I am the mother of three young children. Motherhood hasn't exactly come easily to me. Some of this may have to do with my personality, but most of it has to do with being extremely under supported by the community and culture in which I live.

I just found a link about a test run on the BPA levels in canned food. Turns out the concern comes from the lining in the cans. The most concerning levels were found in canned chicken soup, infant formula, and ravioli.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/...

We all know the terms ‘second hand smoke’ or ‘passive smoking’. Meaning we do not smoke but still face risks from the smoke of those around us. But this smoke is by no means passive. It’s actually very aggressive, particularly with children and their developing lungs.

Thank you for your questions and comments. Let's look more closely at the impending June 10th issue. We can talk about the pros and cons about vaccines all day long and it won't matter because if we don't click on the link and send our letters now, we stand to lose our freedom to have any choice whatsoever.

Part of my job is to provide education (facts) regarding health issues. I don't usually impose my personal belief system on anyone. But since you asked, Tina, the answers to your questions are 'yes' and 'yes'. It's about health issues AND health freedoms. I will detail:

Friends and Colleagues,

We are facing serious health freedom consequences in the US that have not been mentioned during the nightly news.  Please take a moment to look at the attached Health Freedom Alert regarding vaccinations which will, for the first time in US history, make infant and toddler vaccinations MANDATORY.   I have researched the rise in number of infant thru 12 year old vaccinations over recent years.  The numbers are staggering.  

Here's a wonderful story of hope and what can be accomplished through modern medicine.

This child's first “birth” was about six months into Keri McCartney’s pregnancy, when surgeons at Texas Children’s Hospital took the tiny fetus from Keri’s womb to remove a tumor that would have killed the baby before she was born.

The second time was on May 3, when the McCartneys welcomed their surgically repaired — and perfectly healthy — baby girl into the world.

Read the story here.

Any woman in her reproductive years who intends to get pregnant or who is pregnant should be aware of the importance of a perfect thyroid balance for good pregnancy outcome. The negative effects of thyroid imbalance on pregnancy is more often related to low thyroid than to hyperthyroidism, simply because hypothyroidism is much more common than hyperthyroidism. The most common thyroid related issues that can affect reproduction are:

my daughter was sick a few weeks ago and i woke up in the morning feeling drained and unmotivated to do anything for myself since all of my energy was going to my baby and her needs. i found a post-it my mom left for me on top of my vitamins. it read: remember to take care of yourself too!

as a mom, it seems that your first priority in life becomes your children, but you need to remember that in order to be able to make them your top priorities in life, you need to be at your best, so......REMEMBER TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF TOO!!!!!!

I have this horrible fear of my children drowning in a pool. We don't have a pool and don't swim on a regular basis. We even built our home around the corner from the small lake in our development, for fear of the water (ok, and all the duck and swan poop that our neighbors with the 'waterfront' views have to deal with in their yards).

I needed no tests. I knew I was pregnant every time, within 10 days of conception, because my religious consumption of several morning coffees suddenly made me want to retch. And my evening glass of cold white wine suddenly made me blanche.

I remember asking my midwife when would I ever feel ok again, as week after week after month went by and the waves of nausea nearly drowned me.