When I first “cracked the code” on stabilizing and reversing prolapse, and wrote and published Saving the Whole Woman, I set up this forum. While I had finally gotten my own severe uterine prolapse under control with the knowledge I had gained, I didn’t actually know if I could teach other women to do for themselves what I had done for my condition.
So I just started teaching women on this forum. Within weeks, the women started writing back, “It’s working! I can feel the difference!”
From that moment on, the forum became the hub of the Whole Woman Community. Unfortunately, spammers also discovered the forum, along with the thousands of women we had been helping. The level of spamming became so intolerable and time-consuming, we regretfully took the forum down.
Technology never sleeps, however, and we have better tools today for controlling spam than we did just a few years ago. So I am very excited and pleased to bring the forum back online.
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Christine
May 11, 2004 - 6:19pm
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Hello, Jane,
It's so nice to hear from you, but I so want you to remain comfortable! Where is the pain? I think the pregnancy belt is primarily used to stabilize the sacroiliac joint in between the sacrum and hip bones. It is these joints, along with the symphysis pubis (the disc in between the pubic bones), that become more mobile in late pregnancy leading to discomfort in those areas. I think the belt should help.
Vitamin C and all its associated flavanoids (combinations only found in real food) are what builds and maintains connective tissue. You need all major and trace minerals, all vitamins (particularly the B's and folic acid) as well as essential fats and live enzymes.
A very colorful diet of fruit and nuts in the morning and grains, beans and veges in the evening should give you much of what you need. I would also include sea vegetables like dulse and nori as well as sesame and flax.
Christine
fullofgrace
May 12, 2004 - 10:17am
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RE: Nutrients for ligaments
Christine,
Thanks for replying. :) The pain is mainly on the right hand side and low. It would be the part of my belly that touches my lap when I lean forward. It is not a constant pain. I mainly have it when I change positions or go from seating to standing.
I am just coming off of an intenstinal virus and I've not been able to go to the store yet this week, so I'll get an assortment of things from the produce aisle when I go.
Christine
May 12, 2004 - 10:44am
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RE: Nutrients for ligaments
Jane,
I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say, "Please feel better soon!"
Christine
Rosalie
June 27, 2004 - 8:54pm
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RE: Nutrients for ligaments
Hi,
I've been one of the "lurkers" for awhile, but wanted to share that my naturopath recommended hawthorne extract to strengthen ligaments. You would certainly want to check with your Dr. before taking ANYTHING, since you are pregnant.
I've just taken it for a few weeks so can't tell if it's doing much other than giving me a pucker (it's kinda bitter). I'm trying not to be impatient!
Rosie
Rosalie
June 29, 2004 - 9:08am
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RE: Nutrients for ligaments
Did I say that?
I decided my message needed a PS.
The Hawthorn extract gives me only a mouth "pucker". Too bad it doesn't cause a "pucker" elsewhere. That would truly be a great discovery.
I had an aunt, bless her heart, who told me (when no bathroom was immediately available)her mother would say,"Just put another knot in your pucker string, honey."
Now, if we just knew where the end of the "pucker string" is...
This is a wonderful site, what I needed as I try to undo what's been done to me. I've had vaginal surgery and just as Christine writes in her book, it set in motion a cascade of unhealthy events within the pelvic floor.
Enjoy the day,
Rosie
Christine
June 29, 2004 - 9:18am
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RE: Nutrients for ligaments
Thank you, Rosie...all health to you.