercise. That wasn't the case 15 years ago though when I had my 7th baby, so for those of you who are now having babies you have a greater advantage than us mothers who are now done and had most of our babies in the 80's or 90's. Maybe you can learn from our mistakes.
Walking for me has made a huge difference. It was something I could stick with and then it grew from walking to running. I ran my first marathon at age 50 and I have never felt stronger. I truly believe that walking, running and weight lifting have added so much energy and vitality to my life. I have a goal that even though I was an older mother with my last baby. I do not want her to feel that she has an old mother. I feel stronger now, have more energy than I did in my 30's. I feel exercise is very important! I want to keep my goal.
I know as a mother of young children it is hard to make the time to exercise. Do it anyway!!! We are the only ones who can take care of our body. We have to make time for ourself!
Mrs. Utah United States Pageant
www.mrsutahus.com
Having healthy babies and working on being healthy!
Everything in life isn't always going to be perfect! I know that there will be complications, and things don't always turn out the way we want them too. My thinking is that we can learn as much as we can to be healthy and have a healthy birth and a healthy child.
I decided to titled my blog "healthy births healthy living", because it is really important to me! Even if we don't eat perfect at least trying is all worth it! Trying to have a positive attitude is worth it too. But it doesn't mean everything will be positive all the time! Life happens and we all have our ups and downs!
But it is fun to try to see what we can do to be healthy! Even though I am done having babies, I am really interest in pregNANCY and birth, nursing and feeding babies! I want to help inspire and motivate those who are wanting to have babies, and who are having babies! Most woman can have a healthy pregnancy, and birth, a healthy baby, through nutrition, movement (some exercising) and attitude!
(As a side note, I am aware that their will be situations that we can not control because things happen that cause complications! I am aware of you women who have had complications in birth etc. and I have a heartfelt appreciation for you and your experience! My heart goes out to you!)
I decided to titled my blog "healthy births healthy living", because it is really important to me! Even if we don't eat perfect at least trying is all worth it! Trying to have a positive attitude is worth it too. But it doesn't mean everything will be positive all the time! Life happens and we all have our ups and downs!
But it is fun to try to see what we can do to be healthy! Even though I am done having babies, I am really interest in pregNANCY and birth, nursing and feeding babies! I want to help inspire and motivate those who are wanting to have babies, and who are having babies! Most woman can have a healthy pregnancy, and birth, a healthy baby, through nutrition, movement (some exercising) and attitude!
(As a side note, I am aware that their will be situations that we can not control because things happen that cause complications! I am aware of you women who have had complications in birth etc. and I have a heartfelt appreciation for you and your experience! My heart goes out to you!)
Having a baby is a natural process!
I started this blog because I think it is important to have a attitude about having babies that would be far from fear! I wanted to get some ideas out in our society that having babies is a natural process! Our society has made it into a medical ordeal, and I would like our young women to realize that it is a natural and wonderful process, so that when they are ready to have children they won't be so afraid of it!
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